NOTICES AND ORDERS IN COUNCIL MADE UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ORDINANCE, 1912-1941-

(i) NOTICES OF ORDERS IN COUNCIL FIXING PARCEL POST RATES .• 3729

(ii) NOTICES AND ORDERS IN COUNCIL FIXING RATES OF POSTAGE •• 3730

(iii). NOTICE NOTIFYING THE DENOMINATIONS OF POSTAL NOTES AND RATES OF POUNDAGE 3740

CORRIGENDA-continued.

Page 3729-Table of Notices. In the first column of the Table for "30.5.1931(c)" read "4.S.193pcl".

Page 3730-Table of Notices and Orders in Council. Omit footnote (e) and substitute:-" (e) Amended by Order in Council dated 18.7.1931 and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 5.8.1931 and by Order in Council dated 8.12.1941 and published in. Papua Govt. Gaz. of 9.1.1942.".

Page 3732--Notices under the Post and Telegraph Ordin-ance, 1912-1941. For" [Notice (undated) published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 3rd December, 1930, and an amending Order in Council dated 18th July, 1931, and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 5th August, 1931.]" read" [Notice (un-dated) published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 3rd December, 1930, and two Amending Orders in Council dated 18th July, 1931, and 8th December, 1941 and published respectively in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 5th August, 1931, and 9th January, 1942.]".

Page 3734-Insert immediately before the heading" [Or-der in Council dated 27th January, 1941, and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 5th February, 1941.]" the following Order in Council:-

" [Order in Council dated 8th December, 1941, and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 9th January, 1942.]

XXII

CORRIGENDA-continued.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

Present: the Administrator in Council.

POSTAL RATES.

ORDERED:-

'That the Rates of Postage to places be-yond the Territory, as published in Gaz-ette No. 14 of the 3rd December, 1930, and Gazette No. 10 of the 5th August, 1931, be altered as follows:-

1. By the imposition on and after the tenth day of December, 1941, of a War postage charge of one halfpenny in addition to the normal postage whatever that may be on all postal articles posted in the Territory to a des-tination beyond the Territory except the fol-lowing:-

(a) ,Postal articles to and from Members of the Forces at home or abroad to which the special reduced rate of postage applies.

(b) Parcels transmitted by parcels post.

(c) Air Mail articles to places beyond the Commonwealth other than New Zealand and New Guinea.

(d) Articles exempt from postage.

2. On and after the above-mentioned date the following amended rates of postage will apply to postal articles to places beyond the Commonwealth (these rates do not include the war postage charge) :-

COMMERCIAL P APER8-

1. To New Zealand and Fiji

2. To other places within the British Em-pire

3. To all other Countries

XXIll

Id. per 2 oz.

Id. per 2 oz. with a minimum of 2d.

Id. per 2 oz. with a minimum of 3d.

CORRIGENDA-Ctmtinued.

ARTICLES IMPRESSED FOR USE OF THE BLIND--

Articles posted for Use of the Blind to all places be-yond the Com-monwealth

SMALL P ACKETS-

Small packets to all places beyond the Commonwealth which accept small packets

id. per 30 oz.

1 id. per 2 oz. with a minimum of 7 id. '

Made in Executive Council this eighth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and forty-one.

Executive Council T. V. LOWNEY, Minute,

No. 2 of 56/1941. Acting Clerk of the Executive CounciL".

XXiV

NOTICES OF ORDERS IN COUNCIL MADE UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ORDINANCE. 1912-1941, FIXING PARCEL POST RATES.

Particulars of these notices are set out in the Table below and the notice still in force is printed immediately after the Table:

Date on which notice' made.

28.9.1912(') (b)

30.5.1931 (c)

22.2.1933

TABLE. Date on which

published in Papua GOt·t. Gaz.

2.10.1912

3.6.1931

1.3.1933

Subject matter of Order in Council.

