24 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 3

NOTE.—Printed letters posted singly, and which are of the nature of an actual and personal correspondence, must be paid for as letters. For example, printed letters or slips, such as “You are requested to call at this office without delay,” “Your account is very much overdue, and must be settled forthwith,” cannot be accepted as circulars unless at least twenty copies in identical terms are posted at one time. | Circulars may be corrected in writing, and the date of despatch and the name and address and description of the sender and addressee may be inserted in writing. If produced by any other mechanical process than printing, at least twenty copies must be submitted to the post-office simultaneously for posting, and special attention called to their nature. The word “Circular” must be written or printed on the circular and on the envelope containing it. Inland circulars or manuscript may, when posted in quantities of not less than 1,000 at one time, be prepaid in cash instead of stamps. A few hours’ notice should in such case be given to the Postmaster. |
| Newspaper cuttings ... ... ... | The title, date, number, and address of the publication from which the clipping is made may be added. If registered. |
| Obliterated postage-stamps addressed to places within New Zealand and Australia. For other places see paragraph 9 | |
| Proofs of printing, with or without the manuscript relating thereto | Manuscript additions and alterations relating to the subject-matter or the arrangement or correction of the type may be inserted. |
| Prospectuses ... ... ... ... | Wholly printed and without note or comment. |

11. The expressions referring to printing include any species of type-printing, engraving, lithography, autography, &c., easy to recognise.

When Writing is permitted.

12. Printed papers, of which the text has been modified after printing, either by hand or by means of a mechanical process, except as specified herein, or which bear any mark whatever of such a kind as to constitute a conventional language, cannot be sent at printed-paper rates.

13. As exceptions to the above rule, it is permitted—

(a.) To indicate on the outside of the paper the name, commercial standing, and address of the sender;

(b.) To indicate or alter in a printed paper, in manuscript or by a mechanical process, the date of despatch, the signature, and the commercial standing or profession, as well as the address, of the sender;

(c.) To correct errors in printing in printed documents;

(d.) To mark through certain parts of a printed text, in order to render them illegible;

(e.) To make prominent, by means of marks, passages of the text to which it is desired to draw attention;

(f.) In forms of order or subscription for books, newspapers, engravings, pieces of music, to indicate in manuscript the works required or offered, and to erase or underline the whole or part of the printed communications;

(g.) To paint fashion-plates, maps, &c.

14. Additions made in manuscript, or by means of a mechanical process, which would deprive a printed paper of its general character and give it that of individual correspondence or communication, are forbidden.

GENERAL BOOK-POST REGULATIONS.

APPLYING TO BOTH “PRINTED PAPERS” AND “COMMERCIAL PAPERS.”

How to Pack.

15. A book-packet may be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not be fastened in any way) or in a cover entirely open at one or both ends, so as to admit of the contents being easily withdrawn for examination. If an envelope be used, it must be entirely open at one end, or the flap turned inside. Small slits cut in the ends of closed envelopes are not regarded as leaving a packet open for inspection. For the greater security of the contents, however, it may be tied at the ends with string, but the string must be easy to unfasten.

16. Address-cards and all printed matter of the form and substance of an unfolded card may be forwarded without wrapper, envelope, fastening, or fold. The face is reserved for the postage-stamps, indications relative to the Postal Service, and the address. The sender is permitted to indicate there his name, profession, and address, by means of a stamp, autograph stamp, or any other typographical process. Requisitions to libraries may bear the printed words “Library Order” (or Requisition).

Limits of Size and Weight.

17. The limits of size for book-packets are 18in. in any direction. If made up in the form of a roll, a packet may measure up to 2ft. 6in. in length and 4in. in diameter. Packets exceeding these limits will be detained and sent to the Dead Letter Office. The weight must not exceed 4lb.

Short Paid or Irregularly Posted.

18. Book-packets posted wholly unpaid, if addressed to countries beyond New Zealand, are detained, advertised for one month on a list exhibited at the office of posting, and, if not paid for in the meantime, sent to the Dead Letter Office. Unpaid or insufficiently-