2598
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 95

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3. Letter-carriers and messengers are prohibited from distributing any letters, newspapers, &c., except such as have passed through a post-office. They are not allowed to deliver in the street or elsewhere except at houses or places of business, even to addressees; nor are they allowed to deliver under doors. They are not permitted to receive any payment beyond the postage for the delivery or collection of any letter or newspaper, or to deviate from the route laid down for them. The prohibition, however, from receiving payment in addition to the postage does not extend to Christmas gratuities. For delivery of “Householder” circulars, see section 12 of “Printed Papers” regulations. For delivery of parcel by parcel-post, see regulations under “Parcel Post,” separately printed.

4. No person living within the town free delivery can claim to have his letters delivered at the office if a delivery by letter-carrier is about to take place; but letters which arrive by a mail, after which there is no immediate delivery by letter-carrier, may be obtained by any person on application at the office, so long as it is open for delivery.

5. Receipts must be given for all registered articles upon delivery thereof.

6. Letters addressed to the post-office, or to be kept till called for, may be obtained at the office, except where it is ascertained that it is the practice of persons living within the town delivery to have their letters so addressed, in which cases they will be sent out by letter-carrier. Letters for persons residing beyond any official delivery will be delivered on application at the office. It is not permitted to return any letter to the writer or sender, or to any one else, or to delay forwarding it to its destination according to the address, even though a request to such effect be written thereon (except under the provisions for special request, see “Special-request Letters”), as every letter must be delivered to the person to whom it is originally directed, and to him alone. Information must not be given by a postal officer respecting letters, &c., which pass through a post-office, except to the persons to whom they are addressed.

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.

For special messenger service see regulations printed elsewhere.

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:—

+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| EXPRESS        | John Burns,    |                |
| DELIVERY.      | 502, Ghuznee   | Street,        |
|                |                | Wellington.    |
+----------------+----------------+----------------+

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.