June 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1843

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3. All articles not so marked, or not fully prepaid the postage and delivery fee, will be treated as a rule as ordinary correspondence, and delivered in the usual way. In certain cases, however, where the delivery fee has been paid and the distance apparently miscalculated, or the postage inadvertently omitted, the articles will be delivered and the deficiency collected from the addressee and affixed to the letter in postage-due stamps.

4. The delivery fee for each article is 6d. for the first mile, and 3d. for each additional mile up to two miles, or three miles in all, by the nearest practicable road. Any excess in charges required to be paid before delivery must be paid by the addressee.

5. Delivery will be made by telegraph message boy. The sender may, however, direct that delivery be made at the post-office, in which case the words “To be called for” must be written underneath the words “Express delivery.”

6. A receipt must be given by the recipient for each specially delivered article.

7. “Expressed” letters, properly stamped for delivery from the post-office, also telegrams fully stamped for transmission, may be handed to any letter-carrier for delivery at the office. In no case, however, will the letter-carrier wait while the letter or telegram is being written. There is one denomination of express-delivery stamps, 6d., that being the minimum express-delivery fee. In posting letters intended to be delivered by express messenger, the public should use these stamps in place of the ordinary postage-stamp. Their use saves some trouble, as it obviates the necessity of writing the words “Express delivery” and drawing two parallel lines on the front and back of a parcel. These stamps may be purchased by the public. The postage fee must in all cases be prepaid, as well as the charge for express delivery; thus, the stamps to be affixed to a ½ oz. letter to be delivered within a mile of the office of destination will be: Postage, 1d.; express delivery, 6d.

8. The delivery of “expressed” letters and parcels will be made from the time the offices above named are opened until the last regular received mail of the day is sorted; but, except at Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Wellington, no such delivery will be commenced later than 9 p.m.

TIMES FOR POSTING CORRESPONDENCE.

1. Seaborne mails, as a general rule, are closed for ordinary correspondence one hour previous to the despatch of the mails from the post-office, but by payment of a late fee (see page 4) letters may be posted until within twenty minutes of the time the mail leaves the office.

2. Late letters may also be posted on board steamers, and in the travelling post-offices and guards’ vans of the principal trains. The late fee in all cases is an extra 1d. to be affixed by means of a postage-stamp to the letter.

POSTAGE AND REVENUE STAMPS, POST-CARDS, POSTAL-WRAPPERS, ETC.

1. Every Postmaster is required to keep for sale to the public a sufficient stock of the various postage and revenue stamps, post-cards, &c., in use in New Zealand, and to sell them at the following prices:—

Postage-stamps—

Express-delivery Stamp—6d.

Post-cards—Single, 1d.; reply-paid, 2d.

Letter-card—1d.

Postal-wrappers—

Parcels of 4 … … 0 2½
Parcels of 9 … … 0 5
Parcels of 18 … … 0 10
Parcels of 270 … … 12 6

Registered-letter envelopes—

Stamp-booklets—

24 stamps at 1d., 2s. 0½d. per booklet.

These booklets fit the waistcoat-pocket, and the strips of stamps are separated by waxed paper.

Embossed envelopes—

Also stamps of such higher value as the work of any office may render necessary.

• Including registration fee of 3d.