The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Post Office Act, 1876.”

It shall be lawful for the Postmaster-General to furnish and issue post-cards to the public.

Such cards shall have a stamp of the value of one penny impressed upon them, and be manufactured of paper of such quality form and size as the Postmaster-General shall deem best adapted for general use.

The post-cards shall be furnished and issued subject to rules and regulations from time to time to be made by the Governor in Council, and shall be transmitted by post between places within New Zealand.

The post-cards may be transmitted by post to such places without New Zealand as the Governor in Council shall from time to time appoint at the ordinary rates for the time being for letters, including the one penny impressed stamp.

It shall be lawful for the Postmaster-General to furnish and issue private cards subject to such rules and regulations as the Governor in Council may from time to time make as to the size, weight, the manner of impressing or printing thereof, and any other conditions which may be necessary; and such cards shall, for the purpose of this Act, be deemed post-cards.

The post-cards shall be included within the meaning of the word “letter,” as defined by the sixty-fifth section of “The New Zealand Post Office Act, 1858.”