Canadian Postal Guide Part 6

[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, midshipmen 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.

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.

" 3 " 20 "

" 2 " 13 "

" 1 " 6-1/2 "

" Semi-Monthly, 3-1/4 "

" Monthly, 1-1/4 "

[Sidenote: If commuted rate not prepaid.]

When the above rates are not paid in advance by either the publisher or subscriber the papers are charged 1 cent each on delivery.

[Sidenote: Payment of commuted rate.]

It is not necessary that the commuted rate on newspapers should be paid absolutely on the first day of each quarter. The regulation is intended to be carried out with all possible consideration for the convenience of the public, and it will be sufficient if the person desiring to pay the commuted rate declares his intention and offers the payment when first calling at the office within a reasonable time after the commencement of the quarter; but after having made his option to pre-pay the commuted charge, or to pay for his papers as received at one cent each, as the case may be, postmasters are not expected to alter their newspaper accounts to allow of a change until the commencement of the next quarter.

The commuted rate of payment can be accepted from new subscribers during a quarter for any unexpired period of the quarter not less than a month.

[Sidenote: Transient papers.]

Newspapers published in Canada which are not posted from the office of publication, must be pre-paid one cent each by postage stamps, otherwise they will not be forwarded.

[Sidenote: Publishers subscription accounts and receipts.]

Publishers of newspapers in Canada are allowed to enclose in copies of their papers sent to subscribers, subscription accounts, and receipts for the same, without rendering them liable to any additional postage.

[Sidenote: Packets of returned papers.]

Packets of unbound newspapers published in Canada may be returned by a subscriber to the office of publication, at the rate of 2 cents per 8 oz. or fraction of 8oz., which must be pre-paid.

[Sidenote: Rate to United States.]

Transient newspapers addressed to the United States must be pre-paid one cent each by postage stamp, otherwise they will not be forwarded.

[Sidenote: From United States.]

Newspapers posted in the United States and addressed to Canada are liable to one cent each on delivery. The stamp paid on these papers indicates that the United States postage only has been pre-paid, the Canadian rate of one cent remaining to be collected.