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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
(17.) Letters, <^c, by Private Ships.
1. 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: —
For a
Fine on letters
Country.
prepaid
not wliolly
letter
prepaid.
Per ^ oz.
♦Ascension, .
4d.
Azores,
6d.
2d. per ^ oz.
Belgium, . . ."i
British West Indies, . >
3d.
3d. each.
Canada, . . .)
Cape de Verde, ^
6d.
2d. per ^ oz.
Cape of Good Hope,
4d.
4d. each.
Ceylon, . , ."]
Falkland Islands, .
Gambia, . . .\
6d.
6d. each.
Gibraltar,
Gold Coast, . . .J
Holland, .
8d.
• »>
Hong Kong, . .\
India, . . . . >
6d.
6d. each.
Lagos, . . .)
Madeira,
6d.
2d. per ^ oz.
Malta, . . . )
Mauritius, . . . \
6d.
6d. each.
Natal,
4d.
4d. each.
New Brunswick, .
3d.
3d. each.
Newfoundland,
3d.
3d. each.
Norway,
3d.
3d. per ^ oz.
Nova Scotia,
3d.
3d. each.
Portugal,
6d.
2d. per ^ oz.
Prince Edward Island, .
8d.
3d. each.
St. Helena,
4d.
4d. each.
Sierra Leone,
6d.
6d. each.
United States,
3d.
3d. each.
France,
3d.
per g oz.
3d. per^ oz.
*A11 other Countries, .
6d.
per J oz.
2. Letters cannot be sent unpaid to the Countries
marked thus (*). The unpaid postage for letters
■weighing more than ^ oz. advances in the same
manner as that for letters sent by mail packets.
Unpaid letters coming into this country are charged
the same rates as unpaid letters going out of it.
3. Book Packets and Packets of Patterns may be
sent by Private Ship for the same postage as by
Mail Packets, to all places to which there are Mail
Packets.
4. Newspapers by Private Ships to the Azores,
Cape de Verd Islands, Madeira, Norway, and Por-
tugal must be prepaid 2d. each per 4 oz. ; and to
all other places Id. each per 4 oz.
SPECIAL KATES OF POSTAGE
AND CONDITIONS OF TEANSMISSION-
(18) Addresses to the Queen and Petitions to
Parliament.
1. 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 either without
covers or are in covers open at the ends. No letter
or other enclosure, however, must be inserted ; and
if one be found, such enclosure, unless it bear the
proper number of postage stamps, will be charged as
an unpaid letter.
2. The restriction laid down as to the size of
letters does not apply to petitions or addresses to the
Queen, whether directed to Her Majestj', or for-
warded to any Member of either House of Parlia-
ment ; nor to Petitions to either House of Parliament,
forwarded to any Member of either House.
(19) Parliamentary Proceedings.
1. Printed Votes or Proceedings of the Imperial
Parliament, sent without covers or in covers open at
the ends, may circulate within the United Kingdom
at the rate of one halfpenny for every 2 oz. or part
of that weight.
2. The words " Parliamentary Proceedings" must
be written or printed on the cover of the packet ;
otherwise it will be treated as an ordinary book
packet.
3. Prepayment, when the circulation is within
the United Kingdom, is optional ; and if it be made
in part, the simple difference only will be charged.
4. Parliamentary Proceedings may be sent, under
the Bo^k Post privilege, to all the Colonies, and to
those Foreign States between which and this country
there is a book post.
5. The limit of size prescribed for ordinary book
packets does not apply to printed Parliamentary
Proceedings.
(20) Parliamentary Notices,
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 sliould
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 ofSce at
one of the following towns : —
Aberdeen.
Inverness.
Athlone.
Leeds.
Belfast.
Lincoln.
Birmingham.
Liverpool.
Bristol.
Manchester.
Cork.
Newcastle-upou-Tyue
Exeter.
Norwich.
Glasgow.
Shrewsbury.
3. All notices which by the standing orders of
either House of Parliament are required to be served
on or before the 15th December must be posted not
later than the 12th December, unless the 12th fall
on a Sunday, when they must be posted not later
than the 11th; and those notices which, by the
same orders, may be served after the 15th, must bt
posted at least three clear days before the tira*
specified in the standing orders.
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