3676

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 146

Rates of Postage on Letters and Inland Packets.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of September, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, regulations and rates of postage (including rates for registration and express delivery) were respectively made and fixed under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), for the transmission of letters and other postal packets through the post to places within or beyond New Zealand: And whereas it is desirable to revoke such regulations and rates and to make others in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the aforementioned regulations and rates of postage, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations and fix the rates of postage set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth further order and declare that such revocation shall have effect and such regulations and rates shall come into force on the fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

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SCHEDULE.

LETTERS AND LETTER-CARDS.

Inland* (except for Samoa, for which the letter rate is 1d.† for each oz. or fraction thereof)
{ 1d.† for the first 4 oz. or fraction thereof,
and ½d. for each succeeding 2 oz. or fraction thereof. }

The United Kingdom, and other countries (except the countries for which other rates are prescribed in the table of rates, pp. 10–49, in the Post and Telegraph Guide, March, 1917)
.. .. .. 1d.† for each oz. or fraction thereof.

All other places
.. .. .. 2½d. for the first oz. or fraction thereof.
1½d. for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. (Postal Union rates.)

POST-CARDS.

Inland*
.. .. .. Single, ½d.†; reply, 1d.†

All other places
.. .. .. Single, 1d.; reply, 2d. (Postal Union rates.)

REPLY COUPONS.

For prepayment of reply to letter addressed to a place abroad
.. .. .. 3d.

PACKETS (COMPRISING COMMERCIAL PAPERS, BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS, PATTERN AND SAMPLE PACKETS, AND UNREGISTERED MAGAZINES).

Inland*
.. .. .. For each 2 oz. or fraction thereof up to 1 lb in weight, ½d.†
For each additional 1 lb. up to 5 lb. in weight,† 2d.

COMMERCIAL PAPERS.

Inland*
.. .. .. As under “Packets.”

All other places
.. .. .. 2½d. for the first 10 oz. or fraction thereof,
and ½d. for each succeeding 2 oz. or fraction thereof. (Postal Union rates.)

BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS.

Inland*
.. .. .. As under “Packets.”

All other places
.. .. .. ½d. for each 2 oz. or fraction thereof. (Postal Union rates.)

PATTERN AND SAMPLE PACKETS.

Inland*
.. .. .. As under “Packets.”

All other places
.. .. .. Not exceeding 4 oz., 1d.; every additional 2 oz. or fraction thereof, ½d. (Postal Union rates.)

MAGAZINES (NOT REGISTERED).

Inland*
.. .. .. As under “Packets.”

All other places
.. .. .. ½d. per 2 oz. or fraction thereof. (Postal Union rates.)

MAGAZINES (REGISTERED).

Inland*
.. .. .. Each copy not exceeding 8 oz., ½d.†; every additional 8 oz. or fraction thereof, ½d.

Australia, Fiji, and islands in the Pacific named in the table of rates, pp. 10–49, in the Post and Telegraph Guide, March, 1917
{ Each copy, not exceeding 2 oz., ½d.; if over 2 oz. to 4 oz., 1d.; exceeding 4 oz. and not exceeding 8 oz., 1d.†; every additional 4 oz. or fraction thereof, ½d. }

All places not otherwise specified
.. .. .. ½d. per 2 oz. or fraction thereof.