Scotland > 1852, 1857 - Directory to noblemen and gentlemen's seats, villages etc. in Scotland > 1852

270 POSTAGE DIRECTORY.
PROPER STAMPa. The name and address of the Sender may be written or printed upon
or in such book, &c., so sent, or on the Envelope thereof, in addition to the address.
Any other writing may be on any leaf of the Book, &e., or on the binding thereof,
provided it be on one and the self-same page of the Book, or corresponding portion of
the binding. If any of the above conditions are violated, the Packet must be charged
and treated in every respect as a Letter.
To prevent any obstacles to the regular transmission of Letters, any OfBcer of the
Post-Office may delay the transmission of anj^ such Packet, for a time not exceeding
twenty-four hours from the time it would otherwise have been forwarded.
NEWSPAPERS, AND SUPPLEMENTS TO NEWSPAPERS.
It is not compulsory to send Newspapers or their Supplements by Post ; but those
that are intended to be so transmitted must be sent in covers open at the sides ; and no
words of communication may be printed or written on such papers (except under the
conditions hereafter explained) after the same shall have been published, when they are
entitled to pass free.
Parties will be allowed, however, to put any Writing or Marks on Newspapers pass-
ing by Post, in the United Kingdom, provided that a Postage of a Penny be prepaid, by
MEANS OF A STAMP conspicuously affixed outside the Cover or folded Newspaper, it being
understood that in those cases where the Newspaper may be liable to Postage, irrespec-
tive of such Writing or Marks (as when it is both posted and delivered in the same town),
the Penny Stamp shall cover both the Writing and Postage. But this privilege is to be
confined to Writing or Marks on the Neivspaper itself, and not to extend to the Cover,
which must contain nothing but the address.
Any Writing or Marks on the Cover, besides the address, or on the Newspaper (if
not prepaid as above), will subject it to the same rate as that of an unpaid Letter, ac-
cording to weight.
Newspapers pass free by the Edinburgh Local Posts, except in those cases where
they shall be posted and delivered within the limits of the General Post delivery (which
now includes Leith), when the Postage is one Penny on each Newspaper.
Prices Current and Commercial Lists published in the United Kingdom, if duly
stamped, and under the weight of two ounces, will be treated as Newspapers, and enjoy
the Newspaper privileges, the sanction of the Postmaster-General having been pre-
viously obtained.
%* As the mere affixing a Newspaper Stamp on any new periodical publication will
not entitle it, as a matter of course, to pass free by the Post, those who may be about
to publish, for the first time, any such paper, should submit a copy to the Postmaster-
General, in order that it may be determined whether the Publication is of a nature that
will entitle it to pass free of postage.
Clause of the Act of 1 Victoria, cap. 34, sec. 32. — "And be it further enacted, that
" in all cases, in which a question shall arise, whether a printed Paper is entitled to the
" privileges of a Newspaper, or other Publication hereby privileged, so far as respects
"the transmission thereof by the Post under the Post-Office Acts, the question shall be
"referred to the determination of the Postmaster-General, whose decision, with thecon-
" currence of the Lords of the Treasury, shall be final."
Newspapers published in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man are now excluded from
the Newspaper privileges, except such as may be printed in the French language, or
are especially allowed by the Postmaster-General, on a Penny Stamp being put on
them.
Printed Votes and Proceedings of the Imperial Parliament, or of the Colonial
Legislatdres, are charged, —
Under four ounces, .... Id.
Above four and under eight ounces, . 2d.
Above eight and under twelve ounces, . 3d., and so on.
Such Votes and Proceedings, whether paid or unpaid, pass at these rates between
places in the United Kingdom, as well as to the Colonies, by Packet. The Postmaster-
General is authorised (if he shall see fit) to delay the transmission of Printed Votes and
Proceedings in Parliament for any space not exceeding twenty-four hours from the time
at which the same would otherwise have been forwarded.