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APPENDIX.
ceipt to its delivery ; and when colonial, if not to its de-
livery, at least to the port of despatch. The Post Office does
not guarantee the safe delivery of the letter, &c. , though the
officers are of course responsible to the Postmaster- G-eneral,
who will call to strict account any one neglecting his duty on
this point, and, if his Grace think proper, will require him to
make good any loss that may be sustained thereby.
The postage of registered letters must be prepaid ; and if the
letter be inland, it must be prepaid in stamps.
Every letter to be registered should be presented at the win-
dow, and a receipt obtained for it, and must on no account be
dropped into the letter-box. If, contrary to this rule, a letter
marked "Registered" be dropped into the letter-box, it will be
liable to a registration fee of one shilling, instead of the ordinary
fee of sixpence. No Letter Carrier or Rural Messenger is re-
quired to take letters from the Public for the purpose of regis-
tering them.
The latest time for posting registered letters is entered in the
Notice exhibited at the Post Office, being half an hour before the
closing of the box for the mail by which it is to be despatched.
THE MONEY ORDER OFFICE
is open every week-day, fast-days excepted, from 9 a.m. to
6 p.m. The charge for such orders is 3d. on sums not ex-
ceeding two pounds, and 6d. on sums between two and five
pounds. No Order will be given for sums beyond this amount;
tut if the sum to be transmitted exceeds five pounds, as many
Orders may be taken out as will make up the sum to be sent.
The public are recommended, when applying for Money
Orders, to use printed "Requisition Forms," which save time,
and afford greater security, than verbal messages, against mis-
takes. These Forms are sold by Postmasters at the rate of ten
for one penny, or of five or any smaller number for a halfpenny.
No order is allowed to contain a fractional part of a penny.
No Money Order can be issued unless the applicant furnish,
in full, the surname and one Christian name, both of the re-
mitter (the person who sends the order) and the payee (the
person to whom the money is to be paid), together with the re-
mitter's address ; and if the name of either party be tendered
at greater length, it must be received and advised accordingly.
COLONIAL AND FOREIGN MAILS.
A single rate of postage is given for each country.
There being no bags despatched for London on Saturday till
10 p.m., when any of the dates for the London, Southampton,
or Dover Packets fall upon that day, reference must be made to
the Alphabetical List for information, whether the letters should
be posted on the previous Friday, or on the ensuing Sunday.