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 <i>paid</i> on these papers
indicates that the United States postage only has been pre-paid, the
Canadian rate of one cent remaining to be collected.
[Sidenote: American papers.]
American newspapers posted or re-posted in Canada must be prepaid one
cent each, by stamp, otherwise they will not be forwarded.
[Sidenote: Commuted rate not applicable to U.S. papers.]
The option of paying the commuted rate on newspapers does not apply to
papers published in the United States: they must be paid for at the full
rate of one cent each.
[Sidenote: News agents.]
Canadian news agents and booksellers may post American newspapers
unpaid, when addressed to regular subscribers in the Province; but such
newspapers are chargeable on delivery with one cent each.
[Sidenote: Rate to U. Kingdom.]
Newspapers posted in Canada and addressed to the United Kingdom must be
pre-paid by stamp, one cent each.
[Sidenote: By Canadian Steamers.]
Newspapers forwarded by Canadian Steamer are delivered in the United
Kingdom without additional charge.
[Sidenote: By Cunard Steamers.]
Newspapers forwarded by Cunard Steamer are liable on delivery to one
penny each, being the American transit rate.
[Sidenote: From U. Kingdom.]
Newspapers posted in the United Kingdom for Canada should be pre-paid
one penny each, by stamp.
[Sidenote: By Canadian Steamers.]
If forwarded by Canadian Steamer they are subject on delivery to no
additional charge.
[Sidenote: By Cunard Steamers.]
If forwarded by Cunard Steamer they are subject on delivery to two cents
each, being the American transit rate.
[Sidenote: Brit. papers reposted.]
British newspapers re-posted in Canada must be pre-paid 1 cent each, by
stamp.
[Sidenote: Brit. papers posted by agents.]
British newspapers distributed to regular subscribers by Canadian
booksellers or agents pass free in the same way as if received by the
Canadian Steamers.
[Sidenote: Commuted rate on newspapers to places out of Canada.]
Canadian newspapers addressed from the office of publication to
subscribers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Lower Provinces,
&c., may be forwarded on pre-payment of the commuted rate, applicable to
subscribers within the Province; but they cannot be forwarded if unpaid.
[Sidenote: Exchanges free.]
Exchange papers passing between publishers in Canada and between
publishers in Canada and publishers in the United States, are carried
<i>free</i> through the post.
[Sidenote: No other exemption from charge.]
No newspaper, properly so called (except exchanges), whether devoted to
education, temperance, agriculture, or to any branch of science, is
entitled to exemption from charge. The law exempts only periodicals,
other than newspapers, printed in Canada, and devoted exclusively to the
above objects.
[Sidenote: Newfoundland.]
Newspapers addressed to Newfoundland must be pre-paid two cents each, by
stamp.
[Sidenote: British Colonies and Foreign Countries]
The rates on newspapers addressed to British Colonies and foreign
countries will be found in the tables at pages 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40.
These tables give the rates: 1, by Canadian Ocean Steamers; 2, by Cunard
Steamers; and 3, by the United States.
[Sidenote: No United States paper exempt.]
No United States newspapers of any kind or description (with the
exception of exchange papers) are on any ground entitled to pass through
the Canadian mails free of postage.
[Sidenote: How to be forwarded from publication office.]
In cities and towns where newspapers are published, the printers and
publishers should send them to the post office put up in a manner to
admit of their being readily counted, and if necessary withdrawn from
their covers for examination. The newspapers for each office also should
be made up in strong paper in a separate parcel, which should be plainly
addressed.
[Sidenote: Notification to publishers of non-delivery.]
When the numbers of a newspaper published in Canada or in either of the
other British North American Provinces, or in the United States, and
issued daily, have remained in a post office in Canada uncalled for
during two weeks; of a newspaper issued semi-weekly, or tri-weekly,
during three weeks; of a newspaper issued weekly, during one month; and
of a monthly periodical during two months, or when such newspapers and
periodicals have been refused to be taken by the party to whom
addressed, the postmaster is instructed to notify the respective
publishers in the proper form, which is to pass free of postage. If the
newspaper or periodical continues to arrive after the notice has been
sent, the postmaster is instructed to notify the publisher in the same
way a second time, specially calling his attention to the first notice
given.
[Sidenote: Enclosures in newspapers.]
To enclose a letter, or any writing, or to make any written marks to
serve the purposes of a letter, or to enclose any other thing (except
publishers' accounts and receipts, as before mentioned) in a newspaper
posted to pass as a newspaper, is a misdemeanor. Postmasters are
requested at once to transmit all newspapers containing such writing,
marks, and enclosures to the Postmaster General.
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