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POST OFFICE EEGULATIOKS.
Letters Enclosed in Parcels. — No letter, or ci-m-
muLication of the nature of a letter, may be enclosed
in a parcel for any foreign country or for the colonies
of the Cape of Good Hope, Jamaica, Mauritius, Natal,
New Sou h Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, South
Australia, Tasmania, Trinidad, Victoria, or Western
Australia. The enclosure in a parcel addressed to
•any of the other British colonies or possessions of a
letter bearing the same address as the parcel is not
prohibited.
Compensation for Loss or Damage. — Compensa-
tion to an amount not exceeding in some cases 203.
and in other cases 12s. is given for loss or damage
of parcels addressed to foreign countries and to cer-
tain colonies. For particulars apply at ' any post
office. Parcels for the following British colooies aod
dependencies not containing money or any article
which is not transmissible by the inland or colonial
parcel post may be insured up to the value of i:50 : —
Aden, Antigua, Ascension, Bahamas, Barbadoes,
British Guiana, British Honduras. British North
Borneo (as far as Sandakan), Ceylon, Cyprus,
Dominica, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gre-
nada, Hong Kong, India, Labuan, Montserrat, Nevis,
Newfoundland, St. Helena, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St.
Viocent, Straits Settlements (Malacca, Penang, Pro-
vince of Wellesley, and Singapore only), Tobago,
'fortola, Trinidad, Zanzibar.
Payment of
Us. Gd. in addition to the postage insures £5
" " " 10
Is. Od.
Is. 6d.
2s. Od.
2s. 6d.
OS. Od.
33. 6d.
4s. Od.
4s. 6d.
6s. Od.
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
Paching. — More careful and substantial packing
3S necessary for all foreign and colonial parcels than
■for inland parcels, owing to the much greater distance
over wbich, as a rule, the former have to be conveytd,
the very different conditions of transit, and the in-
fluence of climate. This is a consideration which
must necessarily be taken into account in dealing
with claims for compensation. Further, a parcel for
any foreign country must be so sealed by the sender
that tbe parcel cannot be opened without the seals
being broken.
Prohibited Articles. — As in the case of the inland
parcel post, certain dangerous and perishable articles
and contraband articles must not be sent by means
of the foreign and colonial parcel post. Liquids may
be accepted if securely packed in proper cases.
General. — Where not repugnant to the foregoing
rules, the general regulations of the inland parcel
post will apply.
In addition to the countries, &c., given on page
25, parcels may be sent to the following places,
and full particulars can be obtained at any post
ofKce: — Accra, Aden, Adrianople, Annam, Ascen-
sion, Azores, *Austrlan Agencies in Turkey, Baha-
mas, Bahrain, Bandar Abas, Batavia, Bathurst
(Gambia), Berbice, Bermuda, Beyrout, Borneo, Bosnia,
British Bechnanaland, British Honduras, Busrah,
Cameroons, Candia or Crete. Cayenne, Chili, Cochin
China, Congo Free State, Congo (French), Corsica,
Costa Rica, Demerara, Diego Suarez, Faroe Islands,
Falkland Islands, Fiji, Finland, *Frencb Agencies in
Turkey, Gaboon, Gambia, *Greece, Guadalope, Guadur,
Herzegovina, Iceland, Jamna, Jask, Java, Jerusalem,
Lagos (Turkey), Lamu, Linga, Little Popo, Mada-
gascar, Martinique, Mashonaland, Manritius, Mayottc,
*Mexico, Mombasa, Morocco, Muscat, Mytilene, Kov.-
Caledonia, New Hebrides, Norfolk Island, North
Borneo, Nossi B^, Novi Bazar, Obock, Oil Rivers Pro-
tectorate, Padang (Sumatra), Pbilippopolis, Quittali,
Keunion, Ehodes, Eoumania, St. Croix, St. John, Su
Helena, St. Thomas, Salonica, Samarang, Samoa,
Sarawak, Sardinia, Senegal, Seychelles, Siam, Sicily,
Smyrna, Sverbeya, Tahiti, Tangiers. Tonga, Tonquin,
Trebisond, Tristan D'Acunha, Turk's Island, *Urugu»y,
Zululand.
MONEY OEDEES.
1. When applying for Money Orders, whether
Inland, Foreign, or Colonial, the public should use
the prepared printed '" Application Forms," which are
supplied gratuitously at all Money Order Offices.
2. Commission. — The commission on Inland Money
Orders is: —
For sums not exceeding £1, - - - 2d.
" above £1 and not exceeding £2, 3d.
" " 2 " " 4, 4d.
4 " " 7, 5d.
" ''• 7 " " 10, 6d.
3. No order is allowed to contain a fractional
part of a penny.
4. Particulars Required. — The applicant must fur-
nish in full the surname and at least the initial of one
Christian name, both of the remitter and the payee,
and the remitter's address. In the case of Foreign
Orders the full address of the payee must be given;
and if the order be payable to a native in British
India the tribe or caste, and the father's name, must
also be furnished.
Exceptions. — 1st. The remitter of an Inland Order
may direct, at the time of issue, that the order be crossed
like a cheque, thus & Co., and thus be made payable
only through a Bank. In that case he may give or
withhold the name of the payee. The designation
of the Bank need not be furnished. Note. — This
provision is not applicable to orders drawn on foreign
countries.
2nd. If the remitter or payee be a peer or a bishop,
his ordinary title is sufficient.
3rd. The usual designation of a firm, as well as
tbe ordinary title of any company, corporation, or
society, is sufficient either as remitter or payee.
5. The holder of an Inland Money Order may
direct, by crossing it, that the order be paid through
a bank, even though its payment was not originally
so restricted.
6. When application is made for a Money Order
payable in London, or at any other town where
there is more than one Money Order Office, the
remitter should say at which of such offices he
wishes it to be paid, otherwise the order can be
cashed only at the Head Office.
(Co7itinued on page 26.)
*For list of places enquire at any post office.