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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
POSTAGE STAMPS, &c.
Prepayment of Inland Letters, &c., must be bj'
Stamps.
BATES OF POSTAGE, &c.
Inland Letters.*'
1. The rate of postage to be prepaid on inland
letters and parcels of all sorts, closed or open, is as
follows: —
Not exceeding 1 oz., - - - - Id
" 1 " to 2 oz., - - IJd
" 2 " to 4 •' - - 2d
4 " to 6 " - - 2^d
6 " to 8 " - - 3d
8 " to 10 " - - 3|d
10 "to 12 " - - 4d
A letter exceeding the weight of twelve ounces is
liable to a postage of one penny for every ounce, be-
ginning with the first ounce. A letter, for example,
•weighing between fourteen and fifteen ounces must
be prepaid fifteen pence.
2. As a general rule, the postage, if not paid m
advance, is double the foregoing ; and if the pay-
ment in advance be insufficient, double the deficiency
is charged. An inland letter, for example, weighing
more than one ounce, and not exceeding two ounces,
and prepaid one penny only, is on delivery charged
double the deficiency of one halfpenny — viz., one
penny, and so on. On redirected letters the charge
for redirection is the same, whether prepaid or col-
lected on delivery.
3. No letter may exceed the dimensions of one
foot six inches in length, nine inches in width, and
six inches in depth.
Colonial and Foreign Letters.
4. The rates of postage on letters to foreign
countries and the colonies are entered in the Table of
Colonial and Foreign Postage.
Addresses to the Queen and Petitions to Parliame'it,
5. Petitions and addresses to Her Majesty, for-
warded direct, are exempt from postage; and such
petitions and addresses, as also petitions to either
House of Parliament, if sent to a member of either
House, are likewise exempt, provided they do not
weigh more than two pounds, and are without
covers, or in covers open at the sides. No letter
or other inclosure, however, must be inserted ; and if
one be found, such inclosure, unless it bear the pro-
per number of postage stamps, will be charged as an
unpaid letter.
Newspapers — (1) Inland.
6. By the " Post Ofiice Act, 1870," the use of the
Inland Revenue impressed stamp, denoting the stamp
duty under which newspapers and other periodicals
had been previously transmissible by post within
the United Kingdom, was abolished, and a postage
of one halfpenny was fixed for each transmission of
any newspaper coming within the definition laid
down in the Act.
* Inland letters are those which pass between places
in the United Kingdom, including the Isle of Man, the
Orkney, Shetland, Scilly, and Channel Islands. If the
weight be exceeded to the smallest e-\tent, even though
the balance be merely turned, the letter becomes liable
to a higher postage. The same rule applies to letters
going abroad. To provide, therefore, for erroi-s in scales,
&c., iX is well to allow a little margin, or to pay the post-
age of the next greater weight.
Inland newspapers are subject to the following
regulations : —
§ 1. The publication must first have been accepted
as a newspaper by the Postmaster-General, and
have been placed on a register at the General Post
Ofiice, from which it is liable to be removed either
through the non-renewal of the registration j-ear by
year, or in consequence of any change which may
deprive it of the characteristics of a newspaper.
Registration for inland circulation includes the
registration for transmission abroad.
§ 2. The newspaper must be printed and pub-
lished in the United Kingdom, and in numbers at
intervals of not more than seven days, and must be
printed on a sheet or on sheets unstitched.
§ 3. The full title and date of publication must
be printed on the top of the first page, and the
whole or part of the title and the date of publication
at the top of every subsequent page: this regulation
applies to tables of contents and indices.
§ 4. A supplement must be unstitched, must in
every case be published with the newspaper, and
must have the title and date of publication printed
at the top of every page, or, if it consists of engrav-
ings, prints, or lithographs, at the top of every
sheet or side.
§ 5. For each newspaper, whether posted singly
or in a packet, the postage, when prepaid, is one
halfpenny ; but a packet containing two or more
registered newspapers is not chargeable with a higher
rate of postage than would be chargeable on a book-
packet of the same weight — viz., one halfpenny for
every two ounces or fraction of two ounces.
§ 6. A newspaper posted unpaid, and a packet of
newspapers posted either unpaid or insuflBciently
paid, will be treated as an unpaid or insufiiciently
paid book-packet of the same weight.
§ 7. The postage must be prepaid either by ad-
hesive stamp, or by the use of stamped wrapper.
§ 8. No newspaper can be sent through the post
a second time for the original postage; for each trans-
mission a fresh postage must be prepaid, except that
in the case of re-direction the amount chargeable
may be collected on delivery.
§ 9. Every newspaper, or packet of newspapers,
must be posted either without a cover, or in a cover
open at both ends, and in such a manner as to ad-
mit of easy removal for examination. If this rule
be infringed, the newspaper or packet will be treated
as a letter.
§ 10. Every newspaper must be so folded as to
admit of the title being readily inspected.
§ 11. A newspaper, whether posted singly or in a
packet which contains any enclosure except the sup-
plement or supplements belonging to it, will be
charged as a letter ; unless the enclosure be such as
might be sent at the book-rate of postage, and the
entire packet be sufiiciently prepaid as a book-packet,^
in which case it may be allowed to pass.
§ 12. A newspaper which has any letter, or any
communication of the nature of a letter written in it
or upon its cover, will be charged as an unpaid, or
insufiiciently paid letter.
§ 13. No packet of newspapers must exceed four-
teen pounds in weight, nor may it exceed 2 feet in
length nor 1 foot in width or depth.
(2) Colonial and Foreign.
7. Under the powers given to the Postmaster-