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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
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sponsible for the safe delivery of registered letters or
packets, but henceforth he will he prepared to make
good the contents of a registered letter lost while
passing through the Post to the extent of £2 in cer-
tain cases, provided that the sender of the letter duly
observed all the conditions of registration required ;
that the letter was securely enclosed in a reasonably
strong envelope; and, if it contained money, that it
was enclosed in one of the registered letter envelopes
sold by the Post Office for the purpose; that appli-
cation was made to the secretary of the Post Office
immediately the loss was discovered. When the
complaint is that the contents of a letter have been
abstracted, the envelope must accompany the appli-
cation, otherwise the question will not he entertained.
That the Postmaster General, whose decision shall be
final, is satisfied that the loss occurred while the
letter was in the custody of the British Post Office,
and was not caused by any fault 011 the part of the
sender.
14. No town letter carrier is allowed to take a
letter to be registered; but for the convenience of
persons living in country places where no Post Office
is near, letters will be registered by rural letter
carriers, who will take letters for registration on
their outward and inward walks, whenever it is
practicable for them to do so.
(17.) Modes of prepayment of letters, §c.
1. Inland letters, newspapers, and book packets
cannot be prepaid in money at any Provincial Post
Office, but must be prepaid by means of stamps, either
adhesive, embossed, or impressed. This rules applies
also to registered letters.
2 Letters to places abroad must be prepaid wholly
in stamps. This rule also applies to registered
letters.
3. Newspapers, book-packets, and sample-packets
for places abroad can be prepaid only by means of
stamps; in their case prepayment isalways compulsory.
4. British postage stamps, though available for all
letters, &c, going out of this country, are not, as a
general rule, available for letters, &c, coming into it;
the principal exception being in the case of letters
posted by Naval Officers, Marines, and Seamen serv-
ing abroad, which, if posted in the ship's bag, must
be prepaid by means of British postage stamps.
(18.) Letters for Non- Commissioned Officers, Soldiers,
and Seamen in Her Majesty's Service.
1. Non-commissioned officers, bandmasters, army
schoolmasters (if not superintending schoolmasters
or schoolmasters of the 1st class), schoolmistresses,
private soldiers, writers of Her Majesty's Navy, 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
pensioners in Canada, can send and receive letters
! by Packet or Man-of-War, for a postage of Id.;
but if auy such letters have to pass through a
foreign country they are subject, in addition, to
the foreign postage, "whatever that may be. Thus
the postage to the under-mentioned countries (in-
cluding the British charge of one penny) is as
follows : —
To or from —
China, Ceylon, India, Japan, or Aus-
tralia, via Brindisi
d.
Mauritius, by French Packet . . 3
Chili, Peru, or any other place in the")
South Pacific, via Southampton and > 2
Panama . . . . .)
2. The Person claiming the privilege must at the
time be actually employed in the service of Her
Majesty, and must not be either a commissioned
officer or warrant officer, viz., assistant engineer,
gunner, boatswain," or carpenter ; the privilege not
extending to these officers.
3. If the letter be posted within the United
Kingdom, the penny must be prepaid, as must any
foreign postage that may be 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 may be due.
4. The letter must not weigh more than half an
ounce.
6. It must relate entirely to the private concerns
of the soldier or seaman.
6. The name of the soldier or seaman, with his
class or description, must appear in the direction;
and the officer having the command must sign his
name, and specify the ship or regiment, corps or
detachment, to which the soldier or seaman belongs ;
the name of the ship or regiment being entered in
full.
(19.) Letters for Passengers on Board If ail Packets.
1. Letters for passengers on board the packets
for America touching at Queenstown, or on board
the Mediterranean packets about to sail from
Southampton or Brindisi with the mails for India
Australia, China, &c, may be posted in any part of
the United Kingdom up to the time at which ordi-
nary registered letters to go by the same packets are
received. They must be registered, aDd the postage
and registration fee must be fully prepaid, and they
must be addressed to the care of the commander of
the packet.
2. Letters for passengers on board the Canadian
packets touching at Londonderry, may, under simi-
lar conditions, be posted up to the same time as
ordinary registered letters for Canada. These must
be addressed to the care of the officer in charge of
the mails.
3. The letters should be addressed thus : " Mr
, on board the mail packet for , at
Queenstown [Londonderry, Brindisi, or Southamp-
ton]. Care of the Officer in charge of the mails,"
or "care of the Commander of the packet," as the
case maj' be.
4. Letters directed. Poste Restante, Suez, and
despatched by the mail via Brindisi, will probably
reach passengers for India, &c, who have sailed in
the packet which left Southampton the previous
week.
(20.) Letters, cj-c, by Private Ships.
1. Letters intended to be sent by a 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: —