A.D. 1900.]
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sent by post, regulations prohibiting the conveyance or sending by any correspondence of such articles as he may think fit.
(2.) Such regulations shall be published in The Gazette and shall have no effect until so published,
12. ...
Ord. 32/11 § 6 Decision by
Postmaster General as
13.-(1.) Any question whether an article of correspondence is a letter, or 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 shall be decided by the Postmaster General.
(2.) The Governor may, if he thinks fit, on the application of any person interested, reverse or modify such decision, and order accordingly.
14. All correspondence which arrives in the Colony fully paid, according to the rates in force for the time being, shall be delivered or transmitted from the Post Office without further charge.
to what
constitutes
newspaper, etc.
Paid correspondence to be dealt with without further charge.
Sailors' and
15. All letters received or sent by sailors or soldiers of Her Majesty's Naval or Military Forces shall be charged with such reduction in the soldiers' rates of postage as is allowed to them by any Act of the Imperial letters.
Parliament.
stamps, dies,
16. The Governor may from time to time provide proper postage Provision of stamps and
dies and other implements for denoting, by adhesive postage proper stamps or otherwise, the rates of postage payable under this Ordinance etc.
or any regulation made 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; and
(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 in 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.
dence which may be
opened.
Mode of dealing with packet sent to Post Office by mistake.
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X
POST OFFICE.
[No. 8.
617
sent by post, regulations prohibiting the conveyance or sending by any correspondence of such articles as he may think fit.
(2.) Such regulations shall be published in The Gazette and shall have no effect until so published,
12. a...
Ord. 32/11 § 6 Decision by
Postmaster General as
13.-(1.) Any question whether an article of correspondence is a letter, or whether any publication is a newspaper or a supplement, or whether any-packet is a book packet or pattern or sample packet within the mean- ing of this Ordinance or of any Order-in-Council or regulations made letter, thereunder shall be decided by the Postmaster General.
(2.) The Governor may, if he thinks fit, on the application of any person interested, reverse or modify such decision, and order accordingly. 14. All correspondence which arrives in the Colony fully paid, accord- ing to the rates in force for the time being, shall be delivered or transmitted from the Post Office without further charge.
to what
constitutes
newspaper, etc.
Paid corre- be dealt with
spondence to
without further
charge. Sailors' and
15. All letters received or sent by sailors or soldiers of Her Majesty's Naval or Military Forces shall be charged with such reduction in the soldiers' rates of postage as is allowed to them by any Act of the Imperial letters. Parliament.
stamps, dies,
16. The Governor may from time to time provide proper postage Provision of stamps and
dies and other implements for denoting, by adhesive postage proper stamps or otherwise, the rates of postage payable under this Ordinance etc. or any regulation made thereunder.
17. The Postmaster General may, if necessary, open and, if possible, Correspon- 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; and (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 in 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.
dence which may be
opened.
Mode of deal- packet sent ing with to Post Office
by mistake.
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