✨ Postal Regulations and Rates
Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2945
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- The following documents, provided they conform to the conditions, are regarded as commercial papers:—
| Description of Document. | Conditions. |
|---|---|
| Acceptances, bills of exchange, invoices, bills of lading (separately or enclosed with invoices), consignees’ advice-notes (marked “Consignee”), drafts, promissory notes, orders for goods (sent by commercial travellers), pay-sheets, ships’ manifests, way-bills | Nothing may appear in writing in the documents save dates, the names and addresses of the parties, the particulars and prices of any goods, or the particulars of any sums of money to which the document relates, and the mode of consignment of any such goods or money. Any other matter shall be wholly in print, and shall relate exclusively to the subject-matter of the document, or the terms on which business is transacted by the person or firm issuing the document. Only accounts, &c., with printed envelopes for replies if desired, may be enclosed in the same envelope. The words “With thanks” may be added to receipted accounts, but anything, printed or written, in the nature of a request for payment will subject the account to letter rates of postage. For delivery from the office of posting, and if weighing together not more than ½ oz., accounts and printed papers may be posted in the same envelope at the commercial-paper rate. |
| Accounts (receipted or unreceipted), formal receipts, invoices, premium renewal notices | Nothing to appear in writing or print which does not form part of the document as a legal instrument. |
| Affidavits, briefs, deeds, depositions, powers of attorney, recognisances, scrip | Nothing to appear beyond the name of the local body or the company issuing the notice and a demand for the amount due, together with extracts from any Act or Articles of Association fixing penalties for non-payment, &c. |
| Demands for rates or calls … … | Any written or printed matter not forming part of the document must refer solely to the arrangement of the type. The covers must be marked “Manuscript for press,” &c. The letters or postcards must clearly have served their original purpose, and must be at least two months old. Diaries are not accepted as commercial papers. |
| Manuscript for press, manuscript sermons … | The document, as a rule, to consist of a printed form. Any written matter on such document to consist merely of information or statements appropriate to the form and necessary to the completion of the document. |
| Packets of old or spent letters or post-cards | Any written or printed matter not forming part of the document itself must relate exclusively to its subject-matter. |
| Proposals and policies of insurance and proof of loss, private friends’ and medical reports concerning proposals for insurance, returns of banks, public companies, &c., proxy forms (added to in manuscript or in typewriting), pass-books,b cheque-books, stock-sheets, balance-sheets (unless wholly printed). (Cheque-books for the United Kingdom must be prepaid at letter rates of postage.) | |
| Specifications (with and without plans), examination papers, pupils’ exercises with corrections but without comment thereon, copy drawings which are pupils’ exercises, paintings, written music |
- See page 4 for special regulations affecting bills of lading and consignees’ advice-notes when posted loose on trains and steamers.
b For postage on bank pass-books open to inspection, see section 15, page 11.
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🚂 Transport & Communications30 September 1907
Postal Regulations, Commercial Papers, Postage Rates, Printed Papers, Manuscripts, Insurance Documents, Bank Documents