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P0ST*OFFICE DIRECTORY* 109^
Box for the particular Mail or Bag by which they are to be de-
spatched.
An acknowledgment by receipt will be given to the parties
registering Letters, and each receipt must bear the Office Stamp.
The practice of committing Letters containing valuable property
to the Post-Office unregistered should in all cases be avoided. It
is expected that persons having occasion to transmit such letters
will avail themselves of the proper means of security, and in no
case, by committing property unregistered to the Letter-Boxes, risk
its loss. If, however, notes are sent, parties are recommended to
cut them in halves, and the second half should not be despatched
until the receipt of the first has been acknowledged. The numbers,
dates, and amount, should also be carefully taken.
Books, Maps, Prints, &c., under Certain Regulations,
Forwarded at a Reduced Rate.
By the regulation which came into operation on 1st March last,
the Book priviledge is greatly extended, and now includes Maps,
Prints, and other literary matter. The following are the new Re-
gulations.
A Book-Packet may contain any number of separate Books,
Maps, or Prints, and any quantity of Paper, Vellum, or Parchment
(to the exclusion of Letters, whether sealed or open) ; and the
Books, Maps, Paper, &c., may be either printed, \\ritten, or plain,
or any mixture of the three.
Further, ail legitimate Binding, Mounting, or Covering of the
same, or of a portion thereof, will be allowed, whether such Bind-
ing, &c., be loose or attached ; as also Rollers, in the case of
Prints ; Markers (whether of Paper or otherwise), in the case of
Books — and, in short, whatever is necessary for the safe transmis-
sion of literary or artistic matter, or usually appertains thereto.
The following are the remaining Regulations respecting the In-
land Book Post— all previous notices regarding it being cancelled.
Rates of Book Postage.
For each Packet not exceeding One Pound in weight - Os. 6d.
„ exceeding One Pound and not exceeding
Two Pounds - - - - Is. Od.
,, exceeding Two Pounds and not exceeding
Three Pounds- - - - Is. 6d.
And so on, 6d. being charged for every complete Pound, and for any
additional fraction of a Pound.
Every Packet must be sent either without a Cover, or in a
Cover open at the ends or sides.
It must not contain any Letter, open or sealed, nor any sealed
enclosure whatever.
No Packet must exceed two feet in length.
The Book Post to which the foregoing rules relate, is confined
to the United Kingdom, and does not affect the privileges allowed
to Votes and Proceedings in Parliament, or to Newspapers.
Postmasters are instructed to open and examine Book-Packets,
to see that the conditions on which they are allowed are all com-