2708
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

Disposal of Undeliverable Parcels addressed to certain Countries.

5. The sender of a parcel addressed to any place within the British Empire, or to Argentine Republic, Austria, Belgian Congo, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czecho-Slovakia, Danzig, Denmark, Dutch West Indies, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, France or any French colony, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Holland, Iceland, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, Lettonia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Palestine, Panama Republic, Peru, Poland, Portuguese East Africa, Siam, Soviet Socialistic Republics (Union of), Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria (West), Trinidad, Uruguay, Venezuela, or the United States of America may request, at the time of posting, that if the parcel cannot be delivered as addressed it may be either (a) treated as abandoned, or (b) tendered for delivery at a second address in the country of destination. No other course is admissible. If the sender avails himself of this provision, his request shall be written on the parcel, and shall be in one of the following forms:—

“If not deliverable as addressed, abandon.

“If not deliverable as addressed, deliver to . . . . . . .”

In the absence of a definite request for abandonment, a parcel which is undeliverable at the original address and at the alternative address, if one is furnished, will be returned to the sender at his expense and without previous notification.

Special Fee charged for Conveyance of Inland Fragile Parcels.

12. Inland parcels (except parcels containing fishing-rods, golf-clubs, and similar articles), which the senders desire to be forwarded to destination in hampers, shall be charged an additional fee of 6d. if they do not exceed 4 ft. length and girth combined, and of 9d. if they exceed 4 ft. length and girth combined. The parcels will be labelled “Fragile.” The special “Fragile” fee of 6d. shall be charged on parcels containing fishing-rods, golf-clubs, &c., which do not exceed 3 ft. 6 in. in length, but if the length of such parcels exceeds 3 ft. 6 in. no “Fragile” fee shall be payable.

In the case of parcels not exceeding 1 in. in thickness the “Fragile” fee of 9d. shall be charged only when the length and width combined exceed 4 ft.

All inland parcels, except those mentioned in the preceding sentence, on which the “Fragile” fee is not paid will be forwarded to destination in bags.

Bullion and Jewellery.

16. Parcels of bullion may be accepted for inland transmission and for transmission to places beyond New Zealand, subject to the provisions of any law prohibiting the exportation of gold from New Zealand. No parcel of bullion may exceed 3 lb. in weight except in the case of a parcel addressed to Australia, when the parcel may weigh up to 11 lb., or in the case of an inland parcel sent by a bank addressed to a bank at Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, or Greymouth, when the parcel may weigh up to 8 lb. Parcels containing bullion addressed to any place within New Zealand or Australia shall be insured if the contents are over 10s. in value. Such insurance is, however, limited to a maximum of £2. The Postmaster-General reserves the right to refuse to accept any package of bullion for despatch by any mail, or to despatch any such package by any mail, on the ground that the mail may by such acceptance or such despatch be exposed to the risk of violation. No parcel addressed to Great Britain and Ireland or for any place served through Great Britain and Ireland may contain bullion exceeding £5 in value. Packages containing gold, if addressed to countries beyond New Zealand, can only be posted (if not prohibited as aforesaid) at money-order offices, and senders must pay thereon the export duty of 2s. per ounce troy for gold mined in the North Island, and also a duty of 6d. per ounce troy for gold mined in any part of New Zealand other than gold produced by alluvial mining or dredge-mining, in addition to the usual parcel-postage. Parcels containing jewellery, watches, articles of manufactured gold or silver, and suchlike valuables should be insured and specially packed as instructed in Regulation 9, under the heading of “Insurance of Parcels,” page 209 of the Post and Telegraph Guide, March, 1927, and such parcels, if addressed to any place within New Zealand, may be insured and registered if desired, but their insurance or registration is not compulsory unless the contents are over 10s. in value. The transmission of parcels of jewellery, &c., and bullion to certain countries is prohibited.

Delivery of Parcels.

25. A parcel (other than one containing jewellery or any article of gold or silver or any precious stone) received from a place beyond New Zealand, addressed to a post-office “to be called for,” or for other reason required to lie at a post-office, shall, after it has remained in the office fourteen clear days (excluding Sundays and holidays), be charged demurrage at the rate of 1d. a day (including Sundays and holidays). A parcel containing jewellery, or any article of gold or silver, or any precious stone, received from a place beyond New Zealand, after it has remained in the office fourteen days (excluding Sundays and holidays), shall be charged demurrage at the rate of one per centum per diem (including Sundays and holidays) on the declared value thereof; with the reservation that the maximum amount chargeable shall not exceed £2 for each period of three months or fraction thereof, computed as provided herein. In other words, demurrage ceases to accrue after the sum of £2 has been reached, until the commencement of another three-monthly period, if the parcel has not been disposed of in the meantime. No demurrage, however, will be charged on a parcel addressed to a place at which there is no house-to-house delivery, or for a person on board ship. In this regulation the term “jewellery” does not include watches.

Undelivered and Unclaimed Parcels.

28. Received from Places beyond the Dominion.—Parcels originating at any place in the British Empire, or in Argentine Republic, Austria, Belgian Congo, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Czecho-Slovakia, Danzig, Denmark, Dutch West Indies, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, France or any French colony, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Holland, Iceland, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, Lettonia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Palestine, Panama Republic, Peru, Poland, Portuguese East Africa, Siam, Soviet Socialistic Republics (Union of), Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria (West), Trinidad, Uruguay, Venezuela, or the United States