1598
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 62

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Exemptions from Postage.

8. Single copies of newspapers addressed to the Manager, Librarian, or other person having the charge of any New Zealand Athenæum, Mechanics’ Institute, Hospital, Lunatic Asylum, Public Library, Young Men’s Christian Association, or Free Reading-room, which shall have been authorised to receive newspapers free of postage; to the Veterans’ Home, Auckland; to the Catholic Reading-room, Wellington; Sailors’ Rests, Dunedin and Port Chalmers; Chambers of Commerce, Auckland and Dunedin; certain Charitable Institutions in the Christchurch Postal District; or to the Royal Colonial Institute, London, are permitted to pass through the post free. If directed to the care of the officer or to a name at the institution they will be treated as ordinary newspapers.

9. “Newspaper exchanges” (i.e., single copies of newspapers exchanged between newspaper offices in New Zealand, and addressed to the Editor, Proprietor, Publisher, or Manager) are permitted to pass through the post free of postage. The title of the newspaper and the words “Newspaper Exchange only” must be written or printed on each cover above the address. Newspaper exchanges not complying with these rules will be charged as ordinary newspapers.

10. Not more than one copy of any issue of a newspaper intended for free transmission under the two preceding paragraphs will be forwarded free of charge. If more than one be posted not prepaid with postage a charge of 1d. will be made for each extra newspaper enclosed.

Must not contain Enclosure or Writing.

11. A newspaper for any place within New Zealand must not contain any enclosure other than the supplement or supplements proper to the newspaper. Any other printed enclosure contained therein will render the addressee liable to double the charge for “printed papers,” less the postage affixed.

12. If a “commercial paper,” “pattern,” or “sample” be enclosed in a newspaper for any place within New Zealand, double the postage for “commercial papers” and “patterns and samples” respectively, less the postage affixed, will be charged.

13. A newspaper must not contain any writing beyond the name and address of the addressee, the initials or name and address of the sender, and any marks or signs simply intended to call attention to passages in a text.

14. Newspapers intended for delivery within New Zealand which infringe the preceding rule, or are fastened in their covers by means of gum, sealing-wax, postage-stamps, or otherwise, are sent to destination surcharged at the letter rate minus the postage affixed. The fine so imposed will, however, not exceed 6d. unless the writing enclosed represents more than one sheet of foolscap. Such newspapers, if addressed to any place beyond New Zealand, are detained and sent to the Dead Letter Office.

How to Pack.

15. A newspaper must be posted either without a cover or in a cover entirely open at both ends, so as to admit of its easy removal for examination.

16. Newspapers addressed to places beyond New Zealand are subject to the same conditions respecting dimensions and weight as “printed papers.” Packages of newspapers from New Zealand addressed to Australia must not exceed 20 lb. in weight.

Posted in Quantity Unstamped.

17. Newspapers may be posted by newspaper-proprietors or distributing agents unstamped, subject to the observance of the following conditions, viz.:

18. Application addressed to the Accountant, G.P.O., for authority to post newspapers unstamped must be forwarded through the Chief Postmaster of the district by the publisher or distributing agent of the newspaper in respect of which the concession is applied for. Such authority will apply to newspapers addressed to places within New Zealand only. The postage on newspapers for places beyond New Zealand must be affixed in stamps prior to their being posted. The minimum period for which an authority will be issued is six calendar months. The minimum number of newspapers that will be received at any one posting is 100.

19. Newspapers subject to this arrangement must be presented at the post-office from which they are to be despatched, accompanied by a certificate in the prescribed form. They must be tied in bundles or enclosed in a bag or other receptacle, the number of papers contained therein being clearly indicated in each case, so that they may be readily counted before distribution. Any misstatement, whether intentional or otherwise, may lead to withdrawal of the privilege.