✨ Postal Union Countries and Routes
Mar. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 555
Table B.
LIST OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO WHICH POSTAL UNION RATES OF POSTAGE ARE CHARGED; ALSO THEIR ROUTES OF TRANSMISSION.
[Special attention is directed to annotations (ª) and (ᵇ).]
(ª) Denotes that the limit of weight of pattern and sample packets for these countries is 12oz. (The maximum dimensions and weight for patterns and samples for the United Kingdom, Australia, and other countries are stated at sections 19 and 20, pages 10 and 11.)
(ᵇ) Denotes that gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c., may be sent to these countries by registered letter-post. (Such articles, however, if addressed to any of the other countries with which New Zealand has parcel-post exchanges can be sent by parcel-post, except in cases in which they are specially prohibited. See “Parcel Post.”) For prohibited articles, see “Prohibitions.”
| Country, &c. | Route, via | Country, &c. | Route, via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abyssinia .. | Colombo. | Bourbon .. | Colombo. |
| Accra .. | London. | Brass .. | London. |
| Aden .. | Colombo. | Brazil .. | Direct steamers. |
| Addah .. | London. | British Columbia .. | San Francisco. |
| Afghanistan* .. | Colombo. | Colombo. | |
| Africa, East .. | Colombo. | British Bechuanaland | Melbourne. |
| Africa, South, South-east, and South-west | Melbourne. | British Guiana .. | New York. |
| Africa, West .. | London. | Rio de Janeiro. | |
| Ahgwey .. | London. | Buen Ayre .. | New York. |
| Akassa .. | London. | Colombo. | |
| Albania .. | S. Fr’isco–London. | Bulgaria .. | S. Fr’isco–London. |
| Colombo. | Plymouth. | ||
| Alexandretta .. | Colombo. | Colombo. | |
| S. Fr’isco–London. | Burmah .. | Colombo. | |
| Algeria .. | S. Fr’isco–London. | ||
| Colombo. | Cabenda .. | London. | |
| Ambrizette .. | London. | Calabar .. | London. |
| Anam .. | Colombo. | Cambodia .. | Colombo. |
| Andorra .. | S. Fr’isco–London. | Cameroons ᵇ .. | London. |
| Colombo. | Canada .. | San Francisco. | |
| Plymouth. | Colombo. | ||
| Angola .. | London. | Canary Islands .. | Direct steamers. |
| Annobon .. | London. | Candia .. | Colombo. |
| Anguilla .. | New York. | S. Fr’isco–London. | |
| Colombo. | Cape Coast Castle .. | London. | |
| Antigua .. | New York. | Cape Colony .. | Melbourne. |
| Colombo. | Cape Verd Islands .. | Rio de Janeiro. | |
| Arabia .. | Colombo. | S. Fr’isco–London. | |
| Argentine Republic .. | Monte Video. | Cayenne .. | New York. |
| Asaba .. | London. | Rio de Janeiro. | |
| Asia, Central .. | Colombo. | Celebes .. | Torres Strait. |
| Ascension .. | London. | Colombo. | |
| Austria-Hungary .. | S. Fr’isco–London. | Central Asia .. | Colombo. |
| Colombo. | Ceylon .. | P. & O. or Orient lines. | |
| Plymouth. | Chandernagore .. | Colombo. | |
| Azores .. | Rio de Janeiro. | Chili .. | Monte Video. |
| S. Fr’isco–London. | San Francisco. | ||
| Bagamoyo ᵇ .. | Colombo. | China .. | Torres Strait. |
| Bagdad .. | Colombo. | Colombo. | |
| Bahamas .. | New York. | Cochin China .. | Colombo. |
| Colombo. | Torres Strait. | ||
| Balearic Islands .. | S. Fr’isco–London. | Colombia (Republic of or United States of) | San Francisco. |
| Colombo. | Monte Video. | ||
| Plymouth. | Comoro Islands .. | Colombo. | |
| Barbados .. | New York. | Congo .. | London. |
| Colombo. | Corea .. | Torres Strait. | |
| Bechuanaland (liable to additional charge on delivery) | Melbourne. | Colombo. | |
| Belgiumª .. | S. Fr’isco–London. | Costa Rica.. | San Francisco. |
| Plymouth. | Rio de Janeiro. | ||
| Colombo. | Crete .. | Colombo. | |
| Benguela .. | London. | S. Fr’isco–London. | |
| Belize .. | New York. | Cuba .. | New York. |
| Colombo. | Colombo. | ||
| Benin .. | London. | Curaçao .. | New York. |
| Bermudaᵇ .. | New York. | Colombo. | |
| Colombo. | Cyprusᵇ .. | Colombo. | |
| Beyrout .. | Colombo. | S. Fr’isco–London. | |
| S. Fr’isco–London. | Dar-es-Salaamᵇ .. | Colombo. | |
| Bolivia .. | San Francisco. | Delagoa Bay .. | Melbourne. |
| Monte Video. | Denmark .. | S. Fr’isco–London. | |
| Bonny .. | London. | Plymouth. | |
| Borneo, Dutch and British | Torres Strait. | Colombo. | |
| Colombo. | Diego Garcia .. | Colombo. |
- The Postal Union rates prepay letters as far as the Indian frontier only. Correspondence for Afghanistan intended for free delivery should therefore be addressed to the care of some agent at Peshawur, who should be instructed to pay the extra postage charged by the Ameer of Cabul on correspondence passing through his territory. Mail-matter addressed to Afghanistan direct will be charged on delivery double the Afghan postage—i.e., 5 annas per “miscal,” or about 5d. for one-seventh of an ounce.
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