✨ 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. | ||||
| St. John. Same as St. Thomas. | Via | |||||||||||||
| St. Kitt's. See Leeward Islands. | ||||||||||||||
| St. Lucia ... ... ... | 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.} | —— |
| St. Maria de Madagascar. | Same as Madagascar. | |||||||||||||
| St. Martin. See Dutch West Indies. | ||||||||||||||
| St. Pierre. Same as Miquelon. | ||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas ... ... ... | London... | 3 5 | 3 5 | 3 5 | 7 2 | 7 2 | 7 2 | 7 2 | 10 11 | 10 11 | 10 11 | 10 11 | {Greatest length, 3ft.6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} | Letters. |
| St. Vincent, 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 | Ditto. | —— |
| St. Lucia. See Turkey. | ||||||||||||||
| St. Pond. See Gold Coast Colony. | ||||||||||||||
| Salvador, Republic of (Central America) | London... | 5 2 | 5 2 | 5 2 | 9 5 | 9 5 | 9 5 | 9 5 | 13 8 | 13 8 | 13 8 | 13 8 | Ditto | {Letters, vines, air-guns, nitrate of potash, saltpetre, apparatus for coining money.} |
| Samoa (Navigator Islands) ... | Auckland | 0 8 | 1 2 | 1 8 | 2 2 | 2 8 | 3 2 | 3 8 | 4 2 | 4 8 | 5 2 | 5 8 | Ditto. | —— |
| Santa Cruz (near New Hebrides) | Sydney ... | 0 9 | 1 4 | 1 11 | 2 6 | 3 1 | 3 8 | 4 3 | 4 10 | 5 5 | 6 0 | 6 7 | Ditto | Same as New South Wales. |
| Sarawak. Same as North Borneo. | ||||||||||||||
| Sardinia. See Italy. | ||||||||||||||
| Scotland. See United Kingdom. | ||||||||||||||
| Senegal (including Kayes, in French Soudan, parcels for which are charged 6 francs delivery) | London-France | 3 11 | 3 11 | 3 11 | 6 10 | 6 10 | 6 10 | 6 10 | 9 9 | 9 9 | 9 9 | 9 9 | {Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft.} | {Letters, arms, gold, silver, jewellery, &c.} |
| Serbia ... ... ... | London... | 3 6 | 3 6 | 3 6 | 6 7 | 6 7 | 6 7 | 6 7 | 9 6 | 9 6 | 9 6 | 9 6 | 2ft. in any direction... | Letters, parts of the vine. |
| Seychelles ... ... ... | London... | 3 8 | 3 8 | 3 8 | 7 2 | 7 2 | 7 2 | 7 2 | 10 8 | 10 8 | 10 8 | 10 8 | {Greatest length, 3ft.6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} | {Letters, worn clothes, &c., if intended for sale.} |
| Siam. Bangkok, Chiengmai, Chiangpoh (Nakon Siam), and Raheng only | Colombo | 1 11½ | 3 2 | 4 4½ | 5 7 | 6 9½ | 8 0 | 9 2½ | 10 5 | 11 7½ | 12 10 | 14 0½ | Ditto | Letters, arms, opium. |
| Sierra Leone ... ... ... | London... | 1 10 | 2 7 | 3 10½ | 5 2 | 6 5½ | 7 9 | 9 0½ | 10 4 | 11 7½ | 12 11 | 14 2½ | Ditto. | —— |
| Singapore ... ... ... | London... | 2 11 | 2 11 | 2 11 | 6 2 | 6 2 | 6 2 | 6 2 | 9 5 | 9 5 | 9 5 | 9 5 | Ditto | {Letters, firearms, leaf-tobacco, salt, plants, foreign coins and lottery-tickets. Books, magazines, and newspapers should not be sent by parcel-post.} |
| South African Republic. See Transvaal. | ||||||||||||||
| South Australia ... ... ... | Melb'urne | 0 8 | 1 2 | 1 8 | 2 2 | 2 8 | 3 2 | 3 8 | 4 2 | 4 8 | 5 2 | 5 8 | Ditto | Coin or bullion, vine-cuttings. |
| Spain (parcels are not delivered at Algeciras, Almeria, and Palma di Mallorca, or at any place which is not a railway-station) | London... | 3 | 3 9 | 3 9 | 6 3 | 6 3 | 6 3 | 6 3* | — | — | — | — | {Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft.} | {Letters, firearms, and munitions of war, air-guns, reproductions of Spanish maps or plans, missiles, breviaries, rosaries, relics, &c., plants, gold, silver, jewellery, &c. *Maximum weight, 6½lb.} |
| Straits Settlements (Malacca, Penang, Province Wellesley, and Singapore). Parcels will also be accepted at sender's risk for Pahor, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Selangor, and Kedah, in the Malayan Peninsula. | Colombo | 1 9 | 2 9 | 3 9 | 4 9 | 5 9 | 7 9 | 8 9 | 9 9 | 10 9 | 11 9 | {Greatest length, 3ft.6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} | Letters, opium, spirits. | |
| Sumatra (Dutch). See Dutch East Indies. | ||||||||||||||
| Sweden ... ... ... | London... | 2 10 | 2 10 | 2 10 | 6 5 | 6 5 | 6 5 | 6 5 | 9 7 | 9 7 | 9 7 | 9 7 | {2ft. in any direction. Parcels slightly longer than 2ft. are admitted if their other dimensions are small} | {Letters, rags, shoddy, worn clothes (unless for the personal use of the addressee, his family or servants), manufactured gold and silver not of a certain degree of fineness, drugs and arsenic unless addressed to professional men, articles made abroad bearing Swedish marks.} |
| Switzerland ... ... ... | London... | 3 2 | 3 2 | 3 2 | 6 2 | 6 2 | 6 2 | 6 2 | 1 9 1 | 9 1 | 9 1 | 9 1 | Ditto | {Letters, plants with roots, alcohol, spirits of wine, meat (unless dried, smoked, or tinned), bacon, sausages.} |
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