1848
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

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Examination of Packets.

17. It is the duty of Postmasters, whenever they have ground for suspecting an infringement of any of the conditions relating to commercial papers, pattern and sample packets, newspapers, and printed papers generally, and occasionally even where there is no ground for suspicion, to open and examine packets posted at or passing through their offices.

Exceptional Detention of Postal Packets other than Letters.

18. To prevent obstacles to the regular transmission of letters, a Postmaster may, when necessary, delay forwarding any book-packets or newspapers, samples, and parcels until the following despatch.

Circulars.

19. Circulars should be tied in bundles, with all the addresses in one direction, and should be posted early in the day.

School Requisites through the Post.

20. Education Boards are not at liberty to send school requisites and appliances freely through the post. Particularly is this the case in respect of places served by rail or steamer, to which other and more proper means of transit offer. Packages up to 5 lb. in weight may be accepted for places which take parcels of restricted weight, but care must be taken to require that they be carefully packed. In any case in which this regulation is being infringed it is a Postmaster’s duty respectfully to require compliance with it.

PROHIBITED ARTICLES.

(See Dangerous Articles, p. 13; also sections 11-14, p. 16; 19-22, p. 19; and 12, p. 27.)

1. Any indecent or obscene print, painting, photograph, lithograph, engraving, book, or card, or any other indecent or obscene article;

Any letter, newspaper, publication, packet, or card having thereon any words, marks, or designs of an indecent, obscene, libellous, grossly offensive, or objectionable character (including in the term “objectionable character” the word “Debt,” or any other word or words indicating that the postal packet relates to a debt or liability for money, except the usual form of invoice or account);

Any postal packet (not a letter or a letter-card) advertising a lottery or other scheme of chance;

[The following is a list of addresses of persons or institutions sending lottery circulars for delivery within New Zealand which are to be stopped in the course of post and sent to the Dead Letter Office:—

Bank A. Török and Co., Limited (Royal Hungarian Lottery), Budapest or Buda-Pesth

Jarmulowsky, Albert, Hamburg

Kornberg, J., Hamburg

Piälzer, Salomon, Hamburg

Royal Hungarian Lottery (Bank A. Török and Co., Limited), Budapest or Buda-Pesth

“Tattersall,” Hobart

[The prohibition is, of course, not restricted to circulars from these persons only]

Matches of any kind;

Any letter, post-card, &c., bearing the fac-simile representation of any postage-stamp or part thereof, or any fictitious or forged postage-stamp;

Any explosive, dangerous or noxious substance;

Any living creature, excepting live bees and harmless entomological specimens for delivery in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (see section 17, page 13, “Patterns and Samples”);

Anything likely to injure the contents of the mails or any officer of the Post Office; are detained and transmitted to the Dead Letter Office, to be there dealt with as undelivered and otherwise as the law directs.