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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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(c)
No
letter,
&c.
can
be
forwarded
through
the
post
which
is
more
than
two
feet
in
length,
breadth,
or
depth,
nor
any
unpaid
letter
or
packet
which
weighs
more
than
four
ounces,
unless
three-quarters
of
the
postage
due
on
it
have
been
paid.
The
exceptions
to
this
rule
are--
1st.
Packets
sent
to
or
received
from
places
abroad.
2d.
Packets
to
or
from
any
of
the
Government
departments
or
public
officers.
3d.
Petitions
or
addresses
to
the
Queen,
whether
directed
to
Her
Majesty
or
forwarded
to
any
member
of
either
House
of
Parliament.
4th.
Petitions
to
either
House
of
Parliament.
5th.
Printed
parliamentary
proceedings.
(d)
Late
letters,
&c.
are
received
till
within
five
minutes
of
the
despatch
of
the
mails,
except
where
the
Post-Office
surveyor
may
deem
a
longer
interval
necessary,
and
providing
that
this
arrangement
does
not
necessitate
any
office
being
open
after
ten
o'clock
at
night.
In
each
post-office
window
placards
are
exhibited
showing
the
time
up
to
which
such
letters
may
be
posted.
No
late
letters
can
be
forwarded
by
the
mail
preparing
for
despatch
unless
prepaid
in
stamps,
including
the
ordinary
postage
and
the
late-letter
fee.
Government
letters
are
an
exception
to
this
rule;
they
may
be
posted,
without
extra
fee,
up
to
the
latest
moment.
(e)
Letters
containing
sharp
instruments,
knives,
scissors,
glass,
&c.
are
not
allowed
to
circulate
through
the
post,
to
the
risk
of
damaging
the
general
correspondence.
Such
communications,
when
posted,
are
detained
and
forwarded
to
the
Metropolitan
Office,
where
correspondence
is
at
once
opened
with
the
senders.
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