BOOK PACKETS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 215, 16 August 1862, Page 7

BOOK PACKETS.

1. To any part of the Colony, or to the ' United Kingdom, via Southampton ] Not exceeding 4oz ... ... ... 4d ' Exceeding 4 oz., and not exceeding 8 0z... Bd. i ~ 8 oz., „ „ 16 0z... ls. 4d. And so on, increasing eight pence for every additianal half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. 2. To the following British Colonies— Ascension __ lonian Islands Bermuda " Natal British West Indies New Brunswick Canada Newfoundland Cape of Good Hope* 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. ... Is. 2d 8 oz.. ~ „ 16 oz. ... 2a. 4d. and so on, increasing one shilling and two pence for every half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. pbepayment by stamps. All letters, packets, and newspapers posted in New Zealand, must be prepaid by affixing labels the colony of sufficient value. loose lettees. 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 it 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 to the United Kingdom, it 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, not hearing the full postage chargeable, will be detained and returned to the sender in all cases where practicable. Newspapeis, 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 were posted, and payment of the deficient postage in stamps. BEGISTBATION. Any person can have a letter registered by affixing on it by means ofthe proper labels the amount ofthe registration fee, in addition to the proper postage, and' - presenting it at a Post Office during office hours, I and at least one hour before the closing of the mail by i which it is desired to be transmitted. Every pre- . caution will b« adopted to ensure the safe delivery of a registered letter, by entering it on the letter bills, and obtaining areeeipt for the same ondelivery. Asthe Post Office, however is not responsible for the loss oi any letter, whether registered or otherwise, persons sending bank notes or drafts are advised to take the numbers and particulars, and fto cut tie notes of drafts in halves, and£to send] them by different port V

..._: RE-BIBECTIOX. .Letters, newspapers, and packets wil be re-direc+ed from one Post Office to another on the written instructions ofthe person addressed, but on re-directipu are chargeable with a new and distinct rate of post-* age, to be paid i>n delivery. PENALTIES. Any person sending as exempt from postage letters not liable to xemption, or enclosing a communicitionin 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 wUI any Postmaster be required to receive any letter if it exceed two feet in length, one loot m width or depth, or three pounds in weight. BOOK-PACKETS TO BE OPEN FOE INSPECTIOx" ■Every book-packet shall be sent open at the ends or sides, and there shall be no enclosure sealed or otherwise closed against inspection sent in or with such packet, nor any thing printed or written in the nature of a letter. W*u x. CONTENTS. " With the above limitations, a packet-book may contain any number of separate books, maps, print! or photographs, and any quantity of Wer, velum! or parchment, either printed, writte/on, oj pS (exclusive of anything in the nature of aIX whether sealed or open,) with the blnding,-coverin* or mounting attached or belonging to such &' print; map, or photograph, anl all thins*T lSmately appertaining to or necessary for thetlnsnussion of any enclosed literary or" artistic nStteSJJS™ °f %* m Bnyf0 ™- Tl* names and address of the sender may appear on the cover. OVERLAND CARRIAGE. Iso Postmaster will be required to receive any book-packet for transmission by an overland mail h from its weight or any other cause the packet sidpear calculated to retard the carrier CROSBIE WAKD, Postmaster-General.