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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
can be registered, and if they are posted -without
being registered, they are treated in the same manner
as inland letters under similar circumstances.
11. The several Postal Administrations of the
countries belonging to the Postal Union undertake
to pay an indemnity of fifty francs in the event of its
being proved to their satisfaction that a registered
letter itself has been lost whilst in their custody, but
no question of compensation is entertained by them
foi-, or in respect of, the loss of the enclosure of any
such letter.
Prohibited articles besides those mentioned at
page 11. — The transmission by post of gold, silver,
precious stones, jewellery, &c., is prohibited to all
countries of the Postal Union marked thus * at
page 19.
In Luxemburg the registration of such packets is
compulsory, and everything of value, except coin or
bullion, is liable to duty.
In the ■undermentioned Colonies, viz. — Bermuda,
Ceylon, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gibraltar, Hong
Kong, Labuan, Lagos, Malta, Montserrat, Newfound-
land, St. Vincent, Sierra Leone, and Straits Settle-
ments, articles of value are transmissible, and, with
the exception of jewellery addressed to Ceylon, New-
foundland, and St. Vincent, are exempt from cus-
toms duty. Their transmission is also permitted
in Cyprus, Grenada, and Jamaica ; but they are
liable to customs duty, with the exception of gold
and specie in Cyprus ; gold, silver, and diamonds
in Grenada ; and diamonds in Jamaica.
In the Dutch East Indies articles of value are
admissible, except wrought gold and silver, but the
packets containing them must be registered.
Special prohibitions in Italy and United States
of America. — Anything relating to foreign lotteries.
In New Zealand. — Cuttings of grape vines.
In the Cape of Good Hope and Queensland. —
Jewellery and precious articles, if dutiable, are
liable to detention until the duty is paid.
In Spain and Victoria. — Jewellery is dutiable,
and liable to confiscation.
Russia. — Printed matter in the Russian language
is prohibited; and even such trifling articles as
photographs and Christmas cards are liable to duty,
though a single photograph may be sent to Russia
by post. All letters or packets containing prohibited
or dutiable articles of any kind, however small the
value, are confiscated in that country.
Letters for Passengers on Board 2Iail Packets.
1, Letters for passengers on board the packets for
America calling at Queenstown, the packets for
Canada calling at Londonderry, the packets for the
Cape, &c., and the Royal ISIail Company's packets
for Brazil, &c., calling at Lisbon, the Peninsular
and Oriental packets from Brindisi with the mails
for Egypt, India, Australia, China, &c. , and the Orient
packets from Naples with the mails for Australia,
may be posted in any part of the United Kingdom
up to the time at which ordinary registered letters
to go by the same packets are received. They
must be registered, the postage and registration
fee must be fully prepaid, and they must be addressed
to the care of the Commander of the packet.
2. The letters should be addressed thus: "Mr.
■, on board the mail packet for , at
Queenstown, Londonderry, Lisbon, Brindisi, or
Naples, care of the Commander of the packet."
Re- direction^
1. Letters, &c., sent to or received from a country
of the Postal Union, and afterwards re-directed
to any place in the United Kingdom, or to another
country within the Union, are not liable to any
additional charge, nor, if registered, to an additional
fee for registration ; such, however, as have been in
the first instance addressed to a place in the country
where they were posted, are chargeable on re-direc-
tion with the same postage, less the sum prepaid,
which would have been charged had they been
addressed in the first instance to the place of their
ultimate delivery, but, if registered, without addi-
tional fee.
2. Letters, &c., addressed from one part of the
United Kingdom to another, and then re-directed to
a country not in the Postal Union, are liable to an
additional Foreign or Colonial rate, and, if registered,
to an additional fee for registration.
3. Letters, &c., received here from a country not
in the Postal Union, and re-directed to another
country not in the Postal Union, are liable to an
additional Foreign or Colonial rate, and, if registered,
to an additional fee: if re-directed to some place
within the United Kingdom, they are liable to an
additional inland rate ; but, if re-directed to any
country of the Postal Union to which the post'ige
from the country of origin is not higher than to this
country, they are forwarded free of charge, and in
neither case is an additional registration fee required.
4. Letters, &c., received from any country of the
Postal Union, and re-directed to a country not in the
Postal Union, are liable to an additional Foreign or
Colonial rate, and, if registered, to an additional fee.
5. Letters posted for commissioned officers in the
array or navy on actual service are delivered without
any charge for re-direction. The regulations respect-
ing similar letters for non-commissioned ofticers and
private soldiers and seamen will be found at page 7.
6. No charge for re-direction is made on news-
papers from any place abroad unless they have been
opened, in which case they are liable to postage as
books.
7. Letters, &c., returned to the senders that they
may rectify or complete the address are not, when
re-posted, treated as re-directed, but as liable to
fresh postage.
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL PARCEL POST.
Dimensions. — The dimensions, allowed are the same
as for the Inland Parcel Post, with the following
exceptions : —
Canada. — Greatest length, 2 feet; greatest depth
or width, 1 foot. Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Bosnia,
Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,Greece, i
Herzegovinia, Holland, Luxemburg, Madeira, Nor-i
way, Novi Bazar, Portugal, Eoumania, Servia, Sweden, '
and Switzerland. — Limited to 2 feet in any direction.
Algeria, Argentine Republic, Chili, Cochin China,
Corsica, Dutch East Indies, Italy, Madagascar,
Mexico, Portugal (via France), Spain, Tunis, and i
Uruguay. — Greatest length, 2 feet ; length and girth
combined, 4 feet.