FOREIGN PARCEL POST.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2417, 27 October 1892, Page 3

FOREIGN PARCEL POST.

Parcel Post Between New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

The following are the regulations under which parcels will bo accepted and transmitted to the United Kingdom : Parcels will only be forwarded by the steamers of the New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited, and the Shaw-Saville-Albion Oompa y, Limited. A parcel for transmission must not exceed 111 b in weight, oft Gin. in length, o 6ft in length and girth combined. Parcels of the maximum size and weight will only be received at, or delivered from, New 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 07 @i Postal Guide), only parcels not measurizig more than 2ft. in length or Ift. in breadth or depth may be accepted. Parcels should be 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 climate.

Parcels must not be posted in a postingbox, but should be presented at the postoffice 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 bo required to make a Customs declaration (on a form to be obtained at parcel post offices), describing the contents and stating the value thereof, and also giving the name of the place to which the parcel is addressed and the sender's signaturo and residence. False declaration involved forfeiture of parcels and renders sender liable to prosecution. Where not repugnant to the foregoing rules the general regulations of the Inland Parcel Post will apply. Parcels are received and forwarded at owner's risk, and the Postmaster-General is not liable for any loss of or damage to any parcel. On payment of a fee of 4d, the sender can at time of posting receive a certificate of pos+iVig. The certificate imposes no liability on the department, and is merely intended as evidence of posting. For a parcel not exceeding 21b in weight Is Cd; for every 'additional pp,v,u<\ or. raction thereof, 9d extra. must be fully prepaid by nieaiis of postage atanips affixed to the parcels. l n " sufficiently-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 bo /July notified by Postmasters. Each parcel should bo plainly directed, and the direction should give nayaoandi'ull address of person for whom the parcel is intended. T.ho words ''Parcel Post" should bo written on tho upper loft-lvwd c-jruer-, nud also the name aiiO. ad'dwsa o* the sonde!.',

No parcel containing dangerous articles, perishable arW ieSj articles likely to injure parcels, liquids, unless securely packed in proper cases, 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 pi/ivon other than the addressee of the last-named parcel. If such an enclosure be discovered it will be charged with a separate rate of postage