FOREIGN PARCEL POST.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2598, 26 December 1893, Page 3

FOREIGN PARCEL POST.

Post Between New Jseaiai«* and the United Kingdom

The following kre the regu i ationD unqer. w*\Zn parcels will be accepted and transmitted to the United Kingdom: Parcels will qnjy he forwarded by the steamers of the, New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited, and the Shaw-Saville-Albion Company, Limited. A parcel for transmission must not exceed 111 b in weight, 3ft Gin. in length, or 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 67 of Postal Guide), only parcels not exceeding 51b in weight and not measuring more than 2ft. in length or Ift. in breadth or depth may be aoaepted. Parcels should be securely and substantially a.nd closed by the sendee %i wax is used, it should be of the speoiai quality which resists the heat of a hot climate.

Parcels must not be poßted in a postingbox, but should be presented at the post* office 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 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 signature and residence. False declaration involves 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 liable for any loss or fojdamage to any parcel. On payment of a fee o! 4d, the sender can at time. o| posting receive a certificate o/ posting. 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 6d; for every additional pound or raotion thereof, 9d extra. Postage must be fully prepaid by means of postage stamps affixed to the parcels. In-sufficiently-prepaid parcels will not be accepted.

Parcels for transmission, to the United Kingdom, miast be posted or delivered at the parcel post office at the port where the, steamer takejj hoy departure at

least eight houra before the close of the ordinary letter-mail. The hour for closing parcel-post mail elsewhere will be duly notified by Postmasters. Each parcel should be plainly directed, andthe direction should give nameandfull address of person for whom the parcel is 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 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 person 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