FOREIGN PARCEL POST.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 7081, 1 March 1893, Page 4

FOREIGN PARCEL POST.

PABOEL POST -EmWJt&S FEW { ZEALAND & THE UNITED KINGDOM The following ore tbo regulations under which parcels will be accepted and trans ditto to the United Kingdom Parcels will only be forwarded by the steamers of the Few Zealand Shipping Company, Limited, and the Shaw-SaviUe-AJbion Company, limited. A parcel for transmission roust not exceed Ulb in weight, Bft 6in. in length, or oft. in length and girth combined. Parcels of the maximum sire and weight will only be received at, or delivered from K©w 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 Bft. in length or Ift. in breadth or depth may be accepted. Parcels should bo 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 olimate. Parcels must not be posted in a postingbox, but should be presented at the pootoffiot counter. Parcels 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 offices), describing tha contents and stating the value thereof, and also giving the name of the place to which the parcel is addressed and the sender's sig nature and residence. False declaration in volvos forfeiture of parcels and renders sende liable to prosecution. Where not repugnant to the foregoing rules the general regulations of the Inland Parcs! Post will apply. Parcels are received and forwarded at owner's rist, and the Postmaster-General it not liable for any lose of or damage to any parcel. On payment of a fee of 4t d, the sender can at time of posting receive a certificate of posting. The certificate imposes no liability op the department, and is merely intended eS&vidonce ofpoating. For a parcel not exceeding 91b. in weight, 1b 0d s for every additional pound or fraction thereof, 9d extra. Footage must be folly prepaid by means of postage stamps affixed to the parcels. Insufficiently-prepaid parcels will not be accepted. Parcels 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 at least eight hours before the close of the ordinary letter-mail. The hour for closing parcel-post mail elsewhere will be duly notified b Postmasters. Each parcel should be plainly directed, the direction should give name and full address of the person for whom the parcel ir intended. The words “ Parcel Post ” should be written on the upper left-hand corner, and also the name and address of the sender. No parcel containing dangerous articles, perishable articles, articles likely to injure other parcels, liquids, unless securely pocked in proper oases, or any contraband articles or substances will be accepted. Parcels found to contain forbidden articles, and parcels the contents of which have been falsely declared, will be dealt with in accordance with the Customs and other laws and regulations. Tobacco cannot be sent to the United Kingdom by parcel post. A parcel must not contain a letter, neither must it contain another parcel addressed to a person other than the addressee of thr last-named parcel. If such an enolosur be discovered, it will be changed with separate rate of n 'stage