July 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1589

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Irregular or Unpaid.

8. Any post-card exhibiting anything of an obscene, libellous, or obviously objectionable character will be detained and sent to the Dead Letter Office.

9. Post-cards infringing any of the above rules, except the last, are treated as unpaid letters.

10. Post-cards posted insufficiently prepaid or unpaid (such as private cards or post-cards not issued by New Zealand, or cards which have already been used for transmission) will be charged double deficiency at post-card rates.

Private Cards.

11. Private cards, including pictorial cards, bearing adhesive stamps may also be used as post-cards. They must be composed of ordinary cardboard not thicker than that used for post-cards of the post-card pattern. The size must not be more than 5¾in. by 3½in., and not less than 3¼in. by 2¼in. For inland transmission the cards may be entirely plain; but for transmission to places beyond New Zealand single cards must bear the words, printed or written, “Post-card,” and reply-cards the words “Post-card Reply.” To other than English-speaking countries these words must appear in French, “Carte Postale,” “Carte Postale—Réponse.” They are otherwise treated like officially issued post-cards. Private cards will be received from the public, and impressed with the penny postage-stamp. The rates for such impressing are the same as for embossing envelopes, which see under “Postage and Revenue Stamps, &c.” (page 20).

BOOK-POST.

1. The book-post is divided into two classes: (a) Commercial Papers, and (b) Printed Papers. For transmission by book-post as a “commercial paper” or “printed paper” an article must be posted either without a cover or in a cover entirely open at one or both ends, or in an open envelope with the flap turned inside.

NOTE.—Letters will not pass as commercial papers even if they are sent in open covers. The only way to send a letter is by letter-post, or by writing it on the back of a post-card or on a letter-card. Writing in commonly unknown characters such as Chinese, &c., will render the packet liable to letter rates of postage.

(A.) COMMERCIAL PAPERS.

Rates of Postage.

2. For delivery from the office at which posted (town deliveries) the following documents, if not exceeding ½oz., may be sent for ½d.:

Accounts (receipted or unreceipted), formal receipts, invoices, premium renewal notices, demands for rates or calls. (See conditions below.)

With the foregoing exceptions, the postage for commercial papers is—

(a.) Within New Zealand,—

For delivery from any other office than that at which posted, and for town papers exceeding ½oz.

Not exceeding 4oz. ... 1d.

For every additional 2oz. or fraction thereof ... ½d.

(b.) To all other places... ... ... ... For any weight not exceeding 10oz. ... 2½d.

For every additional 2oz. or fraction thereof ... ½d.

Definition.

3. Commercial papers include all papers or documents written or drawn wholly or partly by hand (except letters or communications of the nature of letters, or other papers or documents having the character of an actual and personal correspondence). Any expression in the following table referring to print or printing shall be held to include type-printing, engraving, lithography, or autography, &c., easy to recognise. The expression “writing” shall be held to include type-writing as well as ordinary script.