BOOK PACKETS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 178, 11 June 1862, Page 2

BOOK PACKETS.

1. To any part of the Colony, or to th« United Kingdom, via Southampton Not excEedint? 4oz ... .. : — 4<j. Exceeding 4 oz., and not exceeding 8 0z... Bd. „ Boz., „ „ 16 0z... Ib. id. And so on, increasing eight pence for every additional half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. J. To the following British Colonies— Ascension .lonian Islands Bermuda Natal British West Indies New Brunswick Canada Newfoundland Cape of Good Hop** Nova Scotia Falkland Islands Prince Edward Island Gambia St. Helena Gold Coast Sierra Leone Heligoland Vancouver's Island Not exceeding 4 oz. ... ... ... 7d. Exceeding 4 oz., and not exceeding 8 oz. ... Ib. 2d. , Boz.. ~ .„ 16 or. ... 2a. 4d. And. so on, increasing one shilling and two pence for wry half-pound, or fraction ofhalfa-pound. PKEPAYMENT B7 6TAMPS. All letters, .packets, and newspapers posUd in New, Zealand, must be prepaid by affixing postage Jables of the colonyof sufEcientvalvie,

, LOOSE LETTERS. AU 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 it is not compulsory by law to send by post, in which ease 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 to the United Kingdom, iJ bearing at least a single rate, will bo forwarded and charged with the postage deficient, and another single rate as a fine. Letters and packets so addressed, and bearing less than a I single rate of postage, and all letters and packets j otherwise addressed, not bearing- the full postage chargeable, will be detained and returned to the sender in all cases where practicable. Newspapers, if posted without prepayment of. the full amount of postage chargeable, can "neither be forwarded to their destination nor returned to the sender; but will ba delivered or forwarded to the person addressed, on application, within six months, at the office where same wore posted, and payment of the deficient postage in stamps. REGISTRATION. Any person can have a letter registered by affixing on it by menns 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 bills5, and obtaining a receipt for the same pndelivery. 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 drnfts in halves, and to send them by different post 9. HE-DIRECTION. Letters, newspapers, and packets will be re-directed from one Post Office to another on the written in--structions 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 exeiupt from postage letters not liable to exemption, or enclosing a communication in the nature of a letter in any newspaper or book-packet, it liable to a penalty of £20. 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-PACKETS TO BE OPEN FOR INSPECTION. Every bock-pneket shall be' sent open at the ends or sides, nnd there shall be no enclosure sealed cr otherwise closed against inspection sent in or with such packet, nor any thing printed or written in the nature of a letter. CONTENTS. fe-With the above limitations, a packet-book may contain any number of separate hooks, 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 attacked or belongiug- to such book, print, map, or. photograph, and all things legitimately appertaining to or necessary for the transmission of nny enclosed literary or artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in any form. The names and address of the sender may appear on the cover. OVERLAND CARRIAGE. No Postmaster will be required to receive any book-packet for transmission by mi overland mail, it from its weight or any other cause the packet appear calculated to retard the carrier. CROSBIE WARD, Postmaster-General.