Mar. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 543

Magazines (not registered).
All places except Queensland .. .. ½d. per 2oz. or fraction thereof.
Queensland .. .. .. 1d. per 4oz. or fraction thereof.

Magazines (registered).
New Zealand, Australian Colonies (except) Each copy: First 8oz., 1d.; every additional 4oz. or fraction thereof, ½d.
Queensland and Western Australia), and Tasmania
Queensland .. .. .. 1d. for 4oz. or fraction thereof.
Western Australia and other places .. As for unregistered magazines.

Newspapers.
Town and Inland .. .. ½d. each.
Australia (except Queensland) and South Sea Islands
All other places (including Queensland) .. {1d. each if not exceeding 4oz., and ½d. additional for every succeeding 2oz. or fraction thereof.

Parcels.
Inland .. .. .. {6d. for the first 1lb., and 3d. for each succeeding 1lb. or fraction thereof.
Australian Colonies, Cook, Samoan, Norfolk, and Hawaiian Islands {8d. for the first 1lb., and 6d. for each succeeding 1lb. or fraction thereof.
All other places .. .. The charges vary.

Registration.
The fee for all places is 3d.

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

LETTERS.

1. The prepaid rates of postage on letters posted in New Zealand are—
   For delivery—
   (a.) Within the colony—
   (1.) From the post-office at which they are posted {1d. for each ½oz. or fraction thereof.
   (2.) From any other post-office than that at which posted {2d. for each ½oz. or fraction thereof.
   (b.) In the Australian Colonies and the South Sea Islands {2d. for each ½oz. or fraction thereof.
   (c.) All other places .. .. 2½d. for each ½oz. or fraction thereof.
2. Letters not fully prepaid or posted wholly unpaid are charged double the deficiency at the prepaid rate, on delivery.
3. No letter should exceed 2ft. in length or 1ft. in width or depth.
4. Coin, bank-notes, or other paper-money, cheques, &c., can be sent by letter-post only. All letters containing these or other valuables must be registered.

Late-fee Letters, &c.
5. Late-fee letters must bear, in addition to the ordinary postage—
1d. for inland letters.
2d. for letters for Australia and the South Sea Islands.
2½d. for all other places.
1d. for letter-cards or post-cards however addressed.

Such letters may, as a general rule, be posted at the post-office up to twenty minutes of the time the mail leaves the office, and in the railway travelling post-offices, guards’ vans, and on board steamers up to the time of departure of train or steamer. Late-fee letters posted on board trains and steamers without the fee will be charged double the late-fee on delivery. A concession is, however, made in respect to letters, &c., posted on trains while at a flag-station or railway-siding at a place where there is no post-office. On letters, &c., so posted, no late-fee is charged if the words “Posted at [Name of flag-station or siding]” are written or printed on the address side of the letter.

Consignees’ Letters and Loose Letters.
6. Consignees’ letters are letters in closed covers concerning goods, and sent at the same time as the goods. They must be marked “Consignee’s Letter.” Loose letters are letters other than consignees’ letters which make part or the whole of their journey before being handed to the post-office. Both consignees’ letters and loose letters must be prepaid at the rate of 2d. for each ½oz. if they originate in New Zealand or Australia, and 2½d. if they originate elsewhere. Any deficiency in postage is doubled. Consignees’ letters are not liable to any late fee, but loose letters must bear the late fee, or they will be charged 2d. in addition to double the deficient postage, if any. In all cases stamps of the country of origin are fully credited on consignees’ and loose letters.
7. Letters sent loose to the United Kingdom are treated on arrival in England as wholly unpaid letters. Loose letters, even if marked “Consignee’s Letter,” for the Australian Colonies (except Queensland, where consignees’ letters are treated as in New Zealand) must bear a late-fee or they will be surcharged on arrival in Australia.

Bills of Lading, &c., in Open Covers treated differently.
8. Consignees’ letters should not be understood to include bills of lading or consignees’ advice-notes, posted in open covers on board ships and trains. Such bills of lading or consignees’ advice-notes are charged 1d. if not exceeding 4oz., and ½d. each additional 2oz., and they are not liable to any late-fee. Deficiency in ordinary postage is doubled. Other classes of commercial papers posted loose are liable, in addition to the ordinary postage (1d. if under 4oz. and ½d. each additional 2oz.) to a late-fee of 1d. If the late-fee is not prepaid the packet will be charged 1d. on delivery, together with double the deficient postage, if any. (See under “Commercial Papers” for rates when posted at a post-office, and under “Late-fee Letters, &c., above,” for rates when posted at railway flag-stations and sidings.)