Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1093

Postage and Revenue Stamps, Registered-letter Envelopes, Post Cards, and Newspaper Wrappers.

Every Postmaster is required to keep for sale to the public a sufficient stock of the various postage and revenue labels and post-cards in use in the colony, and to sell them at the following prices:—

s. d.
Halfpenny labels ... 0 ½ each
Penny labels ... 0 1 ,,
Twopenny labels ... 0 2 ,,
Twopence halfpenny labels ... 0 2½ ,,
Threepenny labels ... 0 3 ,,
Fourpenny labels ... 0 4 ,,
Fivepenny labels ... 0 5 ,,
Sixpenny labels ... 0 6 ,,
Eightpenny labels ... 0 8 ,,

£ s. d.
One-shilling labels ... 0 1 0 each
Post-cards ... 0 0 1 ,,
Reply-paid post-cards ... 0 0 2 ,,

Newspaper Wrappers—
Parcels of 18 ... 0 0 10
Parcels of 270 ... 0 12 6
Parcels of 540 ... 1 5 0
Parcels of 1,080 ... 2 10 0

Registered-letter envelopes are for foreign as well as inland letters. Sizes: 5½in. by 3¼in., 6in. by 3¾in., price ¼d. each; 9in. by 5in., price 1d. each.

No person excepting a postal officer may, unless specially licensed by the Stamp Department, sell postage-stamps, post-cards, or newspaper wrappers. The penalty for such illegal sale is ten pounds.

To prevent the purloining of postage-stamps by the employés in large establishments, the stamps may be perforated with the initials of the firms, &c., so as to render the improper sale of such stamps a matter of difficulty. The perforation with initials of the stamps on post-cards and newspaper wrappers is also allowed; but permission in all cases must first be obtained from the Postmaster-General.

Stamps should be placed on the front of the letter, and upon the right-hand corner of the upper side. On re-directed letters, care should be taken not to place fresh stamps over the stamps which have been previously used.

Stamps which have been torn, cut, or otherwise rendered imperfect, except by perforation, cannot be used.

English, Victorian, and New South Wales postage-stamps may be obtained by persons desirous of sending a stamp or stamped envelope to their relatives or friends in the United Kingdom, Victoria, and New South Wales, in order to relieve them of the cost of the postage when sending replies. These stamps cannot be purchased in quantities of more than two shillings and sixpence worth at one time, nor are they permitted to be used for the purpose of making remittances.

CONDITIONS OF TRANSMISSION.

LETTERS.

1. The rates of postage on letters posted in New Zealand are—

(a) For delivery within the colony—

1. From the post office at which they are posted } 1d. for each ½oz. or fraction thereof.
2. From any other post office than that at which posted } 2d. for each ½oz. or fraction thereof.

(b) Australian Colonies and South Sea Islands, enumerated in Table A, page 1100 } 2d. for each ½oz. or fraction thereof.

(c) Great Britain, British Colonies, and Foreign Countries (see list in Table B, page 1101 } 2½d. for each ½oz. or fraction thereof.

Rates of postage.

2. Letters not fully prepaid or posted wholly unpaid are charged double the deficiency at the prepaid rate, on delivery. Insufficiently-prepaid letters

3. No letter should exceed 2ft. in length or 1ft. in width or depth. Dimensions.

4. For sea-borne mails late letters may be posted till within twenty minutes of the time the mail is to leave the office. Late letters may also be posted on board steamers, in the railway travelling post office and in guards’ vans of the principal trains. A late fee of 1d. must be affixed to late letters addressed to places within the colony, and of one additional single rate to all places beyond the colony. Late letters. Late fee.

5. Consignees’ letters when received loose from vessels for delivery through the Post Office are forwarded at the inland rate of postage. If altogether unpaid, or insufficiently prepaid, they will be charged the deficiency only. The words “Consignee’s letter” must be inscribed on the face of such letters. Consignees letters.

6. Letters, provided they have been originally fully prepaid from the country of origin to that of destination, may now be redirected free of charge within the colony, and to any part of the world. If not originally prepaid the full postage from the office of origin to the place of redirection, a redirected letter is only surcharged the difference between such full postage and the amount actually prepaid on the letter. For example, a single-rate letter originally addressed from Auckland to Dunedin and prepaid 2d., if redirected to England, would only be subjected to a charge of ½d. there. Redirected letters.

7. Letters, &c., from places beyond the colony, which have not been regularly posted at the office of despatch, are charged on delivery with full postage as from the country of origin, unless they are letters which it is not compulsory by law to send by post, in which case the inland letter rate only will be collected. Letters from beyond the Colony not regularly posted.