The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-19 00:00:00

EXTENSION OF THE PARCEL POST.

The Gczette contains a Treasury Warrant directing
that parcels may be transmitted by pest between the
United Kingdom and the following places, namely,
British India, Egypt, Malta, and Gibraltar, as such
places are defined in such warrants respectively. The
warrant proceeds: " And whereas it is contemplated
under and by virtue of other Treasury warrants to
authorise the transmission of parcels by post (which
transmission of parcels by post is hereinafter re-
ferred to as a parcel post), between the United
Kingdom and other British Colonies, possessions,
or dependencies (hereinafter referred to as
British possessions), and foreign countries re-
spectivelr. And whereas it is desirable that parcels
may be transmitted by poet by way of the
United Kingdom between any British possession or
foreign country with which a parcel post to and from
the United Kingdom is established, and any other
British possession or foreign country with which such
a parcel past is established. Now we, the Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, in pursuance of
the acts relating to her Majesty's Post office, and in
exercise of all powers enabling us in this behalf, do by
this warrant, made on the representation of her
Majesty's Postmaster-General (testified by his signing
the same), and under the hands of two of us, the said
Commissioners, order, direct, and declare as follows:
"1. (1) The expression 'parcels' and parcel' in
this warrant respectively mean any postal packet
which is posted or tendered for transmission by post
us a parcel in accordance with the provisions of this
warrant, or any warrant amending the same. (2) The
expression United Kingdom' includes the Channel
Islands and the Isle of Man.
"2. From and after the date when this warrant
comes into operation parcels may, subject to the pro-
visions of this warrant, be transmitted by post byway
of the United Kingdom, between any British posses-
sion or foreign country with which a parcel post to
and from the United Kingdom is established, and any
other British possession or foreign country with which
such a parcel post is established.
"3. The rates of postage chargeable and payable in
respect of a parcel transmitted by post under this
warrant shall be the rate or rates of postage for the
time being payable on a like parcel transmitted by
post to the United Kingdom from the British posses-
sion or foreign country in which the said parcel is
posted, in addition to the rate or rates of postage for
the time being payable on alike parcel transmitted by
post from the United Kingdom to the British posses-
sion or foreign country to which the said parcel shall
be addressed.
"4. Every parcel transmitted by post under this
warrant shall be subject to all the provisions of the
warrants respectively relating to the Parcel Post
between the United Kingdom and the British posses-
sion or foreign country iu which the parcel is posted,
and to the Parcel Post between the United Kingdom
and the British possession or foreign country to wilich
the parcel shall be addressed so far as such provisions
are applicable."
The warrant takes effect from the date of publica-
tion.