Dec. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2585

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2. Letters not fully prepaid or posted wholly unpaid are charged double the deficiency at the prepaid rate on delivery.
3. No letter should exceed 2ft. in length or 1ft. in width or depth.
4. Coin, bank-notes or other paper money, cheques, &c., can be sent by letter-post only. All letters containing coin, bank-notes, or jewellery must be registered.

Late-fee Letters, &c.

5. Late-fee letters must be paid 1d. in addition to the ordinary postage. Such letters may, as a general rule, be posted at the post-office up to twenty minutes of the time the mail leaves the office, and in the railway travelling post-offices, guards' vans, and on board steamers up to the time of departure of train or steamer. Late-fee letters or commercial papers posted on board trains and steamers without the fee will be charged the late fee on delivery. A concession is, however, made in respect to letters, &c., posted on trains while at a flag-station or railway-siding at a place where there is no post-office. On letters, &c., so posted, no late fee is charged if the words “Posted at [Name of flag-station or siding]” are written or printed on the address side of the letter.

Consignees’ Letters and Loose Letters.

6. Consignees’ letters are letters in closed covers concerning goods, and sent at the same time as the goods. They must be marked “Consignee’s Letter.” They are not liable to the late fee if for delivery within the colony. Loose letters are letters other than consignees’ letters which make part or the whole of their journey before being handed to the post-office.
7. Letters sent loose to the United Kingdom are treated on arrival as wholly unpaid letters. Loose letters for Australia must bear a late fee or they will be surcharged on arrival.

POST-CARDS.

Rates of Postage.

1. The rates of postage are—
   All places ... ... ... ... ... { Each single post-card, 1d.
   { Each reply-paid post-card, 2d.

How treated.

2. The face is reserved for the postage-stamp, for date-stamp impressions, for inscriptions relating to the Postal Service—such as “Registered,” “Acknowledgment of Delivery,” &c.—and for the address, which may be written or shown on a gummed label not exceeding 2in. in length by 1in. in width.
3. Engravings or advertisements may be printed on the face as well as on the back of cards, provided sufficient space is left for a clear address and for date-stamping. The name and address of the sender may also be written, printed, or stamped on the face or back.
4. For the inland transmission only a communication may be written on the left-hand half of the address side of a card so long as the address itself is not interfered with. This is intended to apply principally to pictorial cards.
5. On the reverse side any letter or other matter may be written, printed, engraved, or designed. Excepting stamps for prepayment and the address-labels above mentioned, nothing whatever may be joined or attached to a post-card for a place beyond the colony. For delivery within the colony receipt-stamps or slips of paper may be attached to post-cards, provided the total weight does not exceed ½oz. Stamps cut from post-cards or newspaper-wrappers cannot be used for postage on letters, packets, or newspapers, or for payment of telegrams.
6. Cards, pictorial or plain, may be sent as printed matter provided the word “Post-card,” if it appear, be clearly struck out, and the words “Printed matter” substituted, and the card be not used to make any communication of the nature of a letter.

Reply-cards.

7. The reply half of a reply-card must not merely be addressed to the country of origin, but must have been received attached to the corresponding half, otherwise double post-card rate will be charged. Each of the two halves must fulfil the conditions laid down for single post-cards. One half must be doubled over the other, and the cards must not be closed up in any manner whatsoever. If the conditions applying to single post-cards are infringed, reply-cards are treated as letters. The sender of a post-card with a reply half may indicate his name and address on the reply-half either in writing or by attaching a gummed label.