[Sidenote: Contents of a book packet.]
A book packet may contain any number of separate books, publications,
works of literature or art, almanacs, maps or prints, photographs,
daguerreotypes, when not on glass or in frames containing glass, and any
quantity of paper, vellum, or parchment (to the exclusion of letters);
and the books, maps, paper, <i>&c.</i>, may be either written, printed or
plain, or any mixture of the three, and may be either British, Colonial
or Foreign.
All legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of the same, or a portion
thereof, will be allowed as part of the packet, whether such binding,
&c., be loose or attached, as also rollers in the case of prints and
maps, and whatever may be necessary for the safe transmission of
literary or artistic matter, or whatever usually appertains thereto, and
the postage is rated upon the gross weight of the packet.
[Sidenote: Sender's address permitted on cover.]
The name and address of the sender, and anything else not in the nature
of a letter, may also be written and printed on the envelope or cover of
the packet, in addition to the name and address of the person to whom it
may be forwarded.
[Sidenote: Books carried at parcel rates.]
Books addressed to places in Canada can be sent through the mails in
closed packets for the same rates of postage as parcels.
[Sidenote: Cannot be sent by Cunard Steamers.]
Books cannot be forwarded except at letter rates of postage by the mail
made up for the Cunard Steamers sailing from New York and Boston.
[Sidenote: Bound volumes of newspapers or periodicals.]
Bound volumes of any periodical or newspaper published in Canada, if
bound in a form to come within mailable dimensions, that is to say, not
exceeding two feet in length, breadth or thickness, nor exceeding 4 lbs.
in weight, may be sent from the office of publication to any place in
Canada at a charge of two cents per 8 ozs. or fraction of 8 ozs.
[Sidenote: Book packets for United Kingdom improperly posted.]
Should a book packet addressed to the United Kingdom be posted unpaid,
or with a pre-payment of less than 7 cents, or be enclosed in a cover
not open at the ends, or should it exceed the dimensions specified, it
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
[Sidenote: Do. insufficiently paid.]
If a book packet addressed to the United Kingdom be posted
insufficiently pre-paid, and it appears that at least the single rate of
7 cents has been pre-paid, such packet will be forwarded to its
destination charged with an additional postage equal to the deficiency,
and another single rate as a fine.
[Sidenote: Letters enclosed in book packets.]
Letters, whether sealed or unsealed, or any enclosure found in a book
parcel, are liable to rates as unpaid letters, and the packet in which
enclosed to an additional rate of 12-1/2 cents, as a penalty for a
breach of the regulations.
[Sidenote: British Colonies and Foreign Countries.]
The rates of postage on books to British Colonies and Foreign Countries
are given in the tables at pages 36, 37, 38, and 39.
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PRINTED PAPERS, CIRCULARS, PRICES CURRENT, HAND BILLS, &c.
[Sidenote: Canada, British America and United States.]
Printed circulars, prices current, hand bills, and other printed matter
of a like character, posted in Canada, and addressed to any place in
Canada, British North America, or the United States, are chargeable with
a rate of one cent per oz., which must be pre-paid by postage stamp.
[Sidenote: School Returns.]
The half-yearly School Returns made by School Trustees to the Local
Superintendants of Schools, may, though the printed form be partly
filled up in writing with the names of the pupils and days of
attendance, be transmitted by post in Canada at the rate of one cent
each, to be pre-paid by stamp.
When not filled up the above forms are printed matter, and liable as
such to one cent per oz. postage.
[Sidenote: Military Returns, &c.]
Military returns, states, and rolls, containing written figures and
signatures, may be forwarded as printed matter on pre-payment of one
cent per ounce.
[Sidenote: Circulars to United Kingdom.]
Printed circulars may be transmitted by post to the United Kingdom under
the regulations and charges of the Book Post. They must be forwarded,
however, open at the ends, or sides. If sent in envelopes, sealed or
unsealed, they are liable to letter rates of postage.
[Sidenote: Prices current to United Kingdom.]
Prices current, posted in Canada and addressed to any place in the
United Kingdom, are liable to a rate of 2 cents each, which must be
pre-paid by stamp.
[Sidenote: Lithographed letters and circ'lars]
Lithographed letters and circulars are allowed to pass through the Post
at the same rate as printed circulars.
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PRINTED VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT AND COLONIAL
LEGISLATURES.
The special rate under which printed Votes and Proceedings of the
Imperial Parliament and Colonial Legislatures were formerly transmitted
in the English mails, has been abolished, and such matter now passes to
and from the United Kingdom at the ordinary book post charge.
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