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All such orders in Council in force at the time of passing of
this ordinance are hereby continued in force until duly revoked
or altered by the Governor in Council .
10. The Governor may, subject to such instructions as The Governor
aforesaid, from time to time make, alter, and repeal, in relation may make
regulations.
to correspondence sent by post, such regulations as he thinks
fit for regulating times and modes of posting and delivery,
prepayment, late fees, fines on unpaid correspondence , the
registry of correspondence , money orders, the sale and affixing
of postage stamps, the dimensions, weights, and contents of
packets, and other such similar regulations as the Governor
from time to time thinks necessary for the better execution of
this ordinance.
All such regulations as affect the public shall be published in
the Gazette, or in the postal guide published by the Postmaster
General, and shall have no effect until so published.
11. Any question whether an article of correspondence is a Decision as to
letter, or whether any publication is a newspaper or a supplement, packets,
newspapers:
&c.
or whether any packet is a book packet or pattern or sample
packet within the meaning of this ordinance, or of any order
in Council or regulations made thereunder, shall be decided by
the Postmaster General. The Governor may, if he thinks fit,
on the application of any person interested, reverse or modify
such decision, and order accordingly.
12. All correspondence which arrives in this Colony fully Paid corre.
paid according to the rates in force for the time being shall be spondence to
delivered or transmitted from the Post Office without further without
ortransmittel
charge. further
charge.
13. All letters received or sent by sailors or soldiers of Her Seamen's and
Majesty's sea or land forces shall be ch :rged with such reduc- letters
soldiers.
tion in the rates of postage as is allowed to them by any act of
the Imperial Parliament.
14. The Governor may from time to time provide proper Dies, &c. for
postage stamps and proper dies and other implements for stamps.
postage
denoting, by adhesive stamps or otherwise, the rates of postage
payable under this ordinance, or any regulation thereunder.
15. The Postmaster General may if necessary open, and if letters.
Opening
possible return to the sender :
( 1. ) Any correspondence upon which the prepayment of Unpaid
letters,
postage is compulsory, and which cannot be sent
unpaid by any other route, and upon which the
proper postage has not been paid .