ORDINANCE No. 10 of 1876.
Post Office.
14. All correspondence which arrives in this Colony fully paid according to the rates in force for the time being shall be delivered or transmitted from the Post Office without delay and without further charge.
All correspondence which is delivered to the Post Office with the proper postage paid thereon, shall be transmitted from the Post Office without delay,
15. All letters received or sent by sailors or soldiers of Her Majesty's sea or land forces shall be charged with such reduction in the rates of postage, as is allowed to them by any Act of the Imperial Parliament.
16. The Governor may, from time to time, provide proper postage stamps and proper dies and other implements for denoting, by adhesive stamps or otherwise, the rates of postage payable under this Ordinance, or any regulation thereunder,
17. The Postmaster General may, if necessary, open and, if possible, return to the sender:
(1.) Any correspondence upon which the prepayment of postage is compulsory, and which cannot be sent unpaid by any other route, and upon which the proper postage has not been paid;
(2.) Any correspondence which is returned to the General Post Office for want of a proper address, or from inability to find the person to whom it is addressed, and which remains unclaimed for ten days after being advertised in the Gazette.
18. When any packet is delivered to the Post Office and has thereby become liable to postage, and evidence is adduced to the satisfaction of the Postmaster General that such packet has been delivered to the Post Office by mistake, the Postmaster General may cause such packet to be opened in the presence of an officer of the Post Office, and may return the same without charge to the person interested; unless such packet is found to contain any letter or manuscript liable to postage; in which case the Postmaster General shall retain the packet until he is paid the full rate of postage chargeable upon such letter or manuscript.
19. After any correspondence has been delivered to the Post Office, no person employed by or under the Post Office shall, except in the cases above mentioned, open the same, or return the same to any person, or procure or suffer the same to be opened or returned, unless he is authorised by express warrant in writing under the hand of the Governor, or the British Consul at the port.
The Governor, or the British Consul at the port, may, at his discretion, grant such warrants for opening or returning any specified letter or other article of correspondence,
Despatch and receipt of mails.
20. Every master of a vessel, shall, immediately on arrival, and before reporting at the Harbour Office, deliver to the Post Office all letter bags and correspondence on board, except such as are exempt by law, and shall make the declaration contained in the Schedule C hereto annexed, before an officer of the Post Office.
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Paid correspondence to be delivered or transmitted without delay. [Ibid, sec. 9.]
Seamen's and soldiers' letters. [Ibid, sec. 13.]
Dies, &c. for postage stamps. [Ibid, sec. 22.]
Opening letters. [Ibid, sec. 18.]
Unpaid letters.
Dead letters.
Postage may be remitted on packets not containing letters, if sent in mistake. [Ibid, sec. 21.]
Warrants for opening or returning correspondence. [Ibid, sec. 20.]
Delivery of mails. [Ibid, sec. 14.]
ORDINANCE No. 10 or 1876.
Post Office.
14. All correspondence which arrives in this Colony fully paid according to the rates in force for the time being shall be delivered or transmitted from the Post Office without delay and without further charge.
All correspondence which is delivered to the Post Office with the proper postage. paid thereon, shall be transmitted from the Post Office without delay,
15. All letters received or sont by sailors or soldiers of Her Majesty's sea or land' forces shall be charged with such reduction in the rates of postage, as is allowed to them by any Act of the Imperial Parliament.
16. The Governor may, from time to time, provide proper postage stamps and proper dies and other implements for denoting, by adhesive stamps or otherwise, the rates of postage payable under this Ordinance, or any regulation thereunder,
17. The Postmaster General may, it necessary, open and, if possible, return to the sender:
(1.) Any correspondence upon which the prepayment of postage is compul- sory, and which cannot be sent nupaid by any other route, and upon which the proper postage has not been paid;
(2.) Any correspondence which is returned to the General Post Office for want of a proper address, or from inability to find the person to whom it is addressed, and which remains unclaimed for ten days after being advertised in the Gazette.
18. When any packet is delivered to the Post Office and has thereby become liable to postage, and evidence is adduced to the satisfaction of the Postmaster General that such packet has been delivered to the Post Office by mistake, the Postmaster General may cause such packet to be opened in the presence of an officer of the Post Office, and may return the same without charge to the person interested; unless such packet is found to contain any letter or manuscript liable to postage; in which case the Postmaster General shall retain the packet until he is paid the full rate of postage chargeable upon such letter or manuscript.
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19. After any correspondence has been delivered to the Post Office, no person employed by or under the Post Office shall, except in the cases above mentioned, open the same, or return the same to any person, or procure or suffer the same to be opened or returned, unless he is authorised by express warrant in writing under the band of the Governor, or the Brttish Consul at the port.
The Governor, or the British Consul at the port, may, at his discretion, grant such warrants for opening or returning any specified letter or other article of correspondence,
Despatch and receipt of mails.
20. Every master of a vessel, shall, immediately on arrival, and before reporting at the Harbour Office, deliver to the Post Office all letter bags and correspondence ou board, 'except such as are exempt by law, and shall make the declaration contained in the schedule C hereto annexed, before an officer of the Post Office.
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Paid corres- pondence to be delivered or transmitted without delay. (Ibid, sec. 9.1
Seamen's and soldiers' letters. [Ibid, sec. 13.]
Dies, &c. for postage stamps. [Ibid, sec, 22.3
Opening letters, (Ibid, sec. 183
Unpaid letters.
Dead letters.
Postage may be remitted on packets not containing letters, if sent in mistake. [lbid, sec, 21.]
Warrants for opening or returning cor- respondence. (Ibid, sec. 201
Delivery of mails. [Zbid, sec. 14.1
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