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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
in the nature of a letter or not, provided they respect-
I ively conform to the following conditions: —
f f. Invoices, orders for goods, advice notes, way
bills, bills of lading, receipts, statements of account,
prices current, market reports.
(Provided that nothing shall appear in writing on
the document save dates, the names and addresses of
the parties, the particulars and prices of any goods,
or the particulars of any sums of money to which the
document relates, and the mode of consignment of
any such goods or money). Anything other than
aforesaid in the nature of a letter must be wholly
in print.
g. Jlanuscript for press and printed proofs, with
con-ections and instructions.
(Provided that any written or printed matter not
forming part of the document itself refer solely to the
arrangement or correction of the type or the execution
of the work.)
h. Examination papers, with corrections and in-
Btructions.
(Provided that any written or printed matter not
forming part of the document itself refer solely to the
questions put or the answers thereto.)
i. Circulars, that is, printed notices and letters,
whether separate or on the same sheet of paper with
any other document transmissible by Book Post.*
(The circular may be coiTected in writing; the
date of the despatch and the name and address
and description of the sender and the name of the
addressee may be inserted in writing ; when the cir-
cular is a notice of meeting or appointment, the place,
date and hour, and, in the case of a notice of meeting,
the objects of the meeting may be inserted in writing ;
when the circular is a polling card, the name and
address of the voter and his number on the register
may be inserted in writing.)
j. Deeds, agreements, proposals and policies of
assurance, powers of attorney, proxy papers, voting
papers, certificates, licenses.
(Provided that nothing appear in the document
in writing or print which does not form part of the
document as a legal instrument.)
h. Notices, reports, returns, and certificates issued,
made, or given by officers of a Court of Justice, or
other public officers in the discharge of their duties,
and returns or reports made to such public officers or
public bodies.
(Provided that the document consist of a printed
form, and that any written matter on such document
consist merely of information or statements appro-
priate to the form and necessary to the completion of
the document.)
I. Anything necessary or convenient for the safe
transmission of any of the before-mentioned articles
by post when transmitted in the same packet with
the article in respect of which it is so used.
In the above definition —
Expressions referring to print or printing shall be
taken to refer to any species of type-printing easy to
* Circulars which are in other respects admissible, but
which are printed or lithographed in characters resem-
bling those of the type-writer, or are produced by means
<if tlie mimeograph or other mechanical process from type-
written originals, will nevertheless be admitted to the
privilege ot the book rate, provided that they are posted
by being handed in at the counter of some head post office
or district or branch post office, that special attention is
called to their nature, and that at least tv^enty copies, pre-
cibely identical, are posted at the same time. Sub-offices
lire not available for posting circulars of this kind.
recognize, and to include lithography, hand-stamping,
or any mechanial process ordinarily used to produce
a number of identical copies of written matter, and
easy to recognize, but not to include type-writing or
imitations thereof.
Espressions referring to writing shall be taken to
include type-writing or any mechanical or other pro-
cess ordinarily used to produce a single document.
3. Book-packets should be posted either without
covers (in which case they must not be fastened in
any way) or in unfastened envelopes or in covers
which can be easily removed for the purposes of
examination. If anything is written or printed on
the inside of the covers, the covers must be left un-
fastened. It is not forbidden to tie the ends of a
book-packet with string, but the string should be
easy to unfasten.
4. When, owing to an unusually heavy influx of
letters, books, &c., the transmission or delivery of the
letters would be delayed if the whole mail were dealt
with indiscriminately, book-packets may be kept
back till the next despatch or delivery.
Inland Post Cards.
1. Official Post Cards impressed with a halfpenny
stamp — double or reply Post Cards impressed with a
halfpenny stamp on each portion of them — and private
Cards prepaid with halfpenny stamps — may be trans-
mitted between places in the United Kingdom with
communications in the nature of a letter printed or
written upon the back.
2. The address, and the sender's name and address,
with a request for return in case of non-delivery,
may be written, printed, or otherwise impressed on
the front (or stamped) side. On the reverse side
any communication, whether of the nature of a letter
or otherwise, may be written or printed. Nothing
whatever may be attached except adhesive stamps
in payment of additional postage or stamp duty, and
a gummed label (not to exceed 2 inches long and
I inch wide) bearing the address at which the card
is to be delivered. If any one of these rules be in-
fringed, the card will be charged on delivery.
3. Private Cards bearing adhesive halfpenny stamps
may also be used as Post Cards. They must be com-
posed of ordinary cardboard, not thicker than the
material used for the Official Post Card. The maxi-
mum size must correspond as nearly as may be to
the size of the Inland Official Card, and the mini-
mum size must not be less than 3j by 2J inches.
They are subject to the rules stated in the preceding
paragraph.
4. When, owing to an unusually heavy influx of
letters, books, &c., the transmission or delivery of the
letters would be delayed if the whole mail were dealt
with indiscriminately, Post Cards (unless paid for
and posted as late letters) may be kept back until
the next despatch or delivery.
The conditions on which private cards are embossed
with a halfpenny stamp can be ascertained at the
Office of Inland Revenue.
It wiU be seen from the foregoing rules, that
there is no legal way of sending a letter, other
than a circular letter, through the post for a postage
of a halfpenny, except by means of a post card.
A certain number of persons seem to imagine that
if envelopes are left unfastened, letters may be en-
closed in them and sent for a postage of a halfpenny
only. It is desirable, therefore, to point out that the