JULY 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 981

Table A.

AUSTRALIAN COLONIES AND SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.

I.—AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.

New South Wales. South Australia. Victoria.
Queensland. Tasmania. Western Australia.

II.—SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.

(The islands not mentioned here will be found under Table B.)

Cook Islands { Raratonga. New Guinea, German (see Table B).
Hervey. New Hebrides.
Mangaia. Norfolk Island.
Ducie Island. Pitcairn Island.
Easter Island. Samoan Islands (Navigators).
Fiji Islands. Solomon Islands.
New Guinea, British. Tonga Group (Friendly Islands)

Table B.

LIST OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO WHICH POSTAL UNION
RATES OF POSTAGE ARE CHARGED; ALSO THEIR ROUTES OF
TRANSMISSION.

[Special attention is directed to annotations (a) and (b).]

(a) Denotes that the limit of weight of pattern and sample packets for these countries is 12oz. (The maximum dimensions and weight for patterns and samples for the United Kingdom and other countries are stated at section 7, page 988.)

(b) Denotes that gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c., may be sent to these countries by letter-post. (Such articles, however, if addressed to any of the other countries with which New Zealand has parcel-post exchanges can be sent by parcel-post, except in cases in which they are specially prohibited. See pages 96 to 127 of Postal Guide.)

For prohibited articles, see page 991.

| Country, &c. | Route, via || Country, &c. | Route, via |
|--------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| Abyssinia .. | Aden. || Bechuanaland (liable | Mauritius. |
| Accra .. | London. || to additional charge | S. Fr’isco–London. |
| Aden .. | Australia. || on delivery) | Aden–Zanzibar. |
| Addah .. | London. || Belgium .. | S. Fr’isco–London. |
| Afghanistan* .. | Bombay. || | Plymouth. |
| Africa, East .. | Aden. || | Suez. |
| Africa, South, South-} | Mauritius. || Benguela .. | London. |
| east, and South-} | S. Fr’isco–London. || Belize .. | New York. |
| west | Aden–Zanzibar. || | Suez. |
| Africa, West .. | London. || Benin .. | London. |
| Ahgwey .. | London. || Bermuda^b .. | New York. |
| Akassa .. | London. || | Suez. |
| Albania .. | S. Fr’isco–London. || Beyrouth .. | Suez. |
| | Suez. || | S. Fr’isco–London. |
| Alexandretta .. | Suez. || Bolivia .. | San Francisco. |
| | S. Fr’isco–London. || | Rio de Janeiro. |
| Algeria .. | S. Fr’isco–London. || Bonny .. | London. |
| | Suez. || Buen Ayre .. | New York. |
| Ambrizette .. | London. || | Suez. |
| Anam .. | Singapore. || Borneo, Dutch and | Torres Strait. |
| Andorra .. | S. Fr’isco–London. || British | Colombo. |
| | Suez. || Bourbon .. | Mauritius. |
| | Plymouth. || | Aden. |
| Angola .. | London. || Brass .. | London. |
| Annobon .. | London. || Brazil .. | Direct steamers. |
| Anguilla .. | New York. || British Columbia .. | San Francisco. |
| | Suez. || | Suez. |
| Antigua .. | New York. || British Guiana .. | New York. |
| | Suez. || | Rio de Janeiro. |
| Arabia .. | Aden. || Bulgaria .. | S. Fr’isco–London. |
| Argentine Republic .. | Rio de Janeiro. || | Plymouth. |
| Asaba .. | London. || | Suez. |
| Asia, Central .. | Bombay. || Burmah .. | Colombo. |
| Ascension .. | London. || Cabenda .. | London. |
| Austria-Hungary .. | S. Fr’isco–London. || Calabar .. | London. |
| | Suez. || Cambodia .. | Singapore. |
| | Plymouth. || Cameroons^b .. | London. |
| Azores .. | Rio de Janeiro. || Canada .. | San Francisco. |
| | S. Fr’isco–London. || | Suez. |
| Bagamoyo^b .. | Aden. || Canary Islands .. | Direct steamers. |
| Bagdad .. | Bombay. || Candia .. | Suez. |
| Bahamas .. | New York. || | S. Fr’isco–London. |
| | Suez. || Cape Coast Castle .. | London. |
| Balearic Islands .. | S. Fr’isco–London. || Cape Colony .. | Mauritius. |
| | Suez. || | S. Fr’isco–London. |
| | Plymouth. || | Aden–Zanzibar. |
| Barbados .. | New York. || Cape Verd Islands .. | Rio de Janeiro. |
| | Suez. || | S. Fr’isco–London. |

• The Postal Union rates prepay letters as far as the Indian frontier only. Correspondence for Afghanistan should therefore be addressed to the care of some agent at Peshawur, who should be instructed to pay the extra postage charged by the Ameer of Cabul on correspondence passing through his territory.