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POSTAL DIRECTORY— RATES.
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age, whatever that may be. Thus, the postage
to the uuder-mentioned countries (including the
^British charge of one penny) is as follows : —
To or from — s. d.
*Australia, *Oeylon, *Hong Kong, *India,
etc., via Italy, Chili, Peru, or any other
place in the South Pacific, via Panama, 2
Mauritius, by French packet . . . 2|^
i If the letter be posted in the United Kingdom,
unpaid or insufficiently prepaid, or if the class or
description of the soldier or seaman be not given,
it will be returned to the writer.
The person claiming the privilege must at the
time be actually employed in the service of Her
(Majesty, and must not be either a commissioned
ofl&cer or warrant officer in the army, or assistant
engineer, gunner, boatswain, or carpenter in
the navy, the privilege not extending to these
"Seers.
The name of the soldier or seaman, with his
;la!ss or description, must appear in the direction,
md the officer having the command must sign his
lame, and specify the ship or regiment, corps or
ietachment, to which the soldier or seaman belongs,
;he name of the ship or regiment being entered in
'ull. The foregoing particulars must be given in
jne of the following forms : —
Seamen.
From A. B., Seaman, H.M.S.
(Here the direction of the letter to be inserted.")
7. £>., Captain (or other Commanding Officer),
H.M.S.
To A. B.,
Seaman, H.M.S.
(Here the direction of the letter to he finished.)
■'•' If posted in time to reach London on Thurs-
day morning, the postage is Id. only.
SOLDIEKS.
From A. B., Sergeant, etc., Eegt.
(Here the direction of the letter to be inserted.)
C. D; Colonel (or other Commanding Officer),
Eegt.
To A. B.,
Private (or Sergeant, Corporal, etc.) Eegt. —
{Here the direction to he finished.)
FOR PASSENGERS ON BOARD MAIL
PACKETS.
Special arrangements are made for the delivery
of letters addressed to passengers on board the
packets for America calling at Queen stown, the
packets for Canada calling at Londonderry, the
Eoyal mail packets for Brazil, etc., calling at
Lisbon, the Peninsular and Oriental packets from
Brindisi with mails for Egypt, India, Australia,
China, etc., and the Orient packets from Naples
with mails for Australia, — such letters may be
posted up to the time at which ordinary registered
letters to go by the same packets are received ; but
they must be registered, and fully prepaid, and ad-
dressed to the ' care of the commander of the packet.'
The letter should be addressed thus — Mr.
on board the mail packet for at
care of the commander of the packet.
LETTERS BY PRIVATE SHIPS.
Letters intended to be sent by private ship
must be addressed 'By Private Ship;' and if by
a particular vessel, the name of the ship must
be added. The postage of a letter by a private ship
is the same as by mail packet.
REGULATIONS AS TO PREPAYMENT, REGISTRATION, ETC.
MODES OF PREPAYMENT.
Inland letters, newspapers, and book packets can
jnly be prepaid by means of postage stamps, except
it the General Post Office, Edinburgh, where letters
ind hook packets may, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., be
prepaid in money, provided the amount be not
ess than £1, and that the letters and book packets
oe tied in separate bundles of os. each, with the
i,ddresses arranged in the same direction.
REGISTRATION (INLAND AND FOREIGN).
Letters, etc., must be prepaid as regards both
postage and registration fee; except official letters
or Government Offices in London, Dublin, or
Edinburgh, which may be registered on prepay-
nent, in stamps, of the registration fee only.
To some foreign countries a letter can be re-
gistered only to the port of arrival, and to a
ew countries there is no arrangement for regis-
ration.
No letter or postal packet addressed to initials
"jr to a fictitious name can be registered, unless
Addressed to the care of a person or firm. Every
irticle presented for registration should be enclosed
n a strong cover securely fastened.
' Every letter, etc., to be registered must be given
o an agent of the Post Office, and a receipt ob-
ained for it, and should on no account be dropped
jnto the letter-box. If an article marked ' registered '
1)6 dropped into the letter-box, directed to any place
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in the United Kingdom, it will be liable to a regis-
tration fee of 8d., instead of the ordinary fee of 2d.;
and if posted containing coin, watches, or jewellery
without being registered, will be treated in like
manner.
Letters containing coin for any of the British
colonies not in the Postal Union can be registered,
and if posted unregistered, they are treated as inland
letters under similar circumstances.
Letters containing coin, jewellery, or precieus
articles, cannot be accepted for registration to
many of the countries in the Postal Union ; nor
can a letter with the declared value of its contents
marked outside.
The sender of an inland registered letter or
packet may obtain an acknowledgment of its due
delivery by paying at the time of posting an
additional fee of 2d., and filling up the necessary
form, and should a like acknowledgment be de-
sired for a letter addressed to a foreign country
or British colony in the Postal Union, a fee of
2Jd. is required.
Eegistered letters require to be posted at General
Post Office thirty minutes, and at the sub-offices
fifteen minutes, before the closing of the box for
ordinary letters ; but upon payment of a late fee of
■id. they may be registered at General Post Office
until the closing of the letter-box for ordinary
letters for each despatch.
The registration of a packet makes its transmission
much more secure, as it can bo traced through its
whole course; and thus the loss of a registered