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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(2.) Cease to use or occupy the said shed for a period of thirty days;
(3.) Fail to pay the sums specified in clause three of these conditions; or
(4.) Become bankrupt, or be in any manner brought under the operation of any law in force for the time being relating to bankruptcy,

then and in any of the said cases this Order in Council, and every right, power, or privilege, may be revoked and determined by the Governor in Council without any notice to the licensee or other proceeding whatsoever; and publication in the New Zealand Gazette of an Order in Council containing such revocation shall be sufficient notice to the licensee, and to all persons concerned or interested, that this Order in Council, and the rights and privileges thereby conferred, have been revoked and determined; and upon such revocation the Minister may cause the said shed, and all other erections or buildings thereto belonging, to be removed, and may recover the cost incurred by any such removal from the licensee.

8. The erection of the shed shall be deemed to be an acceptance by the licensee of the conditions of this Order in Council.

T. H. HAMER,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rules and Regulations for Transmission of Printed and Commercial Papers.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At Dunedin, this third day of February, 1896.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, certain regulations were made and rates of postage fixed, under the authority of “The Post Office Act, 1881,” for the transmission of, inter alia, books and commercial papers through the post: And whereas it is expedient to revoke such regulations as far as concerns the transmission of books and commercial papers as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by “The Post Office Act, 1881,” and its amendments, and of all other powers and authorities in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the regulations governing, and the rates of postage fixed for, the transmission of books and commercial papers through the post so made as aforesaid, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations and fix the rates of postage set forth in the Schedule hereto for the posting of printed papers (including books) and commercial papers; and doth declare that this Order in Council shall have effect on and from the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

SCHEDULE.
BOOK-POST.

1. The book-post is divided into two classes: (a) Commercial Papers, and (b) Printed Papers. For transmission by book-post as a “commercial paper” or “printed paper” articles must be sent in covers entirely open at one or both ends, or in open envelopes with the flap turned inside.

NOTE.—Letters will not pass as commercial papers even if they are sent in open covers. The only way to send a letter is by letter-post, or by writing it on the back of a post-card or on a letter-card.

(A.) COMMERCIAL PAPERS.
Rates of Postage.

2. The postage for commercial papers is—
   (a.) Within New Zealand,—
   (1.) For delivery from the office at which posted (town deliveries) … { For any single commercial paper not exceeding ½oz. … ½d.
   (2.) For delivery from any other office than that at which posted, and for town papers exceeding ½oz. … { Not exceeding 4oz. … 1d.
   For every additional 2oz. or fraction thereof … … ½d.
   (b.) To Australia and all other places … … { For any weight not exceeding 10oz. … 2½d.
   For every additional 2oz. or fraction thereof … … ½d.

Definition.

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). Any expression in the following table referring to print or printing shall be held to include type-printing, engraving, lithography, or autography, &c., easy to recognise. The expression “writing” shall be held to include type-writing as well as ordinary script.