Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-13

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place to place without additional charge for
postage and II registered without charge of
any additional registry fee But, II addressed
originally within the country of mailing, an
article is chargenble on being forwarded, with
the amount necessary to fully prepay postage
at the rate applicable TO articles addressed to
the country to which the article is forwarded,
and must BIO paid by the ADDRESSED wherever he
receives the article but no additional fee can
be demanded.
IS. Missent articles OF every kind are for
warded by the quickest route to their destina'
ton. But articles returned to senders on ac-
count of having been enormously addressed
become subject to fresh charges for postage II
remailed with corrected address.
II. Articles which prove to be unbelievable
are required to be returned to the senders
(marked to show why they were not delivered
within two (2) to six (6) months after they
are received in the country of destination; ex-
cept that prints which appear to have no per
manent value may be destroyed and that
short-paid Chain letters which are refused
by addresses because they are chain letters
need not be returned to the country OF origin.
IS. In the case of short-paid articles for
sailors and others addressed in care OF con-
sui, II returned by the consul as unbelievable,
the amount of postage due collected OF the
consul must be returned to him by the post
master from whom he received the articles.
10. The sender of an article may cause II TO
be withdrawn from the malls, or its address
to be changed; provided the legislation of the
country for which the article is destined al
lows such WITHDRAWAL or cnnnBe OF address,
20. The sender of an article, or the post
master at the mailing postoffice, in one coun-
try may make a request direct to the post
master at a postoffice In any other country
to which the article is addressed for delivery,
to forward the article to the same addressee
at any other postoffice in the postal union
and such request must be complied with.
But IL the sender wishes the article to be
forwarded or delivered to person other than
the named IN the address of the ar
ticle, the request must be made through the
postoffice departments of tho two countries;
and If such requests are received by the
United States postmasters direct from persons
in other countries such requests must be
referred to this department. and the article
must be held until the departments instruc-
lions concerning 1t received.
p. Articles addressed by initials, or in pen
ell. are not allowed to be registered.
%. Packages of prints destined for delivery
in Persia or at native postoffices in the
empire of China, are subject on delivery to
additional postal charge equal to one cent,
without regard TO the amount of postage
prepaid thereon.
49, Unpaid or short-paid registered articles
must be delivered to addresses without
charge but the exchange office which receives
exchange office which dispatched them, by
means of bulletin of verification, OF the
short payment.
"a. Registered articles for which a return
receipt is desired, must be marked very plainly
return receipt" The return receipt must
be made out and attached, by means of a
string tied crosswise to the article. The
return receipt accompanying a registered ar
ticle must be signed by the person to whom
the article is delivered. and must be returned
to the postofice from which the registered
article was received.
rs. Closed mails may be exchanged between
any country and the commanders of its naval
vessels abroad; and between naval command
ers Of the same country stationed abroad.
These mails must consist exclusively of
ticles addressed or sent by the officers and
crews of the vessels which send or receive
the mails, and the rates and conditions ap-
plcable to the articles are determined by
the postal authorities of the country to which
the vessels belong. The address of such mails
should be in form follows:
From the office of-For the nationality
naval squadron (name) at, or the (na-
tionalty) vessel (name at......
From the (nationality) naval squadron
(name) at, or, the nationality) vessel
For the postoffice at.
Or. from the nationality naval squadron
name) at, or, the nationality vessel
at, or, the nationality vessel (name)
g. II the naval vessels are not at the place
of destination when the mails addressed to
them arrive there. the mails kept at the
postoffice until claimed by the addressee or
forwarded to another place. The forwarding
may be requested either by the postoffice of
origin or by the commander of the naval
squadron ship addressed. or finally by
consul of the same nationality.
Such of the mails as bear the endorsement,
In care of the consul of - must be
delivered to the consul referred to- At the
request of the consul they may be received
back into the postal service and be forwarded
to the place Of origin or to other des-
tination
Mails for naval vessels sent outside of the
regular mails must be delivered to the ves-
sells addressed IL called for en- route. No
mail for a naval vessel is considered as hav-
ing reached its destination until 1t has been
delivered to the ship addressed
j. T. McCLEARY,
Acting postmaster general.