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116 POSTAL DIRECTORY.
postage prepaid ; (2) a certificate of posting is obtained from the officer
receiving the parcel ; (3) the contents of the parcel are securely packed.
No compensation (either for loss or damage) will be given in respect 'of a
parcel containing (1) anything which may not be sent by Inland Parcel Post ;
(2) money ; (3) a watch or jewellery, unless registered.
No compensation will be given in respect of damage to a parcel containing
eggs, soft fruit, liquids, or any exceptionally fragile or perishable articles ;
but, in all such cases, compensation will be given in respect of the loss of the
parcel, or of any article contained therein.
Inland Eegistration.
The fee for registering any Inland postal packet (parcels included) is
twopence, and this registration fee and the postage must be prepaid.
Every article presented for registration must be enclosed in a strong cover,
securely fastened. It must be given to an Agent of the Post Office, and a
receipt obtained for it. If, contrary to this rule, an article marked
"Kegistered" be dropped into a letter-box, it will be liable to a registration
fee of 8d (less any amount prepaid for registration).
Every article presented for registration should be marked "Eegistered,"
and with the amount of the fee proper to the value up to which the sender
desires to secure compensation, thus — " Registered 2d," or "Eegistered 3d."
Inland postal packets containing coin, watches, or jewellery, if posted jl^l
without registration, are svibject to compulsory registration, and are charged
on delivery with a fee of 8d, in addition to the ordinary postage.
The sender of an Inland postal packet may obtain an acknowledgment of its
due delivery by paying, at the time of posting, a fee of 2d in addition to the
postage and registration fee.
The Postmaster- General will (subject to certain rules) give compensation
for the loss and damage of Inland Eegistered Postal Packets of all kinds upon
prepayment of a fee in addition to the postage. This fee either consists of,
or includes in each case, the ordinary registration fee of 2d ; and the scale of
fees and the respective limits of compensation are as follows : —
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Fee 2d, Compensation £5.
„ 3d, „ £10.
„ 4d, „ £15.
„ 5d, „ £20.
„ 6d, „ £25.
Fee 7d, Compensation £30.
„ 8d, ,, £35.
„ 9d, „ £40.
„ lOd, „ £45.
„ lid, „ £50.
The registered Parcel Post is also available for watches and jewellery.
Money may also be sent in a registered parcel, but no compensation will be
given in respect of the loss or damage of such parcel.
Ee-direction.
Letters, book packets, post cards, newspapers, and sample packets are not
liable to additional postage for re-direction, whether re-directed by an officer
of the Post Office or by an agent of the addressee after delivery, provided in
the latter case that the letters, &c., are re-posted not later than the day
(Sundays and public holidays not being counted) after delivery, and that they
do not appear to have been opened or tampered with.
Parcels are, when re-directed, liable to additional postage at the prepaid
rate for each re-direction, except where the original and corrected addresses
are both within a delivery from the same Post Office.
A Postmaster is not bound to re-direct letters for a person temporarily
leaving home, unless the house be left uninhabited.
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