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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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4. No person living within the town free delivery can claim to have his letters delivered at the office if a delivery by letter-carrier is about to take place; but letters which arrive by a mail after which there is no immediate delivery by letter-carrier may be obtained by any person on application at the office, so long as it is open for delivery of correspondence; except that at Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Wellington, the delivery at the office will not be made later than 5 p.m. In the evening certain offices are open for the despatch of telegraph business, but at those where letter-deliveries are made as well only letters are to be delivered which are addressed to the post-office or are intended for delivery over the counter. Letters for delivery by letter-carrier are not to be delivered at offices at such times.

5. Receipts must be given for all registered articles upon delivery thereof.

6. Letters addressed to the post-office, or to be kept till called for, may be obtained at the office, except where it is ascertained that it is the practice of persons living within the town delivery to have their letters so addressed, in which cases they will be sent out by letter-carrier. Letters for persons residing beyond any official delivery will be delivered on application at the office. It is not permitted to return any letter to the writer or sender, or to any one else, or to delay forwarding it to its destination according to the address, even though a request to such effect be written thereon (except under the provisions for special request, see “Special-request Letters”), as every letter must be delivered to the person to whom it is originally directed, and to him alone. Information must not be given by a postal officer respecting letters, &c., which pass through a post-office, except to the persons to whom they are addressed.

EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICE.

1. There are express delivery services at the following offices:—

Ashburton, Greymouth, Napier, Rotorua,
Auckland, Hamilton, Nelson, Thames,
Blenheim, Hastings, New Plymouth, Timaru,
Bluff, Hawera, Oamaru, Waihi,
Christchurch, Hokitika, Onehunga, Wanganui,
Dunedin, Invercargill, Palmerston North, Wellington,
Feilding, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Westport,
Gisborne, Marton, Reefton, Whangarei.
Gore, Masterton,

For special-messenger service see Post and Telegraph Guide.

2. All letters and parcels not exceeding 3 lb. in weight, posted at any post-office, intended for express delivery, must be boldly and legibly marked on the left-hand side “Express Delivery,” and two parallel lines drawn across the front and back of the letter or parcel, thus:—

+------------------+------------------+------------------+
| EXPRESS          | John Burns,      |                  |
| DELIVERY.        | 502, Ghuznee     | Street,          |
|                  |                  | Wellington.      |
+------------------+------------------+------------------+

and the delivery fee affixed in stamps, in addition to the ordinary postage. “Expressed” articles will be received up to time for receiving late letters.

3. All articles not so marked, or not fully prepaid the postage and delivery fee, will be treated as a rule as ordinary correspondence, and delivered in the usual way. In certain cases, however, where the delivery fee has been paid and the distance apparently miscalculated, or the postage inadvertently omitted, the articles will be delivered and the deficiency collected from the addressee and affixed to the letter in postage-due stamps.

4. The delivery fee for each article is 6d. for the first mile, and 3d. for each additional mile up to two miles, or three miles in all, by the nearest practicable road. On Sundays double the ordinary fee is charged. Any excess in charges required to be paid before delivery must be paid by the addressee.

5. Delivery will be made by telegraph message boy. The sender may, however, direct that delivery be made at the post-office, in which case the words “To be called for” must be written underneath the words “Express delivery.”

6. A receipt must be given by the recipient for each specially delivered article.

7. “Expressed” letters, properly stamped for delivery from the post-office, also telegrams fully stamped for transmission, may be handed to any letter-carrier for delivery at the office. In no case, however, will the letter-carrier wait while the letter or telegram is being written. There is one denomination of express-delivery stamps, 6d., that being the minimum express-delivery fee. In posting letters intended to be delivered by express messenger, the public should use these stamps in place of the ordinary postage-stamp; their use saves some trouble. These stamps may be purchased by the public. The postage fee must in all cases be prepaid, as well as the charge for express delivery; thus, the stamps to be affixed to a 4oz. letter to be delivered within a mile of the office of destination will be: postage, 1d.; express delivery, 6d.

8. The delivery of “expressed” letters and parcels will be made from the time the offices above named are opened until the last regular received mail of the day is sorted; but, except at Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Wellington, no such delivery will be commenced later than 9 p.m.