Postal Regulations.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXVIII, Issue 1435, 27 October 1896, Page 6

Postal Regulations.

INLAND LETTER'S. Letters for places withiu Mew Zealand, insufficiently prepaid, arc forwarded, charged with double the deficiency. Late Letters, whether posted at the Post Ollice, ou board steamers, or in railway vans, must bear the full postage aud late fee. if posted uupaid, or insufficiently prepaid, they will not be despatched from the Post Office till the next mail ; but if posted ou board steamers or iu the railway vaus, 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 New Zealand. Withiu New Zealand the late fee is Id. TOST CARDS Penny post cards and reply-paid post cards for transmission between places in Mew Zealand and the Australian colonies aud Tasmania, may bo purchased at any Pout Office, or from any licensed stamp vendor. By affixing an additional penny stamp, they may be used for the United Kingdom via, Sau Francisco or by the direct route. The stamped side of the card is for the address only, aud, beyoud the written or printed address, nothing whatever must be printed or written upon that side of the card. On the reverse, any side communication, whether of the nature of a letter or otherwise, may be printed or written. Nothing whatever may bo attached to the card, n u r may it ho folded, out, or otherwise latercd. Post cards may bo used for receipts, to the back of whieh_ stamp may be affixed.

NEWSPAPER "Vi RAPPERS. Newspaper wrappers, IS for 10J, may bo purchased at any Lost OlHce, or from auy licensed vendor. The wrappers are for newspapers intended -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, Backet, and Circular Post. —The postage is on each circular not exceeding 4oz id. not exceeding 4oz Id, and 4 i for every additional 2<>z. 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, engraving, lithograpic or 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 Gy of the envelope turned inside instead of gummed over If posted unpaid, or addressed to auy place requiring delivery through a second Post Oliicc (not a suburban oliice), or otherwise not complying with these regulations, will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. A packet may be sent cither without a cover (in which case it must riot be fastened, whether by' means of gum, wafer, seaiingwax, post-stamp, or otherwise), or in a cot’er open, so as to admit of the contents being easily withdrawn for examination. Bor the greater security of the contents, th« packet may be tied at the ends with string, but in such case Postmasters are authorised to cut the string, oven though it De sealed —but if they do so they will again 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, uuiess 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 aud address of the sender, not only is the writing permitted, but it is recommended ; so that if the cover comes off, or fur auy other reason the packet cannot be forwarded, it may oe returned. A book may also contain a manuscript dedication, or a complimentary inscription i from the author. Passages in the text to which it is desired to call atteution may be marked with a simple stroke. If a packet be posted for delivery within New Zealand, so made up that it cannot oe opened without tearing the cover or breaking the seal, or if it contain any letter or auy communication of the nature of a letter written in it or upon its cover, wuether closed or open, to coin or bank-notes, enclosure or scaled or otherwise closed against inspection, or any unautuonsed enclosure, the packet will be surcharged at simple letter without rine, less the postage affixed, and forvvaraed to its address. If addressed to any place beyond New Zealand, they will be detained aud -sent to „uo Uead Letter Office for disposal. Auy 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 m envelopes entirely open at one end or side, or having the fly turned inside, iustcad of gummed over m cue usual manner, so that the contents may b« examined without cutting or tearing the envelope. FOREIGN BOOK POST. The conditions under wnicii books and printed and written matter may be sent through the post to all places outside New Zealand are in the mam the same as under the Inland Book aud Packet Post Regulations. fress 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 euc.osure sealed or otherwise closed agamst inspection, or any other unauthonsen enclosure, it will be seat to the Dead Letter Office. If a book packet lor the Australian Colonies, India, the United Kingdom, Canada, and other British-American places, aud the United states ot America oe not sufficiently' prepaid with stamps, but nevertheless hear stimps of the value of one rate, it is torwarded charged with the deficient postage. Books aud parcels for France if posted wholly unpaid, will be detained ; if shoit paid, they will be charged double the deticieut postage, and forwarded. NEWSPAPERS. Rates of Postage—,Jd each within the colony, and Id lor papers not exceeding 4oz and 4<i each additional 2oz outside the colony, except to the Australian colonies, to which the postage is Id each newspaper irrespective of weight. All newspapers published in the colony, whether for sale or gratuitous distribution, aud registered at the General Post Office or 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 ne sent through tue post as it they had becu registered m New Zoalaud. Newspapers whether originating in tue colony, or beyond the colony’, redirected from one post office to another within the colony, may b« 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 aams 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 printed name and address of the publisher or vendor who sends it. MONEY ORDERS. Arc issued between the hours of 9 a. m. and 1 p. m., except on Saturday’, when the offices arc 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 £ aud telegraph fee is) can be transmitted between offices issuing money orders. By post (A’lthm New Zealand) Gd per £5. On the United Kingdom, Is per £2. No order issued on United Kingdom for more than £lO. On the Australian Colonics aud Tasmania, £2, Gd; £5, Is ; £7, Is Gd ; £lO, 2s ; £l2, 2s Gd ; £ls, 3s ; £l7, 3s Gd ; £2O, -IsOn the United States and Canada, not exceeding £2, Is Gd ; £4, 2s Gd ; £O, 3s Gd ; £S, Is Gd ; £lO, 5s Gd ; £l2, 7s ; £l4, bs , £IG, 9s; £lb, 10s ; £2O, Us. Money Orders can also be procured fur various foreign countries and British Possessions through the London, 1

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