5. The parcel should have the words "By Parcel Post," plainly
written on the address. It should be well and strongly put up,
and be legibly addressed to the post-office address of the
intended receiver, the name of the County in which the said
office is situated being added.
[Sidenote: Sender's name on address.]
If the name and address of the sender be written on the parcel it will,
if delivery should fail from any cause, be returned from the Dead Letter
Office unopened to the sender, on payment of an additional rate for the
return conveyance.
[Sidenote: Parcels insufficiently pre-paid.]
If the number of stamps affixed to a parcel be insufficient to pre-pay
the proper rate, the amount deficient will be rated unpaid, with a fine
of 10 cents in addition.
[Sidenote: Registered parcels.]
Parcels may be registered on pre-payment, by stamp, of five cents in
addition to the postage. When registered the Postmaster should give a
receipt to the party posting the parcel.
[Sidenote: Contents allowed in parcels.]
Parcels sent by post may contain books, daguerreotypes, photographs,
printers' proof and copy, military returns, states and rolls, containing
written figures and signatures; returns, deeds, legal papers, and all
transmissions of a like character not being strictly letters.
[Sidenote: Enclosure of letters in parcels.]
To enclose a letter or letters, or any writing intended to serve the
purpose of a letter, in a parcel intended for the Parcel Post is a
misdemeanour.
Should it be ascertained that a packet posted for the Parcel Post
contains a letter or Letters, the stamps it may bear will be cancelled,
and the parcel rated as a letter with full unpaid rates.
[Sidenote: Parcel post confined to Canada.]
Parcels cannot be transmitted by post at the above rates to any place
beyond the limits of the Province of Canada.
[Sidenote: Address.]