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POSTAGE DIRECTOEY. 269
mg to the above offices. Duplicate lists of the Addresses must be seat with the notices,
which must be arraaged in same order as entered on the lists.
EB-DIEECTED LETTEES.
Ee-directed letters are subject to additional rates of postage ; but whether the letters
have been originally prepaid or not, they are only liable to be charged at the prepaid
rate for the additional postage.
OVEECHAEaES, DELAYS, &o.
In all cases of complaint, whether arising from overcharges, delays, or other irregu-
larities, the covers (and contents in all practicable cases) should be forwarded to the
Secretary, General Post-Office, for investigation, as aiFording the only efficient means
of answering such complaints satisfactorily. Overcharges are returned at the window
of any Post-Office on presenting the cover, with the Secretary's authority written thereon.
LETTEES NOT TO BE DELIVEEED BACK.
To prevent the possibility of Letters being surreptitiously obtained from the offices
where put in, office-keepers are strictly forbid returning, to any person whomsoever,
letters that may be applied for, under whatever circumstances the recovery may be
urged. This is, moreover, forbidden by the established principle, that the instant a
letter is committed to the Post, it is no longer the property of the sender.
ILLEGAL CONVEYANCE OF LETTEES.
By 1 Vict., c. 36, sec. 2, any person illegally conveying letters, incurs a penalty of £5
for every offence, and £100 for every week the practice is coatinued. The sender also
iUiiui'S a penalty of £5 for every offence, with full Costs of Suit.
AETICLES WHICH MAY NOT BE SENT BY POST.
Letters or Packets cannot be forwarded, conveyed, or delivered by the Post-Office,
containing any of the following enclosures, viz. : — any Glass or Glass Bottle, any Eazor,
Scissors, Knife, Fork, or other sharp or pointed instrument ; any Leeches, Game, Fish,
Flesh, Fruit, Vegetables, or other perishable tubstance ; any Bladder, or other vessel
containing liquid ; or any article, matter, or thing whatsoever, which might, by pressure,
or otherwise, be rendered injurious to the Officers of the Post-Office, or to the contents
of the mail Vtags ; and the Act 3 and 4 Vict., c. 96, expressly directs that no letter shall
be sent by Post containing any explosive ob other dangbbous material or substance.
FEINTED BOOKS, UNDEE CEETAIN EEGULATIONS, FOEWAEDED AT
A EEDUCED EATE.
Books, Magazines, Eeviews, and Pamphlets (whether British, Colonial, or Foreign),
may be transmitted by the Post, within the United Kingdom, at the following reduced
rates of Postage, viz: —
Not exceeding 1 pound in weight, . . 6d.
2 pounds ... . . Is. Od.
3 ... ... . . Is. 6d.
and so on ; 6d. being charged for every complete pound, or part of a pound. Every such
Packet must be sent without a Cover, or in a Cover open at the ends or sides. It must
contain a Single Volume only, the several sheets or parts thereof, when there are more
th;>n one, being sewed or bound together.
It must not exceed two feet in length.
The Postage must be pbepaid in full by amising on the Packet ok its Cover xhb