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POST OFFICE EEGULATIONS.
INLAND PARCELS POST.
Parcels are accepted at all Post Offices for trans-
mission by the Inland Parcels Post under the follow-
ing general conditions in regard to weights, dimensions,
and rates of postage, viz. : —
Weights and Postage. — The rate of postage, to he
prepaid in ordinary postage stamps, will be — for an
Inland Postal Parcel of a weight of —
Not exceeding 1 lb., _ _ _ - 3d.
Exceeding 1 lb., and not exceeding 3 lbs., - 6d.
" 3 lbs., " 5 lbs., - 9d.
" 5 lbs., " 7 lbs., - Is.
Dimensions. — The dimensions allowed for an In-
land Postal Parcel will be— Maximum length, 3 feet
6 inches ; maximum length and girth combined, 6 feet.
Examples. — A parcel measuring 3 feet 6 inches in
its longest dimension may measure as much as 2 feet
6 inches in guih, i.e., around its thickest part ; or —
a shorter parcel may be thicker ; e.g. if measuring no
more than 3 feet in length, it may measm-e as much
as 3 feet in girth, i.e. around its thickest part.
Despatch. — Parcels are accepted, at Head Office,
for despatch to London until 9 a.m., 6.30 p.m., and
8 p.m.; for all England, at G.30 p.m. and 8 p.m.;
for York and Hull, 5 p m. ; for Manchester and Lon-
don, 9.30 p.m.; for all Ireland, 8 p.m.; for Ireland
(South and West), 1 p.m. ; for Scotland generally,
30 minutes before closing of letter box.
Delivery. — Parcels for the city (including Billhead,
Partick, and Pollokshields) are delivered at 7.0 a.m.,
9.0 a.ra. (Central Districts only), 10.45 a.m., 2.15
p.m., 5.30 p.m., and 7.30 p.m.
Posting. — Parcels must not be posted in a letter-
box, but must be taken into a Post Office and handed
over the counter, and a parcel should not be left until
the weight, size, and postage have been tested by the
clerk at the counter. Care must be taken that every
parcel bears a clear address. If a packet bearing the
words " Parcel Post," or otherwise clearly marked as
intended for transmission as a parcel, is not posted
in accordance with this regulation, it is treated as a
letter or book packet, if it is fully prepaid at the
rate proper to either, and is otherwise in accordance
with the letter or book post regulations. If such a
packet is not fully prepaid at the letter or book post
rate, it will be treated as a parcel, and will be charged
on delivery with a fine of 3d., together with the de-
ficient postage, if any, at the parcel post rate. The
address of a parcel must be clearly written, either on
the outer wrapper or on a separate address label se-
curely fastened to the parcel ; and the necessary stamp
or stamps, to prepay the postage, must in all cases be
placed (as in the case of letters) close above the
address. In London and a few of the larger towns
the Department undertakes the collection from firms
or private persons of parcels intended to be sent by
Parcel Post, when the number to be collected amounts
to as many as 10 at a time, or 50 a week. Full
particulars may be obtained on appHcation.
Certificates of Posting. — At the Chief Post
Office forms of certificates lie on the public coun-
ters, and anyone bringing a parcel to post may
fill up one of these forms with the name and
address of the person to whom the parcel is directed,
when it will be the duty of the officer in attendance
to stamp the form with the office stamp. This cer-
tificate, it must be clearly understood, does not indi-
cate that any liability attaches to the Postmaster-
General in the event of loss or damage. A list of
parcels, when more than one parcel is brought by the
same person, may be prepared beforehand or at the
counter by the person posting the parcels, and pre-
sented to be similarly stamped with the office stamp.
This wdl obviate the necessity in such cases of filling
up a separate form in respect to each parcel.
Parcels addressed to the Channel Islands (Jersey,
Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and the adjacent inhabited
islets) are received from the public under the same
general conditions with regard to weight and size,
and at the same rates of postage, as parcels for all
other portions of the United Kingdom ; but as the
Channel Islands, in relation to the customs laws of
the United Kingdom, are subject to the same restric-
tions as foreign countries, such parcels are liable to
customs examination at the port of arrival, and the
sender is required to make a declaration of contents
upon a special form provided for the purpose at the
office where the parcel may be posted. Goods inten-
ded to be warehoused in the Channel Islands, or on
which it is intended to claim "drawback" of duty
on subsequent exportation from the Channel Islands,
are not accepted for transmission by Parcels Post.
Parcels for the Isle of Man are treated ia all
respects in the same way as parcels for places in the
United Kingdom generally. They are liable to exa-
mination by the officers of customs ; but the sender
is not (as in the case of the Channel Islands) called
upon to furnish a declaration of contents.
Pe-direction. — On receipt of a properly-signed
authority, a parcel may be re-directed under tke
following regulations : —
If the re-direction be from one place to another
within the same delivery, the parcel, not having beeu
delivered, and being re-directed by an officer of the
department, is liable to no charge for re-direction ;
but if re-directed by any person other than an officer
of the department, or to an address in another
delivery, it is liable to additional postage at the full
prepaid rate for each re-direction. If it has not been
delivered and is re-directed by an officer of the
department, prepa)Tnent for re-direction is not com-
pulsory, but a parcel which has been delivered as
addressed is not accepted for re-transmission unless-
the postage for re-direction be prepaid.
A request for the re-direction of letters is not held
to include the re-direction of parcels, for which it is
necessary to hand in a separate instruction.
Eeturned Parcels. — In order to facilitate the return
of parcels which cannot be delivered, it is most desir-
able that the name and address of the sender should
appear on the outside of every parcel.
If a parcel which cannot he delivered bears on the
cover the name and address of the sender, a printed
notice is sent to him by post, informing him that the
parcel (if not claimed in the meantime by the ad-
dressee) will be given up to him or to any person
whom he may direct to call for it, or will be returned
to him by post.
If the parcel is called for by the sender or his
agent, or if it is returned to him by post, it is liable
to a charge of Id. for each day or part of a day after
the expiration of two clear days following that ou
which the notice has been sent.
If the sender elects to have the parcel sent back
to him by post, he must return the printed notice,
with stamps sufficient to eover new postage at the
full rate, and also to cover any other charges to which