JULY 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1441

EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICES.

1. There are express delivery services at the following offices :—

Ashburton, Greymouth, Oamaru,
Auckland, Hawera, Onehunga,
Blenheim, Hokitika, Palmerston North,
Bluff, Invercargill, Port Chalmers,
Christchurch, Lyttelton, Thames,
Dunedin, Masterton, Timaru,
Feilding, Napier, Wanganui,
Gisborne, Nelson, Wellington,
Gore, New Plymouth, Westport.

2. All letters and parcels not exceeding 3 lb. in weight, posted at any post-office, intended for express delivery, must be boldly and legibly marked on the left-hand side “Express Delivery,” and two parallel lines drawn across the front and back of the letter or parcel, thus :—

[BOXED EXAMPLE]

and the delivery fee affixed in stamps, in addition to the ordinary postage. “Expressed” articles will be received up to time for receiving late letters.

3. All articles not so marked, or not fully prepaid the postage and delivery fee, will be treated as a rule as ordinary correspondence, and delivered in the usual way. In certain cases, however, where the delivery fee has been paid and the distance apparently miscalculated, or the postage inadvertently omitted, the articles will be delivered and the deficiency collected from the addressee and affixed to the letter in postage-due stamps.

4. The delivery fee for each article is 6d. for the first mile, and 3d. each additional mile up to two miles, or three miles in all.

5. Delivery will be made by telegraph message boy. The sender may, however, direct that delivery be made at the post-office, in which case the words “To be called for” must be written underneath the words “Express delivery.”

6. A receipt must be given by the recipient for each specially delivered article.

7. “Expressed” letters, properly stamped for delivery from the post-office, also telegrams fully stamped for transmission, may be handed to any letter-carrier for delivery at the office. In no case, however, will the letter-carrier wait while the letter or telegram is being written.

8. The delivery of “expressed” letters and parcels will be made from the time the offices named are opened until the last regular received mail of the day is sorted.

TIMES FOR POSTING CORRESPONDENCE.

1. Seaborne mails, as a general rule, are closed for ordinary correspondence one hour previous to the despatch of the mails from the post-office, but by payment of a late-fee letters may be posted until within twenty minutes of the time the mail leaves the office.

2. Late letters may also be posted on board steamers, and in the travelling post-offices and guards’ vans of the principal trains. The late-fee in all cases is an extra single rate of postage.

POSTAGE AND REVENUE STAMPS, POST-CARDS, AND NEWSPAPER-WRAPPERS.

1. Every Postmaster is required to keep for sale to the public a sufficient stock of the various postage and revenue labels and post-cards in use in the colony, and to sell them at the following prices:—

Halfpenny labels... ... 0 ½ each | Newspaper-wrappers— s. d.
Penny labels ... 0 1 ,, | Parcels of 4 ... 0 2½ each
One penny halfpenny labels ... 0 1½ ,, | Parcels of 9 ... 0 5 ,,
Twopenny labels ... 0 2 ,, | Parcels of 18 ... 0 10 ,,
Twopence halfpenny labels ... 0 2½ ,, | Parcels of 270 ... 12 6 ,,
Threepenny labels ... 0 3 ,, | Registered-letter envelopes—
Fourpenny labels ... 0 4 ,, | (No. 1) Small (5¼" x 3¼") { 3 3 doz.
Fivepenny labels... ... 0 5 ,, | 0 3¼ ea.
Sixpenny labels .. ... 0 6 ,, | (No. 2) Medium (6" x 3¾") { 3 3 doz.
Eightpenny labels ... 0 8 ,, | 0 3¼ ea.
Ninepenny labels ... 0 9 ,, | (No. 3) Large (11¼" x 6") *{ 4 0 doz.
One-shilling labels ... 1 0 ,, | 0 4 ea.
Two-shilling labels ... 2 0 ,, | Stamped envelopes—
Five-shilling labels ... 5 0 ,, | ½d. envelopes, ungummed (3⅜" x 5⅜") 0 7½ doz.
Post-cards ... 0 1 ,, | 1d. ,, (3¾" x 8⅞") 1 2 ,,
Reply-paid post-cards ... 0 2 ,, | ½d. ,, (3¾" x 8⅞") 0 8 ,,
Letter-cards ... 0 1 ,, | 1d. ,, (3¾" x 4¾") 1 2 ,,
| 2d. ,, (3⅞" x 4¾") 2 2 ,,

Also stamps of such higher value as the work of any office may render necessary.

Envelopes supplied by private persons are embossed with postage at the following charges :—

In lots of 1,000 ... ... ... 1s. per hundred
,, 2,000 ... ... ... 10d.
,, 5,000 ... ... ... 9d.
,, 10,000 ... ... ... 8d.
,, more than 10,000 ... ... ... 7d.

Applications for embossing must be made to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington.

• Including registration fee of 3d.