Aug. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2121

635. Parcels for despatch to foreign offices must be entered on
     the respective parcel-bills in order of receipt and placed among the
     other parcels awaiting despatch: those for—
     United Kingdom on P.P. 45 (ordinary fully prepaid parcels)
     and P.P. 46 (all other parcels).
     Ceylon
     India
     Straits Settlements
     Hong Kong
     Tonga
     French Settlements of Oceania
     } on P.P. 43.
     United States of America on P.P. 44.
     Other places on P.P. 41 and 42.

636. Each parcel must be legibly entered on the parcel-bill, and
     the address stated as fully as possible. The parcel-bill must be in
     triplicate—one copy (with the receptacle-list in the case of London)
     to accompany the mail, another to be enclosed in an envelope and
     forwarded by mail to office of address, and the third sent to the
     Secretary with a copy of the receptacle-list. In the cases of Cape
     Town and Durban, however, four copies of the parcel-bills are to
     be made out, three copies being forwarded to destinations, and, in
     the case of Dhanushkodi, two copies of the parcel-bill are to be
     enclosed with the parcels in the parcel-receptacle. Parcel-bills
     should be numbered consecutively, beginning with No. 1 in each
     year, and supplementary mails are always to bear the next
     consecutive number to that of the main mail. When despatching
     the first mail of the year the number of the last mail of the
     preceding year should also be shown; thus on bill No. 1 for 1922
     the following entry would appear: “Last mail despatched in 1921—
     30.” On parcel-bills which provide three rate-columns parcels in
     weight not over 3 lb. are to be entered in the first column, over
     3 lb. but not over 7 lb. in the second column, and over 7 lb. but
     not over 11 lb. in the third column. In the case of transit parcels
     the rate-columns are to be left blank.

637. All parcel-mails for London must be accompanied by a
     receptacle-list, P.P. 48, and a waybill, P.P. 51, copies of which
     must be sent to the Secretary. In the case of parcel-mails for
     the United Kingdom despatched from Auckland, Christchurch, and
     Dunedin, via Wellington, the receptacle-list, P.P. 48, relating to the
     mail must be addressed to the Supervisor, Overseas Mails, Welling-
     ton, and the mail must be entered on the ordinary waybill instead
     of on the special waybill P.P. 51.

638. A ticket, P.P. 40, must be enclosed in every receptacle
     despatched, and must be so placed as to be immediately found on
     the opening of the receptacle. As these tickets are for the purpose
     of facilitating the checking of mails on arrival, no receptacle should
     be despatched without one.

639. A parcel-post address label is to be affixed to each
     receptacle.

640. Parcels despatched to the United Kingdom, including in-
     sured, are to be forwarded in United Kingdom parcel-bags.

641. A white-and-blue fly-label is to be attached to all parcel-
     receptacles from New Zealand addressed to Perth which are
     despatched via Sydney.

642. All hampers used for parcel-mails to countries beyond
     the Dominion (as well as “empties” returned to countries of
     origin) must be advised at the left-hand bottom corner of parcel-
     bills by their stencil-marks and numbers. When returned to New
     Zealand hampers will be similarly entered, but if not so entered
     by the foreign office the receiving officer in New Zealand must
     supply the omission.

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