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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
(Continued from page 13.)
by one private individual to another which are not
actually patterns or samples, are not admissible.
2. No article liable to Custom duties can be sent
as a sample or pattern.
3. The rates of postage, which must be prepaid,
will be found in the Tables of Foreign Postage.
4. Patterns or samples, when practicable, must be
sent in covers open at the ends, and in such a
manner as to be easy of examination.* But samples
of seeds, drugs, and such like articles, which cannot
be sent in covers of this kind, may be posted enclosed
in boxes, or in bags of linen or other material, fastened
in such a manner that they may be readily opened.
5. A sample packet fur a country in the Postal
IMon may have enclosed in it any of the articles
designated as " Commercial Papers " if the rate applic-
able to Commercial Papers be paid for the whole
packet. There must be no writing or printing upon
or in any sample packet for non Union countries,
except the address of the person for whom it is in-
tended, the address of the sender, a trade mark or
number, and the price of the articles.
6. Samples of saleable value must not be sent to
any foreign country, or io any of the British Pos-
sessions which are comprised in the Postal Union.
Samples of eider down, raw or thread silk, woollen or
goats' hair thread, vanilla, saffron, carmine, or isin-
glass, are considered to fall under this rule if they
weigh more than three ounces.
7. Such articles as scissors, knives, razors, forks,
steel pens, nails, keys, watch machiner}', metal
tubing, pieces of metal or ore, provided that they be
packed and guarded in so secure a manner as to
afford complete protection to the contents of the
mail bags and to the Officers of the Post Office,
while at the same time they may be easily ex-
amined, may be sent as samples to places abroad.
Liquids, indigo, and powders of all kinds are abso-
lutely prohibited.
8. The limit of weight is not the same to all
countries. For particulars, see heading of the Table
of Foreign and Colonial Postage.
9. A packet of patterns or samples sent to any
place comprised in the Postal Union (except Belgium,
France, Greece, Luxemburg, Portugal, Switzerland
via France, and the United States), must not exceed
S inches in length, 4 inches in width, cr 2 inches in
depth. The limit to Belgium, France, Greece,
Luxemburg, Portugal, Switzerland via France, or the
United States is 12 inches in length, 8 inches in
width, and 4 inches in depth. The size of a packet
for a non-Union country or colony is limited to 24
inches in length and 12 inches in width or depth.
Foreign Post Cards.
Post Cards for abroad may be sent to all the
countries comprised in the Postal Union.
Post Cards for abroad with impressed stamps of Id.,
l^d., and 2d. each ave sold at those rates, and are
transmissible to all the countries of the Union without
extra charge, but reference should be made to column
E of the Tables of Foreign aud Colonial Postage for
the particular rate to each country.
* In order to secure the return of Pattern Packets
which cannot he delivered, the names and addresses of
the senders should be printed or written outside; thus,
Reply Post Cards for certain places abroad are
also issued with impressed stamps of 2d., 3d., and
4d. respectively; for list of countries to which they
can be forwarded see end of Table of Foreign and i
Colonial Postage.
The regulations relating to Inland Post Cards ■
apply also to Cards posted for places abroad, except l|
that the latter, when these regulations are infringed,
are not forwarded.
Letters for Non- Commissioned Officers, Soldiers, .
and Seamen in Her Majesty's Service.
1. Non-commissioned officers, schoolmasters,
schoolmistresses, private soldiers, seamen, writers -
in Her Majesty's Army or Navy, whether serving
on sea or land, in a British Possession or Foreign
Country, as also enrolled pensioners in Canada,!
the Cape Mounted Rifles, and the Cape FieldJ
Artillery, or the Cape Infantry Regiment, can send!
and receive letters not exceeding the weight of half i
an ounce 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 (including the British charge of
one penny) is as follows : —
To or fi om — * <'■
Australia, Ceylon,* Hong Kong," In-) Q 2
dia,* &c, via Brindisi . .)
Mauritius, by French Packet . . 3
Chili, Peru, or any other place in the^
South Pacific, via Southampton and > 2
Panama . . • ■ ■)
Bahamas and Bermuda, via, New York 2
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 in the army, or assistant
engineer, gunner, boatswain, or carpenter in the navy;
the privilege not extending to these officers.
3. If the letter be posted within the United
Kingdom, the penny must be prepa : d, as must any
foreign postage that may be chargeable. 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 that may be due.
4. 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. The foregoing particulars must be given in
one of the following forms : —
Seamen.
From A.B., Seaman, HM.S.
(Here the direction of the Letter to be inserted)
C D. Captain (or other Commanding Officer),
HM.S.
ToA.B.,
Seaman, H.M.S
(Here the direction of the Letter to be finished.)
* The Postage to these countries, if posted in time to
leave London on Thursday morning, is Id. only.