Postal Regulations : Bullion and Jewellery.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of February, 1931.
Present:
His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by Orders in Council dated the seventeenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, and the twenty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twentieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, and the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, at pages 1719 and 2226, respectively, regulations were made under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928 (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), for the transmission of bullion and jewellery by post :
And whereas it is desired to amend such regulations 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 revoke the regulations made by the above-described Orders in Council, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth further order and declare that the said revocations and the regulations hereby made shall come into force on the sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one.
SCHEDULE.
LETTERS AND LETTERCARDS.
6. BULLION weighing not more than 3 lb. may be sent in registered letters to such places outside the Dominion as receive gold by post. Except in regard to weight and insurance the acceptance of such letters shall be subject to the conditions of acceptance of parcels containing bullion contained in Regulation 16 hereof.
REGISTERED ARTICLES : POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S LIABILITY.
9. No compensation for loss will be given in respect of—
(3) Bullion.
PARCEL POST : BULLION AND JEWELLERY.
16. Parcels of bullion may be accepted for inland transmission and, subject to the provisions of any law prohibiting the exportation of gold from New Zealand, for transmission to such places beyond New Zealand as receive gold by post. Parcels containing bullion addressed to any place in New Zealand or Australia shall not exceed 11 lb. in weight; in all other cases they shall not exceed 3 lb. Parcels containing bullion shall be insured if the contents are over 10s. in value; but such insurance is limited to a maximum of £2. The Postmaster-General reserves the right to refuse to accept any package of bullion for despatch by any particular mail, or to despatch any such package by any particular mail, on the ground that the mail may, by such acceptance or such despatch, be exposed to the risk of violation, or on the ground that the acceptance or despatch of any such package would be a breach of any of the provisions of this regulation. 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 addressed to countries beyond New Zealand may be posted (if not prohibited as aforesaid) only 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 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 "Insurance of Parcels," in the Schedule to the Order in Council dated the 26th December, 1907, and published at page 3615 of the New Zealand Gazette of the 31st December, 1907; but such parcels, if addressed to any place within New Zealand, may be registered if desired in lieu of being insured, but their insurance or registration is not compulsory unless the contents are over 10s. in value.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.