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POSTAL DIRECTORY. 119
lirection. Prepayment, however, cannot be made partly in money and partly
vith stamps, and the money must be paid at the time the letters, &c. , are
landed in at the Head Post Office. Hours of posting under this arrange-
fnent, 10 a.m. till 4 p.m.
Inland Revenue Stamps, &c.
Inland Revenue Stamps of all kinds, Bill Stamps, Civil Service Fee Stamps,
Bankruptcy Stamps, Patent, Design, and Trade Mark Stamps and Forms,
Dog, Gun, and Private Brewers' Licenses, may be purchased at the Post Office
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. For list of Stamp Duties see page 47.
Foreign and Colonial Letters.
! The rate of postage to be prepaid on letters for all places abroad is 2^6. per
half ounce.
Letters posted unpaid, or insufficiently paid, to any country where payment
is compulsory, are returned to the writers. Unpaid letters to or from places
abroad are charged double the prepaid rate, and partially prepaid letters are
charged with double the deficiency.
No letter for a colony or foreign country may exceed 2 feet in length or 1
foot in width or depth.
The addresses of letters for Russia should be very plainly written, and the
name of the town and province should also be added in English, French, or
German.
Foreign and Colonial Newspaper and Book Post.
Articles which may be sent to places abroad under the Book Post Regulations
consist of two classes, as follows : —
(a) "Commercial Papers," under which are comprised all pa^jers or docu-
ments written or drawn wholly or partly by hand (except letters or com-
munications in the nature of letters, or other i^apers or documents having
the character of an actual and personal correspondence), documents of
legal jsrocedure. Deeds drawn up by public functionaries, cojjies of or
extracts from Deeds under private seal (and whether written or printed
on stamped or unstamped paper). Way Bills, Bills of Lading, Invoices, and
other documents of a mercantile character, documents of Insurance and
other public companies, all kinds of manuscript music, the manuscript
of books and other literary works, and other j)apers of a similar description.
(b) " Printed Papers," including newspapers, periodical Avorks, books
(stitched or bound), pamphlets, sheets of music (printed), visiting cards,
address cards, proofs of printing (with or without the manuscript re-
lating thereto), engravings, photographs, drawings, pictures, papers
impressed for the use of the blind, or card-board drawing models
stamped in relief, plans, maps, catalogues, prospectuses, announce-
ments, and notices of various kinds, whether printed, engraved,
lithographed or autographed, and in general all impressions or copies
obtained uj)on paper, parchment, or card-board by means of jirinting,
lithography, autography, or any other mechanical process easy to re-
cognize, except the copying press and typewriter, and anything usually
appurtenant to any of the before-mentioned articles in the way of
binding, mounting, or otherwise, and anything convenient for their
safe transmission by post which shall be contained in the same packet ;
also i)rinted, engraved, or lithographed circulars, notwithstanding that
such circulars may be letters or communications in the nature of a
letter. On printed visiting cards the address or title of the sender, or
conventional initials, such as " p.p.c." may be written, and on printed
circulars manuscript corrections and insertions may be made as to names
of commercial travellers, dates of journey and dates of departure of