✨ Parcel Post Rates and Conditions
494
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29
BRITISH, INTERCOLONIAL, AND FOREIGN PARCEL POST—continued.
| Colony or Country. | Route. | RATE OF POSTAGE. Not exceeding— | Maximum Dimensions. | Special Prohibitions, in addition to those specified under the Conditions of Transmission. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1lb. | 2lb. | 3lb. | 4lb. | 5lb. | 6lb. | 7lb. | 8lb. | 9lb. | 10lb. | 11lb. | ||||
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | ||||
| Little Popo. Same as Cameroons. | Via | |||||||||||||
| Loango. Same as French Congo. | ||||||||||||||
| Lome. Same as Cameroons. | ||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of | London-Belgium | 2 11 | 2 11 | 5 5 | 5 10 | 5 10 | 5 10 | 5 10 | 9 1 | 9 1 | 9 1 | 9 1 | 2ft. in any direction. Parcels slightly longer than 2ft. are admitted if their other dimensions are small | Letters. |
| Madagascar (Diego Suarez, Mainterano, Majunga, Morotsongava, Morundava, Nossi-Bé, Ste. Marie, Tamatave, only) | London-France | 4 10 | 4 10 | 7 4 | 7 9 | 7 9 | 7 9 | 7 9 | — | — | — | — | Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft. | Letters, articles of gold, silver, jewellery, &c. |
| Madeira ... | London... | 4 2 | 4 2 | 6 8 | 6 8 | 6 8 | 6 8 | 6 8 | — | — | — | — | 2ft. in any direction.... | For prohibitions see Portugal. |
| Malta ... | London-Gibraltar | 1 9 | 2 1 | 2 11½ | 3 10 | 4 8½ | 5 7 | 6 5½ | 7 4 | 8 2½ | 9 1 | 9 11½ | Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft. | Letters, articles of gold, silver, jewellery, &c., tobacco, salt, pork, bacon, plants or parts of plants, except fresh-cut flowers from 1st November to 31st May. |
| London-France | 3 11 | 3 11 | 5 0 | 5 0 | 6 7½ | 6 7½ | 6 7½ | — | — | — | — | Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft. | ||
| Martinique ... | London-France | 4 10 | 4 10 | 7 4 | 7 9 | 7 9 | 7 9 | 7 9 | — | — | — | — | Ditto | Letters, articles of gold, silver, jewellery, &c. |
| Mashonaland | London-Capetown | 3 3 | 5 5 | 8 1½ | 10 10 | 13 6½ | 16 3 | 18 11½ | — | — | — | — | Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft. | Same as Cape Colony. Parcels only accepted for Fern Sprait, Hartley Hill, Lawrencedale, Mazoc, Salisbury, Tuli, Umtali, and Victoria. |
| Massowah. See Eritrea. | Ditto | Letters, worn clothes, &c., if intended for sale, and articles of gold, silver, jewellery, &c. | ||||||||||||
| Mauritius ... | London-France | 4 3 | 4 3 | 4 9½ | 7 6½ | 7 6½ | 7 6½ | 7 6½ | — | — | — | — | Ditto. | |
| London-Colombo | 3 1 | 3 1 | 3 7½ | 7 3½ | 7 3½ | 7 3½ | 7 3½ | 10 11½ | 10 11½ | 10 11½ | 10 11½ | |||
| Mayotte ... | London-France | 4 10 | 4 10 | 7 4 | 7 9 | 7 9 | 7 9 | 7 9 | — | — | — | — | Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft. | Letters, articles of gold, silver, jewellery, &c. |
| Mexico ... | London... | 2 4 | 3 0 | 6 2 | 7 6 | 7 6 | 8 10 | 8 10 | 14 0 | 14 0 | 14 0 | 14 0 | Ditto | Letters, liquids and substances which easily liquify, fruit, vegetables, money in any form, precious stones, poisons; the tickets, circulars, or advertisements of lotteries. |
| Mombasa ... | London-Gibraltar | 2 1 | 2 9 | 3 11½ | 5 2 | 6 4½ | 7 7 | 8 9½ | 10 0 | 11 2½ | 12 5 | 13 7½ | Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft. | |
| Monaco. Same as France. | ||||||||||||||
| Montserrat. See Leeward Islands. | ||||||||||||||
| Morocco (Casablanca, Mazagan, Mogador, Rabat, and Safi. See also Tangier) | London-Hamburg | 3 11 | 3 11 | 6 5 | 7 0 | 7 0 | 7 0 | 7 0 | — | — | — | — | 2ft. in any direction.... | Letters. |
| Muscat. See India. | ||||||||||||||
| Mytilene. See Turkey. | ||||||||||||||
| Natal (including Echove, Zululand)— | ||||||||||||||
| Durban and the Point ... | London... | 1 10 | 2 7 | 3 10½ | 5 2 | 6 5½ | 7 9 | 9 0½ | — | — | — | — | Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft. | Letters, specie, bullion, gold-dust nuggets, ostrich feathers, firearms except by permission of the Governor. |
| Other places than Durban and the Point | London... | 2 1. | 3 1 | 4 7½ | 6 2 | 7. 8½ | 9 3 | 10 9½ | — | — | — | — | ||
| Nevis. See Leeward Islands. | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands. See Holland. | ||||||||||||||
| Newfoundland | London... | 1 10 | 2 4 | 3 4½ | 4 5 | 5 5½ | 6 6 | 7 6½ | 8 7 | 9 7½ | 10 8 | 11 8½ | Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft. | |
| Norway ... | London... | 2 6½ | 2 6½ | 5 0½ | 5 7½ | 5 7½ | 5 7½ | 5 7½ | 8 9 | 8 9 | 8 9 | 8 9 | 2ft. in any direction.... | Letters. |
| North Borneo. Territory of the British North Borneo Company (not including Sarawak, which see). | London... | 2 0 | 2 8 | 3 10½ | 5 1 | 6 3½ | 7 6 | 8 8½ | 9 11 | 11 1½ | 12 4 | 13 6½ | Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft. | |
| Nossi-Bé ... | London-France | 4 10 | 4 10 | 7 4 | 7 9 | 7 9 | 7 9 | 7 9 | — | — | — | — | Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft. | Letters, articles of gold, silver, jewellery, &c. |
| Novi Bazar. Same as Bosnia. | Ditto | Letters, gold, silver, jewellery, &c. | ||||||||||||
| Obock (East Africa)... | London-France | 4 0 | 4 0 | 6 6 | 6 11 | 6 11 | 6 11 | 6 11 | — | — | — | — | Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft. | |
| Oil Rivers Protectorate:— Benin, Bonny, Brass, New Calabar, Old Calabar, Opo-bo, Wari (Forcados) | London... | 1 10 | 2 7 | 3 10½ | 5 2 | 6 5½ | 7 9 | 9 0½ | 10 4 | 11 7½ | 12 11 | 14 2½ | ||
| Orange Free State ... | London-Capetown | 2 11 | 4 2 | 7 11 | 9 2 | 10 5 | 11 8 | 12 11 | — | — | — | — | Ditto | For prohibitions, see Cape of Good Hope |
| Padang, Sumatra. Same as Java, Batavia, &c. | ||||||||||||||
| Panama. Same as Colombia. | ||||||||||||||
| Philippopolis. See Bulgaria. |
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