POST OFFICE ORDINANCE, 1900

POST OFFICE ORDINANCE, 1900

No. 6 of 1900.

To consolidate and amend the laws relating to the Post 0ffice,
[20th October, 1900.]

1. The Post Office Ordinance, 1900.

2. In this Ordinance,-

' Consignees' letter' means any letter forwarded by any vessel
on the same voyage as and relating to goods and merchandise on
board of such vessel
'Contract vessel' means any vessel under contract for the con-
veyance of letter bags and correspondence
'Correspondence' means any letter, newspaper, book, pamphlet,
document, or package, or other article whatsoever transmitted by
post, whether in a closed mail or having been placed loose on board
any vessel for transmission ; and a letter or other article shall be
deenied to be correspondence from the time of its arrival within the
limits of the Colony, if brought to, the Colony by post, or from the
time of its delivery to the Post Office, if not so brought, and in either,
case shall continue to be deemed correspondence to the time of its
delivery from the, Post Office; and delivery to or by any person

* As amended by No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.





authorised to receive or deliver letter bacs or correspondence on
behalf of the Postmaster General shall be a delivery to or from the
Post Office :

' Letter bag '' means any bag, basket, box, or package, or other
envelope or covering in which correspondence is conveyed, whether
it does or does not contain correspondence :
'Master of a vessel' means any person in charge of a vessel,
whether commander, mate, or other person :
'Officer of the Post Office' includes the Postmaster General,
the Assistant Postmaster General, and every postmaster, assistant
postmaster, agent, officer, clerk, letter-carrier, or any other person
employed in any business of the, Post Office, whether employed by
the Postmaster General, or by any person under him, or on behalf
of the Post Office :

'Person employed by or under the Post Office ' means any
person employed in any business of the Post Office according to
the interpretation given to ' Officer of the Post Office ' :
'Postage stamp' means any label or stamp for denoting any rate
of postage, or any envelope, wrapper, card, form, or paper, words,
letters, or marks purporting to indicate the payment of a rate of
postage, whether such postage stamp is issued under this Ordinance,
or by the Imperial Postmaster General, or by the Government of
any colony or foreign country:
'The Postmaster General ' means, unless the Imperial Post-
master General is indicated, the Postmaster General of the Colony:
'Post Office ' means any house, builaing, room, or place where
correspondence is received or delivered or in which it is sorted,
up, or despatched:

Administration.

3.-(1) There shall be, one General Post Office Where correspond-
ence may he received from all places and whence correspondence
may be despatched to all places.
(2) The Governor may establish such District Post Offices as he
thinks fit.

[s. 4, rel. No. 1 of 1912.]

* As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 1 of 1912.





5. The Governor may appoint a Postmaster General of the
Colony, and all necessary Assistant Postmasters General, Postmas
ters, Assistant Postmast,Grs, agents, clerks, or servants for conduct-
ing the business of the Post Office.

Management.
6.-(1) The Postmaster General shall, by himself or his deputies,
have the, enfire charge of the General Post, Office and of all postal
matters, with sole power of receiving from all persons authorised
to deliver the same all letter bags and correspondence arriving in
the Colony, and of collecting, receiving, and delivering to all
persons authorised to receive the same all correspondence for trans-
mission by or through the General Post Office to places out of the
Colony.

(2) The Postmaster General shall also have the exclusive
privilege of performing all the incidental services of receiving from
all persons who arrive in the Colony with letters, and of collecting,
despatching and delivering, all correspondence arriving from or
intended to be despatched to any place out of the Colony; and no
letters from out of the Colony, unless exempt by law, shall be con-
veyed in the Colony otherwise than by the post or shall be delivered
in or transmitted from the Colony otherwise than by or through the
General Post Office.

7.-(1) All correspondence which, by any Act of Parliament, is
excepted from the exclusive privilege of the Imperial Post Office
be exempt from the exclusive privilege of the Postmaster
General.

(2) Consignees' letters shall be so excepted, but, if taken to the
Post Office, they shall be subject to the same rates of postage and
general regulations as apply to other correspondence.

8.-(1) The Postmaster General shall receive all postage payable
in the Colony and shall keep accounts of all correspondence received
and despatched by him, with the particulars of the postage thereof,
in such manner and form as the Governor may direct.

