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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
{No. 3
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobago. Same as Trinidad. | Vid | s. d. | ||
| Fogoland. Same as Cameroons. | ||||
| Tonquin ... ... ... | London ... | {Not over 3lb. ... ... 5 0 Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 6 6 Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 8 0 |
{Greatest length, 2 ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4 ft.} | Letters, gold, silver, jewellery, &c. |
| Tortola. See Leeward Islands. | ||||
| Transvaal, including Bremersdorp in Swaziland | Capetown | {Not over 1lb. ... ... 1 3 For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11lb. ... ... 1 3 |
{Greatest length, 3 ft. 6 in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6 ft.} | Letters, money, jewellery, and articles of gold, in addition to articles inadmissible to Cape Colony or Natal. |
| Trebizond. See Turkey. | ||||
| Trinidad ... ... ... | London ... | {Not over 3lb. ... ... 2 0 Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 0 Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 0} |
Ditto | {Letters, parts of dutiable articles, rum, all other spirits except perfumed or medicinal spirits, gunge, bhang, cannabis indica, opium.} |
| Tripoli (Syria). See Turkey. | ||||
| Tripoli (Africa) ... ... ... | London ... | {Not over 3lb. ... ... 2 9 Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 3 Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 5 9 |
{Greatest length, 2 ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4 ft.} | {Letters, coin, arms and ammunition of war, nitrate of soda, saltpetre, sulphur, salt, tobacco, plants, parts of the vine, fresh vegetables, kif, chira, and hachich.} |
| Tristan d’Acunha. Same as St. Helena. | ||||
| Tunis ... ... ... | London ... | {Not over 3lb. ... ... 3 3 Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 8 Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 1} |
Ditto | Same as Tripoli. |
| Turkey (French and Austrian agencies in Turkey;* see also Constantinople, Salonica, Smyrna, and Beyrout) | London ... | {Not over 3lb. ... ... 3 3 Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 9 Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 3} |
Ditto | {Letters, tobacco (not including cigars or snuff), plants; and to Alexandretta, Latakia, Mersina, Tenedos, and Tripoli (Syria) gold, silver, jewellery, &c.} |
| Turk’s Islands. Same as Jamaica. | ||||
| Uganda. (Parcels must be addressed to the care of an agent at Mombasa, in British East Africa. The charge for conveyance from Mombasa to Uganda is 1 rupee (1s. 4d.) per lb. This charge may be paid by the sender.) | ||||
| United Kingdom ... ... ... | Direct ... | {Not over 3lb. ... ... 1 0 Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 2 0 Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 3 0 |
{Greatest length, 3 ft. 6 in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6 ft.} | {Foreign reprints of British-registered copyright works, base or counterfeit money, tobacco-stalks, grape-vine cuttings, clocks, watches, and metals bearing imitations of British assay marks; extracts, essences, or concentrations of coffee, chicory, tea, or tobacco for Home consumption; tobacco, inclusive of cigars and snuff, unless for the bond fide consumption of the addressee, or in small quantities for use as trade samples, and colonial manufactures bearing the names, addresses, or trade-marks of British manufacturers unless forwarded with their consent.} |
| {Publications which violate copyright laws, poisons, explosives or inflammable substances, fatty substances, liquids and those which easily liquefy, confection and pastes, live or dead animals (except dead insects and reptiles when thoroughly dried), fruits and vegetables which easily decompose, and substances which emit a bad odour, lottery-tickets, lottery advertisements or lottery circulars, all obscene or immoral articles, articles which may damage or destroy the mails or are likely to injure persons handling them.} | ||||
| United States of America (including Hawaii) | Direct ... | {Not over 1lb. ... ... 0 6 For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11lb. ... ... 0 6} |
Ditto | {Letters, lottery-tickets, orchilla or litmus and its derivatives, liquids and semi-liquids, plants or living parts of plants, grapes, game.} |
| {Letters, sugar in any form, cocoanut-oil, brandy, cotton, starch, indigo, cocoa, coffee, syrup of sugar, honey, salt meat, salt, sarsaparilla, silver coins, dies for making coins, arms, lead, saltpetre.} | ||||
| Uruguay (Canelones, Durazno, Florida, Fraybentos, Mercedes, Minas, Montevideo, Paysandu, Salto, and San José only) | Direct ... | {Not over 1lb. ... ... 1 9 For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11lb. ... ... 0 8 Over 3lb. ... ... 5 6 Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 6 6 Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 7 6} |
Greatest length, 2 ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4 ft. | |
| London ... | ||||
| Venezuela† ... ... ... | London ... | {Not over 3lb. ... ... 4 8 Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 6 1 Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 7 6} |
Ditto | |
| Victoria ... ... ... | Direct ... | {Not over 1lb. ... ... 0 8 For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11lb. ... ... 0 6} |
{Greatest length, 3 ft. 6 in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6 ft.} | Coin or bullion. |
| Wanga. See British East Africa. | ||||
| Western Australia ... ... ... | Melbourne | {Not over 1lb. ... ... 0 8 For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11lb. ... ... 0 6} |
Ditto | Coin or bullion. |
| Winnebah. See Gold Coast Colony. | ||||
| Witu. See British East Africa. | ||||
| Zaila. Same as India. | ||||
| Zanzibar ... ... ... | London ... | {Not over 3lb. ... ... 2 0 Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 0 Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 0} |
Ditto. | —— |
| Zululand (Echowe). Same as Natal. |
- Adrianople, Alexandretta, Caifa (Haifa), Candia, Canèa, Cavalla, Dardanelles, Dedeagh, Durazzo, Gallipoli, Inéboli, Jaffa, Janina, Jerusalem, Keresun, Lagos, Latakia, Mersina, Mytilene, Prevesa, Retimo, Rhodes, Samsoun, San Giovanni de Medua, Santi Quaranta, Scio, Trebizond, Tripoli (Syria), Valona, Vathi. † Following offices only: Caracas, Carupano, Ciudad Bolivar, La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Caballo.
FRANK HYDE,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.
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- Frank Hyde, Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council