Aug. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2077

ARRIVAL OF FOREIGN MAILS.

413. Delivery of foreign mails may be taken before the Health
     Officer has granted pratique, subject to the Health Officer's con-
     currence; but no mails requiring disinfection may be brought
     ashore until they have been fumigated. Any illness on board a
     vessel arriving from abroad will necessitate consultation with the
     Port Health Officer before mails are removed.

414. (a.) On arrival of a foreign mail, officers must proceed as
     directed in Rule 412, except that, immediately on the detection of
     any error, a V.N., in duplicate, must be prepared, signed by two
     officers, and forwarded to the Secretary, pinned to the letter-bill.
     Any necessary corrections must be made in the letter-bill or
     registered list, the erroneous entries being struck through with a
     single plain pen-stroke in such a way as to admit of their being
     read. Such corrections, except in the case of an obvious error,
     are accepted in preference to the original statement.

(b.) Attention is specially directed to the need for a most
careful examination of the condition of both seals and mail-
receptacles. In this regard see Rule 412 (a).

415. In the case of non-receipt of a mail (ascertained by the
     numbering on the letter-bill), or of a registered article, the fact
     should be reported to the Secretary by telegraph, with full
     particulars and the V.N. sent as provided for in the preceding rule.

416. (a.) Unpaid and insufficiently prepaid correspondence, includ-
     ing registered correspondence, is charged on delivery the deficiency
     marked by the despatching office. The minimum surcharge
     on correspondence from overseas is 15 centimes. For conversion
     of francs and centimes into shillings and pence see Rule 395.
     When, after converting the deficiency into pence a remainder
     below 5 centimes is left, it is not taken into account; for any
     remainder above 5 centimes, 1d. is to be charged. Newspapers,
     if bearing the inscription "Abonnements-poste," are to be treated
     as fully prepaid.

(b.) Every article of correspondence that does not bear the
stamp "T" is considered as fully prepaid and treated accordingly,
unless there be an obvious error.

(c.) Private correspondence from the United Kingdom not bear-
ing ordinary postage-stamps but impressed with the "Paid" stamp is to be accepted in New Zealand.

(d.) Newspapers and periodicals from Canada impressed with a
"Postage paid" stamp are to be delivered without surcharge.

(e.) Redirected surcharged articles, other than those insuffi-
ciently prepaid, should be charged on delivery only actual deficiencies. Articles insufficiently prepaid for their first destinations should
be taxed double the deficiencies.

(f.) Correspondence posted on board mail-steamers or placed in
the hands of masters of ships must be prepaid by means of
postage-stamps, according to the tariff of the country to which
such packet or ship belongs, or by which she is maintained. If
the posting on board takes place during the stay at one of the
two extreme ports of the voyage, or at any intermediate port,
prepayment can be effected only by means of postage-stamps,
and according to the tariff of the country in the waters of which
the vessel happens to be.

(g.) All correspondence received loose from the Australian
States, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and the Cook Islands, must be marked
"Loose letter," and surcharged in accordance with the instruc-
tions in the Guide for late-fee letters. Loose correspondence from
all other places must be prominently marked or stamped "Packet-
boat" at the office at which it is taken delivery of from the