IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN POST
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Insured Boxes
Articles of gold
of gold and silver, precious stones, jewellery and other articles of a like nature, which are prohibited from transmission in insured letters, may be sent in insured boxes to the places shewn as participat- ing in the service in the table given on pages 125 to 215, insured up to the maximum indicated.
The postage rate is 20 cents for two ounces with a minimum charge of $1.00. Full particulars of the service are given on pages 116 to 117.
Registration
The registration fee is 25 cents and must be prepaid in addition to the postage.
Parcels for places abroad cannot be registered, although in many cases they may be insured (see page 117).
INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTERING
Anything intended for registration must be handed to an officer of the Post Office, and a certificate of posting, bearing an acknowledgment that the fee for registration and compensation has been paid, must be obtained. Nothing intended for registration should be dropped into a letter box.
A postal packet of any kind intended for registra- tion must be made up in a reasonably strong cover appropriate to its contents. Letters and packets must be fastened with wax, gum, or other adhesive matter: it is not sufficient merely to tie them with string, but, if string is used in addition to the fastening specified above, the string need not be sealed also. Packets of a suitable type will, however, be accepted if securely tied with string which is sealed with wax or the ends of which are secured by means of a lead or steel seal crushed with a press. Whatever method of fastening or sealing be adopted, it is essential that it should not. be possible to remove any part of the contents of the letter or packet without either breaking or tearing the case, wrapper or cover, forcing two adhesive surfaces-