✨ Parcel Post Rates Table
Mar. 3.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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. | ||||
| Hawaiian Islands ... | Via Auckland | 0 8 | 1 2 | 1 8 | 2 2 | 2 8 | 3 2 | 3 8 | 4 2 | 4 8 | 5 2 | 5 8 | {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} | Letters, opium. |
| Poland. See Germany. | {2ft. in any direction. Parcels slightly longer than 2ft. are admissible if their other dimensions are small} | {Letters, fresh meat, pork, bacon, sausages, hides, horns, living plants, and fat of animals.} | ||||||||||||
| Herzegovina. Same as Bosnia. | ||||||||||||||
| Iceland ... | London... | 2 8 | 2 8 | 8 | 5 10 | 5 10 | 5 10 | 5 10 | 8 11 | 8 11 | 8 11 | 8 11 | {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} | Letters. |
| Costa Rica Republic | London... | 4 0 | 4 0 | 4 0 | 8 2 | 8 2 | 8 2 | 8 2 | 12 4 | 12 4 | 12 4 | 12 4 | Ditto | Opium. |
| Hongkong, including Amoy, Canton, Foochow, Hankow, Ichou, Macao, Ningpo, Shanghai, Swatow; also other places in China, at sender’s risk | Colombo | 1 9 | 2 9 | 3 9 | 4 9 | 5 9 | 6 9 | 7 9 | 8 9 | 9 9 | 10 9 | 11 9 | ||
| Honolulu. See Hawaiian Islands. | ||||||||||||||
| Denmark. Same as Denmark. | ||||||||||||||
| India (including Andaman Islands and Burmah); also the following places on the Persian Gulf and in Turkish Arabia: Baghdad, Bahrain, Bandar Abas, Bushire, Bus-1, Guadur, Jask, Linga, Hammerah, and Muscat | Colombo | 1 6 | 2 6 | 3 6 | 4 6 | 5 6 | 6 6 | 7 6 | 8 6 | 9 6 | 10 6 | 11 6 | {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} | Opium. To Burmah: Firearms and ammunition (except for the Government), preparations of hemp. To Baghdad and Busrah: Worn clothes, arms, ammunition, poisons, caricatures of Royal or other notable persons. |
| England. See United Kingdom. | {Letters, unmanufactured tobacco, salt, fresh meat, pork in any form, bacon, sausages, plants or living parts of plants, including bulbs, truffles, mushrooms, &c. (except cut flowers and fruit from 1st Nov. to 31st May), vegetable manure, game from 1st Jan. to 1st Sep., playing-cards addressed to S. Marino; arms, medicine, or chemical compounds, the composition of which is unknown, without the express previous permission of the Italian authorities; saccharine and its products, parcels addressed to prisoners, copper coins not current in Italy, measures not of the decimal system. Medicine, if accompanied by the prescription, which must be copied on the Customs declaration form, is forwarded at sender’s risk.} | |||||||||||||
| London... | 3 4 | 3 4 | 3 4 | 6 3 | 6 3 | 6 3 | 6 3 | 9 2 | 9 2 | 9 2 | 9 2 | {Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft.} | ||
| Ivory Coast. Same as French Congo. | ||||||||||||||
| Jamaica ... | 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.} | Letters. |
| Japan. See Turkey. (Parcels must be claimed at Santa Quaranta.) | ||||||||||||||
| Ceylon. Same as India. | ||||||||||||||
| Formosa (including Formosa)... | Colombo | 2 2 | 3 7 | 5 0 | 6 5 | 7 10 | 9 3 | 10 8 | 12 1 | 13 6 | 14 11 | 16 4 | {Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} | {Letters, opium (not including laudanum).} |
| Dutch East Indies. | ||||||||||||||
| Arabia ... | London... | 4 2 | 4 2 | 4 2 | 7 6 | 7 6 | 7 6 | 7 6 | 10 9 | 10 9 | 10 9 | 10 9 | Ditto | {Letters, arms, salt, tobacco, plants or parts of plants, hachich.} |
| Jerusalem. See Turkey. (Parcels must be claimed at the Custom-house, Jaffa.) | ||||||||||||||
| Eritrea. See Eritrea. | ||||||||||||||
| German East Africa. See German East Africa. | ||||||||||||||
| British East Africa. See British East Africa. | ||||||||||||||
| French Congo. Same as French Congo. | ||||||||||||||
| German East Africa ... | Colombo | 1 11½ | 3 2 | 4 4½ | 5 7 | 6 9½ | 8 0 | 9 2½ | 10 5 | 11 7½ | 12 10 | 14 0½ | {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} | —— |
| South Africa ... | London... | 1 10 | 2 7 | 3 10½ | 5 2 | 6 5½ | 7 9 | 9 0½ | 10 4 | 11 7½ | 12 11 | 14 2½ | Ditto. | —— |
| Turkey. See Turkey. | ||||||||||||||
| British East Africa ... | ||||||||||||||
| Leeward Islands (West Indies) | London... | 1 8 | 2 3 | 3 4½ | 4 6 | 5 7½ | 6 9 | 7 10½ | 9 0 | 10 1½ | 11 3 | 12 4½ | {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} | —— |
| Liberia ... | London... | 3 6 | 3 6 | 3 6 | 7 8 | 7 8 | 7 8 | 7 8 | 11 10 | 11 10 | 11 10 | 11 10 | 2ft. in length, breadth, or depth | Letters. |
| Brazzaville. Same as French Congo. | ||||||||||||||
| German East Africa ... | ||||||||||||||
| India. Same as India. | ||||||||||||||
| Cameroons. Same as Cameroons. | ||||||||||||||
| French Congo. Same as French Congo. | ||||||||||||||
| Cameroons. Same as Cameroons. | ||||||||||||||
| Howe Island. Same as New South Wales. | ||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of | London... | 2 11 | 2 11 | 2 11 | 5 10 | 5 10 | 5 10 | 5 10 | 8 8 | 8 8 | 8 8 | 8 8 | {2ft. in any direction. Parcels slightly longer than 2ft. are admitted if their other dimensions are small} | Letters. |
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