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APPENDIX.
For example —
A Parcel measuring 3 feet 6 inches in length may measure as much as
2 feet 6 inches in girth.
A shorter Parcel may be thicker ; thus — if it measure no more than
3 feet in length it may measure as much as 3 feet in girth {/.e.) round
its thickest part.
3. The full postage must be paic/ in advance, by means of ordinary
postage stamps, which must be affixed by the sender.
4. Parcels must not be posted in a letter-box, but must be handed
over the counter of a Post Office.
5. No compensation either for loss or damage will be given in
respect of — ■
1. A parcel containing anything which, according to the regulations-
for the time being, may not be sent by the Inland Parcel
Post.
2. A parcel containing a watch, money, or jewellery.
3. No insurance can be effected on parcels containing any of the
articles mentioned in the preceding rule.
4. Parcels containing watches, money, or jewellery, should be sent
by Registered Letter Post.
The Postmaster General will (not in consequence of any legal
liability, but voluntarily, and as an act of grace), subject to the rules
herein-after mentioned, give compensation for the loss and damage of
inland parcels according to the following scales, viz. : —
a. Where no fee except postage is paid, the Postmaster-General
will give compensation to an amount not exceeding £\,
b. Where, in addition to the postage, an insurance fee of id is paid,,
the Postmaster-General will give compensation to an amount not
exceeding £^._
c. Where, in addition to the postage, an insurance fee of 2d is paid,
the Postmaster-General will give compensation to an amount not
exceeding ^10.
In no case will a larger amount of compensation than £\o be
paid. The compensation given in case of damage will be in
proportion to that which would have been given had the parcel
been lost.
No legal liability to give compensation in respect of any parcel
will attach to the Postmaster-General, either personally or in his-
official capacity, and whether or not an insurance fee has been
been paid. Accordingly the decision of the Postmaster-General
as to all questions of compensation will be final.
Prohibited Parcels.
6. Parcels bearing or containing writing or marks of an offensive or
indecent character; or containing gunpowder, cartridges, lucifer matches,
or other combustible material, live animals, offensive or filthy matter, or
any substance likely to cause injury to other Parcels, or to the officers
of the Post Office, may not be sent through the post.
Deliveries of parcels in town are made at 8 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 11 a.m.,
1. 15 p.m., 4.30 p.m., and 7.45 p.m.