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28 J'O~T OFFICE HANDBOOK.

or SPCI!IIO' tn~~tcrinl it.l sufficient qunnLit.y to :>.bsorb the liquid in the event or the bottle·
bocommg broken. Fmnllv, the box itself must be enclosed in a ease or me'11l with ti~btl.­
fittiug lid, of wood wit.h a scren·top, or of 6trong :~.nd thick leather, but when perlo~nted
:woollen L.locks nrc used h:~.,·iug 11 thickness or Ill le3St 2! millimetre.~ (nbont t or nn inch)
m. the f!•lll!lc~t pnrt, sufficicul.ly provided inside with nh~nrbcnt mntcrint nnd supplied
wtth n hu, 11 JR not. ncccssn.ry for the blocks to be enclosed iu n second cnse.
IT IS FOH13JI>DEN to send through the Post to a country or the Post.nl Union-
1. Any lcttc: or p:~;cket cont:~ining gold or silver, bullion, pieces of money, je"'ellery
or preCious nrttciP.S. !except to Countries nnme•l in foot note• but the pncket
must be Se.'\lcll nod prep:~id nt He~i~tercd Letter R.'\IP.S).
2. Any p:1ck~t (other than a P:~rcel Pos~ Pnrcel) coot.'\ining articles liable to custoi'Oll
duty.
3. Any nrticle or n nature liltely to stnin or injure t.he corre$ponlltmce.
. REGISTRATION (Foreign).
If it i1 proved to his satisC:1ctiou thr1t a lcUcr or prukct duly admitted w Rcg~tration h:~s
been tnlirely lost tohilst in hi$ CUIIOd!f the Pofitm:tster uudert:>.kes to ]lll!f an iltdcmnil!f or
50 frolic< <.G ). exr.ept in cases beyond cont.rCil (c.9., tempest, shipwreck, eartbqu:~ke nod
wo.r). No compcnsulion, howe\'er. ifi pnyable c%ccpt in U1c cnsc nf lite Ios.< nf lite c11!irt letter ·
or ]IIICkrl: mul JICI claim will I": tu/milled if mntlc more than fl yr.ur uflt:r lite lctla or l•acl:ct
WM ]IOSI.r.d.
The Posl:ll A<llllini~t.mt.ions or all COillllric•ll nntl cnlnnic.~ indudccl in (]"' l'ost.'\1 UniCin
give the s:nne undertaking in respect of rc~:istcrcd letters or paclwts lost whilst iu their
custodv.
If it.is desired to obl.:lin compmsalion in the C:l.SC of aiJ~Imclimt fl/ cmtlcnls oC n Jel!er, or
to provide for a higher umximum than 50 francs, recourse must be b:1d to the /t~surcnce
svstcm.
Tlu:. Cce <'~•:~rgeal;lc for He;;istr:~cit:n 1.o pi:H'<'S :Lbr<•:.d is 2<1.
Cc>11ditions of Rcg~tralion.
No post:tl p:tckct. :tddrc.~sed t.o initinls or in pencil i$ :tllmitted to negist.rntion.
E,·ery letter presented for Ht>!=istrntion must be enclosed in :t stroug envelope se~urdy
fnstrued, prcfcr:~hl.'· in one or the ne~istr:ttion en\'elopes sold by the P.O.
No 71ad;c! mar::ed 011 the oul,•ide tcith the declared villtte of !he conlcn~s, as rcq~ti•·cd in the
case Cl/ insura1lce, 'may be sent le> a country of the Postal Union by rcoisCcred 1>osl, aud Post-
master,< arc inslr11clcd {.Q re.fu•e pac!oct.• so marked which arc prcscnt.cd for Rr.gi.~traCion.
negist.ered p:>.ckcts must be prepaid us regards both posta~te nnd registration fee.
Packets to he registered must be given to an Officer of t.he Post Office, :md a receipt
obtained for them; they must on no account be dropped into a Letter Box.
Adc>ice of Dcliucry.
The sender of regi :tered or insured correspondence addressed to o.ny Foreign Country
or Briti~h Colony iu the Post1~l IJniun, m:~.y ul>tu.in an acknowlt~tlt;m<mt ur its receip: by
the nddressce on pnyment or 1\ll cxt~ra fee of 2d., in addition to other fees.
I~SURANC£-L<!lk~.
Letters tmulcrcd fur'insurmJ<:c will be accepted IJy the Post Ollice on payment ul the
fee and subject to the conditions stated below:-
FrP.-Gd. for C\'err Cl2 of \':llue ;,. addiii~>ll t11 th~ Jm.<la?r. nfl(! ,·rpi.•lmtion frr .
As few strlmps ns possible should be used to prepny the pCistnge :l.ud insumncc fee, ~nd
the stamp! must not be r old<.'d o\·er the edge of the cover. When more stl\mps ~hau one
llrf\ ~~~~d the~· must he nilixed with !!pnc.cs brt.n·<.'en l.h~m. .
A LElTE l: i~ the onh· M: i:·l~ of mail mntter which will l,t• arccptcd for ms::r:u: ~e.
Pust C11rdR, l'riutt:d Papers, Commercial l'np~rs or S:1mple l'ncl;el.5 will not uc r.c-
cept.t•d. ·
I.et.tr.rf t;onto.ininp: coin, anything made or gold or sil\'er. pn•~ious stone.s, ie.wellery,
or nm· nrtic:IP. linhlr. to Custoru.~ dut\' in thP cCiunt·r\' of dcstinnl•on cannot be msured.
Objr~ts of \'>llU<! whir.h C!un'>t be scn't in insared lctl~n m~y geucr::lly be scn~ in i11:;ured
pnrc~•.~. (!!~c pp. 32. 3:3).
Tht' insuranct: sys!P.rn is spr6nlly appEcnhlc to lettcn; 1\'hich contain bnnk-note.c;, cou-
pon". ~rcuritir.~. bonds ~nd o~hcr dc:cum!!nts or the kind.
· A lcllerl.entlered for insur11n~e must NOT he nddreS6cc1 to initinl~. or in peneil:lnc.! it mu•t
be cnclo~c<l in ,.. stron~: co\'cr. :uul b-. sccurC\l.v rMtencd 11nd sc~lcd :"'i(.h fine \\'a:t in sucb
· ••way lhat it cannot be opened without l~avint; tra<'<'ll or v•ola.l1on. EnvP.lopcs wJib
' • Coin, ROM, •il•er, &c., may be scat by registered mail to the foll'!win~ plaeeo: A•cen•ion, A as·
ttalla, llarb><lo<. Can•da. C>nal Z.On:. Cape ~~ Good Hope, Cuba, G1braltar, Grena!!a. Guotema!a,
Maha, New Zealand, South Africa, (British), United Kincrdom, United States ol Amenca and PO»U·
•lo,. of U. S.