New Zealand Gazette – 1915 – No. 100

Page 2984

✨ Parcel-Post Rates and Prohibitions

BRITISH, AUSTRALASIAN, AND FOREIGN PARCEL

Place of Destination.	Route.	Rates of Postage.	Limits of	Insurance Fees payable to secure Compensation up to
1.	2.	3.	4.	6.
		Parcels not exceeding	Size.
		3lb.	7lb.	11lb.
		s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE	Durban	Not over 1lb.	1	1
		For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11 lb. ..	1	1
BELGIAN CONGO (a) All places except those in Katanga Province mentioned in col. 7	London-Belgium	2 3	3 7	4 7
(b) Katanga Province (see col. 7)	London-Beira	4 11	7 7	10 3
BELGIUM	London	1 8	2 8	3 9
BENADIR	London	3 5	4 5	5 5
BERMUDA	London	1 8	3 4	5 0
BOLIVIA (see col 7)	Monte Video	Not over 1lb.	3 0
		" 2 lb.	3 2
		" 3 lb.	3 4
		" 4 lb.	3 10
		" 5 lb.	4 0
		" 6 lb.	4 2
		" 7 lb.	4 4
		" 8 lb.	4 10
		" 9 lb.	5 0
		" 10 lb	5 2
		" 11 lb.	5 4
	London	3 2	4 10	(see col. 7)
BORNEO	(See British North Borneo, Sarawak, and Dutch East Indies).	..	..	..
BOSNIA - HERZEGOVINA	London (service suspended)	2 5	3 5	4 5
BRAZIL (see col. 7)	London (service suspended)	4 2	5 4	(see col. 7)

For insurance of parcels over

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

Special Prohibitions and Observations.	Place of Destination.
7.	8.
(See South Africa, Union of).	Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Prohibitions.—Bullion exceeding £5 in value, oilskins, and similar goods. Observations.—Parcels for the Lower Congo (Banana, Boma, Matadi, Ponta da Lenna, Vivi) are liable on delivery to a charge of 1 franc, for the Upper Congo (Bengala, Kukunga, Kunchassa, Kwamouth, Leopoldville, Lutete) and for the Katanga Province, if forwarded via Belgium, to a charge of 10 francs, and for the Katanga Province, if forwarded via Beira or Cape Town, to special charges. No parcel forwarded by way of Beira may exceed £50 in value. No compensation is paid in respect of loss or damage of parcels or their contents sent via Beira or Cape Town. Parcels for the places in the Katanga Province mentioned below can be accepted for transmission via Beira or Cape Town only: Baya, Bellefontaine, Dilolo, Dipudi, Elisabethville, Guba, Kafubu, Kakonde, Kalonga, Kambove, Kansenia, Kapiri, Kaponda, Kasenga, Katende, Katentania Kavalo, Kayoyo, Kazenze, Kilwa, Kimbundji, Koni, La Chasse, Luafi, Luanza, Lubumbashi, Lufra, Lukafu, Lukonzolwa, Lulua, Mikola, Mokambo, Mushoshi, Musofi, Nieuwdorp, Pweto, Ruwe, Sakabinda, Sakania, Sampwe, Shiniama, Sokele, Star of Congo, Tshinsenda, Tshisengwe, Welgelegen.	Belgian Congo.
Prohibitions.—Absinthe, air-guns and air-pistols, poignards, bayonets, swordsticks, saccharine and similar products (unless for authorized chemists and under 4 oz. in weight), plants (unless accompanied by a phylloxera certificate), coin, bullion exceeding £5 in value, oilskins, and similar goods. Hand-made lace may not be included in uninsured parcels. Observations.—Parcels are delivered by the Railway Company and not by the Post Office. Parcels intended to be called for should be addressed “En Gare,” not “Poste Restante.”	Belgium.
Prohibitions.—Same as Italy.	Benadir.
Prohibitions.—Bulbs of every description (except under special regulations prescribed from time to time by the Colonial Board of Agriculture), bullion exceeding £5 in value, oilskins, and similar goods. Observations.—No compensation is paid in respect of loss or damage of uninsured parcels or their contents.	Bermuda.
Prohibitions.—Arms, coin, bullion exceeding £5 in value. Observations.—Delivery confined to principal places only. Maximum weight, 7 lb., via London. The conditions of transit in Bolivia are exceptional, and to prevent injury parcels should be very strongly packed.	Bolivia.
Same as Austria-Hungary.	Borneo.
Same as Austria-Hungary.	Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Prohibitions.—Arms and ammunition, parts of the vine (except grapes without leaves), plants, medicine (unless accompanied by the prescription), unobliterated postage or other stamps or stamped paper, coin, bullion exceeding £5 in value, oilskins, and similar goods. Parcels addressed to a Post Restante are not admitted. Observations.—Limit of weight, 6½ lb. Parcel-post extends only to Rio de Janeiro (including Petropolis), Bello Horizonte (Minas Geraes), Curityba, Para, Pernambuco, Bahia, and places in the State of São Paulo.	Brazil.