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APPENDIX.
5th. The title of every Newspaper must be exposed to view.
6th. A Newspaper or packet of Newspapers must not contain
any enclosure except the relative supplement or supplements.
7th. A Newspaper which has anything written on it, or its cover, of
the nature of a letter, is liable to postage as an unpaid or
insufficiently paid letter.
Sth. A packet of Newspapers must not weigh above 14 lbs., or
exceed two feet in length, one foot in width, or one in depth.
Stamps (Postage and Inland Revenue).
At every Money Order Office the Postmaster is required to keep,
for sale to the public, a sufficient stock of the different postage stamps
in use ; envelopes with an embossed penny postage stamp ; registered
letter envelopes ; newspaper wrappers with impressed halfpenny and
penny postage stamps ; Inland and Foreign Post Cards. Postage
Stamps, which are available for the pre-payment of Telegrams, are of
the respective values of id, id, i-^d, 2d, 2^d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d, gd, is,
2s 6d, 5s, los, ;^i, and ;i^5. The Embossed Postage Envelopes are of
three sizes, viz., A. 4f by 3 Ii-i6th ins. (square shape, white), C. 5^
by 3 (white), and D. 4f by 2J (white), and a cheaper envelope (white)
called "commercial," and are sold at the following prices : —
A. (Square Shape, White) — i, l|d ; 2, 2hd ; 3, 3^d ; 4, 4f d ; 6, 7d ;
8, 9|d ; 12, IS 2d ; 24, 2s 4d. C. (White) — l, I^d ; 2, 2|d ; 3, 3^d ;
4, 4id ; 6, 62d ; 8, Sfd ; 12, is id ; 24, 2s 2d. D. — l, l|d ; 2, 24d ;
3, 2^d ; 4, 4^d ; 6, 6id ; 8, 8fd ; 12, is id ; 24, 2s 2d.
Commercial Envelope (White)— I, i^d ; 2, 2|d ; 3, 3:|d ; 4, 4jd ;
5, 5^d ; 10, lokl ; 20, isgd; 240, 21s.
Registered Letter Envelopes, for foreign as well as inland letters,
bearing a twopenny stamp embossed on the flat for the payment of the
registration fee, are of six sizes, and are sold at the following
prices : —
Size. Price.
F. — 5 J ins. by 3^ ins. . . | 2:^d each, or
G. — 6 ins. l)y 3^ ins. . . ( 2s 25d per packet of 12.
H. — Sins, by 5 ins. . . J 2fd each, or
H2. — 9 ins. by 4 ins. . . /2s 7d per packet of 12.
I. — 10 ins. by y^ ins. . , \ 3d each, or *
K. — ll| ins. by 6 ins. . . | 2s lod per packet of 12.
Stamps should be placed on the front, that is, on the address side of
the letter, and in the right hand upper corner. On re-directed letters
care should be taken not to place fresh stamps over those which have
been previously used.
Newspaper Wrappers are sold at the following prices : — Bearing
Halfpenny Stamp — i, fd ; 2, l|d ; 3, ifd ; 4, 2^d ; 5, 3d ; 6, ^^d ; 7,
4d ; 14, 8d ; 21, is ; and ^l 2s lod per parcel of 480. Bearing Penny
Stamps— I, ijd ; 2, 2|d ; 3, 3id ; 4, ^^d ; 5, 5kl ; 6, 6U\ ; 7, J^d;
S, 8^d ; 16, IS 5d ; 24, 2s ikl ; and J^i is 3d per parcel of 240.