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POSTAI. "DIRECTORY—RziTES.
The postage (leiter-iale) chargeable on these
notices, and the registration fee of 2d., must be
prepaid by stamps.
The notices must be posted at the Post Office
counter, accompanied with duplicate lists of the
addresses ; the notices being arranged in the order
of the list; and if they correspond with the
addresses, the sheets will be signed and stamped,
and one of the duplicate lists will then be re-
turned to the person who brought the letters, and
the other forwarded to the Secretary, General Post
Office, London.
The hours for receiving such notices .are the
same as those for the registry of ordinary letters,
unless they be presented at such a time as to inter-
fere with the other duties of the office ; in which
case the postmaster may appoint any other time
within the next twenty-four hours for receiving
the same, provided that, when the notices are to
be served on or before the loth December, such
arrangement do not delay the posting beyond the
12th. Senders should, if possible, arrange on the
previous day with the postmaster as to the most
convenient time for posting.
LETTERS FOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFI-
CERS, SOLDIERS, AND SEAMEN IN HEE
MAJESTY'S SERVICE.
Non-commissioned officers, schoolmasters, school-
mistresses, private soldiers, seamen, writers in
H.M. Navy, whether serving on sea or land, in a
British possession or foreign country, the Cape
Mounted Piifles, and enrolled pensioners in Canada,
can send and receive prepaid letters, not exceed-
ing half an ounce, for a postage of Id. ; but if any
such letters have to pass through a foreign country,
they are subject, in addition, to the foreign post-
age, whatever that may be. Thus, the postage
to the under-mentioned countries (including the
British charge of one penny) is as follows : — •
To or from — s. d.
"-"Australia, *Hong Kong, *India, *Ceylon,
etc., via Brindisi, Chili, Peru, or any other
place in the South Pacific, via Southamp-
ton and Panama, and Bahamas, via New
York 2
Mauritius, by French packet . . .03
* If posted in time to reach London on Thurs-
day morning, the postage is Id. only.
_ 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
officer or warrant officer in the army, or assistant
engineer, gunner, boatswain, or carpenter in the
navy, the privilege not extending to these officers.
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 name of the soldier or seaman, with his
class or description, must appear in the direction,
and the officer having the command must sign his
name, and specify the ship or regiment, corps or
detachment, to which the soldier or seaman belongs;
the name of the ship or regiment being entered in
full. The foregoing particulars must be given in
one of the following forms : —
Seamen.
From A. B., Seaman, H.M.S. ■
(Here the direction of the letter to be inserted.')
C. i)., Captain {or other Commanding Officer'),
H.M.S.
To A. B.,
Seaman, H.M.S.
{Here the direction of the letter to be, finished.)
Soldiers.
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.) Kegt.
(Here the direction to he finished.)
LETTERS FOR PASSENGERS ON BOARD
MAIL PACKETS.
Letters for passengers on board the packets
for America touching at Queenstown, the packets
for Canada touching at Londonderrj-, the packets
for the Cape, etc., and the Eoyal mail loackets for
Brazil, etc., calling at Lisbon, the Peninsular
and Oriental packets about to sail from Brindisi
with the mails for Egypt. India, Australia, China,
etc., or the Orient packets about to sail from
Naples with the mails for Australia, may be posted
up to the time at which ordinary registered letters
to go by the same packets are received. They must
be registered, and fully prepaid, and addressed to
the ' care of the commander of the packet.'
LETTERS BY PRFVATE 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 as follows : — ,
Country.
♦Australia
Cape Colony and Natal,
Ceylon, Hong-Kong, India, i
St. Helena, and Straits >■
Settlements, . . .)
Postal Union countries, ex-
cept Ceylon, Hong Kong,
India, and Straits Settle-
ments, ....
♦All other countries, .
Prepaid
Letter,
per § oz.
4d.
4d.
same as
mail
packets.
M.
Fine if not
wholly prepaid.
6d. each.
\ double
r deficiency.
Letters cannot be sent unpaid to the countries
marked thus (*). The postage for letters weigh-
ing more than \ oz. advances in the same manner
as that for letters sent by mail packets.
Book packets and patterns may be sent for the
same postage as by mail packets.
Newspapers must be prepaid Id. each per 4 oz.
REGULATIONS AS TO PREPAYMENT, REGISTRATION, ETC.
MODES OF PREPAYMENT.
Inland letters, newspapers, and book packets can
only be prepaid by means of postage stamps, except
at the Genei-al Post Office, Edinburgh, where letters
and booh packets may, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., be
prepaid in money, provided the amount be not
less than £1, and that the letters and book packets
be tied in separate bundles of os. each, with the
addresses arranged in the same direction.