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POST OFFICE
left uninhabited, nor does it undertake to
re-direct letters addressed to hotels, boarding
houses, or lodgings.
' Delivery of Letters, <fec.
1. All Postmen are prohibited from dis-
tributing any letters, parcels, &c., except such
as have passed through a Post OfiBce ; and
from receiving any payment beyond the postage
for the delivery or collection of letters, &c.
t^pecial Deliverij of Correspondence.
To -Residents in Towns.
On ordinary week-days, and on Bank Holi-
days in England and Ireland, and on the
equivalent Local Holidays in Scotland, corres-
pondence for persons residing within a town-
delivery area will only be delivered fi-ee at the
Post Office to Private Box holders and persons
entitled to use the Poste Restante. Other
persons desiring to obtain correspondence
addressed to them must in each case pay a
special fee of -d. ; and this fee must be paid
for the search (which will only be made if the
correspondence for delivery is readily acces-
sible at the time) whether correspondence be
found or not. Registered Correspondence may
be retained at the Post Office to be called for
once daily on payment of a fee of 10s. 6d. a
year, or £1 Is. a year for calling more than
once.
Residents in Towns may also obtain corres-
pondence without charge on any occasion (a)
when a delivery by postman is regularly sus-
pended on a local half-holiday, or (b) when a
delivery to callers is duly sanctioned and
publicly announced.
Poste Restante,
1. Letters, &c., addressed to a Poste Restante
to be called for are retained for one month un-
less they bear a request for their return within
a specified time (not exceeding one month). If
not called for by the end of that time, they are
sent to the Returned Letter Office for disposal.
But if a letter be addressed to a Post Office at a
seaport town for a person on board a ship,
expected to arrive at that port, it is kept two
months, so also are letters from foreign
countries.
In London there is a Poste Restante at the
General Post Office, E,C., and at all Branch
Offices,
In the Provinces the Poste Restante is at the
Head Post Offices, and, in some cases, at tlie
Branch Post Offices also.
Undelivered Correspondence.
1. On reaching the Returned Letter Office,
a letter originating in the United Kingdom is
at once returned, if possible, to the writer. If
it does not contain either the writer's address or
an enclosure of importance, the letter is
destroyed. Any letter or packet which, on
being opened, is found to contain value is, for
its safety, recorded and returned registered, and
unless registered at the time of posting, the
registration fee of 2d. is charged on the
sender. Letters from abroad are returned
unopened to the country of origin, after a brief
detention in the Returned Letter Office,
Undelivered halfpenny packets, inland post
cards, and newspapers are returned only
when they bear the sender's name and address
with a request for return in case of non-
delivery, and they are liable to a second postage
for return. The name and address of the
sender, with the request for return, should be
placed on the outside of such packets before
posting, if it is desired to recover them in case
of non-delivery. Fuller information will be
found in the Post Office Guide,
Articles not allowed to be sent by Post.
Anything indecent, or explosive, or dangerous
or any living Creature forbidden altogether.
1. No indecent or obscene print, painting,
photograph, engraving, book, card, or any
article having thereon or on the cover thereof,
any words, marks, or designs of an indecent,
obscene, or grossly offensive character, may be
sent by Post at all, nor any explosive, danger-
ous, or noxious substance, nor any living
creature (live bees alone excepted), nor any-
thing likely to injure the contents of the Mails
or any officer of the Post Office. If any such
postal packet bo tendered for transmission,
it is refused, or, if detected in transit, it is
detained. The contents of any such packet
are liable to be disposed of in such manner
as the Postmaster General may direct, and
the sender of it is liable to prosecution by the
Department.
EXPRESS DELIVERY OF LETTERS
AND PARCELS.
Postal Packets, Letters, and Parcels, are
delivered by Express Messenger under the
following Services, viz. : —
SERVICE I.
Local. Express Throughout,
Under this Service, Messages, Letters,
Parcels, and other articles are conveyed the
entire distance by Special Messenger. , ,
Charges.
For a Letter, Packet, or other Article, the
Express Fee (inclusive of charges for omnibus,
tramcar, railway, &c.) is
For every mile or part of a mile, - 3d.
(Ordinary postage is not charged.]
In the Provinces they are accepted at all
Post Offices from which there is a delivery of
Telegrams, and are delivered in any part of
the Town or Rural District, or in any neigh-
bouring town or village, provided such place
can be easily reached by messenger by meajoa
of public conveyanoe or otherwise.