As arnended by No. 50 of 191.1 and N~. 1 of 1912.
~' aniended by No. 32 of 1911 and No. 1 of 1912.
As amended by No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.
; As amended by No. 60 of 1911 and No, 2 of 1912,





(2) The accounts of moneys payable to the Imperial Postmaster
General shall be kept distinct from the accounts of moneys payable
to the Colonial Treasury. They shall be kept in such form and the
moneys shall be transmitted in such manner, as the Imperial Post-
master General may direct.

9.-(1) The Governor-in-Council may, by notification, determine
the rates of postacre to be charged upon all correspondence sent by
post from the Goneral Post, Office or received therein from place's
outside the Colony: Provided tha no such notification shall be in-
consistent with any instructions transinitted from the Secretary of
State or from the Imperial Postmaster General.

(2) All duties of postage and other sums in respect of postal
packets payable in pursuance of this Ordinance shall be chargeable
as stamp duties, and all enactments relating to stamp duties shall
apply accordingly.

[s. 10. rep. No. 1 of 1912.]

11. The Governor may, subject to such instructions as aforesaid,
make, in relation to correspondence sent, by post, regulations as to
the times and modes of posting and delivery, prepayment, late fees,
rates on unpaid correspondence, the registration of correspondence,
money orders, the sale and affixing of postage stamps, the dimen-
sions, weights, and contents of packets, and other such similar re-
gulations as the Governor thinks necessary for the better execution
of this Ordinance.

12. The governor may, subject, to such instructions as aforesaid,
make, in relation to correspondence sent by post, regulations
prohibiting the conveyance of such articles as he may think fit; for
preventing the sending or delivery by post of seditious, indecent or
obscene prints, paintings, photographs. lithographs, engravings,
books or cards or of other indecent or obscene, artleles, or of letters,
newspapers, supplements, publications, packets or post cards having
thereon or on the covers thereof any words, marks or designs of add
indecent, obscene, libellous or grossly offensive character; and for-
prohibiting the receiving in and delivery by the Post Office

As arnefided by No. 50 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912, No. 2 of 1912 and
No. 21, of 1.912.
As arnended bY No. 32 of 11)11.
As arnended by No. 50 of 1,911, No, 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.





correspondence containing or believed to contain any lottery ticket
or any advertisement of prizes or any other announcement relating
to any public lottery, sweepstakes, or other gambling transaction.

12a. If the postmaster General shall have reason to believe that
any postal article received from beyond the limits of the Colony
contains goods, the importation of which is forbidden or restricted,
or anything liable to duty, or if he be so informed, he shall require
by notice in writing the attendance at the Post Office, at a specified
time, of the addressee of such postal article or of some agent
deputed in writing by such addressee, and such postal article shall
then be opened by the addressee or his agent in the presence of the
Postmaster Gencral or of an officer of the Post Office. If the
or hisfail to attend iii pursuatice of the notification
the article shall be opened by the Postmaster General and may be
delivered to the addressee or confiscated or otherwise dealt with as
may be required by law.
13.-(1) Any question whether an article of correspondence is a
letter, or wheffier any publicatioii is a newspaper or a supplement,
or whether any packet is a book, packet or pattern or sample packet
within the meaning of this Ordinance, shall be decided by the Post-
master General.
(122) The Governor may, on the application of any person inter-
ested, reverse or modify such decision, and order accordingly.

14. All correspondence which arrives fully paid, according to the
rates in force, shall be delivered or trausinitted from the Post Office
without further charge.

15. All letters received or sent by sailors or soldiers of His
Majesty's naval or military forces shall be charged with the same
reduction in the rates of postage as is allowed to thein by Act of
Parliament.

16. The Governor may provide proper postage stamps and proper
dies and other implements for denoting, by adhesive stamps or
otherwise, the rates of postage payable.
17. The Postmaster General may, if necessary, open and, if pos-
able return to the sender-
As atriended by No, 32 oE 191.1,
As amended by No. 1 of 1912.
As amended by No. 60 of 1911 and No. 1 of 1912.
: As amended by N1o, 51 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912 and No. 22 of 1912.





(1) any correspondence upon which the prepayment, of
is compulsory, and which cannot be sent unpaid by another route,
and upon which the proper postage has not been paid; and

(2) any correspondence which is returned to the General Post
Office for want of a proper address or from inability to flnd the
person to whom it is addressed.

