[444] Cabinet Order of 5th March 1847.
[445] Law of 2nd June 1852.
[446] A similar system had been introduced in the German Postal Union in 1858. The sides of the squares were, however, 4 miles long, and were too large for the smaller distances of the North German Union.
[447] Motiv zur Posttaxnovelle vom 4 November 1867; cited F. Haass, op. cit. p. 100.
[448] Law of 17th May 1873.
[449] Motiv zur Posttaxnovelle vom 17 Mai 1873.
[450] Railway postal law of 20th December 1875.
[451] The parcel rate for 20 kilogrammes sent as one parcel or as four parcels each of 5 kilogrammes in each zone would be as follows:—
| Zone. | As one Parcel. | As 4 Parcels, each of 5 kg. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pf. | Pf. | |||
| I | (up to 10 | miles) | 100 | 100 |
| II | (10-20 | " ) | 200 | 200 |
| III | (20-50 | " ) | 350 | 200 |
| IV | (50-100 | " ) | 500 | 200 |
| V | (100-150 | " ) | 650 | 200 |
| VI | (Over 150 | " ) | 800 | 200 |
—C. H. Hull, op. cit. p. 21.