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REGISTRATION OF LETTERS.
Since January last, a system of registration has been in operation
applicable to all descriptions of letters.
Letters intended for registration must either be stamped or pre-
paid, and presented at the" Post-office at least 30 minutes before the
closing of the letter-box for the particular mail by which it is to be
despatched.
The British registration fee is Is., and must always be paid in
money, and at the time of registration.
In the case of Foreign, Colonial, or Ship letters, registration
extends to the port of despatch in the United Kingdom only.
Registration fee on such letters, Is., and, in addition, the rate of
postage to which they may be liable.
Letters addressed to France may be registered to their destination ;
and those passing through France, so long as they may remain in
the French territory — the former on payment of double the French
rate to place of destination, in addition to the British rate and Bri-
tish registration fee, and the latter on payment of the usual postage
rate, and Is. registration fee. It must be observed, however, that
such registration does not render the Postmaster- General or the
Post-office revenue in any manner liable for the loss of any such
letter or contents thereof.
NEWSPAPERS
Sent in covers, open at the sides, and which have no writing or
marks of reference or communication upon them or on the covens,
other than the address of the persons to whom sent, circulate
throughout the United Kingdom free of postage And, provided
they be posted within seven days from the date of publication, they
are sent to, and received from, the undermentioned British Colonies
and Foreign places without charge: —
List of British Colonies and Foreign Parts to which Newspapers are
sent by Packet free of postage —
BRITISH COLONIES.
Antigua
Grenada
Newfoundland
Bahama
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Barbadoes
Heligoland
Quebec
Berbice
India via Falmouth
St Kitts
Bermuda
Ionian Islands
St Lucia
Canada
Jamaica
St Vincent's
Cariacoa
Malta
Tobago
Demerara
Montserrat
Tortola
Dominica
Nevis
Trinidad
Gibraltar
New Brunswick
FOREIGN PARTS.
Brazil
Denmark
La Guayra
Bremen
Greece
Lubeck
Buenos Ayres
Hamburg
Malta
Caraccas
Hayti, or St Do
Peru
Colombia
mingo
Spain
Cuxhaven
Honduras
Newspapers for France may be dropped into the letter box, and
will be forwarded, but are liable, on delivery in France, to a charge
of four centimes; and, in Great Britain and Ireland, of one half-
penny.