NEW ZEALAND INLAND PARCEL POST. REGULATIONS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 365, 4 May 1889, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND INLAND PARCEL POST. REGULATIONS.

2 51- Posting and Labelling. — In order (hat a parcel may £0 by Parcel Post, it must, bo handed in at a Post Oihce count ci or delivery - window, and the postage due piepuid. The voids "Parcel Pc-t " should be wiitten on the parcel, or on the label Io be obtained fiom the Post Office for affixing to the parcel.

No parcel exceeding lllbs in weight, or the dimensions hereafter specified, will be accepted ; and unpaid or insufficiently pi-epaid parcels will be refused.

For example : A parcel measuring 3ft Gin in length noay measure as much as 2ft Gin in girth. A shorter parcel may ba thicker ; thus, if it measure only 3ffc in length, it may be 3ft in giith round its thickest part. The weights and dimensions given above apply only to parcels for places served by railway, coach, or steamboat. 4. For Places not Served by Bailway, Coach, or Steamer. — To all places not served by railway, coach, or steamer, only parcels not exceeding 51bs in weight, and not measuring more than 2ft in length, and lft in breadth or depth may be accepted, and provided they are not of such a fragile natuie as to prevent their being sent with safety in the ordinary mail bag. 5. Must be Prepaid, — The full postage must be piepaid by ordinary postage stamps, which must 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-box, but must be handed over the counter, or at the delivery-window of 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, will be charged on delivery with a fine of 6d., in addition to any deficient posiage. This also applies to parcels posted in pillar aud other postingboxes. 7. Prohibited Parcels. — Parcels bearing, or containing writing or marts of an offensive or indecent character, or containing gunpowder, cartridges, lucifer matches, or anything explosive or liable to combustion, bladders containing liquid, 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 may not contain any letter or communication of the nature of a letter, money (coin or bnnk notes), or a packet or parcel intended for delivery at an address other than that borne by the parcel if self. 12. Registered. — Parcels may be registered nndet the same conditions as letters ; and for an additional fee of 2d a receipt can be obtained and posted to the sender,

reatest length ■reatest length and girth combined ft. in. 3 6 6 0

ot exceeding Ub in weight xeeeding ]lb., but not exceeding 2lbs. 21 bs , 31bs 3lbs „ 41ba „ 41bs „ slbs „ olbs Gibs filbs „ 71bs 71bs „ Blbs „ 81bs „ 9lbs Olbs „ lO.bs lOlbs „ lllbs s. c! 0 ' 0 11 1 1 . -I i 1 li 2 2 2 2 1 3

3. Size. — The dimensions allowed for a paicel are : —

2. Rates of postage a'xl ■wtight. — TLo rutcs of postage for a parcel are :—: —