THE C.O.D. SYSTEM.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 171, 21 July 1928, Page 4

THE C.O.D. SYSTEM.

In view of the controversy between some of our leading retail establishments and the C*overnment in connection with the importation of parcels from Great Britain under the C.O.D. system the following extract from an English contemporary on the operations of the system at Home will be of interest. It states that the second year of the inland cash-on-delivery system operated by the Post Office ended in March, and it is officially stated that the rate of posting of parcels to be carried by the service has grown to about 1,500,000 a year, the average money value of the parcels being £1. An effort to increase still further its popularity and usefulness is being made by extending the service to letter post and to consignments sent by rail. On and after 30th April next packets sent by registered letter post of a maximum value of £40 may be Bent C.O.D. and arrangements have been made with the railway companies under which consignments by railway will be allowed, the sender, after dispatching the consignments, forwarding to the consignees as a C.O.D. letter, a document entitling the latter to take delivery. Full particulars are contained in a leaflet issued by the J 'ost Office. tg