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17. Fatty substances which are not easily liquefied, such as ointments, soft-soap, resin, &c., the transmission of which is less likely to injure other postal packets, must be enclosed in an inner cover (box, bag of linen, parchment, &c.), which must itself be placed in a second box of wood, metal, or strong and thick leather.

18. Dry powders, whether dyes or not, must be placed in cardboard boxes which themselves are enclosed in a bag of linen or parchment.

Live Bees, Natural-history Specimens, &c.

19. Live bees and harmless entomological specimens may be forwarded at sample-post rates to any place within New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and to the United States of America, provided they are enclosed in covers so constructed as to avoid all danger and to allow the contents to be ascertained. Live bees similarly packed may also be sent to all other places. 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.

Limits of Size and Weight.

20. Packets addressed to places within New Zealand, Australia, or the United Kingdom must not exceed 2 ft. in length, or 1 ft. in width and depth. (About detention of samples, see “Exceptional Detention,” page 40.)

21. Pattern and sample packets sent to any other place must not exceed 1 ft. in length, 8 in. in width, 4 in. in depth, and 12 oz. in weight, unless they are in the form of a roll, for which the maximum dimensions are limited to 1 ft. in length and 6 in. in diameter.

22. The maximum weight for places within New Zealand and in the United Kingdom and Australia and for places mentioned in column 7 of the Table of British and Foreign Places, pages 4–20, is 5 lb., all other places 12 oz.

MAGAZINES.

1. The rates of postage for registered magazines are—
   (a.) Inland.—Each copy not exceeding 16 oz., 1d.; every additional 16 oz. or fraction thereof, 1d.
   (b.) Commonwealth of Australia (except Queensland and Western Australia) and Fiji—Each copy, not exceeding 2 oz., ½d.; if over 2 oz. and up to 8 oz., 1d.; each additional 4 oz. or fraction, ½d.
   (c.) For Queensland, Western Australia, and all places not otherwise specified, as for printed papers.

2. Magazines are registered on application to the Secretary, General Post Office. Unregistered magazines are charged for at printed-paper rates.

The following is a list of magazines registered at the General Post Office up to the 31st December, 1909:—

Adastrian. Burr McIntosh Monthly. Fashions for All.
Agriculture, Department of— Business Life. Fashions for All Children.
Annual Report. Canterbury Agricultural and Figaro Illustrée.
Annual Report of the Bio- Pastoral Association’s Forerunner.
logical Division. Journal. Fortnightly Review.
Annual Report of the Canterbury Agricultural Col- Fry’s Magazine.
Chemistry Division. lege Magazine. Fulcrum.
Annual Report of the Dairy Canterbury College Review. Garden.
Division. Cassell’s Magazine. Gardener, The.
Annual Report of the Ex- ,, Penny Magazine. Gardening.
perimental Farms’ ,, Saturday Journal. Gentleman’s Tailor.
Branch. Catholic Magazine. Girls’ High School Magazine.
Annual Report of the Stock Century. Girls’ Own Paper.
Inspection Branch. Chambers’s Journal. Girls’ Realm.
Annual Report of the Ve- Chapman’s Magazine. Good Words.
terinary Division. Children’s Encyclopædia. Grand Magazine.
All the World. Christian Herald. Harmsworth’s Magazine.
American Architect. Chums. Harper’s Magazine.
Architectural Record. Church Abroad, The. High School Reporter.
Architectural Review. Contemporary Review. Home Life.
Argosy. Cornhill. Home Magazine.
Artist. Cosmopolitan. Home Notes.
Art Journal. Covenant People. Hospital.
Atlantic Monthly. Cowan’s. House Beautiful.
Auckland Collegian. Current Literature. Idler.
Australasian Accountant and Delineator. Journal of the Bankers’
Business Man’s Journal. Digest of Legal, Commercial, Club and Institute.
Badminton Magazine. and Statistical Information. Journal of the Department
Banner of Israel. Dominican Star. of Labour
Belgravia. English Illustrated Magazine Journal of the Polynesian
Bible Standard. East and the West, The. Society.
Blackwood’s Magazine. Empire Review. Junior Photographer.
Blue and White. Etude. Kai Tiaki.
Bookman. Family Herald. King’s Collegian.
Boys’ High School Magazine.
Boys’ Own Paper.
Brickbuilder.
Building World.