the following regulations, compensation will be paid for
the loss in the post of any letter or its contents so insured.

2. The letter must contain bank-notes, bonds, coupons,
   securities, or other documents of the kind. Post-cards,
   packets of "printed papers" or "commercial papers,"
   sample packets, or letters which contain articles other
   than documents as aforesaid cannot be insured.

3. A letter intended for insurance must be presented at
   the counter of a post-office. Letters dropped into a letter-
   box or handed to a postman or a mail-cart driver cannot
   be insured.

4. Every letter tendered for insurance must be enclosed
   in a strong envelope, which must be securely fastened
   and sealed with fine wax in such a way that it cannot
   be opened without either breaking the seals or leaving
   obvious traces of having been interfered with. An enve-
   lope with a black or coloured border will not be accepted.
   No labels may be affixed except those of the postal service.
   Seals must be placed over each flap or seam of the cover
   of the letter, and at the points where flaps or seams meet;
   and if the packet is tied round with string or tape, a seal
   must be placed on the ends of the string or tape where
   they are tied.

5. Insured letters addressed to the United Kingdom will
   for the present be sent via Suez only.

6. A letter addressed to the United Kingdom and bearing
   on the outside a declaration of the value of the contents
   must be insured.

7. An insured letter must be fully addressed in ink. A
   letter addressed to initials or in pencil will not be accepted.

8. A receipt on the usual registered-letter receipt form
   must always be obtained by the sender, and on payment of
   a fee of 2½d. he shall be furnished with an advice of de-
   livery obtained in the manner provided.

9. All the seals on an insured letter must be of the same
   kind of wax, and must bear distinct impressions of the
   same private device. Coins must not be used for sealing;
   and the device must not consist merely of straight, crossed,
   or curved lines which could readily be imitated.

10. If a letter tendered for insurance does not, in the
    opinion of the officer of the post-office to whom it is ten-
    dered, fulfil the foregoing conditions as to packing and
    sealing, he shall refuse to insure it. Nevertheless, the
    onus of properly enclosing, packing, and sealing the packet
    lies upon the sender; and no liability is assumed for loss
    arising from defects which may not be observed at the
    time of posting.

11. 'The amount for which an article is insured must be
    written by the sender both in words and in figures at the
    top of the address side of the cover, thus: "Insured for
    fifteen pounds (£15)." No alteration or erasure of the
    inscription is allowed. If a mistake is made, the entry
    must be completely obliterated and an entirely new one
    made by the sender.

12. A letter cannot be insured for more than its actual
    value. A letter of which the contents have no saleable
    value may, however, be insured for a nominal sum in order
    to obtain the safeguards of the insurance system; the fee
    payable will be the minimum one of 4d. for inland letters
    and 6d. for those addressed to the United Kingdom. In-
    surance in excess of the value of the contents will bar the
    payment of compensation in respect of any insured letter.

13. The sums payable for insurance, including registration, are as follows:-

14. As few stamps as possible should be used to prepay
    the postage and insurance fee. The stamps must not be
    folded over the edge of the cover, and when more stamps
    than one are used, they must be affixed with spaces be-
    tween them.

15. Insured letters may be redirected to any place within
    New Zealand on the same conditions as registered letters.
    They may also be redirected to the United Kingdom, but
    a fresh insurance fee becomes payable for such transmis-
    sion. If the fee is not prepaid, it is collected from the
    addressee on delivery. Insured letters cannot be
    redirected to any place beyond New Zealand
    except the United Kingdom.

16. Compensation for the loss in the post of an insured
    letter or its contents shall not exceed the amount of the
    actual loss or damage, and shall not be paid for a letter
    containing any prohibited article, or for any letter which
    has been delivered without external trace of injury, and
    has been accepted without remark; or when loss arises
    from tempest, shipwreck, earthquake, war, or other cause
    beyond control. No claim for compensation will be ad-
    mitted if made more than a year after the packet in respect
    of which the claim is preferred was posted.

17. In case of a claim respecting the loss or damage of an
    insured letter containing bank-notes, bonds, and similar
    documents, particulars sufficient for their identification
    must be furnished.

18. Inland letters containing coin may also be insured,
    but the coin shall be packed so that it cannot move about.
    The compensation, however, for the loss of coin will in no
    case exceed £5.

19. No legal liability to give compensation in respect of
    any letter for which an insurance fee has been paid shall
    attach to the Postmaster-General, either personally or
    in his official capacity. The final decision upon all ques-
    tions of compensation shall rest with the Postmaster-
    General or the Minister discharging the office of the
    Postmaster-General of the country in which the loss has
    taken place.

20. Any insurance effected contrary to the foregoing regu-
    lations shall be invalid.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Glenorchy
Domain.

ISLINGTON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day
of December, 1910.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section forty of the Public Reserves
and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed "the
said Act"), it is enacted that the Governor may from
time to time, with respect to any public domain, appoint
such persons (not exceeding nine) as he thinks fit to be a
Domain Board having, subject to the said Act, control of
such domain:
And whereas by an Order in Council made on the
seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and
ten, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
seventeenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred
and ten, the land described in the Schedule hereto was
brought under the operation of and declared to be subject
to the provisions of Part II of the said Act:
And whereas it appears expedient to appoint a Domain
Board to control the said domain:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers con-
ferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
loth hereby appoint

LEWIS GROVES,
JAMES KNOWLES,
MARK HARRIS,
RONALD PAULIN, and
GEORGE REID

to be the Glenorchy Domain Board, having the control
of the land described in the said Schedule hereto for the
purposes of and subject to the provisions of the said Act;
and doth hereby appoint Friday, the sixth day of January,
one thousand nine hundred and eleven, at eight o'clock
p.m., as the time when, and Grove's Hall, Glenorchy, as
the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be
held.