Part 6 (1/2)

[Sidenote: Conveyance.]

All soldiers' and seamens' letters are conveyed between Canada and the United Kingdom by the Canadian line of steamers.

[Sidenote: Letters for commissioned officers, &c.]

Letters sent to or by commissioned or warrant officers, mids.h.i.+pmen or master's mates, engineers in the navy, captain's clerks or first-cla.s.s schoolmasters, or commissioned or warrant officers in the army, are not included in the privilege attached to letters of soldiers and seamen, but are chargeable with the same rates as ordinary letters.

[Sidenote: Letters posted without compliance with regulations.]

Soldiers and seamens letters posted in Canada without a compliance with the above regulations are liable to full postage. If posted in accordance with the above regulations but without pre-payment of 2 cents they are liable to a charge of 2d. sterling on delivery in the United Kingdom.

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RATES OF POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS.

[Sidenote: Definition.]

The law declares that for post office purposes a newspaper shall be held to mean a periodical published not less frequently than once in each week, and containing notices of pa.s.sing events, that is to say, general news.

[Sidenote: Can be sent otherwise than by post.]

Although provision is made for forwarding newspapers through the post, it is not compulsory on any one to employ this mode of transmission; everything except letters may be sent in any other way.

[Sidenote: Restrictions.]

A newspaper to pa.s.s at the undermentioned rates is subject to the following restrictions:--

1. It must have no cover, or a cover open at both ends.

2. It must not contain any enclosure.

3. It must have no writing or mark thereon but the name and address of the person to whom it is sent, nor anything on the cover except such name and address.

Newspapers which are not posted in accordance with these regulations are not forwarded.

[Sidenote: Extra or supplement.]

An extra newspaper or a supplement to a newspaper is deemed a distinct newspaper, and charged accordingly.

[Sidenote: Canada commuted rate when sent from office of publication.]

Newspapers published in Canada may be sent by post from the office of publication to any place in Canada at the following rates, if paid quarterly in advance, either by the publisher at the post office where the papers are posted, or by the subscriber at the post office where the papers are delivered.

For a paper published 6 times per week, 40 cents per quarter.