POST OFFICE.

No. 6 of 1900.

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Post Office, whether employed by the Postmaster General, or by any person under him, or on behalf of the Post Office.

(g) "Person employed by or under the Post Office" means any person employed in any business of the Post Office according to the interpretation given to "officer of the Post Office".

(h) "Postage stamp" means any label or stamp for denoting any rate of postage, or any envelope, wrapper, card, form, or paper, words, letters, or marks purporting to indicate the payment of a rate of postage, whether such postage stamp is issued under this Ordinance, or by the Imperial Postmaster General, or by the Government of any colony or foreign country.

(i) "The Postmaster General" means, unless the Imperial Postmaster General is indicated, the Postmaster General of the Colony.

(j) "Post Office" means any house, building, room, or place where correspondence is received or delivered, or in which it is sorted, made up, or despatched. 47 & 48 Vict. c. 76, s. 19.

(2) In this sub-section and in sections 20A and 34:-

(a) "Letter" means every postal article other than a newspaper or parcel.

(b) "Postal article" means every article or thing which is capable of being transmitted by post.

Administration.

3.-(1) There shall be one General Post Office where correspondence may be received from all places and whence correspondence may be despatched to all places.

(2) The Governor may establish such District Post Offices as he thinks fit.

[s. 4, rep. No. 1 of 1912.]

and District Post Offices.

5. The Governor may appoint a Postmaster General of the Colony, and all necessary Assistant Postmasters General, postmasters, assistant postmasters, agents, clerks, or servants for conducting the business of the Post Office.

Management.

privilege of

6.-(1) The Postmaster General shall, by himself or his deputies, have the entire charge of the General Post Office and of all postal matters, with sole power of receiving from all persons authorised to deliver the same all letter bags and

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