Postal Regulations.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXVII, Issue 1361, 21 May 1895, Page 6

Postal Regulations.

INLAND LETTERS. Letters for places within New Zealand, insufficiently prepaid, are forwarded, charged with double the deficiency. Late Letters , whether posted at the Post Office, on board steamers, or in railway vans, must bear the lull postage and late lee. If posted unpaid, or insufficiently prepaid, they will not be despatched from the Post Office till the next mail ; but ii posted on board steamers or in ths railway vans, they will he charged, on delivery, with double the deficient postage, or lace lee. The laic fee is a single rate extra to places outside New Zealand. Within New Zealand the late fee is Id. POST CARDS. Penny post cards and reply-paid post cards for transmission between places in New Zealand and the Australian colonies and Tasmania, may be purchased at any Post Office, or from any licensed stamp vendor. By affixing an additional penny stamp, they may be used lor the United Kingdom via San Francisco or by the direct route. Tne stamped side of the card is for the address only, and, beyond the wiitten or printed address, nothing whatever must Lk printed or written upon that side of the card. On the reverse side, any communica tion, whether of the nature of a letter 01 otherwise, may be printed or written. Nothing whatever iniy oe attached to the card, imr may it be folded, cut, or ocherwis. altered. Post cards may be used foi eceipts, to the bauk of which a receipt tamp may be affixed. NEWSPAPER -WRAPPERS. The postage on uewspapers for places beyond the colony is id pm 2oz, except to the United Kingdom and Australian Colonies, to whioti postage is Id each newspaper, irrespective of weight. Newspaper wrappers, 18 for 10J, may be purchased at any Post Office, or from I any licensed vendor. The wrappers are for newspapers intendeu ;to be sent through the post for places within New Zealand ; bat they may also be used for forwarding newspapers to places beyond the colony ; on prepayment of the additional postage. INLAND POST. Book, Packet, and Circular Post.—The postage is on each circular not exceeding ioz id, not exceeding 4oz id, and £1 foi every additional 2oz. A circular is held to be a communication intended for transmission in identical terms to several persons, and the whole or greater ■part of which is produced by means oi ordinary type, engraving, lithograpic oi : any other xnecuanieal process, and may be, posted with or without a cover. If sent without a cover, the address to be written on the face of the circular, aud. if folded, to be folded in such a manner as to adnn of its being easily examined (it must not b, fastened with any adhesive), if euclos.-d ■in a cover or envelope, toe cover must Ih entirely open at cue end or side, or the fly of the envelope turned inside instead oi gummed over. If posted unpaid, oi addressed to any place requiring delivery Through a second Post Office (not a suburban office;, or otherwise not complying witi. these regulations, will be sent to the Bead :Letter uffiee. A packet may be sent either without a cover (in which ease it must not be fastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, seating wax, post-stamp, or otherwise), or in a cover open, so as to admit of the contentbeing easily wiihirawn for examination r or the greater security of the contents, tin .packet may be tied at the ends with sermg, but in such case Postmasters are authorises ito cut the string, even though it be sealed —but if they do so they will again tie up the packet. No packet may contain anything which isealed or otherwise closed against inspection ; nor must there be any letter, or any .oimrunication of the nature of a letter, whether separate or otherwise, unless tli whole of such letter or communication U printed, Ln tries, however, merely stating who sends the book, etc., or to whom it is given, are admissible. Indeed, as respect t the name and address of the sender, not only is the writing permitted, but it is recommended ; so that if the cover comes off, or for any other reason the packet cannot be forwarded, it may be returned A book may also contain a manuscript dedication, or a complimentary inset iptiun 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 In opened without tearing the cover or breaking the seal, or if it contain any letter or any communication of the nature of a lettei written in it or upon its cover, whether closed or open, to coin or bank-notes, enclosure or sealed or otherwise eloseu against inspection, or any unauthorised enclosure, the packet will bo surcharged at simple letter without tine, less the postage affixed, aud forwarded to its address. Jl addressed to any place beyond New Zealand, they will be detained and sent 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 Jly turned 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 scut through the post to all places outside New Zealand are in the main the same as under the Inland Book and Backet Post llegula tions. Press manuscript may be trans mitted to the United Kingdom aud the Australian Colonies. If a packet be posted not open at the end or sides, or contain any letter or any communication of the nature of a letter written iu 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-American places, and the United States of America be not sufficiently prepaid with stamps, but nevertheless bear stwnps of the value of one rate, it is forwarded charged with the deficient postage. Books and parcels for France if posted wholly unpaid, will be detained ; if shoit paid, they will he charged double the deficient postage, and forwarded. NEWSPAPERS. Bates of Postage—id 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 distiihution, and registered at the General Post Office for transmission by post, may either he

forwarded like other printed matter under the regulations of the book post, or may be 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. Newspapers whether originating in the colony, or beyond the colony, redirected from one postoffice to another within the colony, may be transmitted accordingly. A newspaper shall not contain any enclosures other than the supplement or supplements proper to the newspaper, nor any writing or other mark beyond the name and address of the person to whom it is sent, nor anything on ttxe cover but the name and address, the printed title of the newspaper, and the printed name and address of the publisher or vendor who sends it. MON BY ORDURS. Are issued between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p. ra., except on Saturday, when the offices are closed before 5 p.m. Money Order Offices at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin close at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Telegraph money orders (3d per £ and telegraph fee Is) can be transmitted between offices issuing money orders. Jiy post (within New Zealand) 6d per £5. Outlie United Kingdom, Is per £2. No order issued on United Kingdom for more than £lO. On the Australian Colonies and Tasmania, £2, GI; £5, Is ; £7, Is 6d ; £lO, 2s ; £l2, 2s 6d ; £ls, 3s ; £l7, 3s Gd ; £2O, 4s. On the United States and Canada, not exceeding £2, Is 6d ; £4, 2s Gd ; £6, 3s 6d ; tS, 4s Gd ; £lO, 5s Gd ; £l2, 7s ; £l4, Ss £IG, 9s ; £lB, 10s ; £2O, 11s. Money Orders can also be procured for various foreign countries and British Possessions through the London.