✨ Postal Regulations
Number 51.
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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1905.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1905.
Parcel Regulations and Rates of Postage.
PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of May, 1905.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and one, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the ninth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and one, regulations were made and rates of postage prescribed, under the authority of “The Post Office Act, 1900” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), for the conveyance of parcels by means of the Post Office: And whereas it is desirable to revoke such regulations and rates of postage, and in lieu thereof to make the regulations and prescribe the rates of postage herein-after set forth:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and of all other powers in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the regulations and rates of postage set forth in the Schedule to the aforesaid Order in Council, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations and prescribe the rates of postage respectively set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth further order and declare that such regulations and rates of postage shall have effect on and from the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.
SCHEDULE.
PARCEL POST.
- The rates of postage and insurance fees for parcels are—
Rates of Postage.
| Place of Destination. | Postage to Destination. Not exceeding | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1lb. | 2lb. | 3lb. | 4lb. | 5lb. | 6lb. | 7lb. | 8lb. | 9lb. | 10lb. | 11lb. | |
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | |
| New Zealand (see next article) | 0 6 | 0 9 | 1 0 | 1 3 | 1 6 | 1 9 | 2 0 | 2 3 | 2 6 | 2 9 | 3 0 |
| New Zealand (for parcels of fishing-rods exceeding 3ft. 6 in. in length). (See Reg. 9.) | 1 6 | 1 6 | 1 6 | 1 9 | 2 0 | 2 3 | 2 6 | 2 9 | 3 0 | 3 3 | 3 6 |
| United Kingdom ... | 1 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 |
| Australian States— | |||||||||||
| New South Wales ... | |||||||||||
| Queensland ... | |||||||||||
| South Australia ... | |||||||||||
| Tasmania ... | |||||||||||
| Victoria ... | |||||||||||
| Western Australia ... | |||||||||||
| Other countries, see Rate-table which follows. | 0 8 | 1 2 | 1 8 | 2 2 | 2 8 | 3 2 | 3 8 | 4 2 | 4 8 | 5 2 | 5 8 |
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NZ Gazette 1905, No 51
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🚂 Order in Council on Parcel Post Regulations and Postage Rates
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Post Office, Parcel Post, Postage Rates, Insurance Fees, Order in Council, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Australian States
- R. J. Seddon, The Right Honourable, Presiding in Council
- Plunket, Governor