✨ Postal Regulations
FEB. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 273
The following documents, provided they conform to the conditions, are regarded as commercial papers:—
| Description of Document. | Conditions. |
|---|---|
| Acceptances, bills of exchange, bills of lading, consignee's advice-notes (marked “consignee”), drafts, orders for goods, pay-sheets, ships' manifests, way-bills | Nothing may appear in writing in the documents save dates, the names and addresses of the parties, the particulars and prices of any goods, or the particulars of any sums of money to which the document relates, and the mode of consignment of any such goods or money. |
| Formal receipts, accounts (receipted or un-receipted), demands for rates or calls, invoices, premium renewal notices | Only accounts, &c., for the person whose name appears on the cover may be enclosed in the same envelope. The words “With thanks” may be added to receipted accounts. No other document, printed or written, shall be enclosed. Accounts and receipts cannot be sent beyond the colony for less than letter rates. Any matter other than aforesaid shall be wholly in print, and shall relate exclusively to the subject-matter of the document or the terms on which business is transacted by the person or firm from whom the document issues. |
| Affidavits, briefs, deeds, depositions, powers of attorney, recognisances, scrip | Nothing to appear in writing or print which does not form part of the document as a legal instrument. |
| Proposals and policies of insurance, private friends' and medical reports concerning proposals for insurance, returns of banks, public companies, &c., pass-books, stock-sheets, balance-sheets | The document, as a rule, to consist of a printed form. Any written matter on such document to consist merely of information or statements appropriate to the form and necessary to the completion of the document. Any written or printed matter not forming part of the document must refer solely to the arrangement of the type. |
| Manuscript for press, manuscript sermons ... | Any written or printed matter not forming part of the document itself must relate exclusively to its subject-matter. |
| Specifications (with and without plans), examination papers, written music |
(B.) PRINTED PAPERS (INCLUDING BOOKS).
- The postage for printed papers, except newspapers, is—
To any place within or beyond New Zealand ... ... ½d. per 2oz.
Copies of Hansard, if enclosed in the authorised wrapper, will be sent free of charge to any place within the colony.
Definition.
- Printed papers generally comprise all impressions or copies obtained on paper, parchment, or cardboard, by means of printing, engraving, lithography, autography, or any other mechanical process easy to recognise, except the copying-press or type-writer; anything, not of glass, usually attached or appurtenant to any of the under-mentioned 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.
Cards bearing the inscription “Post-card” are not accepted at the rate for “printed papers.”
Postage-stamps, whether obliterated or not, and all printed articles or stamps constituting the sign of a monetary value, are excluded from transmission as printed papers, and must bear letter or parcel rates of postage. As an exception to this rule, stamped and addressed single envelopes or single post- or letter-cards to be used for replies may be enclosed with circulars, &c.
The following is a list of the more prominent articles accepted as “printed papers”:
| Description of Article. | Remarks. |
|---|---|
| Books, magazines, &c. (stitched or bound), drawings, engravings, fashion-plates, maps, printed music, notices of all kinds entirely printed, paintings, papers impressed for the use of the blind or cardboard drawing-models stamped in relief, photographs, pictures, plans, valentines | A dedication may be written on books, sheets of music, photographs, and engravings, and the invoice relating to any such work enclosed. |
| Christmas or other seasonable or complimentary cards | If for places within Her Majesty's dominions, a complimentary or conventional remark, and the names and addresses of the sender and addressee may be written. (For example: “To John Smith, with best wishes from Mary Smith, Christmas, 1895.”) For other countries any writing is forbidden. Cards bearing communications such as “Write soon,” “Hoping to see you shortly,” &c., must be paid for at letter rates. |
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NZ Gazette 1896, No 10
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