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POSTAL DIRECTORY— RATES.
full. The foregoing particulars must be given in
one of the following forms : —
From A. B., Sergeant, etc.,
Eegt.
{Here, the direction of the letter to be inserted.")
C. I)., Colonel (or other Commanding Officer),
Eegt.
To A. B.,
Private (or Sergeant, Corporal, etc.) Regt.
(Here the direction to be finished.)
FOR PASSENGERS ON BOARD MAIL
PACKETS.
Special arrangements are made for the delivery
of letters addressed to passengers on board the
packets for America calling at Queenstown, the
Canadian packets calling at Queenstown, the
Royal Mail Company's and the Pacific Steam Navi-
gation Company's packets for Brazil, etc., calling
at Lisbon, the Peninsular and Oriental packets fr
Brindisi with mails for Egypt, connecting at P
Said with the packet for India, Australia, Chi
etc.. and the Orient packets from Naples with ms
for Australia, — such letters may be posted in a
part of the United Kingdom up to the time
which ordinary registered letters to go by t
same packets are received ; but they must
registered, and fully prepaid, and addressed to t
' care of the commander of the packet.'
The letter should be addressed thus — Mr. —
on board the mail packet for at —
care of the commander of the packet.
LETTERS BY PRIVATE SHIPS.
Letters intended to be sent by private si
must be addressed 'By Private Ship;' and if
a particular vessel, the name of the ship nr
be added. The postage of a letter by a private si
is the same as by mail packet.
REGULATIONS AS TO PREPAYMENT, REGISTRATION, ETC.
MODES OF PREPAYMENT.
Inland letters, newspapers, and book packets can
only be prepaid by means of postage stamps, except
at the General Post Office, Edinburgh, where inland
letters, post cards, book packets, and parcels may,
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., be prepaid in money, pro-
vided the amount be not less than £1, and that the
letters and book packets be tied in separate bundles
of os. each, with the addresses arranged in the
same direction.
REGISTRATION (INLAND AND FOREIGN).
Letters, etc., must be prepaid as regards both
postage and registration fee; except official letters
for Government Offices in London, Dublin, or
Edinburgh, which may be registered on prepay-
ment, in stamps, of the registration fee only.
To some foreign countries a letter can be re-
gistered only to the port of arrival, and to a
few countries there is no arrangement for regis-
tration.
No letter or postal packet addressed to initials
or to a fictitious name can be registered, unless
addressed to the care of a person or firm. Every
article presented for registration should be enclosed
in a strong cover securely fastened.
Every letter, etc., to be registered must be given
to an agent of the Post Office, and a receipt ob-
tained for it, and should on no account be dropped
into the letter-box. If an article marked ' registered '
be dropped into the letter-box, directed to any place
in the United Kingdom, it will be liable to a regis-
tration fee of 4d. (less any amount prepaid for
registration"), instead of the ordinary fee, and if
posted containing coin, watches, or jewellery with-
out being registered, will be treated in like manner.
Letters containing coin for any of the British
colonies not in the Postal'Union can be registered,
and if posted unregistered, they aretreated as inland
letters under similar circumstances.
Letters containing coin, jewellery, or precious
articles, cannot be accepted for registration to
many of the countries in the Postal Union ; nor
can a letter with the declared value of its contents
marked outside, unless it be insured.
The sender of an inland registered letter or
packet may obtain an acknpwledgment of its due
delivery by paying at the time of posting
additional fee of 2d., and filling up the necessa
form, and should a like acknowledgment be c
sired for a letter addressed to a foreign count
or British colony in the Postal Union, a fee
2^d. is required.
Registered letters require to be posted at Gene:
Post Office thirty minutes, and at the sub-offic
fifteen minutes, before the closing of the box 1
ordinary letters ; but upon payment of a late fee
4d. they may be registered at General Post Off
until the closing of the letter-box for ordina
letters for each despatch.
The registration of a packet makes its transmissi
much more secure, as it can bo traced through :
whole course ; and thus the loss of a register
packet is a very rare occurrence. Neverthele
large sums of money or other articles of grc
value should not be sent through the post,
the machinery of the department is not arrang
with a view to such transmissions. If se
unregistered, valuable articles are exposed
risk.
INLAND REGISTRATION AND
COMPENSATION.
The ordinary registration fee for each inlai
letter, parcel, or otber postal packet is 2d.
The Postmaster -General will (not in cons
quence of any legal liability, but voluntarily, ai
as an act of grace), subject to the rules for flj
time being, give compensation up to a maxiniu
limit of £5 for the loss and damage of Inlai
Registered Packets upon which this fee has be<
paid, in addition to the postage. Subject to tl
same rules he will grant compensation beyond £
and up to a limit of £120, upon payment of a f
in addition to the postage and the ordinary regi
tration fee. These fees (which in each case inclu
the ordinary registration fee of 2d.), and the respe j
tive limits of compensation, are as follows : —
Registration 2d ! 3d4d|5d l 6d 7d
Fee.
Limit of Com- £ > £ \ £ j £ £ I £
pensation. 5 10,20 30 40|60
£ £
60 70
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