The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-23

According to a recent circular issued
for the information of the public by the
Postmaster General, the system of parcels
post has been established and is in work
ling order between the United States and
the Bahamas. Barbados, Colombia, Costa
Rica, the Danish West Indies, 4, vail,
British Honduras, Jamaica, including the
Turks and Caicos Islands, Leeward ISL
ands, Mexico, Salvador. British Guiana,
Windward Islands, Newfoundland, Re
public Of Honduras, Trinidad. Chile. Ger
many, Guatemala. Nicaragua. and after
July l with New Zealand. The circular
contains the following instructions:
ANY article admissible to the domestic
mails of the United States may be sent in
unsealed packages by parcels post, except
the following, which are prohibited from
transmission: Publications which violate
the copyright laws of the country of des-
tination: poisons, and explosive or iniam-
mable substances; liquids and substances
which easily liquefy; CONNECTIONS and
pastes; live or dead animals, except dead
insects and reptiles when thoroughly
dried; fruits and vegetables, which easily
decOmpOse, and substances which exhale
bad odOr; lottery tickets, lottery adver-
tisements, or lottery circulars; all obscene
or immoral articles; articles which might
In any way damage or destroy the mails
or injure the persons handling them; and
opium in parcels for or from Hawaii.
"A letter for communication of the ma
ture OF personal correspondence must not
accompany. be written on. or inclOsed
with any parcel. II such be found. the
letter Will be placed in the mails if sep
arabic, and il the communication be in
separately attached the whole parcel will
be rejected. H. however, any such should
inadvertently be forwarded. the country
OF destination will collect double the par
GELS post rate Of postage.
NO parcel may contain packages ad-
dressed 10 persons other than the person
named in the outside address of the par
Gel itself II such inclosed packages be
detected. they must be sent forward SIN
ely, charged with new and distinct parcels
postage rates.
a parcel must not be posted IN a let
ter box but must be taken into the post
office. and presented to the postmaster or
person in charge. between the hours Of 9
a. N. and p m.
instructions to POstmnsters.
In the instruction to postmasteis the di-
Tections are to examine the parcel and
see that postage at the rate Of u cents for
each pound or fraction of a pound go cents
a pound in the case Of parcels for Chile,
is prepaid in fun. by means Of postage
stamps. II the sender Of an unregistered
parcel desires a return receipt for it, an
additional cents must likewise be pra-
paid. and return receipt demanded must
be written on the cover.
That it is securely and substantially
packed so that it can be safely transmit
ted in the ordinGry mail sacks. and that IL
hot ha
opened without damaging the cover.
that its contents can be easily examined
by pOstmasters and customs officers. Boxes
with lids screwed or nailed on may be
used. provided they are presented at the
postoffice open for inspection and reclosed
by the senders.
That ii is plainly directed, giving the
name and full address of the person for
whom the parcel is intended; that it bears
the words parcels post cOnspicuOuSly in
the upper left-hand corner. and the name
and address of the sender in such a posi-
ton that it will not be mistaken for the
address Of the parcel.
THE parcel must BE- measured so as to
see that IL does not exceed the dimensions
specified. \ parcel not over feet 6 inches
in length may measure as much as feet
inches in girth, or round its thickest
part. A shorter parcel may be thicker;
thus. II II measures no more than 3 feet
in length. ii may measure as much as
feet in girth, OF round its thickest part.
The most convenient mode OF measur-
ing is by means of tape line six feet long.
So much of the tape as is not used in
measuring the length is the measure of the
maximum girth permissible.
The foregoing remarks do not apply to
parcels for Colombia. Costa Rica OF Mexi-
20 the length of which can in no case eX-
coed two feet. no matter how small they
may be in girth; and whose girth cannot
exceed four feet. no matter how short the
parcel may be.
See that the parcel does not weigh more
than eleven pounds, and determine the
amount Of postage in accordance with the
rates given.
The postage must in all cases. be pre-
paid by means Of postage stamps, which
must be affixed to the parcel The post
age rate is y cents for each pound or frac-
tion OF a pound go cents a pound in the
case Of parcels for Chile. Consequently.
81 a parcel weighs even one-fourth of an
ounce over a pound, another full rate of
II cents or % cents must be prepaid. or
the parcel Will not be dispatched from the
United States.
The Customs Declaration.
''see that Customs Declaration. prop
erly filled out. IS pasted upon the outside
cover of the parcel but, see too that it is
not so pasted as to practically seal the par
eel. Two copies of the Declaration must
be forwarded with each parcel destined
for Salvador
Fiji out and date stamp a Certificate OF
Mailing and hand the same to the sender
The sender of a parcel addressed 10
any OF the countries named in the table
at the head OF this article except Bar
bados, may have the same registered by
paying a registration fee of cents. and
will receive the return receipt without
special charge therefor; but the Postoffice
Department will in no case be responsible
for the loss OF damage of any parcel
The addressee of a registered parcel
must be advised OF the arrival of a Parcel