A.D. 1900.]
POST OFFICE,
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Administration.
Post Office
3.-(1.) There shall be one General Post Office of the Colony where correspondence may be received from all places and whence correspondence may be despatched to all places, and the Post Office at the commencement of this Ordinance shall be such General Post Office until the site thereof is changed by the Governor.
(2.) The Governor may establish such District Post Offices in the Colony as he thinks fit.
4. The Postmaster General and all other officers of the Post Office at the commencement of this Ordinance shall be continued in their offices, and shall have all the powers and privileges hereby conferred upon the holders of their respective offices.
5. The Governor may from time to time 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, and may remove any officer so appointed.
Management.
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 within the Colony, with sole power within the Colony of receiving from all persons authorized to deliver the same all letter bags and correspondence arriving in the Colony; and with sole power within the Colony of collecting, receiving, and delivering to all persons authorized to receive the same all correspondence for transmission by or through the General Post Office to places out of the Colony.
(2.) The Postmaster General shall also have the exclusive privilege within the Colony of performing all the incidental services of receiving, collecting, despatching, and delivering all correspondence arriving from or transmitted to any place out of the Colony; and no letters, unless exempt by law, shall be conveyed in the Colony otherwise than by the post or shall be delivered in or transmitted from the Colony otherwise than by or through the General Post Office.
7. (1.) All correspondence which, by any Act of the Imperial Parliament, is excepted from the exclusive privilege of the Imperial Post Office shall within this Colony be exempt from the exclusive privilege of the Postmaster General.
(2.) Consignees' letters shall be excepted from the exclusive privilege of the Postmaster General, but, if taken to the Post Office, such con-
A.D. 1900.]
POST OFFICE,
[No. 6.
615
Administration.
Post Office
3.-(1.) There shall be one General Post Office of the Colony where General correspondence may be received from all places and whence correspond- and District ence may be despatched to all places, and the Post Office at the com- Post Offices. mencement of this Ordinance shall be such General Post Office until the site thereof is changed by the Governor.
(2.) The Governor may establish such District Post Offices in the Colony as he thinks fit.
4. The Postmaster General and all other officers of the Post Office at Continuance
in office of the commencement of this Ordinance shall be continued in their offices,
existing and shall have all the powers and privileges hereby conferred upon the officers. holders of their respective offices.
of officers in
5. The Governor may from time to time appoint a Postmaster Appointment General of the Colony, and all necessary Assistant Postmasters General, Postmasters, Assistant Postmasters, agents, clerks, or servants for con- ducting the business of the Post Office, and may remove any officer so appointed.
Management.
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 within the Colony, with sole power within the Colony of re- ceiving from all persons authorized to deliver the same all letter bags and correspondence arriving in the Colony; and with sole power within the Colony of collecting, receiving, and delivering to all persons authorized to receive the same all correspondence for transmission by or through the General Post Office to places out of the Colony.
Creation of privilege of Postmaster receive and
exclusive
General to
deliver corre- spondence. 7 Will. 4
c. 33 s. 2.
(2.) The Postmaster General shall also have the exclusif peeiving Repeated soubstituted
within the Colony of performing all the incidental services of receiving, collecting, despatching, and delivering all correspondence arriving from or transmitted to any place out of the Colony; and no letters, unless exempt by law, shall be conveyed in the Colony otherwise than by the post or shall be delivered in or transmitted from the Colony otherwise than by or through the General Post Office.
Ord. 32/11 §2
excepted from exclusive
7. (1.) All correspondence which, by any Act of the Imperial Par- Letters liament, is excepted from the exclusive privilege of the Imperial Post Office shall within this Colony be exempt from the exclusive privilege privilege. of the Postmaster General.
(2.). Consignees' letters shall be excepted from the exclusive privilege See ib. of the Postmaster General, but, if taken to the Post Office, such con-
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