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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
The postage of a letter
by private ship is as
follows : —
Country.
For a
Prepaid
Letter.
Additional
Charge if
not wholly
paid.
per J oz.
*Ascension, .
4d.
■ —
Azores,
6d.
2d. per ^ oz.
Belgium,
British West Indies,
.Sd.
3d. each.
•Canada,
Cape de Verds,
6d.
2d. per 5- oz.
Cape of Good Hope,
4d.
4d. each.
Ceylon,
Falkland Islands, .
6d.
6d. euch.
Gibraltar,
Cold Coast, .
Holland,
8d.
—
Hong Kong, .
fid.
Gd. each.
India, .
JIadeira,
6cl.
2d. per -J oz.
Malta, .
}
6d
6d. each.
IMauritias,
^
Natal,
4d.
4d. each.
New Brunswick, .
3d,
3d. each.
Newfoundland,
6d.
6d. each.
Norway,
6d.
2d. per J oz.
Nova Scotia,
3d.
3d. each.
Portugal,
€d.
2d. per | oz
Prince Edward Island,
3d.
3d. each.
St. Helena, .
4d.
4d. each.
Sierra Leone,
6d.
6d. each.
United States,
3d.
3d. each.
France,
3d.
per i oz.
3d. per 5 oz.
'All other countries.
6d.
per ^ oz.
Parliamentary Notices.
13. Parliamentary notices may be forwarded
-through the post under the following regulations : —
§1. The words " Parliamentary notice" must be
legibly printed on the face of the letter ; and in order
to secure the speedy return of any notices which may
be undelivered, the name and address of the solicitor
issuing such parliamentary notice should also be
legibly printed or written on the face of the letter,
though this is not imperative.
§ 2. These notices must be posted either at the
General Post Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, in Lon-
don; the General Post Office in Dublin ; the General
Post Office in Edinburgh; or at the chief office at
•one or other of the following towns: —
Aberdeen,
Athlone,
Belfast,
Birmingham,
Bristol,
Cork,
Exeter,
Glasgow,
Inverness,
Leeds,
Lincoln,
Liverpool,
Manchester,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Norwich,
Shrewsbury.
§ 3. All notices which, by the standing orders of
«ither House of Parliament, are required to be
served on or before the 15ih December, must be
,po3ted not later than the 12 th December, unless
the 12th fall on a Sunday, when they must be
posted not later than the 11th; but those notices
which, by the same orders, may be served after
the 15th, may be posted after the 12th of that
month.
§ 4. The postage chargeable on these notices and
the registration fee of sixpence on each must be pre-
paid by stamps.
§ 5. The notices must be posted at the Post Office
window, accompanied with duplicate lists of the
addresses ; the notices being arranged for the con-
venience of comparison in the order of the list.
These lists will be examined by the officer in atten-
dance at the window, and if they correspond with
the addresses, he will sign and stamp every sheet of
each list. One of the duplicate lists will then be
returned to the person who brought the letters, and
the other forwarded to the Secretary, General Post
Office, London.
14. Time fw Posting Parliamentary Notices. —
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 interfere with the
other duties of the office, in which case the Post-
master may appoint any other time within the next
twentj'-four hours for receiving the same; provided
that, when the notices are to be served on or before
the 15th December, such arrangement do not delay
the posting beyond the 12th. Ee-directed parlia-
mentary notices are liable to an additional rate of
postage, like letters.
15. The senders of parliamentary notices should,
if possible, arrange on the previous day with the
Postmaster as to the most convenient time for post-
ing them, and state the probable number.
16. Notices relating to votes for members of Par-
liament belonging to any of the classes enumerated
in the Acts 6 Vict. c. 18, and 13 and 14 Vict. c. 69,
can also be sent through the post (with the securities
for their safe delivery enjoined by the Acts), on pre-
paj'ment in stamps of the posta{;e, whether inland or
foreign, as the case may be, and of a registration fee
of twopence, provided they be presented duly directed,
open, and in duplicate, to the Postmaster of au office
which is also a Money Order Office and Post-office
Savings Bank. On receiving the notices, the Post-
master v/ill compare each with its duplicate, and if
the two agree, the latter will be stamped and returned
to the bearer. The production by the person who
posted such notice of such stamped duplicate is evi-
dence of the notice having been given to the person
at the place mentioned, on the day on which such
notice would in the ordinary course of post have been
delivered there. The notices must be presented at
least half an hour before the fixed time for posting
ordinary letters. They are liable to the usual charge
for re-direction.
17. Poll Books. — When a poll-book is presented
by any returning officer to be forwarded by post, the
Postmaster is rt quired to give to such officer an
acknowledgment thereof in writing, stating the time
when he received it.
18. No registration fee is demanded for poll-books,
and prepayment of the postage is optional, without
regard to weight or size.
DELIVERY.
1. Letter Carriers and Rural Messengers are pro-
hibited from distributing any letters, newspapers, &c.,