New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 109

Page 3647

✨ Parcel Post Rates



BRITISH, AUSTRALASIAN, AND FOREIGN PARCEL POST.—TABLE OF RATES OF POSTAGE, ETC.—continued.

Place of Destination. Route. Rates of Postage. 3. Limits of Size. 4. Insurance Fees payable to secure Compensation up to 6. Special Prohibitions. 7. Observations. 8. Place of Destination. 9.
1. 2. Parcels not exceeding Length, Breadth, or Depth. Length and Girth combined. 5. Insured Value. £12. £24. £36. £48. £50.
3lb. 7lb. 11lb. Feet. Feet. £ s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Senegal (including French Soudan, parcels for which are charged 6 to 12 francs on delivery) London ... s. d. 2 11 s. d. 4 1 s. d. 5 3 2 4 20 (see col.8) 0 9 1 3 ... ... ... Same as France, except tobacco, which may be sent in any quantity, coin or bullion exceeding £5 in value Insurance confined to parcels for Dagana, Dakar, Fatick, Foundiougne, Gorée, Kaolack, Louga, N'Dande, Podor, Rufisque, St. Louis, Sédhiou, Thiès, Tivaouane, and Ziguinchor Parcels are accepted for any place in the French Soudan; but the addressees must arrange for them to be claimed at the nearest delivery office, and the name of that office must be included in the address Senegal.
Servia ... London ... 2 5 3 7 4 9 3½ 6 20 0 8 1 2 ... ... ... Letters, parts of the vine, coin or bullion exceeding £5 in value ... Servia.
Seychelles ... {London ...
Colombo
India ...}		 2 8
4 0
4 2		 4 4
5 4
4 10		 6 0
6 8
5 6		 3½
3½
2		 6
6
4½		 20
...
20		 0 9
...
0 8		 1 3
...
1 2		 ...
...
...		 ...
...
...		 ...
...
...		 Letters, worn clothes, &c., if intended for sale; counterfeit coin, coin or bullion exceeding £5 in value ... Seychelles.
Siam (Bangkok, Chiengmai, Lam-pang, Pack-nampoh (Nakon Sawan), and Raheng only)(see col. 8) {London ...
Colombo
India ...}		 2 8
3 0
4 2		 4 4
5 4
4 10		 6 0
7 8
5 6		 3½
3½
2		 6
6
4½		 ...
...
...		 ...
...
...		 ...
...
...		 ...
...
...		 ...
...
...		 ...
...
...		 Letters, arms, opium, jewellery, coin or bullion exceeding £5 in value No parcel must exceed £5 in value for despatch via London. Via India: Parcels containing umbrellas, sticks, maps, plans, or similar articles will be accepted up to a maximum of 3ft. 3in. in length, provided they do not exceed 7½in. in breadth or thickness Parcels containing valuable articles of which insurance is compulsory cannot be forwarded via Colombo Siam.
Sicily (same as Italy) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Sicily.
Sierra Leone London ... 1 8 3 4 5 0 3½ 6 50 0 7 1 0 1 5 1 10 2 3* Coin or bullion exceeding £5 in value ... Sierra Leone.
Smyrna (British Post-office) {London
Colombo}		 1 8
4 2		 2 10
5 6		 4 0
6 10		 3½
2		 6
4		 20
20		 0 7
0 9		 1 0
1 3		 ...
...		 ...
...		 ...
...		 Same as Turkey Parcels for Smyrna are delivered on application by the addressees at the Customhouse Smyrna.
Somaliland (British Protectorate), (Berbera, Bulhar, and Zaila only)(see also French Somali Coast) {India ...
Colombo
London ...}		 3 7
3 2
1 8		 4 3
5 2
3 4		 4 11
7 3
5 0		 - 3½
- 3½
- 3½		 6-
6-
- 6		 ...
...
50		 ...
...
0 8		 ...
...
1 2		 ...
...
1 8		 ...
...
2 2		 ...
...
2 8*		 Opium, coin, gold and silver bullion ... Somaliland.
Soudan (see Egypt and Senegal) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Soudan.
South Australia† Melbourne Not over 1 lb. For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11 lb. ... 0 8
0 6		 3½ 6 ... ... ... ... ... ... Coin or bullion, vine-cuttings, potatoes ... South Australia.
  • For insurance of parcels over £50 see special table, page 39.

† No parcel of plants or portions thereof shall be introduced into South Australia from any country where the insect known as Phylloxera vastatrix is known to exist, unless accompanied by a declaration made by the grower before a Justice of the Peace or British consular agent in the State or country of origin, to the following effect: (a) That the case contains no grape-vines or portions thereof; (b) that the plants were grown at a greater distance than fifty yards from any grape-vines or roots of vines; (c) that no phylloxera exists or has existed in the nursery or garden in which the plants have been growing; and (d) that the whole of the plants are free from the insect known as Phylloxera vastatrix.

[DEC. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3647



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