Postal Regulations.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXVII, Issue 1360, 14 May 1895, Page 6

Postal Regulations.

INLAND LETTERS. Letters for places within New Zealand f j insufficiently prepaid, are forwarded charged with double the deficiency, as Late Letters , whether posted at the Pos is Office, on board steamers, or in railway vans, must bear the full postage and lati °* fee. If posted unpaid, or insufficiently il, prepaid, they will not be despatched fron -( j the Post Office till the next mail ; but i posted on board steamers or in the railway vans, they will be charged, on delivery with double the deficient postage, or lat< fee. :ie Th.e tale fee is a single rate extra to place outside New Zealand. Within Nev 111 Zealand the late fee is Id. POST CARDS. Penny post cards and reply-paid pos cards for transmission between places 11 New Zealand and the Australian coloniei and Tasmania, may he purchased at any Post Office, or from any licensed stain, vendor. By affixing an additional penny stamp, they may lie used for the Unite. Kingdom via Ban Francisco or by the ilirec route. The stamped side of the card is for tin address only, and, beyond the wiitteu 01 printed addiess, nothing whatever must In printed or written upon that side of tin card. On the reverse side, any communica tion, whether of the nature of a letter 01 otherwise, may be printed or written. Nothing whatever may he attached to tin card, n„r may it be folded, cut, or otherwise le altered. Post cards may lie used ioi , eoeipts, to the back of which a receipt ’ tamp may be affixed. ir NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS, The postage on newspapers for places beyond the colony is £d per 2dz, except to the United Kingdom and Australian Oolonies, to which postage is Id each newspaper, irrespective of weight. Newspaper wrappers, IS for 10J, may be purchased at any Post Office, or from 0 any licensed vendor. The wrappers are for newspapers intended to be sent through the post for places y within New Zealand ; but they may also be n used for forwarding newspapers to places beyond the colony ; on prepayment of tbo y additional postage. INLAND POST. Book, Packet, aud Circular Post.—The postage is on each circular not exceeding v £oz not exceeding 4oz Id, and 4i for every additional 2oz. s A circular is held to be a communication j intended for transmission in identical terms to several persons, and the whole or greater e part of which is produced by means of ordinary type, engraving, lithograpic oi c any other mechanical process, and may be posted with or without a cover. If sent [j without a cover, the address to be written on the face of the circular, aud. if folded, e to be folded in such a manner as to admit a of its being easily examined (it must not be fastened with any adhesive). If enclosed 1 iu a cover or envelope, the cover must be entirely open at one end or side, or the Hy 1 of the envelope turned inside instead oi I gammed over. If posted unpaid, or addressed to any place requiring delivery * through a second Best Office (not a suburban j office), or otherwise not complying with these regulations, will be seut to the Head i Letter uffice. , A packet may be seut either without a L cover (in which case it must not be fastened, whether by means of gam, wafer, sea.itig ’ wax, post-stamp, or otherwise), or iu a 3 cover open, so as to admit of the contents j being easily withdrawn for examination tor the greater security of the contents, the i packet may be tied at the ends with string, but in such case Postmasters are authorise.i 1 to cut the string, even though it be sealed —bud if they do so they will agam tie up the packet. No packet may contain anything which is sealed or otherwise closed against inspection ; nor must there be any letter, or any communication of the nature of a letter, whether separate or otherwise, unless the whole of suoh letter or communication be printed. Entries, however, merely stating who sends the book, etc., or to whom it is given, are admissible. Indeed, as respecis the name and address of the sender, not only is the writing permitted, but it is recommended ; so that if the cover comes olf, or for any other reason the packet cannot he forwarded, it may be returned. A book may also contain a manuscript dedication, or a complimentary inscription from the author. Passages iu the text to which it is desired to call attention may be marked with a simple stroke. If a packet be posted for delivery within New Zealand, so made up that it cannot he opened without tearing the cover or breaking the seal, or if it contain any letter or any communication of the nature of a letter written iu it or upon its cover, whether closed or open, to coin or bank-notes, enclosure or sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, or any unauthorised enclosure, the packet will be surcharged at simple letter without tine, less the postage affixed, and forwarded to its address. If addressed to any place beyond New Zealand, they will be detained and seut to the Dead Letter Office for disposal. Any packet posted wholly unpaid, or insufficiently prepaid, will be charged double the deficient postage, if for delivery within New Zealand. Bona fide printed or lithographed matter may be enclosed in envelopes entirely open

at one end or side, or having the fig tamed inside, instead of gummed over in the usual manner, so that the contents may be examined without cutting or tearing the envelope, FOREIGN BOOK POST. The conditions under which books and printed and written matter may be sent through the post to all places outside New Zealand are in the main the same as under the Inland Book and Packet Post Begula tions. Press manuscript may bo trails mitted to the United Kingdom and the Australian Colonies. If a packet be posted not ojieu at the end or sides, or contain any letter or any communication of the nature of a letter written in it, or upon its cover, whether closed or open, or any enclosure sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, or any other unauthorised enclosure, it will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. If a book packet for the Australian Colonies, India, the United Kingdom, Canada, and other British-Americau places, and the United States ot America be not sufficiently prepaid with stamps, but nevertheless bear stimps of the value of one rate, it is forwarded charged with the deficient postage. Books anil parcels for France if posted wholly unpaid, will be detained ; if shoit paid, they will be charged double the deficient postage, and forwarded. NEWSPAPERS. Hates of Postage—4‘l each within the colony, and id per 2oz outside the colony, except to the Australian colonies and United Kingdom, to which postage is Id each newspaper. All newspapers published in the colony, whether for sale or gratuitous distribution, and registered at the General Post Office (or transmission by post, may either be

forwarded like other printed matter nndei the regulations of the book post, or may b< transmitted within the colony on payment of a postage rate of a £d each. Newspapers published outside the colony may be sent through the post as if they had been registered in New Zealand. News papers whether originating in the colony, 01 beyond the colony, redirected from one post office to another within the colony, may he transmitted accordingly. A newspaper shall not contain any enclosures other than the supplement 01 supplements proper to the newspaper, uoi any writing or other mark beyond the name and address of the person to whom it i: sent, nor anything on the cover but th< name and address, the printed title of tin newspaper, and the printed name am address of the publisher or vendor win sends it. MONEY ORDERS. Are issued between the hours of Da.m and 4 p, m., except on Saturday, when tin offices are closed before 5 p.m. Money Order Offices at Auckland Wellington, Christchurch, and Uuuedii close at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Telegraph money orders (3d per £ am telegraph fee Is) can he transmitted betvveei offiees issuing money orders. By post (within New Zealand) Gd per £5 On the United Kingdom, Is per £2. Ni order issued on United Kingdom for more than £lO, On the Australian Colonies and Tas■ nrnia, £2, 61 ; £5, Is ; £7, Is Gd ; £lO, 2s ; £l2, 2s Gd ; £ls, 3s ; £l7, 3s 6i ; £2O, 4s.' On the United Btates ami Canada, not exceeding £2, Is Gd ; £4, 2s Gd ; £G, 3s 0 I ; £S, 4s 61 ; £lO, 5s G 1 ; £l2, 7s ; £l4, 8s £l6, Ds ; £lB, 10s ; £2O, 11s. Money Orders can also be procured for various foreign countries and British Possessions through the I .on lon.