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, Alternatives in Italics.) Reply Coupons. Prohibitions. Special Items. Country.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
BRITISH EAST AFRICA AND UGANDA 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Colombo .. Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. British East Africa and Uganda.
BRITISH GUIANA 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. New York
Rio de Janeiro ..		 .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c., opium, ganja, charas, bhang, Cannabis indica Packets of pictorial post-cards are prohibited from importation as printed matter British Guiana.
BRITISH HONDURAS 1d. 1d. for each newspaper New York
Suez—London ..		 Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. Packets of pictorial post-cards are prohibited from importation as printed matter British Honduras.
BRITISH NEW GUINEA (PAPUA) 1d. 1d. for each newspaper up to 20 oz. and ½d. for each additional 10 oz. Brisbane .. Reply coupons exchanged Same as Australia .. .. Same as Australia .. .. British New Guinea (Papua).
BRITISH NORTH BORNEO 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Sydney ..
Colombo ..		 .. Gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c., foreign coin, and opium Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb.
Packets of pictorial post-cards are prohibited from importation as printed matter		 British North Borneo.
BRITISH POSTAL AGENCIES IN CHINA See Hong Kong .. .. .. .. .. British Postal Agencies in China.
BRITISH POSTAL AGENCIES IN MOROCCO 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Colombo .. Reply coupons exchanged Same as United Kingdom .. Same as United Kingdom
British Postal Agencies in Morocco are established at Alcazar, Casablanca, Fez, Larache, Mazagan, Mequinez, Mogador, Rabat, Saffi, Tangier, Tetuan.		 British Postal Agencies in Morocco.
BRITISH SOMALILAND 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Colombo .. Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb.
Packets of pictorial post-cards are prohibited from importation as printed matter		 British Somaliland.
BULGARIA .. 2½d. for first oz. and 1½d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Colombo .. Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Bulgaria.
BURMAH .. 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Tuticorin (India) .. Reply coupons exchanged Same as India .. .. Same as India .. .. Burmah.
CAMEROONS 2½d. for first oz. and 1½d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. London .. Reply coupons exchanged .. .. Cameroons.
CAICOS ISLANDS 1d. 1d. for each newspaper New York
Suez—London ..		 .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Caicos Islands.
CANADA .. 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Vancouver
Fr'isco—Vancouver ..		 Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones (except uncut diamonds), jewellery, &c. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb.
When sent by the same exporter in quantities of an aggregate weight of over 1 lb., catalogues, or price-lists (except those relating to wholesale business), advertising pamphlets and circulars, are liable to Customs duty. All book packets are delivered through the Customs, whether dutiable or otherwise.
During the winter months, approximately October to May, inclusive, only letters, post-cards, and single copies of newspapers can be accepted for transmission by post to places in the Yukon district beyond the railway, which terminates at White Horse. Bulky packets addressed to such places, even though prepaid at the letter rate, cannot be sent beyond White Horse by post; but such packets may be accepted if addressed to White Horse and marked for conveyance thence to destination by private carrier, the necessary arrangements for their onward transmission being made by and at the expense of the senders or addressees		 Canada.

*For rates of postage on other classes of correspondence see heading of table.



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🚂 Table of International Postage Rates and Regulations (continued) (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
18 January 1910
International postage, Letter rates, Newspaper rates, Postal routes, Reply coupons, Prohibitions, Weight limits, Sample packets, British East Africa, Uganda, British Guiana, British Honduras, British New Guinea, Papua, British North Borneo, British Postal Agencies in China, British Postal Agencies in Morocco, British Somaliland, Bulgaria, Burmah, Cameroons, Caicos Islands, Canada, Yukon, Customs duty