18. When any package is delivered to the Post Office and
has thereby become liable to postage, and evidence is adduced, to
the Satisfaction of the Postmaster General, that such package has
been delivered to the Post Office by mistake, the Postmaster
General may cause such package to be opened in the presence of an
officer in the Post Office, and may return the same without charge to
the person interested, unless such package is found to contain any
correspondence liable to postage, in which case the Postmaster
General shall retain the package until the full rate of postage
chargeable upon such correspondence is paid.

19.-(1) After any correspondence has been delivered to the Post
Office, no person employed by or iinder the POst Office, shall, except
in the cases above mentioned, open the same, or delay its trans-
mission, or return it to any person, or procure or suffer it to be
opened, delayed, or returned, unless he is authorised by express
warrant in writing under the hand of the Governor.
(2) The Governor may, in his discretion, grant any such warrant
for opening or returning any specified letter or other article of cor-
respondence.

20. Notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance, any corres-
pondence tendered for conveyance by post, or posted which contains
or bears any facsimile or imitation or any representation of
any postage, stamp or any fictiflons postage stamp, or which purports
to be prepaid with any postage stamp, or which has been used to
prepay or appears to have been used to prepay any other corres-
pondence, may be detained by an officer of the Post Office or person
employed by or under the Post Office, and may be returned or given
up to the sender or otherwise dealt with or disposed of in such
manner as the Postmaster General may direct.

As amended by No. 1 of 11)12 and No. 2 of 1912.
As amended by No. 1 of 1912.
As amended by No. 2 of 1912.





Discipline.
21. The Postmaster General may punish any officer of the Post
Office, except the Assistant Postinaster General, for misconduct,
or for neglect or breach of duty, by a fine not exceeding 10 dollars,
which shall be deducted from the pay of such officer.

22. The imposition of every such punishment shall be reported
without delay to the Governor, who shall have power to remit such
fine, either wholly or partially.

23. A record of every such punishinent shall be entered in a book
kept for that purpose, which shall be called the Officers Misconduct
Book.

24. Such fines shall be applied to the goneral good of the officers
of the Post Office in such manner as may be directed by the
Governor.

Despatch and Receipt of Mails.
25.-(1) Every master of a vessel shall, immediately on arrival
and before reporting at the Habour Office, deliver to any person
authorised by the Postmaster General to receive them all letter bags
and correspondence on board, except such as are exempt by law.
(2) If such vessel is put in quarantine the master may deliver all
such letter bags and correspondence to the Health Officer or any
person authorised by him.

26. The Postmaster General shall pay to every niaster of a vessel,
not being a contract vessel, a gratuity of 1 cent for every letter and
other article, other than a parcel, and 5 cents for every parcel
delivered to him by the Post Office: Provided that the gratuity pay-
able on correspondence transmitted to Canton and Macao shall be
1 cent only on each description of correspondence : The Postmaster
General may before paying any gratuity require a receipt account-
ing for the due delivery at its destination of such correspondence,
and may also require proof to his satisfaction that there has been
no unreasonable delay on the part of the master. No gratuity shall
in any case be paid on mails in transit.
[s. 27, rep. No. 3,2 of 1911]

* As amended by No. 1 of 1912
+ AS amended by No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911.
As amended by No. 2 of 1912.
As arnended by No. 32 of 1911 and No. 32 of 1912.





28-(1) The powers of the Governor-in-Council, as defined by
section 9, shall apply to the rates of gratuity to be paid to masters
of vessels for the delivery of malls, either generally or in particular
cases.

(2.) The gratuities fixed by any order of the Governor-in-Council
under this section shall not be less on the average than the suins
otherwise required by this Ordinance to be paid.

29. Every niaster of a vessel shall be held to contract with the
Postmaster General that, in consideration of such gratuities, he will
duly deliver all letter bags and correspondence received from the
Post Office to the person to whom the same are addressed im-
mediately on his arrival in port, without wilful or avoidable delay,
and that, if he falls in any respect to perform such contract, he will
pay to the Postmaster General the sum of 500 dollars as liquidated
damages for the breach thereof.

