986
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

Post-cards in-
fringing rules.
Unpaid post-
cards.

Division of
book-post.

Rates of
postage for
commercial
papers.

Definition of
commercial
papers.

8. Post-cards posted insufficiently prepaid or unpaid (such as post-cards
   not issued by New Zealand, or cards which have already been used for trans-
   mission) will be charged as insufficiently prepaid or unpaid letters.

BOOK-POST.

1. The book-post is now divided into two classes: (a) Commercial Papers'
   and (b) Printed Papers.

(a.) Commercial Papers.

2. The postage for commercial papers is—
   (a.) Within New Zealand,—
   (1.) For delivery from the office { For any single com-
   at which posted (town } mercial paper not
   deliveries) { exceeding 4oz. ... ½d.
   (2.) For delivery from any other { Not exceeding 4oz. ... 1d.
   office than that at which } For every additional
   posted, and for town } 2oz. or fraction
   deliveries { thereof ... ... ½d.
   (b.) To the Australian Colonies, the
   South Sea Islands enumerated
   in Table A, page 981, Great
   Britain, British Colonies and
   Foreign Countries (shown un-
   der Table B, pages 981 to 984) } For any weight not ex-
   ceeding 10oz. ... 2½d.
   For every additional
   2oz. or fraction
   thereof ... ... ½d.

3. Commercial papers include all papers or documents written or drawn
   wholly or partly by hand (except letters or communications of the nature of
   letters, or other papers or documents having the character of an actual and
   personal correspondence), such as :—

Acceptances.
Accounts, trade and professional, re-
ceipted or unreceipted, sent singly,
for places within the colony only.
No written or printed communi-
cations or remarks not strictly
part of the account itself, such as
"With thanks," "A cheque will
oblige," &c., must be added.
Affidavits.
Bills of exchange.
Bill of lading, or ships' manifests.
Briefs.
Deeds, or copies thereof.
Depositions.
Drafts.
Examination papers (corrections al-
lowed, but nothing in the nature
of a letter).
Insurance documents, such as forms
of proposal, private friends' and
medical reports on policies.
(Premium, renewal, interest, and
election notices, can pass at letter-
rates only within the colony,
unless wholly printed.)
Invoices, sent singly, "Forwarded
by —— (steamer or rail)" may
be added.

Legal documents, not in the nature
of a letter.
Manuscript for printing.
Music, written.
Notices—
(a.) Of rates due; may have
names, dates, and amounts in-
serted in writing.
(b.) Of calls, subscriptions, pre-
miums due. Such notices, if not
wholly printed, can be sent at
letter rates only to places within
the colony.
Pass-books of banks, societies, &c.
Pay-sheets.
Powers of attorney.
Receipts (formal), within the colony
only (see Accounts).
Recognisances.
Returns of banks, insurance, and
public companies (without re-
marks or comments).
Scrip.
Society subscription-cards.
Specifications, with or without plans.
Stock-sheets.
Way-bills.

Printed forms of letters or notices with amounts, &c., filled in in writing,
cannot be sent at "Commercial Paper Rates," except in the cases specified
above. (See also Printed Papers.)

Commercial
papers to be
sent in "open"
envelopes.

5. Commercial papers should be forwarded in wrappers or in open
   envelopes, and have stated thereon the name and address of the senders.
   They are generally subject to the conditions of packing and limits of weight
   and dimensions applicable to printed papers. (See sections 13 and 14,
   page 988.)

Rate of
postage.

Hansard free.

Definition of
printed
papers.

(b.) Printed Papers (including Books).

6. The postage for printed papers, except inland newspapers, is—
   To any place with-
   in or beyond } ½d. per 2oz.
   New Zealand. }

Copies of Hansard, if enclosed in the authorised wrapper, will be sent
free of charge to any place within the colony.

7. Printed papers generally comprise all impressions or copies obtained
   on paper, parchment, or cardboard, by means of printing, lithography, auto-
   graphy, or any other mechanical process easy to recognise, except the copying-
   press or type-writer; anything usually attached or appurtenant to any of
   the undermentioned articles in the way of binding, mounting, or otherwise;
   and anything convenient for their safe transmission by post. No writing
   whatever is allowed on printed papers, except as specified hereafter. The
   following is a list of the more prominent articles considered as "Printed
   Papers":—