ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1862 . 521
Post Office.
16. It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to demand and receive the extra Fees payable on
late correspond
sums hereinafter expressed which are respectively hereby declared payable for the use ence by English
steamers.
of this Colony, that is to say, on all correspondence brought to and received at the
General Post Office, for transmission to any place out of the limits of this Colony by
contract packets carrying the mails for England, after the time fixed for closing office
for the general receipt of letters for such mail, and up to four hours before the actual
despatch of the same mail, a fee of six pence on each letter, and of one penny on each
newspaper ; and from the said four hours before the said actual despatch and up to the
actual closing of the mail at the said office, the fee of one shilling on each letter, and
of two pence on each newspaper ; and after the closing of the said mail at the said office
the Postmaster General shall be authorized to receive on board the packet steamer
then about to sail a fee of one shilling and six pence on each letter, and a fee of three
pence on each newspaper ; and if any correspondence shall be posted or sent after such
respective times as aforesaid without payment of such fees respectively, it shall be the
duty of the Postmaster General to refuse and not to forward the same by such mail .
17. The Postmaster General shall by himself or his deputy attend on board every Late fees payable
on late letters per
all other steam
steamer other than those for England then about to leave the harbour with a mail, and eis.
shall there receive all correspondence which up to the time of departure shall be
brought on board to be dispatched, and shall receive the rates of postage payable on
such correspondence, or otherwise ascertain that such correspondence has affixed
thereon stamps to the amount payable for transmission, and he shall also receive a
late fee of six-pence on each letter, and of one penny on each newspaper which he shall
so receive. And every master of such steamer shall give all proper facilities to such
Post Office officer for the discharge of his duties and to enable him to make up such
late mails, and to leave the steamer on her starting, under a penalty for every offence
of a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars : Provided always, that in case after the
closing of the mails for any such steamer as aforesaid at the Post Office, no such Post
Office officer shall be in attendance on board such steamer, then it shall be lawful to
send correspondence and for the master of such steamer to take and carry all corres
pondence brought on board to him free from the provisions of this Ordinance.
18. It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to register in this Colony cor Registration of
letters.
respondence posted for transmission to any place out of the limits of this Colony in
like manner and form as the same were registered by the Postmaster before the pass
ing of this Ordinance and to demand and receive in respect of every such letter or book
packet so registered in this Colony the sum of six-pence for the use of this Colony, in
addition to the fee required for such registration by the Imperial Postmaster General ;
and all registered correspondence, and the registration thereof shall be subject to all
such and the same rules and regulations as were in force respecting the same at the
time of the passing of this Ordinance or as shall from time to time be hereafter enacted
or provided in respect thereof by any Statute of the Imperial Parliament or by Her
Majesty's Postmaster General or by His Excellency the Governor. [ Repealed by Or
dinance No. 2 of 1863.]