Notifying postal rates of the Territory on and after 1.11.1912

Notifying Parcel post rates front 1.7.1931

Notifying Parcel post rates award from 1. 3 .1933

Page on which printed.

3729

(a) The notice dated 28.9.1912 and pubIi&hed in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 2.10.1912 doe. not expressly state that it is the notice of an Order in Council. (b) Superseded as regards parcel post rates, by notice dated 30.5.1931 and published in Papua Govt: Gaz. of 3.6.1931. (c) Superseded by notice dated 22.2.1933 and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 1.3.1933.

TEXT OF NOTICE. [Notice dated 22nd February, 1933, and published in Papua Govt.

Gaz. of 1st March, 1933.] General Post Office,

Port Moresby, 22nd February, 1933.

PARCEL POST RATES. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ORDER No. 3 OF 6/1933.

It is hereby notified that on and from 1st March, 1933, the rates payable on parcels, post~d in thp, Territory for delivery to places within the Co~pn.w~lth of Australia shall be :.-

LB.I 1. I 2 I i ~I 4 I· 5 I 6 I 7 I 8 I 9 1 10 I. 11 RATE Is. 3d 2s. 2s.9d. 3s. 6d.13s. 6d.. 5s. 5.. 5s. 7s.3d. 7s. 3d.17S. 3d.

For places beyond the Commonwealth of Australia the rates as published in the" Commonwealth Postal Guide" shall apply.

N. G. IMLAY, Acting Chief Postmaster.

3729

POST AND TELEGRAPH-

NOTICES AND ORDERS IN COUNCIL MADE UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ORDINANCE. 1912-1941, FIXING RATES OF POSrrAGE.

Particulars of these notices and Orders in Council are set out in the Table below and the notices and Orders in Council still in force are printed immediately after the Table.

Date on which notice or Order

in Council made.

20.6.1922(0)

9.5.1924(d)

TABLE. Date on which published in Subject matter of notice or Order

Papua in Council. Govt. Gaz.

2.10.1912 Fixing postal rates on and from 1.11.1912

4.5.1921 Fixing the postal rates on letters, letter cards, postcards, commer-cial papers, printed papers, pat-terns and samples, merchandise, books, magazines, - newspapers, addressed to places beyond the Territory on and from 10.5.1921

30.6.1922 Fixing the postal rates on letters, letter cards, post cards, commer-cial papers, printed papers, pat-terns a'fl,d samples of merchandise, books, catalogues, magazines, newspapers, posted in the Ter-ritory and addressed to places beyond the Territory on and from 1.7.1922

4.6.1924 Fixing the postal rates on letters, letter cards, postcards, commer-cial papers, printed papers, pat-terns and merchandise, books and magazines, catalogues, articles im-pressed for use of the blind, and newspapers, posted in the Terri-tory addressed to places beyond the Territory on and from 4.6.1924

5.3.1928 7.3.1928 Fixing late fee rate on letters Fixing the postal rates on letters, (undated) (.) 3.12.1930

letter cards, postcards, commer-cial papers, printed papers, cata-logues, patterns and samples, merchandise, books, magazines and newspapers, posted in the Territory on and from 1.1.1931

Page on which

printed.

3731 3732

(a) Superseded by notice dated 28.4 .1921 and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 4.5.1921. (b) Repealed by notice dated 20 _ 6 .1922 and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 30.6.1922. (c) Superseded by notice dated 9.5.1924 and published in Papua Govt. Guz. of 4.6.1924. (d) Amended by Order in Council dated 15.2.1926 and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 3.3.1926, and superseded by notice (undated) published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 3.12.1930. (-) Amended by Order in Council dated 18.7.1931 and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 5.8.1931.

3730

Notices etc. under· the Post and Telegraph Ordinance, 1912-1941. ,

Date on which

I Date on which Page 011 notice or Order published in Subject matter of notice or Order which in Council Papua in Council. printed. made. Govt. Gaz.

