JULY 3] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1597

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NEWSPAPERS.
Rates of Postage.

1. The postage for the transmission of newspapers is—
   (a.) For places within New Zealand—For each newspaper, ½d.
   (b.) For the United Kingdom—Each newspaper 1d., irrespective of weight, but subject to the following conditions as to despatch :—
   If under 8 oz., prepaid 1d. .. Sent by first available route.
   If over 8 oz., prepaid 1d. .. Sent by direct steamer only.
   If short paid .. .. Surcharged at printed-paper rates and sent by direct steamer only.
   If wholly unpaid .. .. Detained and sent to Dead Letter Office.

   Newspapers over 8 oz. which it is desired may be sent by San Francisco or Federal route must be specially superscribed and prepaid at the rate of 1d. for the first 4 oz. and ½d. for each succeeding 2 oz or fraction thereof.

   (c.) For*—
   Ascension Federated Malay States Newfoundland
   Australia Gambia Orange River Colony
   Bahamas Gibraltar St. Helena
   Barbados Hong Kong Sarawak
   Bermuda Jamaica Sierra Leone
   British Honduras Johore South Sea Islands
   British North Borneo Labuan Southern Nigeria
   Caicos Islands Leeward Islands Straits Settlements
   Canada Malta Transvaal
   Ceylon Mauritius Trinidad
   Egypt Natal Turks Islands
   Falkland Islands

   For each newspaper, 1d.; but Australian papers may not exceed 20oz. in weight for each copy. For each 10oz. or fraction thereof additional, ½d.; but

   (d.) For other countries—Each newspaper, 1d. for the first 4oz., and ½d. for each additional 2oz. or fraction thereof.

2. If more than one newspaper be enclosed in a packet the number of newspapers enclosed must be clearly stated on the cover and the proper postage be affixed, or the package will be surcharged at printed-paper rates.

3. Newspapers addressed to advertising agents within or beyond New Zealand, and forwarded as “proofs of printing,” will be passed at printed-paper rates.

4. Newspapers, if addressed to places beyond New Zealand and posted unpaid, are detained and advertised as in the case of “printed papers.” Unpaid and insufficiently prepaid newspapers intended for delivery within New Zealand, and insufficiently prepaid newspapers for places beyond New Zealand, are forwarded to destination charged double the deficiency at the prepaid rate.

Conditions of Transmission.

5. The proprietor or printer of a newspaper as defined in section 2 of “The Post Office Act, 1900,” desiring to register the same under the said Act, shall forward an application for such registration to the Secretary of the General Post Office, Wellington. The application shall be accompanied by a copy of the newspaper, and by the registration fee of 5s. Such newspaper shall be registered in a register to be kept for the purpose, and thereupon the newspaper will be entitled to pass through the post at the rates of postage fixed for registered newspapers. Any publication purporting to be a newspaper, but not registered as aforesaid, is liable to the rates of postage chargeable on printed papers.

6. A newspaper is a publication consisting wholly or in great part of political or other news, or of articles relating thereto or to other current topics, with or without advertisements. It may be printed and published in New Zealand or elsewhere, but shall be published in numbers at intervals of not more than thirty days. The full title and date of publication shall be printed at the top of the first page, and the whole or part of the title and the date of publication at the top of every subsequent page.

7. A supplement to a newspaper shall be deemed to be part of such newspaper for the purposes of the regulations, and shall consist wholly or in great part of matter like that of a newspaper, or of advertisements, printed on a sheet or sheets or on a piece or pieces of paper, or consisting wholly or in part of engravings, prints, or lithographs illustrative of articles in the newspaper. The supplement shall in every case be published with the newspaper, and shall have the title and date of publication of the newspaper printed at the top of every page, or, if it consist of engravings, prints, or lithographs, at the top of every sheet or side. Insets, advertising-sheets, or handbills are not allowed to pass as supplements.

It is expected that this list will be extended.