Jan. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 169

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GENERAL REGULATIONS.

LETTERS AND LETTER-CARDS.

Inland .. .. .. 1d. for the first 4 oz. or fraction thereof, and
½d. for each succeeding 2 oz. or fraction
thereof.

United Kingdom and certain 1d. for each oz. or fraction thereof.
countries in list given at pp.

All other places .. .. { 2½d. for the first oz. or fraction thereof, 1½d.
for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

2. Letters not fully prepaid or posted wholly unpaid are charged double the deficiency at the prepaid rate on delivery.

3. No letter should exceed 2 ft. in length or 1 ft. in width or depth.

4. Coin, bank-notes, or other paper money, cheques, &c., can be sent by letter-post or by parcel-post to certain countries, and under certain restrictions. For information as regards individual countries see “Prohibitions” on pages 4-20, special regulations and list on pages 41-44; also detailed and general parcel-post regulations in Post and Telegraph Guide. All letters or parcels containing coin or bank-notes, or containing jewellery above 10s. in value, must be registered, and parcels containing coin, a bank-note, or a draft, must also be sealed. Clinical and pathological specimens may also be sent by letter-post under special conditions. See page 40.

5. Bullion may be sent in registered letters weighing not more than 3 lb. to such places outside the Dominion as receive gold by post. For conditions of inland transmission of bullion see Post and Telegraph Guide.

Reply Coupon.

6. As a means of enabling the sender of a letter addressed to a place abroad to prepay a reply, the Department issues reply coupons on payment of a fee of 3d. These coupons may be exchanged for a postage-stamp of the value of 2½d. in any country which adopts the scheme. Before being issued they will be date-stamped in the space (representation of a globe) under the words “Timbre du bureau d’origine,” with a steel date-stamp and black obliterating-ink. When a reply coupon received from abroad is presented at any post-office in New Zealand, the Postmaster will give in exchange a 2½d. stamp. The list of Postal Union countries which exchange reply coupons appears in column 5 of the list at pages 4-20.

Late-fee Letters, &c.

7. Late-fee letters must be paid 1d. in addition to the ordinary postage. Such letters may, as a general rule, be posted at the post-office up to twenty minutes of the time the mail leaves the office, and in the railway travelling post-offices, guards’ vans, and on board steamers up to the time of departure of train or steamer. Late-fee letters or commercial papers posted on board trains and steamers without the fee will be charged the late fee on delivery. A concession is, however, made in respect of letters, &c., posted on trains while at a flag-station or railway-siding at a place where there is no post-office. On letters, &c., so posted, no late fee is charged if the words “Posted at [Name of flag-station or siding]” are written or printed on the address side of the letter.

Consignees’ Letters and Loose Letters.

8. Consignees’ letters are letters in closed covers concerning goods, and sent at the same time as the goods. They must be marked “Consignee’s Letter.” They are not liable to the late fee if for delivery within New Zealand. “Loose” letters are letters other than consignees’ letters which make part or the whole of their journey before being handed to the post-office. They are liable to the late fee.

9. Letters sent loose to the United Kingdom are treated on arrival as wholly unpaid letters. Loose letters for Australia must bear a late fee or they will be surcharged on arrival.

Posted in Quantity unstamped.

10. Letters to the number of not less than 240 at a time may be paid for in cash to avoid affixing stamps. They should be presented to a Postmaster, and not deposited in a posting-box. Prepayment of the postage is a condition of their acceptance. (See page 38.)