✨ Parcel Post Regulations
JAN. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 49
BRITISH, INTERCOLONIAL, AND FOREIGN PARCEL POST—continued.
| Colony or Country. | Route. | Rate of Postage. | Maximum Dimensions. | Special Prohibitions, in addition to those specified under the Conditions of Transmission. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria de Madagascar. Same as Madagascar. | Vid | |||
| Martin. See Dutch West Indies. | ||||
| Pierre. Same as Miquelon. | ||||
| Thomas | London... | {Not over 3lb. ... 3 0 | {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} | Letters. |
| Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 5 0 | ||||
| Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 7 0 | ||||
| Vincent, West Indies | London... | {Not over 3lb. ... 2 0 | Ditto. | —— |
| Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 0 | ||||
| Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 8 | ||||
| alonica | London... | {Not over 3lb. ... 3 0 | Ditto | Same as Turkey. |
| Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 6 | ||||
| Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 0 | ||||
| altpond. See Gold Coast Colony. | ||||
| alvador, Republic of (Central America) | London... | {Not over 3lb. ... 4 6 | Ditto | {Letters, arms, air-guns, nitrate of potash, saltpetre, apparatus for coining money.} |
| Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 7 3 | ||||
| Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 10 0 | ||||
| amoa (Navigator Islands) | Auckland | {Not over 1lb. ... 0 8 | Ditto | Letters. |
| For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11lb. ... 0 6 | ||||
| andwich Islands. See Hawaiian Islands. | ||||
| anta Cruz (near New Hebrides) | Sydney ... | {Not over 1lb. ... 0 9 | Ditto | Same as New South Wales. |
| For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11lb. ... 0 7 | ||||
| arawak | London... | {Not over 3lb. ... 2 0 | Ditto. | —— |
| Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 0 | ||||
| Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 0 | ||||
| cotland. See United Kingdom. | ||||
| enegal (including Bandiagara, Bobo-Diulasso, Kayes, and Timbuctu, in French Soudan, parcels for which are charged 6 francs on delivery) | London-France | {Not over 3lb. ... 3 3 | {Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft.} | Letters, arms, gold, silver, jewellery, &c. |
| Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 9 | ||||
| Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 3 | ||||
| ervia | London... | {Not over 3lb. ... 2 9 | 2 ft. in any direction | Letters, parts of the vine. |
| Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 3 | ||||
| Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 5 9 | ||||
| eychelles | London... | {Not over 3lb. ... 2 0 | {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} | Letters, worn clothes, &c., if intended for sale. |
| Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 0 | ||||
| Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 0 | ||||
| iam (Bangkok, Chiengmai, Packnam-poh (Nakon Sawan), and Raheng only) | Colombo | {Not over 1lb. ... 1 11½ | Ditto | Letters, arms, opium. |
| For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11lb. ... 1 2½ | ||||
| ierra Leone | London... | {Not over 3lb. ... 2 0 | {Greatest length 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} | —— |
| Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 0 | ||||
| Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 0 | ||||
| Smyrna | London... | {Not over 3lb. ... 2 0 | Ditto | {Letters, firearms, leaf-tobacco, salt foreign coins and lottery-tickets. Books, magazines, and newspapers should not be sent by parcel-post.} |
| Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 0 | ||||
| Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 0 | ||||
| South Australia... | Melb'urne | {Not over 1lb. ... 0 8 | Ditto | Coin or bullion, vine-cuttings. |
| For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11lb. ... 0 6 | ||||
| Spain (parcels are not delivered at Algeciras, Almeria, and Palma di Mallorca, or at any place which has not a railway-station) | London... | {Not over 3lb. ... 3 0 | {Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft.} | {Letters, firearms, and ammunition, air-guns, reproductions of Spanish maps or plans, missals, breviaries, rosaries, relics, &c., medicine not accompanied by the prescription, wax vestas and all kinds of matches, substances containing saccharine, unmanufactured tobacco, tobacco seed and juice, plants, gold, silver jewellery, &c.} |
| Over 3lb. but not over 6½lb.* ... 4 0 | ||||
| Straits Settlements (Malacca, Penang, Province of Wellesley, and Singapore). Parcels will also be accepted at sender’s risk for Johore, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Selangor, and Sungie Ujong, in the Malayan Peninsula. | Colombo | {Not over 1lb. ... 1 9 | {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} | Letters, opium, spirits. |
| For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11lb. ... 1 0 | ||||
| Sumatra (Dutch). See Dutch East Indies. | ||||
| Sweden ... | London... | {Not over 3lb. ... 2 2 | {2 ft. 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.} |
| Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 3 | ||||
| Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 5 11 | ||||
| Switzerland | London... | {Not over 3lb. ... 2 6 | Ditto | {Letters, newspapers intended for sale or distribution (unless addressed to a post-office), plants with roots, alcohol, spirits of wine, meat (unless dried, smoked, or tinned), bacon, sausages, also grapes to the Cantons of Valais and Vaud.} |
| Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 0 | ||||
| Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 5 6 | ||||
| Takungu. See British East Africa. | ||||
| Tanga. See German East Africa. | ||||
| Tangier ... | London... | {Not over 3lb. ... 2 0 | {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} | Letters, arms, ammunition, opium, sulphur, saltpetre, lead. |
| Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 0 | ||||
| Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 0 | ||||
| Tasmania | Direct ... | {Not over 1lb. ... 0 8 | Ditto | {Coin or bullion, fruit-trees, fruit-cuttings, scions, nursery-stocks, and other plants.} |
| For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11lb. ... 0 6 | ||||
| Timor. See Dutch East Indies. |
- Maximum weight, 6½ lb.
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