22.9.1932<f) 26.9 .. 1932 Fixing the postal rates on aerial -mails

24.9.1935<'> 2.10.1935 Fixing the air mail rate on letters -and other first-class mail matter as from 1.10.1935

18.7.1938<» 3.8.1938 Fixing air mail charges to come -into force on 1.8.1938 5 .10 . 1939<}> 19.10.1939 Fixing air mail clwrges to come -

into force on 6.9.1939 27.1-.1941 5.2.1941 Fixing air mail postage rates for 3734

correspondence posted in Papua addressed to members of the Aus-tralian and New Zealand forces serving 22.11.1940

abroad, as from

1.4.1941 7.5.1941 Fixing air mail charges to come 3734 into force on 1st April 1941

(I) Cancelled by notice dated 24.9.1935 and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 2:10.1935. (g) Superseded by Order in Council dated 18.7.1938 and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 3.8.1938. (h) Amended by Order in Council dated 13.9.1939 and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 26.9.1939 and superseded by Order in Council dated 5.10.1939 and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 19.10.1939. (j) Superseded by Order in Council dated 1.4.1941 and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 7.5.1941.

TEXT OF NOTICES AND ORDERS IN COUNCIL.

[Notice dated 5th March, 1928, and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 7th March, 1928.]

General Post Office, Port Moresby, 5th March, 1928.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

LATE FEES.

Letter.s posted in a ship '8 letter box or handed to the Commander or other person on board must bear, in addition to the ordinary rate of postage, a late fee of one and a-halfpenny (l!d.) prepaid in stamps.

Letters not bearing such late fee will be taxed on arrival at an Australian or other overseas post office.

E. C. HARRIS, Chief Postmaster.

3731

POST AND TELEGRAPH-

[Notice (undated) published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 3r.d Decem-ber, 1930, and an amending Order in Council dated 18th July, 1931, and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 5th August, 1931.]

NOTICE.

POSTAGE RATES ON MAIL MATTER POSTED IN THE TERRITORY OF PAPUA.

IN FORCE FROM 1ST JANUARY, 1931.

FOR DELIVERY IN:-

I I

Other Places New Zea· in the British

Australia land and United Empire and - Papua.m (Se8 note Islands Kingdom to New All other

annexed and Irish Hebrides, Places. below) . thereto, Free State. Banks and and Fiji. Torres

Islands.

LETTERS .. · . 2d. per oz. 2d. per oz. 2d. per oz . 2d. per oz. 2d. per oz. 3d. first oz. 2d. each

additional oz.

-----LETTER CARDS · . 2d. 2d. 2d. 2d. 2d. 3d.

----- -----POST CARDS, Single Hd. 1i\d. ad. Hd. Hd. 2d.

With Reply paid .. lid. Hd. lid. Hd . lid. 2d. ----

· . lId. per 2 oz. COMMERCIAL ". , .. , : I ,'- , .. h,. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. PAPERS' minimum minimum 3d. minimum

- (up to 5 lb.) 3d. I. I~_'_ ~

PRINTED PAPERS • '11d. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. (2) Id. per 2 oz. - (up to 5 lb.) I

I CATALOGUES . , Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. (2) , Id. per 2 oz . - (up to 5 lb.) I

------ I--PATTERNS AND SAMPLES · . Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. ' Id. per 2 oz.

• (up to 1 lb.) minimum lid.

------MERCHANDISE · . Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Parcel Parcel Rates. Parcel '(up to 1 lb.) Rates. Rates.

BOOKS(2) .. Id. per 8 oz . • (up to 5 Ib:; if printed

in Papua or I Australia. Id. per 6 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz.

OTHER: Id. per 4 oz. Id. per 2 oz.

NOTE ;-The Rates under the heading "Australia," apply also to mail matter addressed to Lord Howe Norfolk Island, Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain, New Ireland, Isla,!d, . . . rl New Hanover, AdmIralty Island, etc.), Nauru, Bougamvdle, Buka, New Gumea (forme y German New Guinea). .

