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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

Compulsory Registration.

10. Valuable articles sent in unregistered letters are exposed to risk. All inland and Australian letters or packets, therefore, which unquestionably contain coin or bank-notes, even though they be posted without registration, are treated as “registered,” and charged double the registration-fee, in addition to the ordinary postage ; and any such letters, &c., which cannot be registered in time to be forwarded by the mail for which they are posted are detained for the next despatch.

Prohibitions.

11. It is prohibited to send to any of the countries mentioned at Table B any registered article marked on the outside with the declared value of the contents ; and Postmasters must refuse to receive articles which are so marked.

12. It is forbidden to send coin, jewellery, or precious articles by letter-post to any of the countries enumerated at Table B which are not marked (b).

13. Jewellery, &c., if addressed to countries which do not admit of their transmission by letter-post, and with which New Zealand has parcel exchanges, may be sent by parcel-post, except in cases in which they are specially prohibited ; see pages 118 to 133 of Postal Guide.

14. The registration to some countries is incomplete. In such cases articles are as a rule registered to the port of arrival, and the continuation of the registration thence to destination is left at the discretion of the country of arrival.

Redirection.

15. Registered articles are redirected free of charge on the same conditions as ordinary letters.

SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ LETTERS.

1. Letters addressed to or forwarded by any non-commissioned officer, members of the Cape regular service, army schoolmaster (not of the first class), army schoolmistress, soldier, or seaman, while actually employed in Her Majesty’s service, may be transmitted within the colony, and between the colony and the Australian Colonies, India, British Ports in the Mediterranean, and the United Kingdom, at a charge of 1d. each ; and to any post-office within the British Dominions, via the United Kingdom, by British mail-packet, at 2d. each, provided that the following regulations are observed :—

(a.) Each letter must not exceed ½oz. in weight.

(b.) If sent by any such privileged person, it must be superscribed with the name of the writer, his description or class in the regiment or vessel, and signed by the officer at the time in command.

(c.) If addressed to any such privileged person, his description or class in the regiment or vessel must be specified thereon.

(d.) If posted within the colony, the postage must be prepaid.

2. Letters of this description posted or received in the colony not in accordance with the foregoing regulations, or if addressed to foreign countries, will be treated as ordinary letters.

REDIRECTION.

Conditions of Free Redirection.

1. Redirected letters, post- and letter-cards, commercial papers, printed papers, newspapers, and sample-packets are treated as if they were addressed direct from the first office of posting to their ultimate destination, no charge whatever being made for intermediate redirections. When letters are fully prepaid for their first destination they are charged on delivery only the actual difference between the postage from the first office of posting to the ultimate place of destination and the postage originally affixed to the letters. Thus, a ½oz. letter prepaid 2d. and posted at Wellington for Auckland would be redirected free of charge thence to Dunedin, or to any place in Australia, but if subsequently redirected, say, from Dunedin to London, it would be charged on delivery “½d.”—i.e., the postage from Wellington to London, 2½d., less stamps affixed 2d. Redirected letters not fully prepaid for their first destination are charged double the difference between the postage from the original office of posting and the last place of redirection and the postage affixed to the letters.

Parcels treated differently.

2. Parcels are, when redirected, liable to additional postage at the prepaid rate for each redirection, except where the original and corrected addresses are both within a free delivery from the same post-office.

Redirection of Registered Letters.

3. Registered letters, &c., the redirection of which is desired after delivery, must not be dropped in the letter-box, but must be handed in at the office counter.

Notices of Removal.

4. Notices of removal and applications for the redirection of letters, &c., must in all cases be signed by the persons to whom the letters are addressed. The printed form of notice, which will be supplied on application at any post-office, should be used wherever practicable.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

1. On the first day of each month a list is exhibited at each post-office in the colony of the addresses of all letters received from places beyond the colony that have remained unclaimed for two months at such post-office, exclusive of the month in which they were received ; and such of these letters as remain unclaimed at the end of a further period of one month are then forwarded to the Dead Letter Office, to be returned unopened to the countries where they originated. Unclaimed letters originating in the colony are not advertised, but at the end of one month are forwarded (excepting special-request letters) to the Dead Letter Office, Wellington, there to be opened and returned to the writers.

SPECIAL-REQUEST LETTERS.

1. Letters posted in the colony, having the names and addresses of the senders written, printed, or embossed on the address side or on the fly of the envelopes, are returned unopened to the writers or senders by Chief Postmasters, when not claimed within thirty