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ORDINANCE No. 12 oF 1884. 1797


Post Office.


15. The Governor may, from time to time, provide proper postage stamps and Dies, &c. for
postage stamps.
proper dies and other implements for denoting, by adhesive stamps or otherwise, the
rates of postage payable under this Ordinance, or any regulation thereunder.

16. The Postmaster General may if necessary open and if possible return to the Opening letters.
sender:

( 1.) Any correspondence upon which the prepayment of postage is compulsory, Unpaid letters.
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 Dead letters.

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.

17. When any packet is delivered to the Post Office and has thereby become Postage may
be remitted on
liable to postage, and evidence is adduced to the satisfaction of the Postmaster General packets not
containing
letters if sent
that such packet has been delivered to the Post Office by mistake, the Postmaster in mistake.
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.

18. After any correspondence has been delivered to the Post Office, no person Warrants for
opening or
employed by or under the Post Office shall, except in the cases above mentioned, open returning
correspondence.
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.

19. Every master of a vessel , shall, immediately on arrival, and before reporting Delivery of mails.
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.

20. The Postmaster General shall pay to every master of a vessel, not being at Gratuities to
mastersofvessels
contract packet, a gratuity of two cents for every letter, and one cent for every other inwards.

article of correspondence delivered by him to the Post Office ; Provided always that
no gratuity shall be payable,

( 1.) For a second transmission of any correspondence ;

( 2.) On correspondence delivered to any Post Office to be thence transmitted
by contract packet ;