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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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width or depth, or 25 lb. in weight; but maps in tin cases, if not exceeding 3 ft. in length, may be accepted.
316. Correspondence on the business of the Government Insurance and Railway Departments is liable in all respects to the ordinary rates of postage. Special stamps are issued by the Government Insurance Department for the prepayment of its correspondence. Such stamps are also accepted in payment of any surcharges. These stamps must be kept distinct from the stock of postage-stamps, as they form no part of the post-office balance. They are not to be used for the prepayment of telegrams.
317. The Postal Union rules require that all official correspondence for foreign countries, except that on postal business, must be prepaid. Correspondence inadvertently posted in contravention of this rule must be surcharged and forwarded, or the sender, if known, requested to prepay it. Franked correspondence for places within the British Empire is, however, allowed to pass provided it is stamped by the despatching office with the “Official Paid” stamp. This also applies to newspapers addressed to the Royal Colonial Institute, London. (See Rules 372 and 373.)
318. Legal documents, deeds, &c., posted by private persons, addressed to Government Departments for registration, &c., are not permitted to pass free; but the Secretary for Stamps and Deputy Commissioners of Stamps are authorised to receive, free of postage, letters or packets containing documents for stamping marked “On Stamps Business Only.”
319. Requests from “consultation”-promoters or other persons for the distribution of circulars, &c., must not be complied with. All such articles posted should be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
320. Inland circulars may, when posted in quantities of not less than 1,000 at one time, be prepaid in cash instead of stamps. Before accepting such circulars, permission must be obtained from the Accountant by telegraph.
(1.) All circulars so treated must be stamped in red ink with the word “Paid” on the right-hand top corner of the address side, in the place usually occupied by the postage-stamp. “Paid” stamps are provided for the purpose. When not in use the stamps must be kept in the custody of the Postmaster, or the chief or senior clerk.
(2.) The circulars must be presented at the counter, and,
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