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APPENDIX.
NEWSPAPERS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO NEWSPAPERS.
All Newspapers must be sent in covers, open at the sides, and no words or
communication may be printed or written on such papers or covers after the
same shall have been published, other than the name and address of the per-
son to whom they are sent ; nor anything enclosed or concealed in either
newspaper or cover. News.venders only may print their names and ad-
dresses thereon. Newspapers may be examined by the Officers of the Post-
Office ; and if there be any breach of the above regulations, the packet is
chargeable with treble the amount of postage to which a letter of the same
weight would have been liable. Any person contravening the law, may, at
the option of the Postmaster- General, be prosecuted as for a misdemeanor.
Clause of the Act of 1st Victoria, cap. 34. sec. 32.
" And be it further enacted, that in all cases in which a question shall
arise, whether a printed paper is entitled to the privileges of a Newspaper or
other publication hereby privileged, so far as respects the transmission
thereof by the Post under the Post-Office Acts, the question shall be referred
to the determination of the Postmaster- General, whose decision, with the
concurrence of the Lords of the Treasury, shall be final.
MARKS OR WRITINGS ON NEWSPAPERS.
Writing or Marks are allowed on a Newspaper, passing by Post between
any one Part of the United Kingdom, and any other Part, provided that a
postage of one penny be paid, by means of a Stamp conspicuously fixed out-
side the cover or folded Newspaper. But the pfivilege is confined to writ-
ing or marks on the Newspaper itself, and is not to extend to the cover.
Any writing or marks other than the address, on which, or (if the Postage
be not prepaid as above) on the Newspaper itself, will subject the Newspaper
to the same rate of Postage as that to which an unpaid letter of the same
weight is liable.
NEWSPAPERS FROM THE ERITISH 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.
TO 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
of 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, for
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.
For days of despatch and Rates of Postage, see the Alphabetical List of
Foreign Countries.
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, Two-
pence each ; excepting those brought by the Closed Mail through France,
which are charged Threepence or Fivepence each. All newspapers must be
printed in the language of the Country from which they are seat.