REGULATIONS.

Marlborough Press, Volume VI, Issue 56, 15 July 1865, Page 4

REGULATIONS.

Prepayment Stamps. —All letters, packets and newspapers if liable to postage, posted in New Zealand must be prepaid by affixing postage labels of the Colony of sufficient value. Loose Letters. —All letters received from beyond seas, at any Post-office, in this Colony, which have not been regularly posted at the place of despatch (loose letters), are chargeable with full postage, according to the rates established by the foregoing tables, unless they are letters which is not compulsory by law to send by post, in which case they are chargeable with the inland rate of postage only. Insufficient Payment. —Letters and packets liable to more than one rate of postage, and addressed to places within the Colony, or the United Kingdom, if bearing at least a single rate, will he forwarded, and charged with the postage deficient, and another single rate as a fine. Letters and packets, so addressed and bearing less than a single rate of postage, and all letters and packets otherwise addressed, and not bearing the full amount of postage chargeable, can neither be forwarded to their destination nor returned to the sender : but will be delivered or forwarded lo the person addressed, on application, within six months, at the office where the same were posted, and payment of the deficient postage in stamps. This rule applies also to letters for tiie Colony of Victoria.

Registration. —Any person can have a letter registered by affixing on it by means of the proper labels the amount of the registration fee, in addition to the proper postage, and presenting it at a Post Office during office hours, and at least one hour before the closing of the Mail by which it is desired to be transmitted. Every precaution will be adopted to ensure the safe delivery of a registered letter by entering it on the letter.bills, and obtaining a receipt for the same on delivery. As the Post Office, however, is not responsible for the loss of any letter, whether registered or otherwise, persons sending Bank Notes or Drafts are advised to take the numbers and particulars, and to cut the Notes or Drafts in halves, and to send them by different posts. Re-Direction. —Letters, Newspapers, and Packets will be re-directed from one Post Office to another on the written instructions of the person addressed, but on re-direction are chargeable with a new and distinct rate of postage, to be paid on delivery. Penalties. —Any person sending as exempt from postage letters not liable to exemption or enclosing a communication in the nature of a let ■ ter in an}’ Newspaper or Book-packet, is liable to a penalty of £2O. Size and Weight. —No Book-packet or packet of newspapers will be received, nor will any Postmaster be required to receive any letter, if it exceed two feet in length, one foot in width or depth, or three pounds in weight. Book-rackets to be ofen for Inspection.— Every Book-packet shall be sent open at the ends or sides, and there shall he no enclosure sealed or otherwise closed against inspection sent in or with such packet, nor anything printed or written in the nature of a letter. Contents. —With the above limitations, a Book-packet may contain any number of separate books, maps prints, or photographs, and any quantity of paper, vellum, or parchment, either printed, written on, or plain, (exclusive of anything in the nature of a letter, whether sealed or open), with the binding, covering, or mounting attached or belonging to such book, print, map or photograph, and all things legitimately appertaining to or necessary for the transmission of any enclosed literary or artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in any form. The names and addresses of the sender may appear on the cover. Carriage Overland. —No Postmaster will he required to receive any Book-packet for transmission by an overland mail, if from its weight or any other cause the packet appear calculated to retard the carrier.