[Sidenote: Matter exempt from postage.]
The following matter is exempt from Provincial Postage:
All letters and other mailable matter addressed to or sent by the
Governor General of Canada, or addressed to or sent by any Public
Department at the seat of Government.
All letters and other mailable matter addressed to or sent by the
Speaker or Chief Clerk of the Legislative Council or of the Legislative
Assembly; or to or by any Member of the Legislature at the Seat of
Government during any Session of the Legislature, or addressed to any of
the Members or Officers in this Section mentioned at the Seat of
Government as aforesaid, during the ten days next before the meeting of
Parliament.
All public documents and printed papers sent by the Speaker or Chief
Clerk of the Legislative Council or Legislative Assembly, to any Member
of either of the said branches of the Legislature of Canada, during the
recess of Parliament.
All papers printed by order of either branch of the Legislature of
Canada, sent by Members of either branch of the said Legislatures,
either during the Session or recess.
[Sidenote: Signature required in addresses.]
Public documents and printed papers sent under the two foregoing
clauses, should bear, as part of the address, the <i>bona fide</i>
superscription of the Speaker, Chief Clerk, or officer specially deputed
for this purpose to act for those functionaries, or of the Member
sending the same.
[Sidenote: P. M. G., D. P. M. G. & Post Office Inspectors.]
All letters to and from the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster
General; and all official communications to and from the Post Office
Department and to and from the Post Office Inspectors, are to pass free
of any Provincial postage.
[Sidenote: Military departments and officers.]
Letters on Her Majesty's service passing between the United Kingdom and
Canada, to or from the following Imperial Military Departments, are
exempt from Canadian postage:
Military Secretary.
Adjutant General.
Quarter-Master General.
Commissariat Department.
Barrack Department.
Medical Department (including Purveyors.)
Comptroller of Army Expenditure.
Military Accountant.
Royal Engineer Department.
Regimental Paymaster and Officers Commanding.
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