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Post-Offijce Begulations.
EXCEPTIONS.
Parliamentary Petitions and Addresses to Her Majesty.
Parliamentary Proceedings.
Letters and packets addressed to, or received from, places beyond sea.
Letters and packets to and from public departments, and to and from officers
who formerly franked by virtue of their office.
Deeds, if transmitted in covers open at the sides. These may, however, be tied
with string, and sealed, to prevent inspection of the contents, though they must be
left open at the sides, that it may be seen that they are entitled to the privilege.
Tlte folloiving Instructions have heen addressed to all Postmasters, and are strictJj/
acted npon : —
"General Post-Oefice. — On and after the 1st January, 1845, should any
Letter or Packet be tendered at your Office, Avhich you may ascertain to contain,
or which you have every reason to believe, contains any of the following Articles, viz. :
- — Any Glass or Glass Bottle; any Razor, Scissors, Knife, Fork, or other Sharp or
Pointed Instrument ; any Leeches, Game, Fish, Flesh, Fruit, Vegetables, or other'
perishable substance ; any Bladder ov other Vessel containing Liquid ; or any article,
matter, or thing whatsoever, which might, by jjressure or otherivise, be rendered injuri-
ous either to the Officers of the Post-Oflfice, or to the contents of the Mail Bags, —
you icill refuse to receive such Letter or Packet.
" In the event of any Letter or Packet being taken in by you, and you do not,
until afterwards, discover that it contains any Article as above described, or should
any such Letter or Packet be deposited in the Letter Box, you will not forwrtrd it
on to its destination, but you will detain it in your Office, and inform me, by the first
Post, of the circumstances, stating the precise Address of the Letter or Packet, and
its contents, or what you suppose them to be, when proper steps will be taken in
this Department in the case, and you will be instructed in what manner to dispose
of the Letter or Packet.
" Should any Letter or Packet, containing any Article as before mentioned, not
be discovered by the Postmaster at whose Office it may be Posted, but be forwarded
on to its destination, the Receiving Postmaster, to whose Town it maybe addressed,
upon discovering, or having every reason to believe, that its contents are such as
those alluded to, ivill not send it out for delivery, but luill detain it in his Office, re-
porting the circumstance by the first Post, and stating the nature of its contents,
when he will be duly instructed in what manner to dispose of it."
NEWSPAPERS, AND SUPPLEMENTS TO NEWSPAPERS.
All Newspapers must be sent in covers, open at the sides, and no words or com-
munication may be printed or written on such papers or covers after the same
shall have been published, other than the name and address of the persons to whom
they ai-e sent ; nor anything inclosed or concealed in either newspaper or cover.
Newsvenders only may print their names and addresses thereon. Newspapti's may
be examined by the Officers of the Post Office ; and if there be nny breach of the
above regulations, the packet is chargeable with treble the amount of postage to
which a letter of the same weight would have been liable. Any person contra-
vening the law, may, at the option of the Postmaster-General, be prosecuted as
for a misdemeanor.
Clause of the Act of \st Victoria, cap. 34, sec. 32.
" And be it further enacted, that in all cases in which a question shall arise
whether a printed paper is entitled to the privileges of a Newspaper or other pub-
lication liereby privileged, so far as respects the transmission thereof by the Post
under the Post-Office Acts, the question shall be referred to the determination of
the Postmaster-General, whose decision, with the concurrence of the Lords of the
Treasury, shall be final.''
NEWSPAPERS FROM THE BRITISH COLONIES
are delivered free of Postage at any place within the British dominions. Thosa
for persons who have removed may be forwarded by Post, free of charge, provided
thev have not been opened at the place to which they were originally addressed.
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