-These weights apply only to Papua and Australia. The limits of weights for other places are :-Commercial Papers, up to 4~ lb.; Printed Papers, Catalogues, Books and Magazines, up to 41 lb., or 6l; lb. for printed volumes sent singly; Patterns and Samples, to United Kingdom only, up to 5 lb.; to other places, up to I lb.; Merchandise, to New Zealand, etc., as above, up to I lb.

(1) As to rates of postage on mail matter posted in Papua for delivery in Papua, aee Schedule Ill. to the Post and Telegraph Ordinance, 1912-1941, and in particular Part Ill. thereof.

(2) See, now, Order in Council dated 18.7.1931, published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 5.8.1931, printed immediately after this notice.

3732

Notices etc. under the Post aoo Telegraph Ordinance, 1912-1941.

I Other Places I New Zea· in the British

Australia land and United Empire and - Papua.U) (See note Islands Kingdom to New All other

annexed· and Irish Hebrides, Places. below). thereto, Free State. Banks and and Fiji. Torres Islands. AGAZINES(2) . .. td. per 8 oz . if printed in Papua or

Australia. OTHER: . Id. per 6 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id; per 2 oz. Id. per 2 oz. Id. per 4 oz. ld .. per 2 oZ.

NEWSP APERS(2) .. Each news· Each . Each Via France Id. per 200 • Id. per 2 oz. paper-Id. newspaper newspaper or America, per 10 oz. In bulk as Id·. per 6 oz. Id. per 6 oz. Id. per 4 oz.

All Sea prescribed Route, . Hd. lId. per 6 oz. per 20 oz.

NOTE :-The Rates under the heading "Australia," apply also to mail matter addressed to Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain, New Ireland, New Hanover, Admiialty Island, etc.), Nauru, Bougainville, Buka, New Guinea (formerly German New Guinea).

t On packages containing more than one newspaper the postage J'equired will not be higher than that chargeable on a package of printed papers of the same weight.

ORDER IN COUNCIL. Present: The Lieutenant-Governor in Council.

POSTAL RATES. ORDERED:-

"That the Rates .of Postage for places beyond the Territory, as published in Gazette No. 14 of 3rd December, 1930, be

. altered as follows:-

Beyond the Territory. PRINTED PAPERS.-To places within the British Empire

and the New Hebrides, Banks and Torres Islands, Id. per 4 oz. To all other 'places, Id. per 2 oz.

PATTERNS AND SAMPLES.-To all places other than places within the British Empire and the New Hebrides, Banks and Torres Islands, Id. per 2 oz. with a minimum of 2d.

BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.-(If printeq. in Papua or Aus-tralia), to Australia, Id. per 6 oz. (Printed else-where), to all places within the British Empire and the New Hebrides, Banks and Torres Islands, Id. per 4 oz. To all other places, Id. per 2 oz.

NEWSPAPERS.-(If printed in Papua or Australia), to Australia, Id. per 6 oz. (Printed elsewhere), to Australia, Id. per 4 oz. To other places in the Brit-

: (1) As to rates of. postage on inail matter posted in Papua for delivery in Papua, aeB Schedule III to the Poat and .Telegraph Ordinance, 1912·1941, and in particular Part III thereof. .

(2) See, now. Order in Council dated 18.7.1931, published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 5.8.1931, printed immediately after this notice.

3733

POST AND TELEGRAPH-

ish Empire and to New Hebrides, Banks and Torres Islands, Id. per 4 oz.

Made in Executive Council this eighteenth day of July, One"\:hou-sand nine hundred and thirty-one.

Executive Council Minute, No. 4 of 25/1931.

L. H. HILDER, Clerk of Executive Council.

-[Order in Council dated 27th January, 1941, and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 5th February, 1941.]

