Aug. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2707

Clinical and Pathological Specimens.

26. Deleterious liquids or substances for medical examination or analysis may be sent within New Zealand by unregistered-letter post provided that they are posted by a qualified medical practitioner or by a qualified veterinary surgeon, that they are addressed to a laboratory or medical institution or to a medical practitioner or veterinary surgeon, and that the following conditions are complied with:—

(a.) Any such liquid or substance shall be enclosed in a receptacle hermetically sealed, which receptacle shall itself be placed in a special box of wood or of strong corrugated cardboard containing sawdust, cotton, or spongy material in sufficient quantity to absorb the liquid in the event of the receptacle being broken. The box itself, if it is of 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. The packet so made up shall be conspicuously marked “Fragile, with care,” and shall bear the words “Pathological Specimen,” and also the signature and address of the medical practitioner or veterinary surgeon by whom it is sent.

(b.) The packet shall on no account be sent by parcel-post. Any such packet found in the parcel-post will be destroyed with all its wrappings and enclosures.

(c.) Packets of the kind sent by letter-post but not packed and marked as directed above also are liable to be destroyed.

27. Samples of milk, for analysis, addressed to the Department of Agriculture or to a Government laboratory, if packed in accordance with the regulations for the transmission of liquids, may be sent by parcel-post.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amendment of Parcel-post 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 twenty-third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, the twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, the ninth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and published in a supplement to the New Zealand Gazette of the nineteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, the twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and the third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, respectively, regulations were made and rates of postage fixed under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, for the conveyance of parcels by means of the Post Office: And whereas it is desirable to amend 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.

PARCEL-POST.

Rates of Postage.

The special rate of 2s. 1d. charged on parcels not exceeding 11lb. in weight, but exceeding 4ft., length and girth combined, shall not apply to parcels not more than 1 in. in thickness, unless the length and width combined exceed 4 ft.

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

Customs Declaration.

4. The sender of a parcel addressed to any place beyond New Zealand shall make a Customs declaration (on a form to be obtained at any post-office) describing the contents and stating the value, and also giving the name of the office of destination and the sender’s signature and place of residence. In the case of parcels addressed to certain foreign countries, two or more declarations are required. A false declaration involves the forfeiture of the parcel, and renders the sender liable to prosecution under the Customs laws. The contents of a parcel should not be described on the Customs declaration in general terms, such as “Presents,” “Groceries,” &c.; but each article should be enumerated, and, in the case of parcels containing foodstuffs addressed to Great Britain and Ireland the actual weight of each commodity shown. When there is not sufficient room on the form of Customs declaration, the necessary details should be shown on the cover of the parcel.

An invoice in an open envelope, giving merely particulars of the goods contained in the parcel, may be enclosed in any parcel.

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