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40 REVENUE DEPARTMENT.
6. A book packet, whatever may be the postage paid thereon, must not
contain any letter, enclosed or open, or any enclosure sealed or otherwise,
closed against inspection, nor must there be any letter, or any communica-
tion of the nature of a letter, written or printed in any such packet, or on
its cover.
7. No book packet can be received if it exceeds two feet in length, width,
or depth.
8. Any packet, whic'i shall not be open at the ends or sides, or shall have
any letter, or any communication of the nature of a letter, written or printed
in it or upon its cover, will be charged with the " unpaid" or double letter
postage,
9. If a packet be found to contain any letter, whether closed or open, or
any enclosure sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, or any un-
authorised enclosure, the letter or enclosure will be taken out and forwarded
to the address on the packet, charged with full postage as an unpaid letter,
together with an additional rate of 4d., and the remainder of the packet, if
duly pre-paid with stamps, will then be forwarded to its address.
10. If a packet be not sufficiently pre-paid with stamps, but nevertheless
bear a stamp of the value of one penny, it will be forwarded, charged with
the deficient book postage, together with an additional rate of 4d. ; but any
packet, which shall bear no postage stamp, will be charged with the " un-
paid" or double letter postage, according to i f s weight.
11. In every case in which the postage charged upon a packet under
these regulations would be greater than the letter rate, the latter postage
must be substituted.
12. These regulations will not interfere with the privileges allowed to
Votes and Proceedings of Parliament, or with those allowed to newspapers
and other publications, when duly stamped with an appropriate di^, and
posted in accordance with the regulations applicable to such privileged pub-
lications.
13. To prevent obstacles to the regular transmission of letters, any
officer of the Post-office may, when necessary, detain a book packet for a
period not exceeding twenty four hours beyond the time when it would
otherwise be 'forwarded.
14. The Head Postmaster, who first receives a book packet, must, when-
ever he has ground for suspecting an infringement of any of the above con-
ditions, and occasionally even when there is no ground forsuspicion, open and
examine the packet ; and every book packet which shall not be open at
the ends or sides, or shall exceed two feet in length, width, or depth, or shall
have any letter, or any communication of the nature of a letter, written or
printed in it, or upon its cover, or shall bear no postage stamp, must be sent
up, with as little delay as possible, to the Dead-Letter Office in London,
Edinburgh, or Dublin, as the case may be; but, in the event of any other
infringement of the regulations, the packet must be dealt with by the. Post-
master himself, as laid down in paragraph No. 9, ar.d in the first part of No. 10.
Rowland Hill, Secretary.
FOREIGN BOOK POST.
Printed Books, Magazines, Reviews; and Pamphlets, (whether British
Colonial or Foreign), may be sent to Canada, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland
and Bermuda, via Halifax ; Malta, Gibraltar, Ionian Islands, Hong Kong,
and Ceylon, via Southampton; Heligoland via Hamburg; British West
Indies, Mauritius, St. Helena, and Cape Town, at the following reduced
rates of postage : —
For each Packet not exceeding £ ib. in weight, »„™_~w 6d.
,, exceeding ,} lb., and not exceeding 1 lb,,„~ ,™..™~~.,ls.
„ exceeding I lb., and not exceeding 2 lbs., ~~2s. ,
And so on increasing one- shilling for every additional pound, or fraction of
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