NEW ZEALAND POSTAGE RATES.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 441, 29 January 1890, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND POSTAGE RATES.

NEW ZEiLAND INLAND PARCEL rotfT. REGULATIONS. 1. Posting and Labelling.—ln order that a parcel may go by Parcel Post, it must be handed in at a Post Office counter or deliverywindow, anil the postage due prepaid. The words “ Parcel Post ” should be written on the parcel, or on the label to be obtained from the Post Office for affixing to the parcel. 2. Rates of postage and weight, —The rates of postage for a parcel are : s. d.

No parcel exceeding lllbs in weight, or the dimensions hereafter specified, will be ac cepted ; and unpaid or insufficiently prepaid parcels will be refused. 3. Size.-—The dimensions allowed for a parcel are:— ft. in Greatest length - 3 6 Greatest lengih and girth combined 6 0 For example: A parcel measuring 3ft Gin in length may measure as much as 2ft 6in in girth. A shorter parcel may be thicker ; thus, if it measure only 3ft in length, it may be 3ft in girth 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 Railway, Coach, or Steamer.—To all places not served by railway, couch, or steamer, only parcels not exceeding 51be in weight, and not measuring more than 2ft in length; and Ift in breadth or depth may be accepted! and provided they are not of such a fragile nature as to prevent their being sent with safety in the. ordinary mail bag. / 5. Must be Prepaid,—The full postage must be prepaid by ordinary postage stamps,.which must be affixed by the sender pr the person handing in the parcel. . Not to be Posted in Posting-box.:— Parcels exceeding lib in weight are not to be posted in the posting-box, but must be bunded 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 he 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 postage. This also applies to parcels posted in pillar aud other postingboxes. - ' 7/iProhibited Parcels.—Parcels bearing, or containing writing or marks of an offensive or •indecent character, or containing gunpowder cartridges, lncifer matches, or anything explosive or liable to combustion; bladders eon mining liquid, live animals,grossly,offensive or filiby matter, or any substance likely to cause injury to other patci 1* or to the officers of the Post Office, are prohibited..

TOWN LETT KBS. To be delivered in the same town in which they are posted. s. d Not exceeding ” 4 oz 0 1 „ 1 oz 0 2 Every additional 4 oz or fraction thereof ... 0 1 Newspapers each ... 0 0| INLAND LETTERS. Posted within the Colony, to be delivered at any place within the Colony. Not exceeding A oz 0 2 „ 1 oz 0 4 Every. additional 4 07 01 ' fraction thereof ... ... ... ... 0 2 Newspapers each ... ... ... 0 04 BOOK PACKETS. (To be delivered within the Colony). Not exceeding 2 oz ... .. 0 1 ., 4 oz ... ... 0 2 Every additional 2 oz or fraction of 2 oz ... ... ... ... 0 1 Packets exceeding 12 oz may be sent at Parcel Post Rates No book packet must exceed 51bs weight, anil no pattern parcel 24 oz weight. LETTERS TO TIM AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. s. d. Not exceeding 4 oz ... ... 0 2 Every additional £ oz ... ... 0 2 Newspapers ... ... ••• 0 1 United Kingdom. Via S.n Francisco. Not exci e ling 4 oz ... ... 0 G Every additional oz ... ... 0 ■ G . Newspapers ... ... ... 0 1 Registrati m fee, G l ; Book Packets, l- z, Id ; under 2 oz, 2d ; every additional 2oz. 2d. ' (Via Brindisi.) Nut exceeding 4 oz ... ... 1 U . Every additional % 07 ••• * 0 Newspapers, 2 oz to 4 oz ... ... 0 2 Brindisi—Registration f. e, Gd ; Book Packets Under 2 OZ. , 3 1 ; under 4 oz., Gd ; every additional <•'/. , 3d. American and Foreign Po-tage. (Via Ban Francisco). S. ll. United Slates —Under 4 oz ... 0 6 Every additional 4 ( z ... 0 G Newspapers ... ... ... 0 2 , Book Packets, same as English rates. Canada and' othei North Ameiican Colonies- -4-oz ... ... " 0 G Every aduitional 4 07 — 0 6

Not exceeding lib in weight Exceeding lib., but not exeeeding 2lbs, 0 0 7 10 21bs 31bs 1 1 31bs „ 41bs 1 4 „ 41bs 5!bs 1 7 „ 51bs Gibs 1 10 „ Gibs „ 71bs 2 1 „ 7 lbs „ 8lbs 2 4 „ 81bs „ 9lbs 2 7 „ ‘Jibs „ 10. bs 2 10 ,, , lOlbs „ lllbs 3 1