New Zealand Gazette – 1915 – No. 100

Page 3008

✨ 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
		Parcels not exceeding	Size.
		3 lb.	7 lb.	11 lb.
1.	2.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
TONGA (Friendly Islands)	Direct ..	1 4	1 8	2 0
TORTOLA ..	(See Leeward Islands).	..	..	..
TRANSVAAL ..	(See South Africa, Union of).	..	..	..
TRINIDAD ..	London	1 8	3 4	5 0
TRIPOLI (Africa)	(See Libya.)	..	..	..
TRIPOLI (Syria)	(See Turkey.)	..	..	..
TRISTAN DA CUNHA	Same as St. Helena.	..	..	..
TUNIS ..	London	2 10	3 10	4 10
TURKEY:—

(a.) BRITISH AGENCIES—
BEYROUT .. | London (service suspended) | 1 8 | 3 4 | 5 0 | 3½ | 6 | 40 | 0 8 | 1 2 | 1 8 | 2 2 | .. |
| Colombo (service suspended) | 4 2 | 5 6 | 6 10 | 3½ | 6 | 20 | 0 9 | 1 3 | .. | .. | .. |
CONSTANTINOPLE | London (service suspended) | 1 8 | 2 8 | 3 8 | 3½ | 6 | 40 | 0 7 | 1 0 | 1 5 | 1 10 | .. |
| Colombo (service suspended) | 4 2 | 5 6 | 6 10 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 0 9 | 1 3 | .. | .. | .. |
SALONICA .. | London (service suspended) | 2 8 | 3 8 | 4 8 | 3½ | 6 | 40 | 0 9 | 1 4 | 1 11 | 2 6 | .. |
| Colombo (service suspended) | 4 2 | 5 6 | 6 10 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 0 9 | 1 3 | .. | .. | .. |
SMYRNA .. | London (service suspended) | 1 8 | 2 8 | 3 8 | 3½ | 6 | 40 | 0 7 | 1 0 | 1 5 | 1 10 | .. |
| Colombo (service suspended) | 4 2 | 5 6 | 6 10 | 3½ | 6 | 20 | 0 9 | 1 3 | .. | .. | .. |

For insurance of parcels over

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

Special Prohibitions and Observations.

7.	8.
Prohibitions.—Coin and bullion.
Observations.—No compensation is paid in respect of loss or damage of parcels or their contents.	Tonga.
..	Tortola.
..	Transvaal.
Prohibitions.—Rum, all other spirits except bona fide samples and perfumed or medicinal spirits, Rough-on-Rats (rat-poison), opium, ganja, bhang, cannabis indica, bullion exceeding £5 in value, oilskins and similar goods.	Trinidad.
..	Tripoli (Africa).
..	Tripoli (Syria).
Observations.—Parcels are sent as opportunity offers.	Tristan da Cunha.
Prohibitions.—Letters; coin; munitions of war, explosives and their constituents; kif, chira, hashish and takrouri; salt, matches, and playing-cards; vines and all parts of the vine, vine-sticks, grapes, &c.; fresh truffles; infringements of copyright works, and imitations of Tunisian chéchias; saccharine and products containing saccharine; manufactured or adulterated wines; arms and tobacco (except under permit); plants and shrubs; articles of gold and silver (except in insured parcels and subject to assay). As regards plums, sardines, &c., see France,
Observations.—Customs declarations should be in full detail and in the case of merchandise should be accompanied by a certified invoice.	Tunis.
Prohibitions.—Tobacco in any form except cigars, chewing tobacco, and snuff; articles of culluloid (except in zinc boxes), coin, bullion exceeding £5 in value, oilskins and similar goods, rifles and rifle-ammunition of army pattern, revolvers of which the barrels exceed 15 centimetres (nearly 6 in.) in length, patent medicines, hashish, post-cards of private manufacture bearing the heading “Postes Impériales Ottomanes,” skins (unless accompanied by a sanitary certificate); plants, parts of plants and flowers are subject to special restrictions, and can be sent by parcel-post only at the sender’s risk.
Observations.—All parcels must be sealed. Parcels packed in cardboard or paper only, except linen-faced paper, will not be accepted for transmission. Parcels for the British Agencies at Beyrout, Constantinople, Salonica, and Smyrna are delivered on application by the addressees at the Customhouse; and the responsibility of the Post-office terminates with the delivery to the addressees of the order authorizing them to obtain the parcels from the Customs.	Turkey.