To B. Col. and Foreign Countries.
The registration fees on letters to British Colonies and Foreign Countries will be found in the tables on pages 36, 37, 38, 39, and 40.
Certificate of posting to be given.
Every letter or parcel containing value should be registered and presented to the Postmaster or his clerk and a receipt obtained therefor. On no account should it be dropped into a letter box.
Pre-payment.
When letters are registered for the United Kingdom, for Foreign Countries, viâ England, or for the United States, both the postage and the registration fee must be pre-paid.
Books, &c., cannot be registered.
Books, periodicals, newspapers, circulars, and other printed matter, cannot be registered unless pre-paid the full letter rates, in addition to the ordinary registration fee.
Receipt required on Delivery.
Registered letters and packets can only be delivered to the parties to whom they are addressed or to their order, and a receipt must be given on the delivery of each registered letter in a book kept by every Postmaster for that purpose.