1796 ORDINANCE No. 12 OF 1884.
Post Office.
time to time, direct ; Provided that the accounts of monies payable to the imperial
Postmaster General be kept distinct from the accounts of monies payable to the
Colonial Treasury.
The Postmaster General shall keep the accounts of monies payable to the Imperial
Postmaster General in such form and shall transmit such monies in such manner as
the said Imperial Postmaster General may, from time to time, direct.
Governor in 9. The Governor in Council may, from time to time by order determine the rates
Council may
fix rates of
postage. of postage to be charged upon all correspondence sent by post from the General Post
Office of the Colony, or received therein from places outside the Colony, and may
revoke, alter, or add to any such order, provided that no such order be inconsistent
[with any postal Treaty applicable to this Colony. Repealed by Ordinance No. 11 of 1885,
and new words substituted . ]
Orders to be 10. The Governor shall publish every such order by proclamation in the Gazette ;
published by
proclamation. and every order, when so published , shall have the same effect as if it had been inserted
in this Ordinance . 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.
The Postmaster 11. The Postmaster General may, subject to such Treaty [amended by Ordinance No.
General may
make regula 11 of 1885, ] as aforesaid, from time to time, make, alter, and repeal, in relation to
tions.
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, weight , and contents of packets, and other such similar regulations as
the Postmaster General from time to time thinks [ amended by Ordinance No. 11 of 1885]
necessary for the better execution of this Ordinance.
All such regulations as affect the public shall be [ approved by the Governor in Council
and repealed by Ordinance No. 11 of 1885, ] published in the Gazette, or in the Postal
Guide published by the Postmaster General, and shall have no effect until so published.
Decision as to
newspapers, 12. If a question arises whether any article or correspondence is a letter, or
packets, &c.
whether any publication is a newspaper or a supplement, 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, the decision thereon of the
Postmaster General shall be final , provided that the Governor may, if he thinks fit, on
the application of any person interested, reverse or modify such decision , and order
accordingly.
Paid correspond 13. All correspondence which arrives in this Colony fully paid according to the
ence to be
delivered or
transmitted rates in force for the time being shall be delivered or transmitted from the Post Office
without further
charge. without further charge.
Seamen's and 14. All letters received or sent by sailors or soldiers of Her Majesty's sea or land
soldiers ' letters.
forces shall be charged with such reduction in the rates of postage as is allowed to
them by any Act of the Imperial Parliament.