The Short Title of this Act shall be “The New Zealand Post Office Act Amendment Act 1868” and it shall come into operation on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

In the construction of tins Act the expression “Newspaper exchanges” shall he deemed and taken to mean Newspapers forwarded from the office of one Newspaper to the office of any other Newspaper.

Notwithstanding anything contained in “The New Zealand Post Office Act Amendment Act 1866” it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to make regulations for the transmission by post of Newspaper exchanges and any such regulations to alter and revoke and subject to such regulations and the conditions therein contained to exempt from payment of postage all Newspapers addressed to the editor proprietor publisher or manager of any Newspaper in respect whereof the particulars required by any law for the time being in force for that purpose shall be duly registered provided that such Newspapers so to be exempted as aforesaid be addressed indorsed or certified as Newspaper exchanges in the manner required by the regulations and conditions for the time being in force and made by the Governor in Council as aforesaid Provided that it shall not be lawful by any such regulations to permit the delivery free to such editor proprietor publisher or manager of postage of more than one copy of any issue or number of any Newspaper.

This Act shall be read as part of and deemed to be incorporated with “The New Zealand Post Office Act 1858” so far as the same remains in force and unrepealed.