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

Present: The Administrator in Council. ORDERED:-

"That Air Mail Postage Rates for correspondence posted in Papua and addressed to Members of the Australian and New Zealand Forces serving abroad be as under, as from 22nd November, 1940:-

Letters not exceeding i ounce Post Cards ..

ninepence; fivepence. ' ,

Made in Executive Council this twenty-seventh day of January, One thousand nine hundred and forty-one.

Executive Council Minute, No. 10 of 3/1941.

T. v. r..OWNEY, Acting Clerk of Executive Council.

[Order in Council dated 1st April, 1941, and published' in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 7th May, 1941.]

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

Present: The Administrator in Council. ORDERED:- .

"That the following Schedule of Air Mail Charges shall come into force on 1st April, 1941, and supersedes the Schedule of Air Mail Charges appearing in Order in Council dated 5th day of October, 1939, published in Gazette No. 24 of 19th October, 1939."

3734

Notices etc. under the Post and Telegraph Ordinance, 1912-1941.

TABLE OF AIR MAIL CHARGES.

INTERNATIONAL SERVICES.

The air mail charges set out in this table cover the postage as well as the air mail fee. The charges shown under the heading of "Letters, etc." apply to all articles except post cards, viz. Letters, Commercial Papers, Printed Matter, Samples and Small Packets. Information as to the charges on articles addressed to a country not mentioned in this. table will be supplied on applicatio-ri.'a:t -the General Post Office.

The air mail charge covers transmission over all 'air mail services in Australia necessarily used in the conveyance of the article· to the pOint- of connection with the Empire Air Mail Service or the Trans-TlUIman Air Service, as the case may be. If, however, transmission by air within the Commonwealth is desired in respect of an article. to be forwarded from Australia to U.S.A. by sea for onward trans-mission by air, the internal air mail fee (3d. per half-ounce) must al~o be paid.

AIR MAIL ARTICLES FOR MEMBERS OF THE - FORCES ABROAD.

The following special rates apply to air mail articles posted for transmission. by the Empire Air Mail Service to members of the Commonwealth Forces serving abroad or to members of the Naval, Military or Air Forces of· another country of the British Empire:- .

. Letters not exceeding half a; ounce in weight Post Cards ..

.. - 9d . 5d.

Only letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight and post caids may be forwarded at the special rates, and such rates are applicable only to correspond-ence despatched from Australia by the Empire Air Mail Service.

Country of Destination.

Aden Argentine

Bermuda

Bolivia

Brazil

Burma Canada

Canton Island

Ceylon

16

Superscription Required, Preceded by the Words

"By Air."

No Buperscription Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A. AustraJia-N.Z.-

U .S.A.-Argentine U.S.A.-Argentine ",-ustralia-N .Z.-U.S.A~ Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A.-

Bermuda U.S.A.-Bermuda Australia-N.Z.-U .S.A. Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A.-

Bolivia U.S.A.-Bolivia Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A. Australia-N .Z.-U .S.A.-

Brazil U.S.A.-Brazil No superscription Australia-N .Z.-Canada U.S.A.-Canada Australia-N.Z.-Canton

I Island

Australia-India - Australia-Ceylon

Inc. Air Mail Charges.

Post Cards

Letters, etc.

Each ]'irst Addi-Half, tional

Ounee. Half-Ounce.

s~ di \ s~ d~ ; d~ 20:40311

3 7 1 8 2 0

2 5 o 9 2 0

3 7 1 8 2 0

,3 7 1 8 o 7 2 0 o 5

7 1 3 4 311

4 9 1 6 4 0

7 1 3 4 4 0

7 0 3 3 311

4 9 1 6 311

7 0 3 3 311

7 1 7 0 3 4 11 3 1 1 1 1 311 o 9

311 o 9

Route of Su rface Transport when Air Service not used for Whole of Journey.

India to Aden U.S.A. to Argentine

Australia to U.S.A. U.S.A. to Bermuda

Australia to U.S.A. U.S.A. to Bolivia

Australia to U.S.A. U.S.A. to Brazil

Australia to n.S.A.

Australia to U.S.A.

