2702
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

When Writing is permitted.

14. Printed papers, of which the text has been modified after printing, either by hand or by means of a mechanical process, except as specified herein or which bear any mark whatever of such a kind as to constitute a conventional language, cannot be sent at printed-paper rates.

15. As exceptions to the above rule, it shall be permitted —
    (a) To indicate by hand or by a mechanical process, outside or inside the packet, the name, position, profession, and address of the sender and of the addressee, as well as the date of despatch, the sender’s signature, telephone number, telegraphic address and code, and postal or banking account.

Limits of Size and Weight.

20. The limits of size for book-packets shall be 18 in. in any direction. But if made up in the form of a roll, a packet may measure up to 2 ft. 6 in. in length and 4 in. in diameter. Packets exceeding these limits will be detained and sent to the Dead Letter Office. The weight shall not exceed 5 lb. for places within New Zealand and 4 lb. for other places, except in the case of literature for the blind printed in the raised Braille characters, addressed to places within or beyond the Dominion, for which the limit of weight shall be 6½ lb.

Short-paid or Irregularly Posted.

21. Book-packets posted partly or wholly unpaid, if addressed to countries beyond New Zealand shall be detained, advertised for one month on a list exhibited at the office of posting, and, if not paid for in the meantime, sent to the Dead Letter Office. Unpaid or insufficiently prepaid packets addressed to any place within New Zealand shall be sent to destination, and charged on delivery double the amount of the deficiency.

22. If “commercial papers” or “samples” are enclosed with “printed papers” for places beyond New Zealand, the rates for “commercial papers” or “samples” respectively shall be paid. Printed matter for the use of the blind cannot be enclosed in the same cover with commercial papers, samples, or printed papers.

PATTERNS AND SAMPLES.

3. If “commercial papers” are included in a pattern or sample packet for a place beyond New Zealand the rates applicable to “commercial papers” shall be paid on the packet. “Printed papers” may be enclosed with pattern and sample packets. A stamped envelope for reply may be enclosed with a sample at sample-post rates of postage.

Definitions.

5. The pattern and sample post for places beyond New Zealand shall be restricted to bona fide trade patterns or samples of merchandise, live bees, and natural-history specimens not forwarded for commercial purposes. Patterns or samples shall be of no saleable value, or they will be detained and sent to the Dead Letter Office. Packets containing articles of saleable value may be sent at sample rates to any place within New Zealand. Packets containing watches, jewellery, &c., may be sent under this regulation, but shall be registered.

How to Pack.

9. Patterns or samples, when practicable, shall be sent in covers open at the end, and packed in such manner as to be easy of examination; but samples of seeds, drugs, and such-like articles, which cannot be sent in covers of this kind, may be posted enclosed in boxes or bags of linen, or other material, fastened in such a manner that they may be readily opened.

Articles, such as tinned foods, which would be spoiled if packed in the manner prescribed may be exceptionally admitted in a cover hermetically sealed, but the Post Office may require the sender or the addressee to assist in the check of the contents, either by opening certain packets indicated by them or in some other satisfactory manner. Packing shall not be obligatory for articles consisting of one piece, such as pieces of wood, metal, &c., which it is not the custom of the trade to pack, provided that the address and postage-stamp appear on a label, and the address is repeated on the article itself. Samples of liquids, fatty substances, and substances which easily liquefy, as well as samples enclosed in linen or paper envelopes of little strength shall have attached a label, preferably of parchment, bearing the name and address of the addressee and the postage stamps. In addition the name and address of the addressee shall be repeated on the article itself.

No Writing Allowed.

10. It shall be permissible to indicate by hand or by a mechanical process, outside or inside the packet, the name, position, profession, and address of the sender and of the addressee, as well as the date of despatch, the sender’s signature, telephone number, telegraphic address and code, banking account, a manufacturer’s mark, or trade-mark, numbers, prices, and particulars relating to weight, measurement, and size, or to the quantity to be disposed of, and such as are necessary to determine the origin and the character of the goods.

Dangerous Articles.

15. Liquids, oils, fatty substances, and substances which easily liquefy shall be enclosed in glass bottles hermetically sealed. Each bottle shall be placed in a special box of wood, of metal, or of strong corrugated cardboard containing sawdust, cotton, or spongy material in sufficient quantity to absorb the liquid in the event of the bottle being broken. The box itself, if it is of thin wood, shall be enclosed in a second case of metal, of wood with a lid screwed down, of strong corrugated cardboard, or of stout thick leather. When hollow wooden blocks, with minimum thickness of 2½ millimetres (about ⅛ in.), provided with a lid, are used with sufficient quantity of absorbent material inside, the blocks need not be enclosed in a second case. Liquids, oils, fatty substances, and substances which easily liquefy, if insecurely packed, shall be stopped. The transmission of soft fruit shall be prohibited unless the fruit is enclosed in liquid-tight tins and is securely packed. The transmission of mushrooms shall be subject to similar restrictions. Sugar and tins of condensed milk to any address may be forwarded only by parcel-post.