✨ Postal Regulations
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(e.) Such of the mails as are addressed to the care of a Consul may, at his request, be received back into the post-office and redirected to any other address.
(f.) Mails addressed to a ship of war are regarded as being in transit up to the time of their delivery to the commanding officer, even when originally addressed to the care of a post-office or of a Consul.
(g.) Closed mails from His Majesty’s ships of war on the Australian Station are to be simply entered on letter-bills under Article II. The weights, even if stated on labels, must not be included with those of ordinary mails.
(h.) The Postal Administration of the United States of America has issued the following notification regarding the exchange of mails between U.S.A. offices and U.S.A. war-ships on foreign stations :—
- That that Administration maintains an exchange of closed mails with ships of war of the United States stationed at foreign places.
- That correspondence destined to be enclosed in such mails is subject to the conditions and tariff of the internal service of that country.
- That in accordance with paragraph 1, article xxiv, of the Detailed Regulations of the Principal Convention of Washington, the Administration of the United States of America will not advise intermediary offices of each despatch of mails to the vessels in question.
(j.) Mails to or from ships of war of any nationality in transit through New Zealand are to receive prompt despatch pending positive orders to the contrary.
DELIVERY OF LETTERS, ETC.
409. The delivery from a post-office includes every place which receives its letters through that office. The town delivery comprises every house within the boundary of the letter-carrier’s delivery.
410. Letters, &c., for counter delivery are to be carefully sorted into the proper pigeon-holes, which should be examined at least weekly, to see that they contain no letters for delivery by letter-carrier, or such as should have been redirected. Re-direction cards should be compared at short intervals with the
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