Aug. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2699

Amendment of Postal Regulations.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 15th day of August, 1927.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by Orders in Council dated the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, the tenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, the seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, the twenty-second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, the twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, the twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, the sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, the thirteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, the tenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, the twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, the thirtieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, the twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, the tenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, respectively, regulations were made and rates of postage fixed under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, for the transmission of letters, packets, books, and papers through the post for places within or beyond New Zealand and for the other purposes specified therein: And whereas it is desirable to amend and add to such regulations and to alter such rates of postage in the manner hereinafter set forth:

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 of all other powers and authorities in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the regulations and fix the rates of postage set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby revoke so much of the regulations and rates in the Schedules to the above-recited Orders in Council as is inconsistent herewith; and doth further order that the said revocation shall take effect and the regulations hereby made and the rates of postage hereby fixed shall come into force on the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette, and that the regulations made shall form part of and be read together with the above-recited regulations.

SCHEDULE.

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

LETTERS AND LETTER-CARDS.

3. A letter shall not exceed 4 lb. 6 oz. in weight, and the dimensions shall not exceed 18 in. in any direction; with the exception that if made up in the form of a roll it may be 30 in. in length, but the diameter shall not exceed 4 in.

4. A letter shall not contain a communication, note, or document addressed to any person other than the addressee of the letter or person residing with the addressee.

5. The sender of a letter containing any article liable to Customs duty, addressed to a place beyond the Dominion that admits dutiable articles enclosed in letters, shall affix to the letter a Customs docket, and shall fill in on the docket the nature and weight of the dutiable article or articles. Failure to affix a Customs docket may result in the letter being returned by the country of destination as inadmissible.

International Reply Coupons.

8. For the purpose of prepaying postage on replies to letters addressed to places abroad, the Department issues, on payment of a fee of 5d., international reply coupons of a nominal value of 40 centimes. The coupons are exchangeable in any country of the Postal Union for a stamp or stamps representing the postage on a single-rate letter originating in that country for abroad. When a reply coupon received from abroad is presented at any post-office in New Zealand, the Postmaster shall give in exchange a 2½d. stamp. Coupons are valid for six clear months. The sale or exchange of reply coupons shall be limited to ten for any one applicant on any one day.

British Empire Reply Coupons.

9. Coupons for use solely within the British Empire may be purchased and exchanged on the same conditions as those applicable to international coupons, save that the sale price shall be 2½d. and the amount received when a coupon is exchanged shall be the equivalent of the single-rate letter postage from the country of exchange to another country within the Empire.

Late-fee Letters, &c.

10. Late-fee letters shall be prepaid 1d. in addition to the ordinary postage. Such letters are accepted for most mails. The mail notice exhibited at the post-office shows the mails for which late fee is provided, as well as the time at which the late-fee mail closes. Letters posted in the late-fee box at a post-office without the late fee prepaid and addressed to places for which mails are about to close are included in such mails, the late fee being collected on delivery. Late-fee letters may also be posted in the railway travelling post-offices, guards’ vans, and on board coastal steamers up to the time of departure of train or steamer. Late-fee letters posted on board trains and steamers without the fee shall be charged the late fee on delivery. A concession is, however, made in respect of letters, &c., posted on trains standing at

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