FOREIGN PARCEL POST.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2479, 21 March 1893, Page 3

FOREIGN PARCEL POST.

Parcel Post Between New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

The following are the regulationD under which parcels will be accepted and transmitted to the United Kingdom : Parcels will only be forwarded by the steamers of the New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited, and the Shaw-Saville-Albion Compa- y 3 Limited. A parcel for transmission must not exceed 111 b in weight, 3ft 6in. in length, or 6ft in length and girth combined.

Parcels of the maximum size and weight will only be received at, or delivered from, New Zealand post offices at places accessible by railway, steamer, or mail coach, From places in New Zealand not served by railway, steamer, or mail-coach, (list at page 67 of Postal Guide), only parcels not exceeding 51b in weight and not measuring more than 2ft. in length or Ift. in breadth or depth may be accepted. Parcels should be securely and substantially packed and closed by the sender. If wax is used, it should be of the special quality which resists the heat of a hot climate.

Parcels must not be posted in a postingbox, but should be presented at the postoffice gaunter. Parqels will be liable to the Customs laws, duties, and regulations, of the colony and the United Kingdom respectively. The sender of each parcel will be required to make a Customs declaration (on a form to be obtained at parcel post offieea), describing the contents and stating the value thereof, and. also, giving the name of the place to which the parcel is addressed and the sender's signature and residence. False declaration involves forfeiture of parcels and renders sendev liable to prosecution. Where not repugnant to the foregoing rules the general regulations of the Inland Parcel Post will apply.

Paroels are received and forwarded at owner's risk, and the Postmaster-General ia not liable for any loss of or damage to any parcel. On payment of a fee of 4d, tho sender can at time of posting receive a certificate of posting. The eertificMe imposes no liability on the department, and is merely intended as evidenoe of posting. For a parcel not exceeding 21b in weight, Is Qd; for eveiy additional pound or raotion. thoyeoij Od extra. Postage must b,g fully prepaid by means of postage stamps affixed to the paroela. In-sufficiently-prepaid, paroels will not be accepted, Pai'oolct for transmission to the United Kingdom must be posted or delivered at the parcel post office at the port where the steamer takes her final departure <it least eight hours before the close o$ the ordinary letter-mail, TJvb \ip#,v |or. closing pwcel-pwt w\aii elsewhere will be duly iiotjfiftd by' Postmasters, ' Each parcel should b.e, plajuly di>""' I djveqtijQn, fth.O\lld#iv«» - „oted, j ad,cl;YeS;S. o,f pi«uu >-*- - -ame and full \n,Wftctad- "" - whom the parcel is U»-* . i lie words *' Parcel Post" ..oiiid be written on the upper left-hand 1 corner, and also the name and address of the sender.