1 0 2 o 7 1

- 08. 1

o· 2 O' , 1 11 1 India to 'Ceylon· . 31 3i

3735

POST AND TELEGRAPH~

Inc. Air Mail Charges. I

Superscription Required, Letters, etc. Route of Surface Country of Preceded by the Words Each Transport when Air

-Destination. "By Air." Post First Addi- Service not used for Cards Half- tional Whole of Journey.

Ounce. Half-Ounce. -------

s. d_ s. d. s. d. Chile Australia -N .Z. -U .S.A. 2 0 4, 0 311 U .S.A. to Chile

Australia-N .Z.-U .S.A.-Chile 3 7 7 1 7 0

U.S.A. -Chile 1 8 3 4, 3 3 Australia to U.S.A. China Australia-Singapore 0 5 o 10 0 9 Singapore to Chinlj.

Australia-Hong Kong (Service temporarily suspended)

Cuba Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A. 2 0 4, 0 311 U.S.A. to Cuba Australia-N.Z. -U .S.A.-

Cuba 2 5 4, 10 4, 9 U.S.A.-Cuba 0 6 1 0 011 Australia to U .S.A.

Dutch East No superscription 0 5 0 9 0 8 Indies Australia-Dutch East (Further internal

Indies 0 6 1 0 011 air conveyance) Dutch West Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A. 2 0 4, 0 311 U.S.A. to Dutch

Indies Australia-N .Z.-U .S.A.- West Indies Dutch West Indies 3 3 6 5 6 4,

U.S.A.-Dutch West Indies 1 4, 2 7 2 6 Australia to U.S.A.

Egypt No superscription 0 9 1 6 1 6 -'Eire No superscription 0 9 1 6 1 6

Australia-N .Z. -Canada 2 0 311 311 Canada to Eire Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A.-

England 211 5 10 5 10 England See United Kingdom Estonia No superscription o 10 1 7 1 6 Egypt to E~tonia Finland No superscription OH) 1 7 1 6 Egypt to Finland, French No superscription 0 5 o 10 0 9 Singapore to French

Indo- . lndo-China China

Gibraltar No superscription 0 9 1 6 1 6 England to Gib-raltar

Gold Coast Australia-Sudan-Gold Coast 1 0 111 111

Greece No superscription o 10 1 7 1 6 Egypt to Greece Great See United Kingdom

Britain Hawaiian Australia-N.Z.-Hawaii 1 5 2 10 2 9

Islands Hong Kong Australia-Singapore 0 5 0 9 0 9 Singapore to

Australia"Hong Kong Hong Kong (Service. temporarily suspended)

Honolulu See Hawaiian Islands Hungary No superscription o 10 1 7 1 6 Egypt to Hungary India No superscription 0 7\1 1 1 1

3736

Notices etc. under the Post and Telegraph Ordinance, 1912-1941.

I Inc. Air Mail Charges. I Letters, etc. Route of Surface

Country of Superscription Required, I Each Transport when Air Destination. Preceded by the Words Post First Addi- Service not used for

"By Air." Cards Half-r tional Whole of Journey; Ounce. Half-

Ounce. --- ------

\ S. d. s. d. s. d. Iran Australia-India 0 7 1 2 1 1 India to Iran

Australia -India-Iran 0 8 1 4 1 3 Iraq No superscription 0 9 1 6 1 6 Jamaica Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A. 2 0 311 311 U.S.A. to Jamaic~

Austrnlia-N.Z.-U.S.A.- 2 5 .4 9 4 9 , Jamaica

U.S.A.-J amaica 0 6 011 011 Australia to U.S.A. Japan Australia-Singapore 0 5 o 10 0 9 Singapore to Japan

Australia-Hong Kong -(Service temporarily

" suspended)

Australia-Japan 1 1 2 2 2 1 Jugoslavia No superscription o 10 1 7 1 6 Egypt to Jugoslavia Kenya No superscription 0 9 1 6 1 6 Latvia No superscription o 10 1 7 1 6 Egypt to Latvia Lithuania No superscription o 10 1 7 1 6 Egypt to Lithuania Madagascar Australia-Kenya- 1 0 III 1 10