30.-(1) Every person proposing to despatch a vessel to any port
or place out of this Colony, excepting vessels plying dally or on fix
days to Macao or to places on the Canton River, shall, so soon as
the time for the departure of such vessel has been arranged, give
the first intimation thereof to the Postmaster General, and also of
any alteration in the day or hour of departure of the said vessel
and the Postmaster General shall give notice to the public of the
day and hour for closing the mails, if any are to be made up for
transmission by such vessel.
(2) Every alteration of the hour of departure of any vessel plying
daily or on fixed days to Macao or to places on the Canton River
shall, in like manner, be intimated to the Postmaster General by
the person despatching such vessel.

31.-(1) The Postmaster General, or, any officer of the Post
Office authorised by him, may attend on board any vessel, and may
receive all fully prepaid correspondence which is brought on board
up to the time of departure to be transmitted by such vessel.
(2) The master of every such vessel shall give all proper facilities
to such officer to enable him to discharge his duties, to make up
such mails, and to leave the vessel on her departure.
(3) If there is no officer of the Post Office in attendance on board
any vessel, the master of such vessel may receive all correspondence

As amended by No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.





which is brought on board to him fully prepaid by the postage
stamps of the Colony, and shall deliver the same at the Post Office
on arrival at his destination.

32-(1) The master of every vessel receive on board all
mail bags and correspondence tendered to him by the Postmaster
General for transmission and shall sign a receipt for the same.
(2) The owner or agent of any vessel who refuses to allow any
mall to be put on board of or transmitted by such vessel shall be
guilty of an offence.

Offences.
33.-(1) The following shall be deemed offences:-
(a) any infringement of the exclusive privilege of the Postmaster
General;
(b) any refusal, neglect, or omission to do any act required by
this Ordinance to be done;
(c) any refusal to permit or obstruction of any such act;
(d) the doing of any act forbidden by this Ordinance ; and
(c) any infringement of regulations inade by the Governor under
section 12.

(2) For every offence against this Ordiriance for which no specific
penalty is provided the olleilder shall, on summary conviction, be
liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars.

33a.-(1) A person shall not send or attempt to send a postal
packet which either-
(a) encloses any explosive, any dangerous substance, any filth,
any noxious or deleterious substance, any sharp instrument not
properly protected, any living creature which is either noxious or
likely to injure other postal packets in course of conveyance or an
officer of the Post Office, or any article or thing whatsoever which
is likely to injure either other postal packets in course of conveyance
or an officer of the Post Office; or
(b) encloses any indecent or obscene print, painting, photograph,
lithograph, engraving, book or card, or any indecent or obscene
article whether similar to the above or not; or

As amended by No.1 of 1912,
As amended by No.30 of Igil, No. 1 of 1912,. No. 2 of 1912 aud
No. 21 of 1912.
As amended by No. 82 of 1911.





(c) has on the packet, or on the cover thereof any words, marks
or designs of an indecent, obscene or offensive, character.
(2) If any person acts in contravention of this section, he shall be
guilty of an offence.
(3) The detention in the Post Office of any postal packet on the
ground of its beffig in contravention of this section shall not exempt
the sender thereof froni any proceedings which inight have been
taken if the packet had been delivered in due course of post.

33b.-(1) A person shall not without due authority---
(a) make, issue, or send by post or otherwise any envelope,
wrapper, form, or paper in imitation of one issued by or under the
authority of the Postmaster General, or of any British or foreign
postal authority, or having thereon any words, letters or marks
which signify or imply or may reasonably lead the recipient to
believe that a postal packet bearing them is sent on His Majesty's
service ; or
(b) make on any envelope, wrapper, card, form, or paper for the
purpose of being issued or sent by post or otherwise, or otherwise
used, any mark in imitation of or similar to or purporting to be any
stamp or mark of any post office under the Postmaster General, or
under any British or foreign postal authority, or any letters,
or marks which signify or imply, or may reasonably lead the
recipient thereof to believe, that a postal packet bearing them is
sent on His Majesty's service; or
(c) issue or send by post or otherwise any envelope, wrapper,
card, form, or paper so marked.
(2) If any person acts in contravention of this section he shall be
liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 20 dollars.
33c.-(1.) A person shall not place or attempt to place in or
against any post office lelter-box any fire, any match, any light,
any explosive substance, any dangerous substance, any filth, any
noxious or deleterious substance, or any fluid, and shall not com-
mit a nuisance in or against any post office letter-box and shall not
do or attempt to do anything likely to injure the box, appurtenance
or contents.
(2) If any person acts in contravention of this section he shall be
liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars,
and on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for any term not
exceeding 12 months.
As ainended by Nio. 82 of 1911.





