New Zealand Gazette – 1910 – No. 3

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RATES OF POSTAGE, ETC.—continued.

Country. Letter-postage per Oz.* Newspaper-postage.* Routes. (Main in Roman Type, Alternative in Italics.) Reply Coupons. Prohibitions. Special Items. Country.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
ABYSSINIA .. 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Colombo .. .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. Registered correspondence for Abyssinia is delivered only at the Poste Restante at Dirré-Daoua and must be addressed “ Poste Restante Dirré-Daoua ” Abyssinia.
ADEN (including Perim) 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Colombo .. Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. The Indian Post Office controls the Aden Post Office Aden (including Perim)
AFGHANISTAN 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Tuticorin (India) .. .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Afghanistan is not in the Postal Union. The rate of 1d. per oz. prepay letters as far as the Indian frontier only. Correspondence for Afghanistan intended for free delivery should therefore be addressed to the care of some agent at Peshawur, who should be instructed to pay the extra postage charged by the Ameer of Cabul on correspondence passing through his territory. Mail-matter addressed to Afghanistan direct will be charged on delivery double the Afghan postage—i.e., 5 annas per “ misca1,” or about 5d. for one-seventh oz. Afghanistan.
ALGERIA .. 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. France .. Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Algeria.
ANTIGUA See Leeward Islands .. .. .. .. .. Antigua.
ARABIA (Hejaz and Yemen) 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Colombo .. .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. Arabia is not in the Postal Union. Prepayment of postage is compulsory. Arabia.
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Monte Video .. .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Argentine Republic.
ASCENSION .. 1d. 1d. for each newspaper London .. .. .. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Ascension.
AUSTRALIA .. 1d. 1d. for each newspaper up to 20 oz. and ½d. for each additional 10 oz. Direct .. Reply coupons exchanged Opium, tobacco, and rodox (rabbit poison) Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. For magazine post see separate States Advertising matter (catalogues, price-lists, &c.) is subject to Customs duty in Australia at the rate of 6d. per lb.; or 35 per cent. ad valorem, whichever is the greater; but duty is not levied on magazines containing advertisements. The sender may assess the duty on the basis of the total weight of the packets and remit the amount directly to the Deputy Postmaster-General at Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, or Hobart, as the case may be. The covers of the articles should be stamped with the name and address of the sender and a statement that the duty has been sent to the Deputy Postmaster-General concerned. This inscription may appear on the addressed side of the cover, provided it is confined to the left-hand half. When the total duty on any one mail addressed by any one consignor to any one State of the Commonwealth does not exceed 1s., the payment of duty is waived. Live bees and harmless entomological specimens may be forwarded at sample-post rates, provided they are enclosed in covers so constructed as to avoid all danger and to allow the contents to be ascertained. Natural-history specimens, such as dried or preserved animals and plants, geological specimens, &c., when not sent for commercial purposes, are admitted to transmission as samples Australia.
  • For rates of postage on other classes of correspondence see heading of table.

JAN. 18.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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