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APPENDIX.
original by a mechanical process ordinarily used to produce a number of
identical copies, are not admissible by the halfpenny post unless
(a) they are handed in at a Head or Branch Post Office. (Such
documents are also accepted provisionally at Town Sub-Offices
and at certain of the more important rural Sub-Offices, subject
to their being found to be in order when examined at the
Head or District Office, to which they will be sent);
(/>) special attention is called to their nature;
{c) at least twenty copies are posted at the same time.
These conditions are not enforced when the documents are not in
the nature of a letter or are within any of the descriptions specified in
the foregoing table.
" Writing " includes type-writing or any mechanical or other process
ordinarily used to produce a single document.
There may also be transmitted by the halfpenny packet post —
(i) Sketches, drawings, paintings, photographs, engravings, maps,
plans, and charts on paper or some substance ordinarily
used for the purpose, provided it be not a brittle or exception-
ally fragile substance.
(2) Blotting books and pads, and coloured papers attached to price
lists and trade circulars.
(3) The binding or mounting of any article sent by the halfpenny
packet post, provided it be of a kind ordinarily used for the
purpose, be not made of glass or any brittle or exceptionally
fragile substance, and be transmitted in the same packet with
the article in respect of which it is used.
(4) Anything necessary or convenient for the safe transmission of
any article.
No other article or document can be sent by the halfpenny packet
post, and in particular the post cannot be used for goods, samples, or
patterns unless they come within the foregoing descriptions.
Special Conditions.
1. A halfpenny packet may not exceed 2 feet in length and I foot
in width or depth.
2. Every halfpenny packet is subject to examination in the post.
3. Every halfpenny packet must be posted either without a cover,
or in an unfastened envelope, or in a cover which can be easily
removed for the purpose of examination without breaking any seal or
tearing any paper or separating any adhering surfaces. A packet posted
without a cover may not be fastened or otherwise treated so as to
prevent easy examination.
4. No halfpenny packet may contain or bear any communication in
the nature of a letter not expressly allowed by these rules.
5. (1) No paper money may be posted or conveyed or delivered by
post in a halfpenny packet ; (2) This rule does not apply to a stamped
proxy paper, or to a stamped and addressed post card, wrapper, or
envelope forwarded in order that such card, wrapper, or envelope
may be returned through the post.
6. If any of the rules relating to a halfpenny packet be infringed,
the packet will be treated as a letter. -