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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

a flag station or railway-siding. On letters, &c., so posted, no late fee shall be charged provided the words “Posted at [Name of flag station or siding]” are written or printed on the address side of the letter. This concession, however, does not apply to correspondence posted on mail-days at a flag station or railway-siding at which there is a post-office.

Posted in Window Envelopes.

15. The transmission of correspondence contained in covers made wholly of transparent paper shall not be permitted, but covers which have a panel of transparent paper through which the address may be read shall be allowed. For unregistered letters addressed to any place, and for registered letters addressed for delivery within the Dominion, the panel may either form an integral part of the envelope or be securely attached to the envelope on the inside by means of gum or other adhesive. For registered letters addressed to places beyond the Dominion the panel shall form an integral part of the envelope. The panel shall also be placed so as not to interfere with the application of the date-stamp.

16. A letter or other article enclosed in a cover the panel of which is not sufficiently transparent for the address to be perfectly legible even in artificial light, or which reflects artificial light, or which will not take writing, shall not be forwarded beyond New Zealand. A letter or other article for a place within New Zealand the address of which cannot be read with ease will be placed aside during the sorting, and will be dealt with when the work is less pressing, even if it should thereby be delayed in despatch or delivery.

POST-CARDS.

3. The dimensions of the cards shall not exceed 5¾ in. by 4 in., nor be less than 4 in. by 2¾ in. Post-cards shall be sent loose—i.e., without band, wrapper, or envelope. If enclosed in an open cover and bearing a personal communication a post-card shall be subject to letter-postage.

4. Postage-stamps shall, as far as possible, be affixed to the upper right hand corner of the front. The address also shall appear on the front, of which the right half at least is reserved for this purpose. The sender disposes of the back and of the left part of the front subject to the stipulations of the following paragraph. Post-cards with the address side divided into spaces for the reception of successive addresses are forbidden.

5. With the following exceptions, the public may not join or attach to post-cards any objects whatever; illustrations, photographs, stamps of any kind, address labels or slips to fold back for address purposes. Labels and cuttings of any kind may be affixed, provided that they are not of such a nature as to alter the character of the post-cards, that they consist of paper or other very thin substance, and that they adhere completely to the card. With the exceptions of address labels or slips, these articles may only be affixed to the back or to the left-hand half of the address side of post-cards. Stamps of any kind liable to be mistaken for postage-stamps may not be affixed to the address side of a post-card.

Reply-cards.

15. Reply post-cards shall bear in French, as a title on the front of the first part, “Post-card with reply paid” (Carte postale avec reponse payee); and on the second part “Reply Post-card” (Carte postale reponse). The two parts shall, moreover, each fulfil the other conditions of a single post-card; they shall be folded one on the other, and shall not be closed in any manner. Reply post-cards of which the two halves are not postage fully prepaid at the time of posting shall be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

16. It is permissible for the sender of a reply post-card to indicate his name and address on the front of the “reply” part, either by writing or by a gummed label. The address of the reply half shall be on the inside of the fold.

Private Cards.

23. Private cards, including pictorial cards, bearing adhesive stamps also may be used as post-cards. They shall be composed of ordinary cardboard not thicker than that used for post-cards of the post-card pattern, and sufficiently stout as to be easy of manipulation. The size shall not be more than 5¾ in. by 4 in., and not less than 4 in. by 2¾ in. Single cards and reply-cards for places within New Zealand may be entirely plain, but reply-cards for places beyond New Zealand shall bear the words “Post-card with Reply Paid,” and “Reply Post-card.” To other than English-speaking countries these words shall appear in French, “Carte Postale avec Réponse Payée,” “Carte Postale—Reponse.” They shall be otherwise treated as officially issued post-cards.

BOOK-POST.

1. The book-post is divided into two classes: (A) Commercial Papers, and (B) Printed Papers. For transmission by book-post as a “commercial paper” or “printed paper” an article shall be posted either without a cover or in a cover entirely open at one or both ends, or in an open envelope with the flap turned inside.

NOTE.—Letters will not pass as commercial papers even if they are sent in open covers. The only way to send a letter is by letter-post, or by writing it on a post-card or on a letter-card. Writing in commonly unknown characters such as Chinese, &c., will render a packet liable to letter rates of postage. A printed slip drawing attention to the necessity for addressing correspondence by the private-box number may be attached by boxholders to accounts, circulars, and other commercial and printed papers without rendering the articles liable to letter rates of postage.

Postal packets weighing not more than 6½ lb. and containing exclusively matter prepared in raised characters for the use of the blind are not subject to postage within New Zealand. For transmission within New Zealand such packets may be enclosed by the senders in wicker protectors. For other places such packets shall be fully prepaid at the rate of ½d. for each 2 lb. The nature of the contents shall be indicated on the cover.

(A.) COMMERCIAL PAPERS.

4. Commercial papers may be accompanied by reference slips or statements (a) giving a list of articles comprising the packet, or (b) furnishing references to correspondence between the sender and addressee, or similar particulars.