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POSTAGE DIRECTORY— RATES.
may add to liis deposits at that or any other Post
Office Savings Bank, and may withdra^y the whole
or any part of them from that or any other Post
Office Savings Bank, without change of deposit
book. Por instance, if he makes his first deposit at
the Post Office Bank at Huddersfield, he may make
further deposits at, or withdraw his monej' from,
the Post Office Bank at Huddersfield, or Leeds,
Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Dublin, or I
any other place which may be convenient to him. 1
F. No charge will be made to depositors for the
books first supplied to them, or for the renewal of
those books ; but if any depositor shall lose his
book, and shall desire a new book, he must make i
application to the Postmastei'-Generalfor the same, 1
and must enclose in his application postage stamps]
to the value of Is. to pay for the new book. If a
depositor loses his book, lie should immediatclj' give
notice of the loss to the Postmaster-General.
G. No charge for postage will be made on the
depositor for any letter passing between him and
the Savings Bank Department with regard to his
deposits, or with regard to the withdrawal of the
same, or for the transmission of his deposit book
between him and the Savings Bank Department.
H. The postmasters and other officers of the
Postmaster-General employed in the receipt or pay-
ment of deposits, are strictly forbidden to disclose
the name of any depositor, or the amount of his
deposits, except to the Postmaster-General, or to
such of his officers as are appointed to assist in
carrying on the business of the I'ost Office Banks.
I. A full statement of the regulations of the
Post Office Banks may be seen in the 'British
Postal Guide,' and at any Post Oifice Bank ; where
also information may be obtained 'with regard to
the rules affecting—
(A.)
(B.)
(C.)
(D.)
(E.)
(F.)
The deposits made by trustees on behalf of
another person.
The deposits of minors.
The deposits of married women.
The deposits of friendly or charitable or
provident societies or penny banks.
The repayment of the deposits of deceased
depositors to their representatives.
The repayment of the deposits of depositors
who have become insane, or who are,
from other causes, unable to act for them-
selves.
FOREIGN.
OPTIONAL OR COMPULSOEY PREPAYMENT.
When a letter, addressed to go by a route that
requires prepajonent, is posted unpaid, and there is
some other route where prepayment is not required,
it is forwarded by that route ; but if there be none,
it is sent to the Ketui-ned Letter Office, to go back
to the writer.
DISTANCE TO WHICH THE POSTAGE
CARRIES THE LETTER.
The letter a prefixed to any division shows that
the postage there entered does not carry the letter
from the place where it is posted in the United
Kingdom entirely free to its place of destination,
but that it is liable to an additional charge upon
delivery.
LETTERS FOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFI-
CERS, SOLDIERS, AND SEAMEN IN HER
MAJESTY'S SERVICE.
Subject to the subjoined regulations, non-com-
missioned officers, band-masters, army school-
masters not being superintending schoolmasters or
schoolmasters of the 1st class, private soldiers, or
seamen belonging to her Majesty's ships, whether
serving on sea or land, and whether in a British
possession or foreign country, as also enrolled pen-
.sioners in Canada, can send and receive letters by
packet or man-of-war, for a postage of Id. ; but if any
such letters have to pass thi-ough a foreign countrj',
tliey are subject, in addition, to the foreign postage,
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.
China, Ceylon, Mauritius, India, Japan, or
Australia, via Marseilks . . . .05
Malta, via Marseilles (if not above •4- oz.) . 4
Do. above \ oz. but not exceeding i oz. .07
Chili, Peru, or any other place in the South
Pacific . . . . . . .02
Vancouver's Island, British Columbia, or
any other place in the North Pacific, via
New York, the conveyance between New
York and England being by British .s-. (/.
packet 4
Y-dnconvev'sIalund, etc., by American packet 1
Do. do., via St Thomas and Panama . .07
Canada, I'id United States . . . . o
1. The person claiming the privilege must at the
time be actually employed in the service of her
Majesty, and must not be either a commis-
sioned officer, or warrant oflicer, viz. assistant
engineer, guunei-, boatswain, or carpenter, the
privilege not extending to these officers.
2. If the letter be posted within the United King-
dom, the penny must be prepaid, as must any
foreign postage that may bo chargeable ; and
if sent by a private ship, the gratuity of one
penny to the captain must also be prepaid. If
posted abroad, prepayment is not compulsory ;
but if the letter be sent unpaid, it is on delivery
charged twopence, together with any foreign
postage or gratuity to a sea captain that maA"
be due.
3. The letter must not weigh more than half an
ounce.
4. It must relate entirely to the private concerns of
the soldier or seaman.
5. The name of the soldier or seaman, with his
class or description, must appear in the dii'ec-
tion, and the officer having the command must
sign his name, and specify the ship, or regi-
ment, 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 follow-
ing forms :
Seamen.
From A. B., Seaman, H.M.S. •
(^Here the direction of the letter to he inserted.')
C. D., Captaia {or other Commanding Officer'),
H.M.S.
To A. B.,
Seaman, H.M.S.
{Ilere the direction of the letter to he finished.)