Madagascar Malaya No superscription 0 5 0 9 0 9 Malta No superscription 0 9 1 6 1 6 Egypt to Malta Mexico Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A. 2 0 4 0 3 11 U.S.A. to Mexico

Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A.-Mexico 2 5 4 10 4 9

U .8.A.-Mexico 0 6 1 0 011 Australia to U.S.A. Mozam- Australia-Kenya-

bique Mozambique o 10 1 7 1 6 Netherlands See Dutch East Indies

Indies New Cale- Austl'alia-N.Z.-New

donia Caledonia 0 8 1 3 1 2 New No

Zealand superscription 0 3 0 5 0 5

Nigeria Australia-Sudan -Nigeria 1 0 111 111

Nyasaland No superscription 0 9 1 6 1 6 Palestine No superscription 0 9 1 6 1 6 Panama, Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A. 2 0 4 0 3 11 U.S.A. to Panama

C 'a n a 1 Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A.-Z 0 ne, Panama 2 7 5 2 5 1 and Re- U.S.A.-Panama 0 9 1 5 1 4 Australia to U.S.A. public

Paraguay Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A. 2 0 4 0 311 U.S.A. to Paraguay Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A.-

Paraguay 3 7 7 1 7 0 U .S.A.-Paraguay 1 81 3 4 3 3 Australia to U.S_A.,

I

3737

POST AND TELEGRAPH-

Inc. Air Mail Charges. , Letters, etc. Route of Surface

Country of Superscription Required, Each Transport when Air Destination. Preceded by the Words Post First Addi- Service not used for

"By Air." Cards Half· tional Whole of Journey. Ounce. Half- -

Ounce. ~-- -_.- ---s. d. s. d. s. d.

Peru Australia-N.Z_-U.S.A. 2 0 4 0 311 U.S.A. to Peru Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A.-

Peru 3 2 6 4 6 3 U.S.A.-Peru 1 4 2 7 2 6 Australia to U.S.A.

Philippine Australia-Singapore 0 5 o 10 0 9 Singapore to Phi!-, Islands Australia-Hong Kong-Philippine Islands

ippine Islands

(Service temporarily suspended)

Portugal Australia-England o 10 1 7 1 6 England to Australia -Eng land- Portugal

Portuga! 011 1 10 1 9 Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A. 2 0 4 0 311 U.S.A. to Portugal Australia-N .Z.-U .S.A.-

Portugal 3 0 6 0 511 Portuguese No superscription 0 5 0 9 0" 8

Timor Rhodesia No superscription 0 9 1 6 1 6 S 0 u t h No superscription 0 9 1 6 1 6

Africa Spain Australia-England o 10 1 7 1 6 England to Spain

Australia-England-Portugal 011 1 10 1 9 Portugal to Spain

Australia-N.Z.-U_S.A. 2 0 4 0 311 U.S.A. to Spain Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A.-

Portugal 3 0 6 0 511 Portugal to Spain Straits See Malaya ,

Settle-ments

S u d a n No superscription 0 9 1 6 1 6 (Anglo-Egyp-tian)

Sweden No superscription o 10 1 ,7 1 6 Egypt to Sweden Switzer- Australia-England o 10 1 7 1 6 England to Swit-

land Australia-England- zerland Portugal 011 1 10 1 9 Portugal to Swit-

zerland Australia -N.Z.-U .S.A. 2 0 4 0 311 U.S.A. to Switzer-Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A.- land

Portugal 3 0 6 0 511 Portugal to Swit-zerland

Tanganyika No superscription 0 9 I 6 1 6 Thailand Australia-Thailand 0 6 1 0 011 I

(except

I South I

a n d I South-

w e s t I I

,. area)

I

9798

Notices etc. under the Post and Telegraph_Ordinance, 1912-1941.

