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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

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Circulars.

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

Clinical Specimens.

20. Deleterious liquids or substances may be sent within New Zealand by letter post unregistered for medical examination or analysis by a qualified medical practitioner or a qualified veterinary surgeon to a public or private laboratory or medical institution, or to a medical practitioner or veterinary surgeon, under the following conditions:—

21. Any such liquid or substance must be enclosed in a receptacle hermetically sealed, which receptacle must itself be placed in a strong wooden, leather, or metal case in such a way that it cannot move about, and with such a quantity of absorbent material—such as sawdust or cotton wool—as will absorb the whole of the contents of the package, so packed about the receptacle as absolutely to prevent any possible leakage from the package in the event of damage to the receptacle. The packet so made up must be conspicuously marked “Fragile, with care,” and bear the words “Pathological Specimen,” and also the signature and address of the medical practitioner or veterinary surgeon who sends it.

22. The packets must on no account be sent by parcel post, and any such packet found in the parcel post will be at once stopped and destroyed with all its wrappings and enclosures.

23. Packets of the kind not packed and marked as directed above sent by letter post are also liable to be stopped and destroyed.

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

Pfälzer, Salomon, Hamburg

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

Sorge, August, Hamburg

“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 18, 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.