NEW ZEALAND INLAND PARCEL POST.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 357, 6 April 1889, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND INLAND PARCEL POST.

TCEGtSL.iTIOKS. 1. Posting and Labelling.— ln order tbab a parcel may go by Parcel Post, it must be banded in at a Pest Office counter or deliverywinrlow, an.l the postage due prepaid. The words " Paicel Post "' should be written on the parcel, or on the label to be obtained from the Post Office for affixing to the parcel.

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Kot exceeding lib in weight 0 7 Exceeding lib., but not exceeding 21bs, 0 10 „ 21bs „ 3lbs 1 1 3lbs „ 41bs 1 4 41bs „ 51bs 1 7 slbs „ 61bs 1 10 61bs „ 71bs 2 1 71bs ,-• Slbs s 4 „ 81ba „ Olbs 2 7 9lba „ lO.bs 2 10 lOlbs „ lllbs 3 1 Ko parcel exceeding lllbs in -weight, or the dimensions hereafter specified, will be accepted ; and unpaid or insufficiently i>repaid parcels will be refused. 3. Size. — The dimensions allowed for a rureel tue : — ■ ft. in. Gieatest length _ 3 G Ore.iiest length and girth combined 6 0 For example : A parcel measuring 3ft 6in in length may measure as much as 2ft Gin in rnrth. A shorter parcel may be thicker ; thus, if it measure only 3f fc in length, it may be 3ft in giith round its thickest pait. The weights anl dimensions given above apply only to parcels for places served by railway, coach, or steamboat. 4. Fo>' Places not Served by Eailway, Coach, or .Steamer.— To all places not served \>y railway, coach, or steamer, only parcels not exceeding 51bs in weight, and nob ' measuring more than 2ft in length, and Ift in bieadth or depth may be accepted, and piovided they are not oi such a fragile natuie as to prevent their being sent with safety in the ordinaiy mail bag. .1. Must be Prepaid, — The full postage must bo prepaid by ordinary postage stamps, which HTist be affixed by the sender or the person handing in the parcel. 6. Not to be Posted in Posting-box. — Parcels exceeding lib in weight are not to be posted in the posting-bos, bat must be handed over the counter, or at the delivery-window ot the Post Office, to the proper officer, by whom the size, -weight, and postage will be checked before a parcel may be accepted. Parcels posted in the posting-box, unless admissible and fully paid at letter rate w ill be charged on delivery with a fine of Gd., in addition to any deficient postage. This also applies to parcels posted in pillar aud other postingboxes. 7. Prohibited Parcels. — Parcels bearing, or containing writing or marks of an offensive or indecent character, or containing gunpowder, cartudgt s, lucifer matches, or anything explosive or liable to combustion, bladdeis con tainingliquid.live animals, grossly offensive or filthy matter, or any substance likely to cause injury to other parcels or to the officers of the Post Office, are prohibited. 8. What other Parcels may not contain, — parcels rnny not contain any letter or communication of the nature of a letter, money (coin or bank notes), or a packet or parcel intended for delivery at an address other than that borne by the parcel if self . 32. Registered. — Parcels may be registered nndet the same conditions as letters ; and for an additional fee 6JE 2d a receipt can be obtained and posted to the sender,

2. Rates of postage and weight.— Tae rates of postage for a paicel are : —