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and Ireland, will be liable to the full letter rates of postage, according to the
scale for charging Inland Letters, with the exception of •such as are printed
in the French language.
NEWPAPERS FROM THE BRITISH COLONIES
Are delivered free of postage at any place within the British dominions.
Those for persons who have removed, may be forwarded by post, free of
charge, provided they have not been opened at the place to which they were
originally addressed.
THE BRITISH COLONIES AND FOREIGN PARTS.
Newspapers liable to the Stamp Duty may be forwarded to the British
Colonies and Possessions by her Majesty's packet-boats, free of the duty nf
postage, provided the same be duly stamped, made up, open at the ends,
and put into any Post Office within seven days after the day of publication,
Newspapers may also be forwarded to the Colonies, by private ships, lor
a postage of One Penny each, and to Foreign Countries for a postage of
Twopence each, to be paid when posted, under the same regulations as to
date, &c.
NEWSPAPERS FROM ABROAD,
Newspapers arriving from British Colonies or " Foreign Parts, '" to which
they are despatched free, are delivered free of postage. From places abroad,
to which they are not despatched free, they are charged, on delivery
Twopence each ; excepting those brought by the closed mail through,
France, which are clwrged Threepence or Fivepence each. All Newspapers
must be printed in the language of the country from which they are sent.
INLAND BOOK POST.
General Post-Office, June, 1855.
On and from the 11th instant, the regulations of the Inland Book Post
will be as follows, viz. : —
1. Postage rates—
For a Packet~»~.»~~..~~ ~— not exceeding 4 oz ,,,, „,. ,..,„.!&.
Ditto exceeding 4 oz. and not exceeding 8 oz .„„ ,.2d.
Ditto ditto 8 oz. ,~~ ditto 16 oz..^» „_._4d.
Ditto ditto 1 lb. ditto 1£ lb . 6d.
and so on, 2d. being charged for every additional half-pound or any less
weight.
2. The postage must be pre-paid in full, by means of postage stamps
affixed outside the packet or its cover.
3. Every packet must be sent either without a cover, or in a cover open
at the ends or sides.
4. If the postage paid on the packet amount to as much a3 4d., it may
contain any number of separate books or other publications, prints, or maps,
and any quantity of paper, parchment, or vellum (to the exclusion, however,
of letters, whether sealed or opened); and the books or other publications,
prints, maps, &c. may be either printed, written, or plain, or any mixture
of the three. Further, all legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of a
book, publication, &c. or of a portion thereof, will be allowed, whether such
binding, &c. be loose or attached, as also rollers in the case of prints or
maps, markers (whether of paper or otherwise) in the case of books, and, in
short, whatever is necessary for the safe transmission of literary or artistic
matter, or usually appertains thereto.
5. But, if the postage paid be less than 4d., the packet must consist ex-
clusively of printed matter, »ithout restriction, however, either as to num-
ber of publications or separate sheets, or as to whether they are bound or
unbound.