Postal Regulations.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXVII, Issue 1362, 28 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 full postage and late fee. If posted uupaid, or insufficiently prepaid, they will not be despatched from the Post Office till the next mail j but il posted on board steamers or in the railway vans, they will be charged, on delivery, with double the deficient postage, or late fee. The late fee is a single rate extra to places outside JNew Zealand. Within New Zealand the late fee is Id. POST CARDS. Penny post cards aud reply-paid post cards for transmission between places iii New Zealand and the Australian colonies aud Tasmania, may be purchased at auy Post Office, or from any liceused stamp vendor. By affixing an additional penny stamp, they may be used for the United Kingdom via San Francisco or by the direct route. The stamped side of the card is for the address only, and, beyond the written 01 printed address, nothing whatever must be 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 may be attached to the card, Uur may it be loided, cut, or otherwise altered. Post cards may be used for eceipts, to the back of which a receipt tamp may be affixed. NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS. The postage on newspapers for places beyond the colony is £d 2oz, except to the United Kingdom and Australian Colonies, to which postage is Id each newspaper, irrespective of weight. .Newspaper wrappers, 18 for 10J, may be purchased at any Post uffice, or from any licensed vendor. The wrappers are for newspapers intended to be sent through the post for places within New Zealand j but they may also be used for forwarding newspapers to places beyond the colony ; on prepayment of the additional postage. INLAND POST. Book, Packet, aud Circular Post.—The postage is on each circular not exceeding 4oz not exceeding 4oz id, aud £1 for 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 of ordinary type, eugraviug, lithograpic 01 auy other mechanical 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 admit of its being easily examined (it must not be fastened with any adhesive). If enclosed in a cover or envelope, the cover must be entirely open at one end or side, or the fly of the envelope turned inside instead 01 gummed over. If posted unpaid, or addressed to any place requiring delivery through a second Post Office (not a suburban office), or otherwise not complying with these regulations, will be sent to the L>eau Letter uffice. A packet may be sent either without a cover (in which case it must not be fastened, whether by means of gam, wafer, sealingwax, post-stamp, or otherwise), or in a cover open, so as to admit of the contents being easily withdrawn for examination. For the greater security of the contents, the packet may be tied at the ends with string, but in such case Postmasters are authorised to cut the string, even though it De sealeu —but if they do so they wili again tie up the packet. No packet may contain anything which is sealed or otherwise closed against inspection ; nor must tliere be auy letter, or any communication of the nature of a letter, whether separate or otherwise, unless the whole of such letter or communication be printed. Entries, however, merely stating who sends the book, etc., or to whom it is given, are admissible. Indeed, as respects 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 inscription from the author. Passages in 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 be 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 in it or upon its cover, whether elosed 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, les3 the postage affixed, and forwarded to its address. Jf addressed to any place beyond Nbw Zealand, they will be detaiued 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 Zualand. Bona fide printed or lithographed matter may be enclosed in envelopes entirely open at one end or side, or liAving the fty 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 sent through the post to all places outside New Zealand are in the main the same as under the Inland Book and Packet Post Itegulations. Press manuscript may be transmitted to the United Kingdom and 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 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 he 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 stunps of the value of one rate, it is forwarded charged with the deficient postage. Books and parcels for France if posted wholly uupaid, will be detained ; if shoit paid, they will be charged double the deficient postage, and forwarded. NEWSPAPERS. Kates of Postage—£d each within the colouy, and £d 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 for transmission by post, may either be

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 4d 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 the cover but the name and address, the printed title of the newspaper, aud the primed name and address of the publisher or vendor who sends it. MONEY ORDERS. Are issued between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., except on Saturday, when the offices are closed before 5 p.m. Money Order Offices at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurcu, and Ounedin close at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Telegraph money orders (3d per £ and telegraph fee Is) can be transmitted between offices issuiug money orders. lij post (/fithin New Zealand) 6d per £5. On the United Kingdom, Is per £2. No order issued on United Kingdom for more than £lO. On the Australian Colonies and Tasmania, £2, 6d j £5, Is ; £7, Is Gd ; £lO, 2s ; £l2, 2s 6d j £ls, 3s ; £l7, 3s 6d ; £2O, 4s. On the United Scates aud Canada, not exceeding £2, Is Oil ; £4, 2s Gd ; £6, 3s Gd ; Jtß, 4s Gd ; £lO, 5s 6J ; £l2, 7s ; £l4, Ss £IG, 9s ; £lB, 10s ; £2u, lis. Money Orders can also be procured for various foreign couucries and British Possessions through ttie London.