1098
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

Insufficiently-prepaid newspapers.
9. Packets of, or single, newspapers, if addressed to places beyond the colony and not prepaid one single rate, are detained and advertised the same as ordinary “printed papers.” Unpaid newspapers intended for delivery within the colony, and insufficiently-prepaid newspapers for places beyond the colony, are forwarded to destination charged double the deficiency at the prepaid rate.

Newspapers addressed to public libraries in the colony may pass free of charge.
10. Newspapers for delivery in the colony, if posted in single numbers, addressed to the Manager, Keeper, Clerk, Secretary, Librarian, or other person having the charge of any Athenæum, Mechanics’ Institute, Hospital, Public Library, Young Men’s Christian Association Free Reading-rooms, Catholic Reading-room, Wellington, Port Chalmers Sailors’ Rest, Chambers of Commerce, Auckland and Dunedin, certain Charitable Institutions in Canterbury Postal District, or to any Lunatic Asylum, are permitted to pass through the post, and to be delivered free of postage. If directed to the care of the officer or to a name at the institution they shall be treated as ordinary newspapers.

Newspaper exchanges transmitted free.
11. “Newspaper exchanges” (i.e., newspapers exchanged between newspaper offices in the colony) are permitted to pass through the post free of postage, provided they are posted in single numbers, and addressed to the Editor, Proprietor, Publisher, or Manager. The title of the newspaper and the words “Newspaper Exchange only” must be written or printed on each cover above the address. Newspaper exchanges not complying with these rules will be charged as ordinary newspapers.

Only one copy of each free paper may be addressed to any one institution or newspaper office.
12. Not more than one copy of any issue of a newspaper intended for free transmission under the rules contained in the two preceding paragraphs will be forwarded free of charge. If more than one be posted not prepaid with postage a charge of 1d. shall be made for each extra newspaper enclosed.

Redirection of newspapers.
13. Newspapers will be redirected free of charge to any place within or beyond New Zealand, on the same conditions as letters.

Conditions of posting.
14. A newspaper must be posted either without a cover or in a cover entirely open at both ends, so as to admit of its easy removal for examination.

Writing beyond address of addressee and sender is not allowed in or on newspapers.
15. A newspaper must not contain any writing beyond the name and address of the addressee, the initials or name and address of the sender, and any marks or signs simply intended to call attention to passages in a text.

Treatment of newspapers closed against inspection or bearing unauthorised writing.
16. Newspapers intended for delivery within the colony which contain or bear any writing beyond that specified in the preceding clause, No. 15, or are fastened in their covers by means of gum, sealing-wax, postage-stamps, or otherwise, are sent to destination surcharged simple letter rate minus the postage affixed. Such newspapers, however, if addressed to any place beyond the colony, are detained and sent to the Dead Letter Office for disposal.

REGISTRATION.

Registration fee.

1. The fee for registration of any article addressed to a place within or beyond New Zealand is 3d., in addition to the ordinary postage, and must be prepaid.

All classes of correspondence may be registered.
2. Any letter, post-card, book or other packet, newspaper, or inland parcel will be accepted for registration.

Sender may obtain an acknowledgment of delivery.
3. The sender of a registered article may obtain an acknowledgment of its due receipt by the addressee, on payment, in advance, of an “acknowledgment fee” of 2½d., in addition to the ordinary registration fee.

Advantages of registration.
4. The registration of an article renders its transmission much more secure; and the loss of a registered packet is a very rare occurrence. Nevertheless, the Post Office is not responsible for the safe delivery of registered packets, though any officer who may neglect his duty on this point will be called to strict account.

Letters containing coin, bank-notes, &c., will be compulsorily registered.
5. Valuable articles sent in unregistered letters are exposed to risk. All inland and Australian letters or packets, therefore, which unquestionably contain coin or bank-notes, even though they be posted without registration, are treated as “registered,” and charged double the registration-fee, in addition to the ordinary postage; and any such letters, &c., which cannot be registered in time to be forwarded by the mail for which they are posted are detained for the next despatch.

Declared value of contents not to be shown on packets addressed to certain countries.
6. It is prohibited to send to any of the countries mentioned at Table B, page 1101, any registered article marked on the outside with the declared value of the contents; and Postmasters must refuse to receive articles which are so marked.

Coin, jewellery, &c., can only be forwarded by letter-post to certain countries.
7. It is forbidden to send coin, jewellery, or precious articles by letter-post to any of the countries enumerated at Table B, page 1101, which are not marked (b).