8. The prepayment of postage, This letter (or parcel) addressed to 噬 Major G. H. Grantly, 15th Huаваrв, Muttra, مست. vi 8, Old Court House Street, Calcutta. Dated 19th March 1878. written in the declaration. declaration will be recorded in the post office. ( , ૨૨ ) and in
- Specimen of declaration to «οοονιραν the letter or parcel. |
is declared by us, the sendors, to contain the following articles, (P. t. the case of letters of the registration fee, is compulsory and must be effected by postage stamps affixed to the article. The prepayment of the insurance fee is also compulsory and must be made in cash to be tendered with the article. Thus a letter weighing (say) three-fourths of a tola and insured for Rs. 1,000 must be prepaid with stamps to the extent of l anna for postage aud 4 Ra. annas for registration (the total ့ ့ ့ ့ ့ ့ ့ 鎧 蠶 ခ္ယုပ္အဖ္ရစ္ l 輸曾 瑙 by stamps thus being 5 annas), and in pre೭. ᏉᏜᎥWiky , 4 , senting it at the post office it must be No. # 1658 * 20 accompanied by rupees 5 in cash for insur೦.: 48589 o a do ance. Similarly a percel weighing (say) , 9 00839 10 110 tolas and insured for Rs. 1,000 must % be prepaid with stamps of the value of 1 , ఫ్లీ 6841 6 e 27 rupee for postage and accompanied by 5 as rupees 5 in cash for insurance. മ്മബ _ 9. A written declaration* stating the Total value *7| nature and value of the eontents must (Signature) IIAMILTON & Co., accompany each registered letter or parcel tendered for insurance, and if currency notes form the contents or part of the contents thereof, the serial and general numbers as well as the value of each note must be The signature and address of the sender must be added. This 10. The declared value must also be certified by the sender in figures and words imme
- Specimen of writing the certified value on the envelopa.
Certified value two hundred and seventeen (2)7) rupees. To Major G. H. Grantly, l5th IIuAsars, Muttra. diately above the address" on the envelope or cover of the letter or parcel : no correction or erasure is permissible in the writing or figures of the amount certified. இ. 11. Any person making a false certificate will be liable to the penalty under section 43 of the Post Office Act of 1866, as well as to penalties for cheating under the Penal Code. 缓 12. Registered letters and parcels intended for insurance must be presented at the window of the Post Offige. The hours for their reception will be the ordinary registration hours, which with a few exceptions are from 7 to 8 a.m. and from moon to 5 P.M. They will not be received at all on Sundays, and they must be tendered at least one hour before the time fixed for the closing of the mail by which they are intended to be despatched; otherwise they will be detained till the next despatch is made. 18. Letters and parcels intended for insurance should be closed as follows : In the case of a letter if the cover be an should be securely packed in cloth, wax-cloth, envelope of the ordinary kind as represented on the margin, it should be of strong paper having seals on the flap point in the centre, and on each of the four corners, with distinct impressions of some device other than that of a current coin. If the cover of the letter be bther than an ordinary envelope of the kind referred to above, it should be of strong paper or other substantial material, the seals being placed along each fold or seam not more than two inchcs apart. A parcel, of tin, and if it is packed in cloth or wax-cloth it should bear similar seals at intervals not exceeding three inches along each line of sewing. 14. 15. Letters and parcels not fulfilling the required conditions will not be insured. o As a further precaution it is recommended that in closing an envelope containing only paper egclosures, the flaps should be closed with paste as well as with seals, and that a needle and thread should be passed through the envelope and its contents, the knot of the thread being placed under the central seal : a specimen of an e can be seen at the Post Office. nvelope closed in this manner [Government Gazette, 2744 November 1877.]
