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New Postal Regulations.
NEW POSTAL REGULATIONS . V . . .
We hasten to call the attention of our Country Subscribers to the New Postal Regulations issued last month , which we subjoin for their information and convenience . Contributors transmitting MSS . for our perusal . will notice , that no manuscript parcel will be forwarded for less than fourpence , for which sum sixteen ounces in Weight is allowed . " General Post-office , June , 1855 .
' "• On-and from the 11 th instant , the regulations of the inland book post will be as follow , viz . : —1 . Postage rates—for a packet not exceeding four ounces , Id . ; do . exceeding four ounces , and not exceeding eight ounces , 2 d . ; do . exceeding eight ounces , and not exceeding sixteen ounces , 4 d . ; do . exceeding one pound , and not exceeding one pound and a half , 6 d . ; and so on , 2 d . being charged for every additional half-pound , or any less weight . —2 . The postage must be prepaid in full by means of postage-stamps affixed outside the packet or its cover . —
3 . Every packet must be sent either without a cover , or in a cover open at the ends or sides . —L If the postage paid on the packet amounts to as much as 4 d ., it may contain any number of separate books or other publications , prints or maps , and any quantity of paper , parchment , or vellum ( to the exclusion , however , of letters , whether sealed or opened ); and the books or other publications , prints , maps , & c , may be either , printed , written , or plain , or any mixture of the three . Further , all legitimate binding , mounting , or covering of a book , publication , & c ,
or of a portion thereof , will be allowed , whether such binding , & c , be loose or attached , as also rollers in the case of prints or maps , markers ( whether of paper or otherwise ) in the case of books , and , in short , whatever is necessary for the safe transmission of literary or artistic matter , or usually appertains thereto . — 5 . But if the postage paid be less than id ., the packet must consist exclusively of printed matter : without restriction , however , either as to the number of
publications or separate sheets , or as to whether they are bound or unbound , —6 . A book packet , whatever may be the postage paid thereon , must not contain any letter , closed or open , or any enclosures , sealed or otherwise closed against inspection ; nor must there be any letter , or any communication of the nature of a letter , written or printed , in any such packet , or on its cover . —7 . No book packet can be received , if it exceeds two feet in length , width , or depth . "
To Correspondents.
TO COEEESPONDENTS .
" Broctuna . "—We feel obliged by your kind offer , and will publish any such paper , accompanied by an observation that we shall gladly forward any attempt at improvement by requesting such lecture may be read in Lodge . " T . W . No . 523 . "—Thanks for your encouragement . It is optional with the Lodge to frame its own rules ; but the system of different fees looks exclusive . It would be better to form two separate Lodges , each keeping its uniform fee for members .
" W . Masefield , " Dudley , —He is eligible for election to the 3 rd Principals chair in the Chapter , but he cannot be installed till he has been installed in the chair of the Craft Lodge .
Notice.
NOTICE .
The Editor requests that all commtjnicatiosts may be sent to him at 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn Fields , . by the 20 th of each month at latest , to insure their insertion .
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New Postal Regulations.
NEW POSTAL REGULATIONS . V . . .
We hasten to call the attention of our Country Subscribers to the New Postal Regulations issued last month , which we subjoin for their information and convenience . Contributors transmitting MSS . for our perusal . will notice , that no manuscript parcel will be forwarded for less than fourpence , for which sum sixteen ounces in Weight is allowed . " General Post-office , June , 1855 .
' "• On-and from the 11 th instant , the regulations of the inland book post will be as follow , viz . : —1 . Postage rates—for a packet not exceeding four ounces , Id . ; do . exceeding four ounces , and not exceeding eight ounces , 2 d . ; do . exceeding eight ounces , and not exceeding sixteen ounces , 4 d . ; do . exceeding one pound , and not exceeding one pound and a half , 6 d . ; and so on , 2 d . being charged for every additional half-pound , or any less weight . —2 . The postage must be prepaid in full by means of postage-stamps affixed outside the packet or its cover . —
3 . Every packet must be sent either without a cover , or in a cover open at the ends or sides . —L If the postage paid on the packet amounts to as much as 4 d ., it may contain any number of separate books or other publications , prints or maps , and any quantity of paper , parchment , or vellum ( to the exclusion , however , of letters , whether sealed or opened ); and the books or other publications , prints , maps , & c , may be either , printed , written , or plain , or any mixture of the three . Further , all legitimate binding , mounting , or covering of a book , publication , & c ,
or of a portion thereof , will be allowed , whether such binding , & c , be loose or attached , as also rollers in the case of prints or maps , markers ( whether of paper or otherwise ) in the case of books , and , in short , whatever is necessary for the safe transmission of literary or artistic matter , or usually appertains thereto . — 5 . But if the postage paid be less than id ., the packet must consist exclusively of printed matter : without restriction , however , either as to the number of
publications or separate sheets , or as to whether they are bound or unbound , —6 . A book packet , whatever may be the postage paid thereon , must not contain any letter , closed or open , or any enclosures , sealed or otherwise closed against inspection ; nor must there be any letter , or any communication of the nature of a letter , written or printed , in any such packet , or on its cover . —7 . No book packet can be received , if it exceeds two feet in length , width , or depth . "
To Correspondents.
TO COEEESPONDENTS .
" Broctuna . "—We feel obliged by your kind offer , and will publish any such paper , accompanied by an observation that we shall gladly forward any attempt at improvement by requesting such lecture may be read in Lodge . " T . W . No . 523 . "—Thanks for your encouragement . It is optional with the Lodge to frame its own rules ; but the system of different fees looks exclusive . It would be better to form two separate Lodges , each keeping its uniform fee for members .
" W . Masefield , " Dudley , —He is eligible for election to the 3 rd Principals chair in the Chapter , but he cannot be installed till he has been installed in the chair of the Craft Lodge .
Notice.
NOTICE .
The Editor requests that all commtjnicatiosts may be sent to him at 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn Fields , . by the 20 th of each month at latest , to insure their insertion .