New Zealand Gazette – 1915 – No. 100

Page 2983

✨ Parcel-Post Rates and Regulations

BRITISH, AUSTRALASIAN, AND FOREIGN PARCEL

Place of Destination.	Route.	Rates of Postage.	Limits of	Insurance Fees payable to secure Compensation up to
		Parcels not exceeding	Size.
		3lb.	7lb.	11lb.	Length, Breadth, or Depth.	Length and Girth combined.	Insured Value.	£12.	£24.
1	2.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	Feet.	Feet.	£	s. d.	s. d.
AUSTRALIA ..	Direct	Not over 1 lb.	0	8	3½	6	..	..	..
		For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11 lb. ..	0	6
AUSTRIA - HUNGARY	London (Service suspended)	2 0	3 0	4 0	3½	6	400	0 8	1 1
AZORES ..	London	2 0	3 0	4 0	3½	6	20	0 7	1 0
BAHAMAS ..	London	1 8	3 4	5 0	3½	6	400 (see col. 7)	0 8	1 2
BALEARIC ISLES (see col. 7)	London	2 5	3 5	4 5	3½	6	..	..	..
BANKS GROUP (near New Hebrides)	Same as New Hebrides.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
BARBADOS ..	London	1 8	3 4	5 0	3½	6	400	0 7	1 0
BASUTOLAND, BECHUANALAND (except Protectorate)	(See South Africa, Union of).	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

For insurance of parcels over

POST.—TABLE OF RATES OF POSTAGE, ETC.—continued.

Special Prohibitions and Observations.

7.	8.
Prohibitions.—Ospreys; bullion, blank or partly blank invoice forms capable of being filled up and used as genuine invoices, opium, vines or cuttings, hop extracts or substitutes, horns and hoofs, human hair (unless sterilized and dressed or made up for sale,, tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, and snuff, unless bona fide samples or for the personal use of the addressee, who must satisfy the Australian Customs authorities as to the facts. Potatoes are prohibited from importation into Western Australia. The importation of potatoes into other States of the Commonwealth, and of plants, fruits, spirits, vaccine or lymph, hides, skins, wool, hair, and bones into the Commonwealth generally, is subject to special restrictions; and the addressees of parcels containing these articles must make arrangements with the local authorities for delivery. Observations.—When the sender wishes to undertake the payment of Customs and other charges a deposit of 1s. for every 4s. or fraction of 4s. of the value of the parcel is required. Delivery of parcels is confined to places having communication by rail or coach with the principal towns. Addressees of parcels addressed to places having no such communication are informed by letter of the place where the parcels await delivery. Parcels for the Northern Territory of South Australia (Port Darwin, &c.) are sent forward via Sydney.	Australia
Prohibitions.—Potatoes and parts of potatoes, trick cigars, patent medicines and medical appliances, and circulars relating thereto; imitations of coin and paper-money, secret and forbidden arms, essences for distilled spirituous liquors, wine coloured by means of aniline dyes, cracker-paper, gold and silver articles not up to the proper standard, saccharine (unless for authorized chemists); vines or parts thereof, including leaves and cuttings; plants (unless accompanied by a phylloxera certificate), bullion exceeding £5 in value; cinematograph-films, oilskins, and similar goods. Observations.—The addressees of parcels containing poisons, drugs, medicines, and cosmetics (except for chemists), and of parcels containing salt, tobacco, dried fruit, artificially coloured articles painted or dyed with poisonous colours, arms and parts of arms, and mixed pickles, must obtain a special license to receive such parcels. Parcels containing plants must be carefully packed, and in such a manner that they can be easily examined.	Austria - Hungary.
(See Portugal).	Azores.
Prohibitions.—Loaded dice; bullion exceeding £5 in value; oilskins, and similar goods. Observations.—Parcels for Nassau only, can be insured up to a limit of £400. For other places in the Bahamas the limit is £50.	Bahamas.
Prohibitions.—Same as Spain. Observations.—The service extends to Alayor, Alcudia, Andraitx, Ciudadel a, Felanitx, Ibiza, Inca, Mahon, Manacor, Palma de Mallorca, San Francisco, Javier, and Soller.	Balearic Isles.
..	Banks Group.
Prohibitions.—Bullion exceeding £5 in value; oilskins and similar goods; arms and ammunition; cotton-seed.	Barbados.
..	{Basutoland, Bechuanaland.}