and deliver such cards coming from other countries prepaid at that rate.

Foreign Countries, except United States and Mexico, - Postage on Letters, 5 cents per oz. or fraction thereof, and 3 cents for each additional oz. or fraction thereof. If sent unpaid, double postage will be charged.

United States and Mexico. - the rate on Letters to the United States and Mexico is the same as in Canada, and at least one rate (2 cents) must be prepaid.

It is very important to bear in mind that the postage upon letters for the United Kingdom and all Foreign Countries, except United States and Mexico, is calculated by the half ounce, and double the defficient postage is charged on all unpaid or short-paid letters.

Registration of Letters.

Persons posting letters containing value should be careful to require them to be Registered, and to obtain from teh Postmaster a certificate of receipt for Registration.

The charge fro Registration on all classes of matter, in addition to the postage, is 5 cents.

Both the Postage charge and Registration fee should, in all cases, be prepaid by stamp.

Registration is ont an absolute guarantee against the miscarriage or loss of a letter: but a Registered Letter can be traced where an Unregistered Letter cannot, and the posting and delivery or non-delivery can be proven.

In case of the loss in the Postal Service of a registered article posted in Canada for delivery in Canda, the adressee, or at the request of the addressee, the sender, is entitled to an indemnity, which is no case shall exceed twenty-five dollars, or the actual value of the lost registered article when the same is less than twenty-five dollars, provided no other compensation or reimbursement has been made therefor.

Book Post, &c.

A Book Packet may contain any number of separate books. Limit to weight to Canada, 5 lbs., but a single book, 10 lbs.; United States and Mexico, 4 lbs. 6 oz. Size, 30 inches in length, or 1 foot in width or depth.

Book Packets must be open at both ends or both sides, and must not contain any letter or sealed inclosure.

Books for the use of the blind are free of Canada postage, and correspondence passing between blind persons in raised characters is chargeable at the rate of 1 cent per ozs.

The rate on Book Packets for delivery in Canada, Great Britain, the United States and all Postal Union Countries, is 1 cent per 2 ozs.

Miscellaneous Matter.

Miscellaneous matter may pass between places in the Dominion of Canada upon prepayment of the rates indicated below. The regulations of the British Post Office do not admit of the transmission of mail to the United Kingdom (or other countries beyond the sea) of miscellaneous matter as such.

No packet of miscellaneous matter can be transmitted by mail if it exceeds 30 inches in length or 12 inches in width or depth, or over 5 lbs. in weight.

Legal and commerical papers generally are laible to letter rate of postage when posted for delivery within the Dominion of Canada.

Printed or written requests for return are now recognized on 3rd and 4th class matter, addressed to places within in the Dominion, and same will be returned direct to the sender, subject to the payment by the sender, on delivery to him through the Post Office, of the full amount of postage to which the article was in first place liable, together with any charges rated thereon in connection with any deficiency in the original prepayment.

Transient Newspapers.

Transient newspapers adn periodicals include all newspapers and periodicals posted in Canada, other than Canadian newspapers sent from the office of publication, and British and foreign newspapers posted by news agents for regular subscribers in Canada. When addressed to any place within the Dominion, the United Kingdom, Barbados, Bermuda, British Bechuanaland, British Guiana, British North Borneo, Ceylon, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gambia, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Malta, Mauritius, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Nigeria, Sarawak, Seychelles, Sierre Leone, Trinidad, Tobago, Turks Islands, United South Africa and Zanzibar, are subject to a rate of one cent for four ounces or fraction thereof.