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POST OFFICE EEGULATIONS.
amination. When these requirements ai'e not com-
phed with, the packet will be stopped.
When necessary for securing the due transmission
or delivery of letters, patterns and samples may
be kept back for the succeeding despatch or delivery,
INLAND PASCELS POST.
Parcels not exceeding 11 lbs. in weight are ac-
cepted at all Post Offices for transmission by tlie
Inland Parcels Post under the following general con-
ditions in regard to weights, dimensions, and rates of
postage, \nz. : —
The rates of postage for Parcels are-— s. d.
Not exceeding 1 lb. in weight, - - 3
Exceeding 1 lb., and not exceeding 2 lbs.,- 4j
" 2 lbs., " 3 " - 6
" 3 " " 4 « - 7J
" 4 " " 5 " - 9
" 5 " " 6 " - lOJ
" 6 " " 7 " - 1
" 7 " " 8 " - 1 li
a 8 " " 9 " - 1 3
" 9 " '' 10 " - 1 4^
" 10 " " 11 " - 1 6
Dimensions. — The dimensions allowed for an In-
land Postal Parcel are — Maximum length, 3 feet
C inches ; maximum length and girth combined, 6 feet.
Examples. — A parcel measuring 3 feet 6 inches in
its longest dimensions may measure as much as 2 feet
6 inches in girth, 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.
Delivery. — Parcels for the city (including Crossbill,
Hillhead, Partick, Pollokshields, and Springburn) are
delivered at 7.0 a.m., 9.0 a.m. (Central Districts only),
10.15 a.m., 12.30 p.m., 2.30 p.m., 4.30 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. Care must be taken that every
parcel bears a clear address.
Compensation for Loss and Damage of Parcels. —
The Postmaster-General will (not in consequence of
any legal liability) under certain conditions give
compensation for the loss and damage of parcels, as
shown hereunder.
If the parcel is not registered, the Postmaster-
General will accept liability up to £2 without pay-
ment of any fee beyond the postage.
If the parcel is registered the respective limits of
compensation are as follows : — For a fee of 2d., £h ;
3d., £10 ; 4d., £15; 5d., £20; and for 6d., £26.
In no case will a larger amount of compensation,
than £25 be paid, nor will it in any case exceed the
value of the article lost or the damage sustained.
A receipt, or certificate of posting, will be given
for all registered parcels; but to secure compensation
upon a p;ircel which it is not intended to register, the
sender should fill ia a certificate of posting, which
may be obtained at any Post Office, and present it
with the parcel, to an ofiicer of the Post Ofiice, who
will sign and return it.
Claims for compensation should be made within
seven days after the date of posting.
Parcels addressed to or sent from 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
restrictions 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.
Parcels for the Isle of Man are treated in 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.
Re-direction. — Parcels are re-directed under the
same regulations generally as letters and other postal
packets, that is to say, a charge at the full rate of
postage originally payable is made for every re-
direction of a parcel unless it be re-directed by an
officer of the Post Office to an address within the
limits of the same free postal delivery as the address
from which the re-direction is made. Parcels, like
other postal packets, can only be re-directed by the
Department upon receipt of an authority duly signed
by the person to whom they are addressed.
A request for the re-direction of letters does not
include the re-direction of parcels, for which it is
necessary to hand in a separate instruction.
Returned 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.
The prohibitions against the sending by post of
anything indecent, or explosive, or of any living
creature, or of any enclosure bearing an address dif-
ferent from that borne on the cover in which it is
enclosed, are the same in the case of parcels as in
the case of letters and other postal packets. Liquids,
glass, china, crockery, eggs, fruit, fish, meat, butter,
&c., which may not be sent by Letter Post, may be
sent by Parcel Post, if packed with special care.
Liquids or semi-liquids, such as jellies, pickles, paint,
varnish, &c., must be put into bottles or cases securely
stoppered. The edges or points of sharp instruments
like axes, razors, needles, forks, &c., must be carefully
protected. Any parcel containing eggs, or fragile,
or perishable contents, should be conspicuously marked
" Eggs," or "Fragile — with care," or "Perishable."
Generally, the packing of a parcel must be such as
to protect the jjarcel itself from damage and other
postal packets from being damaged in any way by
it. Any parcel not so packed will, if tendered for
transmission, be refused, and if discovered in transit,
wiU be detained unless it can be properly packed, and
sent forward.
EXCEPTIONAL EATES OF POSTAGE.
(1) Petitions and addresses to the Queen are
exempt from postage. Petitions to members of either
House so addressed are also exempt, provided they do
not exceed 2 lbs. in weight, and, if in covers, are iu
open covers.
(2) Printed Votes or Proceedings of the Imperial
Parliament,>iu open covers, having the words " Par-
liamentary Proceedings " written or printed thereon,
are allowed 'to exceed the limits of size and weight
prescribed for book-packets ; and, even if wholly