34. The following acts shall be deemed misdemeanors:-
(a) opening, or suffering or procuring to be opened, or detaining
or delaying, or procuring or suffering to be detained or delayed, any
correspondence without lawful authority or excuse;
(b) wilfully delivering any correspondence to any person other
than the person to whom the same ought to be delivered ;
(c) fraudulently obtaining from any person employed by or under
the Post Office, or fraudulently detaining, or wilfully secreting,
keeping or detaining, any letter bag, or any correspondence which
ought to have been delivered to any person ; and
(d) fraudulently removilig ally postage stanip froin any corres-
pondence;
and every person who is convicted thereof shall be liable to im-
prisonnient for any term not exceeding 22 years.

35.-(1) Every person, not being employed by or under the Post
Office, who wilfully and maliciously, with intent to injure any other
person, either opens or causes to be opened any letter which ought
to have been delivered to such other person, or does any act or thing
whereby the due delivery oCsuch letter to such other person is pre-
vented or impeded, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on
summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars,
or to imprisonment for any terni not exceeding 6 months.
(22) Nothing in this section shall apply to a person who does any
act to which this section applies where he is parent or in the position
of a parent or guardian of the person to whom the letter is
addressed.

(3) A prosecution shall not be instituted in pursuance of this
section except by direction of the Postinaster General.
(4) The expression 'letter' as used in this section, means any
letter, newspaper, book, pamphlet, document, package, or other
article whatsoever which has been delivered by post.

36. The following acts shall be deemed felonies:-
(a) stealing, embezzling, secreting, or destroying any correspon-
dence by a person employed by or under the Post Office;
(b.) stealing from or out of any correspondence any chattel,
money, or valuable security;

As amencled by No. 30 of 1911, No. 135 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912 and
No. 2 of 1912.
As uniended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912 and No, 21 of 1912.





(c) stealing or unlawfully taking away a letter bag, or stealing
or unlawfully taking any correspondence from or out of a letter bag,
or unlawfully opening a letter bag;
(d) stealing any correspondence from a letter bag, or from a Post
Office, or from an officer of the Post Office
and every person who is convicted thereof shall be liable to imprison-
ment for any term not exceeding 7 years.

36a.-(1) If any person whilst in any post office, or within any
premises belonging to any post office or used therewith, obstructs
the course of business thereof, he shall be liable, on summary con-
viction, to a fine not exceeding 20 dollars.
(2) Any officer of the Post Office may require any person guilty
of any offence under this section, to leave a post office or any such
premises as aforesaid and, if the person so required refuses or fails
to comply with the requirement, he shall be liable, on summary
conviction, to a further fine not exceeding 50 dollars, and may be
removed by any officer of the Post Office, and all constables
are required on demand to remove or assist in removing every such
person.

37. The sections of the Larceny Ordinance, 1865, relating to
receiving stolen goods, that is to say, sections 79 and 81 to 87,
shall apply to felonies and misdemeanors committed under this
Ordinance ; and for that purpose the expression 'this Ordinance,'
when used in the said sections, shall be taken to include the present
Ordinance.

38. In any proceedings against any person for any offence com-
mitted against this Ordinance in respect of any letter bag or
correspondence, it shall be sufficient to allecse such letter bag or
correspondence to be the property of the Postmaster General
without, mentioning his name; and in any, such proceedings against
any person employed by or under the Post Office, it shall be
sufficient to that such person was employed,by or under the
Post Office, without stating further the nature or particulars of his
employment.

39. Any pecuniary penalty for an offer against this Ordinance
may be recovered summarily, but proceedings for the recovery


As anxended by No. 82 of 1911.
As anierided by No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.
As amended jy No. 2 of 1912 and No. 21 of 1912.
thereof shall be commenced within one year after the ofience was
committed.

40.-(1) In any case where either no postage or insufficient
postage on correspondence has been paid by the sender, double such
postage or double the deficiency in such postage shall be paid by the
person to whom the correspondence is addressed on the delivery
thereof to him; but if the correspondence is refused, or the person
to whom it is addressed is dead or cannot be found, the writer or
sender shall pay double such postage or double the deficiency of
postage.
(2) Any money payable under this section may be recovered at
the suit of the Postmaster General.

