2078
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 60

vessel, and forwarded to destination without further charge if it
bear stamps of and is prepaid according to the tariff of the
country of origin.

417. Any unclaimed articles originating in New Zealand returned
by a foreign country (such articles are generally labelled “ Rebut s ”)
must be forwarded to the Secretary by the first dead-letter mail.

418. All letter-bills and registered lists received from foreign
offices must be forwarded, when completed, to the Secretary, except
letter-bills and registered-letter lists originating in Australia, which
are to be filed at the office of receipt.

419. Particulars of mails received must be recorded by the
receiving office in the Foreign-mail Register.

420. Mails are exchanged between any post-office of the Uni-
versal Postal Union and naval divisions or ships of war of the
same nationality on the following special conditions :—

(a.) They should, as far as possible, be advised of in advance
to the intermediate offices.

(b.) Their address should be in the following form :—

From the Post Office of
{the [Nationality] naval division of [Name of
For{ division] at
{the [Nationality] ship [Name of the ship] at .
Or
From the [Nationality] naval division of [Name of divi-
sion] at
From the [Nationality] ship [Name of the ship] at .
For the Post Office of [Country].

(c.) If ships are not at the place of destination when mails
addressed to them arrive there, such mails are kept at
the post-office until they are claimed by the addressee,
or ordered to be redirected to another place.

(d.) Redirection may be demanded by the office of origin, by
the commanding officer of the naval division or of the
ship addressed, or by a Consul of the same nationality.

(e.) Such of the mails as are addressed to the care of a Consul
may, at his request, be received back into the post-office
and redirected to any other address.

(f.) Mails addressed to a ship of war are regarded as being in
transit up to the time of their delivery to the com-
manding officer, even when originally addressed to the
care of a post-office or of a Consul.

(g.) Closed mails from His Majesty’s ships of war are to be
simply entered on letter-bills under Article II. The
weights, even if stated on labels, must not be included
with those of ordinary mails.

(h.) The Postal Administration of the United States of America
has issued the following notification regarding the ex-
change of mails between U.S.A. offices and U.S.A. war-
ships on foreign stations :—

That the Administration of the United States of
America will not advise intermediary offices of each
despatch of mails to the vessels in question.

(i.) Mails to or from ships of war of any nationality in transit
through New Zealand are to receive prompt despatch
unless positive orders are issued to the contrary.

421. (a.) Bags received from overseas offices must be returned
empty through Wellington to the nearest office of exchange of the
country of origin. Such bags are to be advised to the Chief Post-
master, Wellington, on form Mail 34. They are each to be labelled
with the name of the country of origin when such is not already
clearly indicated thereon, and are to be tied in bundles and for-