988
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

GENERAL BOOK-POST REGULATIONS,
APPLYING TO BOTH “PRINTED PAPERS” AND “COMMERCIAL PAPERS.”

Book-packets must be open at one or both ends, but may be tied with string easy to unfasten.

13. A book-packet may be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not be fastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, sealing-wax, postage-stamp, or otherwise) or in a cover entirely open at one or both ends, so as to admit of the contents being easily withdrawn for examination. For the greater security of the contents, however, it may be tied at the ends with string, but the string must be easy to unfasten.

Limits of dimensions and weight.

14. The limits of size for book-packets are 18in. in any direction. If made up in the form of a roll, a packet may measure up to 2ft. 6in. in length and 4in. in diameter. Packets exceeding these limits will be detained and sent to the Dead Letter Office. The weight must not exceed 4lb.

Insufficiently prepaid book-packets.

15. Book-packets posted wholly unpaid, if addressed to countries beyond New Zealand, are detained, advertised for one month on a list exhibited at the office of posting, and, if not paid in the meantime, they are sent to the Dead Letter Office. Wholly-unpaid packets addressed to any place within the colony are sent to destination, but will be charged double the deficiency, at prepaid rate, on delivery.

If commercial papers or samples are enclosed with printed papers the rates for commercial papers must be paid.

16. If “commercial papers” or “samples” are enclosed with “printed papers” the rates for “commercial papers” or “samples,” respectively, must be paid.

Treatment of irregularly-posted book-packets.

17. “Commercial papers” and “printed papers,” photographs, cards, &c., marked on the outside as such, bearing or containing writing other than that authorized, or such as may be closed against inspection, or contain enclosures not authorized by the foregoing rules, if addressed to any place within the colony, are sent to destination surcharged simple letter rate, minus the postage already prepaid. (The fine thus imposed on open packets not to exceed 6d., unless the written matter enclosed represent more than a foolscap sheet of writing.) If addressed to any place beyond New Zealand such packets are detained and sent to the Dead Letter Office for disposal.

Re-direction of printed papers and commercial papers free.

18. “Printed” and “commercial papers” may be redirected free of charge on the same conditions as ordinary letters. (See section 6, page 984.)

PATTERNS AND SAMPLES.

Rates of postage.

1. The rates of postage for patterns and samples are—
   For all places within and beyond New Zealand
   For each packet not exceeding 4oz. … … 1d.
   For each additional 2oz. or fraction thereof … ½d.

Definition of patterns and samples. Must not possess any saleable value.

2. The pattern and sample post to countries beyond New Zealand is restricted to bona fide trade patterns or samples of merchandise, and patterns or samples for such places must possess no saleable value, or they will be detained and sent to the Dead Letter Office.
   Samples of eider-down, raw or thread silk, woollen or goats’ hair, thread, vanilla, or isinglass are deemed inadmissible if they weigh more than 3oz.

Packets not bona fide samples and patterns may be sent by sample post within the colony.

3. Packets not bona fide samples or patterns may be sent by parcel-post to any of the countries enumerated in the Postal Guide under “Parcel Post.” Such packets may, however, be sent at the sample-post rates to any place within the colony.

How patterns and samples should be packed.

4. Patterns or samples, when practicable, must be sent in covers open at the end, and in such manner as to be easy of examination; but samples of seeds, drugs, and such like articles, which cannot be sent in covers of this kind, may be posted enclosed in boxes or in bags of linen, or other material, fastened in such a manner that they may be readily opened.

The only writing allowed on pattern- and sample-packets.

5. Patterns and samples must not bear any writing, except the name and address of the sender, the address of the addressee, a manufacturer’s trade-mark, numbers, prices, and indications relative to weight or size, or to the quantity to be disposed of.

Dangerous and prohibited articles.

6. Such articles as scissors, knives, razors, forks, steel-pens, nails, keys, watch-machinery, metal tubing, pieces of metal or ore, provided that they be packed and guarded in so secure a manner as to afford complete protection to the contents of the mail-bags and to the officers of the Post Office, while at the same time they may be easily examined, may be forwarded as samples. Wedding-cake may also be forwarded, but should be endorsed “Sample Post.” Liquids, glass, anything of a greasy nature, explosives, indigo, and colouring or other powders likely to damage the correspondence are prohibited.

Wedding-cake.

Dimensions and weight.

7. Packets addressed to places within the colony, or for the United Kingdom, must not exceed 2ft. in length, or 1ft. in width and depth and 5lb. in weight, and those directed to the Australian Colonies are limited to 1lb.
   Pattern and sample packets sent to any other place, except France, Italy, and Egypt, must not exceed 1ft. in length, 8in. in width, 4in. in depth, and 8oz. in weight, unless they be in the form of a roll for which the maximum dimensions are limited to 1ft. in length and 6in. in diameter. Those for France, Italy, and Egypt are subject to the same dimensions, but may weigh up to 12oz.

If commercial papers are enclosed with sample- or pattern-packets, rate for commercial papers packets to be paid.

8. If “commercial papers” are included in a pattern or sample packet, then the rates applicable to “commercial papers” must be paid on such packets. “Printed papers” may also be enclosed with pattern and sample