(3) In such proceedings-
(a) the production of any postal packet in respect of which any
money is sought to be recovered having thereupon a Post Office
stamp or any writing denoting that the packet has been refused or
rejected, or that the addressee was dead or could not be found, shall
be prima facie evidence of the fact denoted; and
(b) the person from whom any postal packet in respect of which
any money is sought to be recovered purports to have come shall,
until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be the sender of the
packet.
Short title. Interpretation. [47 & 48 Vict.c.76 s. 19.] General Post Office and District Post Offices. Appointment of officers. Creation of exclusive privilege of Postmaster General to receive and deliver correspondence. Letters excepted from exclusive privilege. Receipt of postages and keeping of accounts of correspondence. Fixing of rates of postage. Provision for stamps. Regulations. Regulations as to correspondence. Powers to dealt with postal articles containing contraband goods. Postmaster General to decide what is a letter, etc. Paid correspondence to be delivered without charge. Sailors' and soldiers' letters. Provision of postage stamp dies, etc. Correspondence which may be opened. Mode of dealing with package sent to Post Office by mistake. Warrant for opening, delaying, or returning correspondence. [7 Will. IV. & 1 Vict.c. 36 s.25.] Power to detain, etc., correspondence bearing fictitious stamp, etc. Postmaster General may fine officer. Report to Governor. Record of fines. Application of fines. Delivery of mails. Gratuities to ship masters. Raters of gratuity. Damages for non-delivery of mail. Person proposing to despatch vessel to give notice to Postmaster General. Making up mails on board. Master of ship to receive and carry mails. Offences. Prohibition of sending by post explosive, inflammable, or indecent prints, word, etc. Prohibition of imitation of postage stamps, envelopes, forms and marks. Prohibition of placing injurious substances to or against Post Office letter boxes. Misdemeanors. [7 Will. IV & 1 Vict.c. 36 s.25.] [ib.s.31.] Punishment for opening or delaying letters. Enumeration of felonies. [ib.ss.26-29.] Obstruction of officers of Post Office. Receiving stolen correspondence. No. 5 of 1865. Allegations to be used in proceedings for offence. [7 Will. IV & 1 Vict.c. 36 s. 40.] Recovery of pecuniary penalty, and limitation of time. Liability for unpaid or insufficient postage. Post Office mark evidence of refusal, etc.

Short title. Interpretation. [47 & 48 Vict.c.76 s. 19.] General Post Office and District Post Offices. Appointment of officers. Creation of exclusive privilege of Postmaster General to receive and deliver correspondence. Letters excepted from exclusive privilege. Receipt of postages and keeping of accounts of correspondence. Fixing of rates of postage. Provision for stamps. Regulations. Regulations as to correspondence. Powers to dealt with postal articles containing contraband goods. Postmaster General to decide what is a letter, etc. Paid correspondence to be delivered without charge. Sailors' and soldiers' letters. Provision of postage stamp dies, etc. Correspondence which may be opened. Mode of dealing with package sent to Post Office by mistake. Warrant for opening, delaying, or returning correspondence. [7 Will. IV. & 1 Vict.c. 36 s.25.] Power to detain, etc., correspondence bearing fictitious stamp, etc. Postmaster General may fine officer. Report to Governor. Record of fines. Application of fines. Delivery of mails. Gratuities to ship masters. Raters of gratuity. Damages for non-delivery of mail. Person proposing to despatch vessel to give notice to Postmaster General. Making up mails on board. Master of ship to receive and carry mails. Offences. Prohibition of sending by post explosive, inflammable, or indecent prints, word, etc. Prohibition of imitation of postage stamps, envelopes, forms and marks. Prohibition of placing injurious substances to or against Post Office letter boxes. Misdemeanors. [7 Will. IV & 1 Vict.c. 36 s.25.] [ib.s.31.] Punishment for opening or delaying letters. Enumeration of felonies. [ib.ss.26-29.] Obstruction of officers of Post Office. Receiving stolen correspondence. No. 5 of 1865. Allegations to be used in proceedings for offence. [7 Will. IV & 1 Vict.c. 36 s. 40.] Recovery of pecuniary penalty, and limitation of time. Liability for unpaid or insufficient postage. Post Office mark evidence of refusal, etc.

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