SEPT. 10.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
2767

Postal Regulations and Charges.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of September, 1931.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the Post
and Telegraph Act, 1928, and of all other powers and authorities in that behalf
enabling him, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand,
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
Dominion, doth hereby make the regulations and fix the charges set forth in the
Schedule hereto for the receiving, despatching, conveying, and delivering of postal
packets, and doth order and declare that any regulations and charges of similar purport
heretofore made are hereby revoked in so far as they are not in agreement with the regulations
and charges hereby made and fixed, but that otherwise any such other regulations
and charges shall remain in full force and virtue, and shall be read and applied together
with the regulations and charges hereby made and fixed; and doth further order and
declare that such revocation and the regulations and charges hereby made and fixed
shall have effect on and after the date of the publication of this Order in Council in
the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.
NEWSPAPERS.

Inland ... ... ... ... Each copy not exceeding
3 oz., ½d.; each copy exceeding 3 oz., 1d. for each
16 oz. or fraction thereof.

All other places to which Postal Union rates do not apply Each copy 1d. for each 16 oz.
or fraction thereof.

BOOK-POST.

6. The following are the rates of postage on printed papers, except registered magazines and newspapers:
   Within New Zealand—
   1d. for each 4 oz. or fraction thereof up to 1 lb., and 4d. for each additional
   pound or fraction thereof up to 5 lb.
   Beyond New Zealand—
   ½d. for each 2 oz. or fraction thereof (Postal Union rate).

The rate for Government packages within New Zealand only is 1d. for each 4 oz.
up to 1 lb., 4d. for each additional 1 lb. up to 5 lb., and 3d. for each additional 1 lb.
up to 11 lb.
The limits of weight and size for each Government package are as follow:—
For places served by rail, wheeled conveyance, or steamer: weight, 11 lb.; length,
3 ft. 6 in.; and length and girth combined, 6 ft.
For places not served by rail, wheeled conveyance, or steamer: weight, 5 lb.;
length, 2 ft.; and breadth or depth, 1 ft.

The publications mentioned below may be posted for delivery within the Dominion
postage prepaid at the following bulk rates, provided that each separately addressed
package weighs not less than 4 oz.:—
Hansard ... ... ... ... 2d. per lb. of separately addressed
packages weighed together.
Other General Government publications .. 3d. ditto.
School Journal ... ... 3d. ,,
Books for lightkeepers ... ... 2d. ,,
The Navy ... ... ... 2½d. ,,

19. Books exchanged between libraries, between libraries and their subscribers,
    between recognized book clubs, or between recognized book clubs and their subscribers,
    may be sent within New Zealand at the rate of 2d. per pound up to 5 lb. Packets of
    books when posted under this regulation by a library or book club must bear on the
    address sides of the wrappers the name of the library or book club by which they are
    posted. Packets of books when posted under this regulation by a subscriber to a library
    or book club need not bear the sender's name or address:
    Provided always that the Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department may
    decide whether any institution, concern, or undertaking is a library or recognized book
    club for the purposes of this regulation, and his decision shall be final.

INSURANCE OF LETTERS.

13. The fees payable for the insurance of letters, including registration, shall be
    as follow:—

|Fees.|||Limit of Compensation.|
|---|---|---|
|Inland.|Great Britain, Ireland, and other Countries.|s. d.|£|s. d.|£|
|0 6|0 9|12|3 4|7 10|216|
|0 8|1 2|24|3 6|8 3|228|
|0 10|1 7|36|3 8|8 8|240|
|1 0|2 0|48|3 10|9 1|252|
|1 2|2 5|60|4 0|9 6|264|
|1 4|2 10|72|4 2|9 11|276|
|1 6|3 3|84|4 4|10 4|288|
|1 8|3 8|96|4 6|10 9|300|
|1 10|4 1|108|4 8|11 2|312|
|2 0|4 6|120|4 10|11 7|324|
|2 2|4 11|132|5 0|12 0|336|
|2 4|5 4|144|5 2|12 5|348|
|2 6|5 9|156|5 4|12 10|360|
|2 8|6 2|168|5 6|13 3|372|
|2 10|6 7|180|5 8|13 8|384|
|3 0|7 0|192|5 10|14 1|396|
|3 2|7 5|204|6 0|14 6|400|