New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 21

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✨ Parcel Post Rates Table



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

BRITISH, INTERCOLONIAL, AND FOREIGN PARCEL POST—continued.

Colony or Country. Route. RATE OF POSTAGE. Not exceeding— Maximum Dimensions. Special Prohibitions, in addition to those specified under the Conditions of Transmission
1lb. 2lb. 3lb. 4lb. 5lb. 6lb. 7lb. 8lb. 9lb. 10lb. 11lb.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Diego Suarez. See Madagascar. Via Brisbane 1 8½ 2 4½ 3 0½ 3 8½ 4 4½ 5 0½ 5 8½ 6 4½ 7 0½ 7 8½ 8 4½ {2ft. in length, or 4ft. in length and girth combined} {Letters, opium, arms, salt (e.g. fine table-salt), coffee-plants, -seeds.}
Dominica. See Leeward Islands.
Dutch East Indies, comprising a large number of places situated in Bali, Banka, Billiton, Dutch Borneo, Celebes, Java, Madura, Moluccas, Rhio, Sumatra (part), and Timor
Dutch Guiana (Paramaribo and Nieuw-Nickerie) London ... 5 2 5 2 5 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 {2ft. in length, or 4ft. in length and girth combined} Letters.
Dutch West Indies (Curaçao St. Eustatius, and St. Martin) London ... 5 2 5 2 5 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 Ditto Letters.
Egypt ... ... {Colombo London ... 1 9 2 11 2 9 2 11 3 9 2 11 4 9 6 5 5 9 6 5 6 9 6 5 7 9 6 5 8 9 9 11 9 9 9 11 10 9 9 11 11 9 9 11 {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} {Letters, military arms (unless addressed to members of the British Army), materials for the composition of gunpowder, salt, poisons (unless addressed to chemists or druggists), books of the Mussulman religion, foreign silver and copper coins.}
England. See United Kingdom.
Eritrea, Red Sea (Adi Ugri, Asmara, Assab, Ghinda, Kassala, Keren, Massowah, and Saganeiti) London ... 4 6 4 6 4 6 7 5 7 5 7 5 7 5 10 4 10 4 10 4 10 4 {Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft.} Same as Italy.
Falkland Islands ... ... London ... 1 10 2 7 3 10½ 5 2 6 5½ 7 9 9 0½ 10 4 11 7½ 12 11 14 2½ {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} ——
Faröe Islands. Same as Denmark.
Fiji ... ... ... Auckland or Wellington 0 8 1 2 1 8 2 2 2 8 3 2 3 8 4 2 4 8 5 2 5 8 Ditto Bullion.
Finland. Same as Russia. {Letters, secret and forbidden ammunition, game out of season (grouse not included), fresh fish (except fillets and sirloins of foreign bronze coin, tobacco (unless addressed to the “Régie,” in limited quantities for personal use of addressee), essence of tobacco, playing-cards, shrubs, young parts of the vine. Medicine is subject to special restrictions. Medicine must be at least 18 carat, and must be up to the French standard. Jewellery is assayed and marked at the expense of the addressee.}
Formosa. Same as Japan.
France (not including Algeria or Corsica, which see) London ... 3 0 3 0 3 0 5 11 5 11 5 11 5 11 8 10 8 10 8 10 8 10 {2ft. in any direction. Slender parcels, such as umbrellas, &c., may be accepted up to 3ft. 6in. in length} {Letters, arms, gold, silver, jewellery, &c.}
Letters, gold, silver, jewellery, &c.
French Congo (Libreville, Loango, &c.) London ... 4 9 4 9 4 9 7 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 10 7 10 7 10 7 10 7 {Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft.} ——
French Guiana ... ... London ... 4 9 4 9 4 9 7 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 10 7 10 7 10 7 10 7 Ditto
Gaboon. See French Congo.
Gadur. Same as India.
Gambia ... ... ... London ... 1 10 2 7 3 10½ 5 2 6 5½ 7 9 9 0½ 10 4 11 7½ 12 11 14 2½ {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} ——
German East Africa (Bagamoyo, Dar-es-Salaam, Kilwa, Lindi, Mikindani, Mohorro, Pangani, Saadani, and Tanga)* London ... 5 10 5 10 5 10 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 11 8 11 8 11 8 11 8 {Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft.} Letters.
German South-west Africa (Luderitzbucht, Okahandja, Omaruru, Otjimbingue, Swakopmund, Windhoek) London ... 7 9 7 9 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 — — — — Ditto Letters.
Germany ... ... ... London ... 2 8 2 8 2 8 5 9 5 9 5 9 5 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 {2ft. in any direction. Parcels longer than 2ft. are accepted if they are neither broad nor deep} {Letters, plants with roots, all parts of the vine-plant except grapes, books of a social democratic or socialistic tendency.}
Gibraltar ... ... ... Melbourne 1 6 1 6 2 3 3 0 3 9 4 6 5 3 6 0 6 9 7 6 8 3 {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} Arms, ammunition.
Gollanti. See British East Africa.
Gold Coast Colony (Accra, Addah, Axim, Cape Coast, Quitta, Saltpond, and Winnebah) London ... 1 10 2 7 3 10½ 5 2 6 5½ 7 9 9 0½ 10 4 11 7½ 12 11 14 2½ Ditto. ——
Grand Bassam. Same as French Congo.
Greece. (A list of places in Greece at which parcels are delivered may be seen at any post-office. Parcels for Greece must be packed in some stronger material than paper or cardboard) London ... 4 2 4 2 4 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 — — — — {Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft.} {Letters, tobacco, plants and parts of plants, including flowers or fruit, fresh meat, sausages, raw hides, wool, the horns, bones, or other parts of oxen or sheep; worn linen and bedding, old clothes, old papers, playing-cards, salt, cigarette-paper.}
Grenada ... ... ... London ... 1 9 2 5 3 7½ 4 10 6 0½ 7 3 8 5½ 9 8 10 10½ 12 1 13 3½ {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} Unmanufactured tobacco.
Guadaloupe ... ... ... London ... 4 9 4 9 4 9 7 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 10 7 10 7 10 7 10 7 {Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft.} Letters, gold, silver, jewellery, &c.
  • Parcels are also accepted at sender’s risk for other parts of German East Africa.


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