Inc. A~r M"il Charges., Letters, etc. Route of Surface Country of Superscription Required, Each Transport when Air Destination. Preceded by the Words Post First Addi- Service not used for

"By Air." Cards Half- tion"l Whole of Journey. Ollnce_ Half-

Ounce. --~~- ---~ --- --

s. d. s. d. s. d. Thailand Australia -Malaya 0 6 1 0 011 Mala.ya to S.outh &

(South Southwest Thai-and land South-we s t area)

Trinidad Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A. 2 0 311 311 U.S.A. to Trinidad Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A.-

Trinidad 2 7 5 1 5 1 U.S.A.-Trinidad 0 8 1 4 1 4 Australia to U.S.A.

Turkey No superscription o 10 1 7 1 6 Egypt to Turkey Uganda No superscription 0 9 1 6 1 6 Union of

Soviet Socialist Repub-

superscription lics No o 10 1 7 1 6 Egypt to U.S.S.H. United No superscription 0 9 1 6 1 6

Kingdom Australia-N .Z.-Canada 2 0 3 11 311 Canada to England Australia -N .Z.-U .S.A.-

England 211 5 10 5 10 United Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A. .2 0 4 0 311

States of Within D.S.A. 0 5 0 9 0 8 Australia to D.S.A. America

Uruguay Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A. 2 0 1 4 0 311 U.S.A. ·to Uruguay Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A.-

Uruguay 3 ~l 7 1 7 0 U.S.A.-Uruguay 1 3 4 3 3 Australia to U.S.A.

Venezuela Australia-N_Z.-U.S.A. 2 0 4 0 311 U.S.A. to Venezuela Australia-N.Z.-U.S.A.-

- VenezUela 3 0 511 5 10 U.S.A.-Venezuela

I 1 1 2 2 2 1 Australia to U.S_A.

Zanzibar No superscription 0 9 1 6 1 6 I

Mad~ in Exe.cutive Council this first day of April, One thousand nine hundred and forty-one.

Executive Council Minute, T. V. LOWNEY, No. 8 of 12/1941. Acting Clerk of Executive Council.

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POST AND TELEGRAPH-

NOTICE MADE UNDER THE POST AND TELE-GRAPH ORDINANCE. 1912-.1941. NOTIFY-ING THE DENOMINATIONS OF POSTAL NOTES AND RA1'ES O~l POUNDAGE.

General Post Office, Port Moresby, 15th June, 1926.

NOTICE.(l)

The General Public are hereby notified that, commencing with the 1st August next, the following denominations in Postal Notes will be introduced :-

Six shillings and Eleven shillings, on which the Poundage charge-able will be Twopence and Threepence respectively. The present Six-pence and Ten shillings and sixpence values will be withdrawn from circulation. .

Rates of Poundage to take effect as from the 1st August will be as follows:- .

POSTAL NOTE.

Is. Is. 6d. 2s. 2s. 6d. 3s. 3s. 6d. 4s. 4s. 6d. 5s. 5s. 6d. 6s. 7s. 6d. 10s. lls.

·15s. 20s.

POUNDAGE.

Id. Id. Id. Id. lid. Hd. Hd. lid. Hd.(2) 2d. 2d. 2d. 3d. 3d. 3d. 3d.

WM. T. KENDRICK, Chief Postmaster.

(1) Published in Papua Govt. Guz. of 7.7.1926. The notice dated 15.6.1926 and published in Papua Govt. Guz. of 7.7.1926 is printed as amended by notice dated 27.9.1926 and published in Papua Govt. Ouz. of 6.10.1926.

(2) By notice dated 27.9.1926 and published in Papua Govt. Ouz. of 6.10.1926 the Chief Postmaster notified that "the poundage on Postal Notes of Five shillings (5s.) denomi-nation, should be ad. instead of 2d." This amendment has been incorporated in the text of notice dated 15.6.1926 and published in Papua Govt. Gaz. of 7.7.1926.

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