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134 POSTAL DIRECTORY.
g. Examination papers, with corrections and instructions. Conditions. —
That any written or printed matter not forming part of the document
itself refer solely to the questions put or the answers thereto.
h. Circulars, that is, printed notices and letters, whether separate or on
the same sheet of paper with any other document transmissible by
Book Post. Covditions. — That the circvilar may be corrected in writ-
ing ; that the date of despatch, and the name and address and descrip-
tion of the sender, and the name of the addressee may be inserted in
writing ; that when the circular is a notice of meeting or appointment,
the place, date, and hour, and, in the case of a notice of meeting, the
objects of the meeting may be inserted in writing ; that when the
circular is a polling card, the name and address of the voter and his
number on the register may be inserted in writing.
i. Deeds, agreements, proposals and policies of assurance, powers of attor-
ney, proxy papers, voting pajjers, certificates, licenses. Conditions —
That nothing appear in the document in Avriting or print which does
not form part of the document as a legal instrument.
j. Notices, reports, returns, and certificates issued, made, or given byj
oflficers of a Court of Justice, or other public officers in the dischargi
of their duties, and returns or reports made to public officers or publi
bodies. Conditions. — That the document consist of a printed form
that any written matter on siTch document consist merely of informa
tion or statements appropriate to the form and necessary to the com
pletion of the document.
In the above definition expressions referring to print or printing shall
be taken to refer to any species of typeprinting easy to recognize, and
to include lithography, handstamping, or any mechanical process.
Circulars printed or lithographed in characters resembling those of the
type-writer, or produced from type-written originals, may only be sent
by Book Post provided that they are handed in at the counter of the.
Post Office, and that at least 20 copies precisely identical are posted a
the same time.
Book packets should be posted either without covers (in which case the;
must not be fastened in any way), or in unfastened envelopes, or in coven
which can be easily removed for the purposes of examination. A book packe'
may, however, be tied at the ends with string.
In order to secure the return of book-packets which cannot be delivered, thj
names and addresses of the senders should be printed or written outside ; thu
" From of ."
A book-packet must not exceed 2 feet in length or 1 foot in width or deptL
Embossed Envelopes, bearing a halfpenny stamp, are sold at the followini
rates :— " Commercial " size, 10 for 5^d ; ' ' Foolscap " size, 10 for 6d.
Spoilt Stamps.
Applications for allowance on spoilt, or vinused, postage stamps, embossed
envelopes, post-cards, or newspaper wrappers, which have not passed through
the post, should be made at the Stamp Office.
Post Office Savings Bank.
Deposits of one shilling, or of any nu^mber of shillings, may be made by
any person at the Post Office Savings Banks to the extent of £50 in one year
ending 31st December, and £200 in all, including interest.
Any person desirous of saving one shilling by means of penny contributionsJ
for deposit in the Post Office Savings Bank, may do so by purchasing witlJ
every penny so saved a penny Stamp, and affixing it to a form to be obtainea
at any Post Office. Instructions as to this form are printed thereon. I