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896 [ 31 of 1886. ) STATUTE LAW PRESERVATION .
( 1 OF 1887. ) POST OFFICE .

Gazette and
Government
6. Any such ordinances, proclainations, rules, regulations or
printers orders published in the Gazette and also any copies thereof
copies to be purporting to be printed by the Government printers, by
primâ fucie
evidence. authority, shall be deemed and accepted as primâ facie evidence
of the contents thereof.
Inspection 7. Any person shall be entitled to inspect the said ordinances
and copies.
within the office hours of the Supreme Court on payment of 25
cents for each inspection not exceeding three hours and to take
copies or extracts therefrom on payment of 25 cents per folio
of 72 words for each copy or extract.



No. 1 OF 1887 .
Title .
An Ordinance entitled The Post Office Ordinance, 1887.
[ 15th February, 1887. ]
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Interpreta. 1. In this ordinance, and in any order in Council or regula
tion,
tion made thereunder, unless the context indicates the contrary,
the following expressions shall have the meanings set against
them respectively , that is to say :
Consignees' Letiers.-- .Any letters forwarded by any vessel on
the same voyage as and relating to goods or merchandise on
board of such vessel.
Contract Packet.- Any vessel for the conveyance of letter
bags and correspondence under contract.
Correspondence. - Any letter, newspaper, book , pamphilet,
document, parcel, or package, or other article whatsoever trans
mitted by post whether in a closed mail or having been placed
loose on board any contract packet or vessel for transmission ;
and a letter or other article shall be deemed to be correspondence
from the time of its arrival within the limits of the Colony, if
brought to the Colony by post, or from the time of its delivery
to the Post Office if not so brought, and in either case shall
continue to be deemed correspondence to the time of its delivery
from the Post Office; and delivery to or by any person authorised
to receive or deliver letter bags or correspondence on behalf of
thie Postmaster General shall be a delivery to or from the Post
Office.
Letter Bag. – Any bay, or box, or packet, or parcel , or other
envelope or covering in which correspondence is conveyed ,
whether it does or does not contain correspondence.