Postal Rates and Regulations




20 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 3

SCHEDULE.

RATES OF POSTAGE.

Letters and Letter-cards.

Inland, the United Kingdom, British colonies (except Australia), and countries enumerated in list on page 3
.. .. .. 1d. for each ½oz. or fraction thereof.

Australia
.. .. .. 2d. for each ½ oz. or fraction thereof for letters, and 1½d. each for letter-cards.

All other places..
.. .. .. 2½d. for each ½ oz. or fraction thereof.

Post-cards.

All laces
.. .. .. Single, 1d.; reply, 2d.

Books and Printed Papers.

*All places
.. .. .. ½d. for each 2oz. or fraction thereof.

Commercial Papers.

Town (for accounts, &c., only)
.. .. {½d. if not exceeding ½oz., or 1d. for the first 4oz. or fraction thereof, and ½d. for each succeeding 2oz. or fraction thereof.

Inland
.. .. .. {1d. for the first 4oz. or less, and ½d. for each succeeding 2oz. or fraction thereof.

*Australia and all other places
.. .. {2½d. for the first 10oz., and ½d. for each succeeding 2oz. or fraction thereof.

Pattern and Sample Packets.

*All places
.. .. .. {Not exceeding 4oz., 1d.; every additional 2oz. or fraction thereof, ½d.

Magazines (not registered).

All places except Queensland
.. .. ½d. per 2oz. or fraction thereof.

Queensland
.. .. .. 1d. per 4oz. or fraction thereof.

Magazines (registered).

New Zealand, Australia (except Queensland and Western Australia)
.. .. {Each copy, not exceeding 2oz., ½d.; if over 2oz. to 8oz., 1d.; every additional 4oz. or fraction thereof, ½d.

Queensland
.. .. .. 1d. for 4oz. or fraction thereof.

Western Australia and other places
.. .. As for unregistered magazines.

Newspapers.

Town and Inland
.. .. .. ½d. each.

Australia (except Queensland) and South Sea Islands
.. .. .. 1d. each.

All other places (including Queensland)
.. .. {1d. each if not exceeding 4oz., and ½d. additional for every succeeding 2oz. or fraction thereof.

Parcels.

Inland
.. .. .. {6d. for the first 1lb., and 3d. for each succeeding 1lb. or fraction thereof.

Australia, Samoan and Norfolk Islands
.. .. {8d. for the first 1lb., and 6d. for each succeeding 1lb. or fraction thereof.

All other places
.. .. .. {See special tables under heading “British, Intercolonial, and Foreign Parcel Post.”

Registration.

3d. for all places.


GENERAL REGULATIONS.

LETTERS AND LETTER-CARDS.

  1. The prepaid rates of postage on letters and letter-cards posted in New Zealand are—

Inland, and to the places enumerated below
.. .. .. 1d. for each ½oz. or fraction thereof.

United Kingdom; Cook, Ducie, Easter, Norfolk, Pitcairn, Samoan, Society, Solomon, and Tongan Islands; New Hebrides, and the under-mentioned British possessions and protectorates, viz.: Aden, Ascension, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermudas, British Central Africa Protectorate, British East Africa Protectorate, British Guiana, British Honduras, British North Borneo, Canada, Cape Colony, Ceylon, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Hongkong, India, Jamaica, Johore, Labuan, Lagos, Leeward Islands (viz., Antigua, St. Kitts, Nevis, Dominica, Montserrat, and the Virgin Islands), Malay States (Protected) (viz., Perak, Selangor, Negri-Sembilan, and Pahang), Malta, Mauritius, Natal, Newfoundland, *Nigeria (Northern), †Nigeria (Southern), Orange River Colony, St. Helena, Sarawak, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Straits Settlements, Tobago, Transvaal, Trinidad, Turk's Islands, Uganda, Windward Islands (viz., Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines), Zanzibar.

  • There are special rates for Queensland, which see under respective headings “Printed Papers,” “Commercial Papers” “Patterns and Samples.”


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1 January 1901
Postage Rates, Letters, Post-cards, Printed Papers, Parcels, Registration, Postal Regulations, Inland, International, Australia, New Zealand