Post Office Act 1861 (SA)

ANNO VICESIMO QUARTO ET VICESIMO QUINTO

No. 4.

An Act to regulate Uie Post OQa'ce Dcpa~iment in South Austrdia.

[Assented to, 30th August, 1861.1

E it Enacted, by thc Governor-in-Chief of the Province of South

B Australia, with the ndricc and consent of the Legislative	Council and House of Assembly of the said Province, in this present
Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. The Act passed on the nineteenth day of October, one thousand N ~, of 1863%

eight hundred and fifty-three, intituled " An Act to consolidate and amend the law for conveyance and postage of letters," shall be and the same is hereby repcalcd, except as to anything done thereunder, and except so fdr as the sainc rcpcaltls the whole or any part of any other Acts or Ordinances.

2. The Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, may make rules and regulations for the establishing and managin6 of the ..I,,	Governor and Exem- .
tlve Council to make

for &&lishing

patching, carrying, artd delivering of letters. packets, and parcds, c,., &P,

several Post Offices within the said Proviilce7 and the receiving, dis- :''it:?$; $;%ir8

and the making, custody, ancl sale of stamps, and the receipt and payment of moncys in connection with the said Post Cffices, and the conduct of all Postmasters and other officers of the department; and the said rules and regulations may alter, revoke, or *vary, and such other rules and regulations may establish in their stead, as with the advice aforesaid he shall dccm expedient; and dso may reduce t%e postage on letters;packets, or parcels, under any such special

D ciscumstances

circumstances as shall appear to the said Governor and Executive

Council to render such reduction expedient.

covoruOrma~

and remove Post-	3. I t shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, to appoint an'd to remove a Postmaster-General and an Inspector or Inspectors of Stamps, and to appoint and rcmovc, or depute to the
master-Oemral, &c.
said Postmaster-General, thc power to appoint and rcmove such
officers, clerks, and servants, as may be required for thc General Post Office at Adelaide; and it shall be lawful for the said Post- master-General, from time to time, to appoint and to remove Postmasters for the various post towns and places out of Adelaide, and to require and take from such Postmasters such security as the Governor, by any regulatiol,~ published in thc South Australiim Govenzment Gazette, shall frcm tiine to tiine fix.
made by Postmaster-

Declaration t o be 4. The ]Postmaster-General, and crery other Postmaster, let ter

oenera1, postmaBter8, carrier, or other person appointed under this Act, ~l i i~l l, heforc thc

letter-carriers, &c:.	exercisi bv him of the daties of his ofice, take and subscribe a decla- ration ford the due ex.ecution of such huties before one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Provincc(which declaration such Justice is hereby authorized and required to administer) in the words following, that is to say-" I, A.B., do solemnly and sincerely declare, that I will not willin& or knowingly open, detain, return, or delay, or causc or suffer to bc dpelled, detained, returned, or dclayetl, any letter or packct which shall come illto my hands, power, or custody,
by reason of my cnlploymcnt relrzting to the Post Office, except by
the consent of ihe person or persons to whom such letter or packets shall be diirectcd, or by an express warrant in writing for that pur- pose under t l ~ h a d of the Governor, or unless ~t~heerwise in purswnce and undcr the authority of any of the provisiolis in that behalf con- tained in any Act, lnw,'or duly authorized regulation in force within the said ~rovincc, now or hereafter passed and made, or to be passed and inade, for or in relation to the postage and conveyance of letters."
packet sent by post,

Every parcel or 5. Evcry parcel or packet whatsoever, by whatever name called,

if not a lettcr tn bc or however made up, which shall be sent by post, or put or ~'eceived

deemed a parcel.	into any Post OEce for transmission or delivery by the post, shall, if not a letter, newspaper, or Parliamentary document,, be decmcd to be a parcel within the meaning of this Act.
by weight.
Letters to be charged	6. All letters transmitted or received by post, except as hereinafter excepted, shall, from and after thc cornmencemcnt of this Act be charged by weight only, acccoding to the following scale, that is to say-for any weight not exceeding half an ounce avoirdupois, one rate of postage; for any weight exceeding half an ounce arid not exceeding one ounce, two rates of postage; and for each ad- ditional ounce or fraction of an ounce beyond one ounce, two additional rates of postage,

Rates of Podago. 7. The foll~wing shall be the rates of postage payable according

to the scale aforesaid upon letters (except as hereinafter excepted)

transmitted

transmitted or received by the post, that is to say-upon all letters

posted at any p ~ s t office for delivery within the said Province, the

sum of Twopence; upon all letters to be transmitted by ship or. bags, from beyond the limits of the said Pro\-ince, and dcli~ered therein (except in cases where the Governor stirill have made arrangerrlcnts as hereinafter mentioned), the sum of s;xpence.

otherwise to places beyond the limits of the said Province, the sum of

8. The sun1 of T\vopelrce only for any weight not exceeding four Postage on parceh

ounces, and the additional sum of One Penny for any additional

form,

ounce or fraction of an ounce, shall be paid on all parcels: Pro\ided proviso

that therc shdl not be in or upon any such parcel any leiter or epistolary communication or intelligence, and that on h e outside thereof, in adclition to the name and address of the person to whom the same is to be delivered, the sender thereof shall subscribe, or cause to bc printed, his name and addrcss, with a statement of the contents

thereof, in the following form, that is to say, "Parccl, without letter:"

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shall be at liberty to refuse to transmit, by post, any such parcel when of the weight of more than three pounds, or of greater dirnensione, in any onc way, than two feet; or containing, or reasonably suspected to contain any article likely to injure the other contents of the mail bags: Z'rovidcd also, that 110 parcel, letter, or paper of inconvenicnt weight or dimcasion, shall be transmitted by post to any place to which the mails shall bc conveyed on horseback, unless the Governor, w l l ~ the advice of the Executive Council, shall otherwise direct.

And provided also, that thc I'ostmaster-General, or other Postmaster,

9. All newspapers printed. in the said Province, posted at some ~ $ $ ~ ! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ p f * *

office within the limits of t'he citv or town in which such news- rcccivcd from abroad. .I

papers shall have been printed, ancl within seven days of the date of if nnder open covcw, nncl not written upjn

publication, and a11 newspaprrs posted within the said Province for exreptin$ addreaa,	delivery beyond the limits of tlle same, and all newspapers received excrnpt.
from ylaccs beyond the limits of the said Province for delivery within the same shall, if uncnclosed, or cnclosecl in an envelope open at both ends, be received, conveyed, and delivered free of all postage
letter, memorandum, or other things, or writing therein or thereon, whatever: Provided that no newspaper shall contain any note,
excepting only the direction on the outside thereof, and that the exeniption from postage shall not extend to newspapers posted at any office for delivery at such office, or at any place within the limits of the city or town in which such office is situate.

10. The sum of One Penny shall be prepaid for every newspaper Posiage of M. on all

papcru not entitled to

that is not entitled to be delivered free of postage.

free delivery.

Petitions to the

11. Members of the Executive Council and Mcrnbcrs of the Legis- lature may receive by post, Parliamentary documents, petitions, and tivc Council or Legiri- vcrnor or Exeon-

addresses to Her Majesty, His Excellency the Goveruor, the Exe- 1at71'c	under open	oxcmp"	c wen.	if
cutive Council, or either branch of the Legislature, exempt from postage: Provided such documents, ptitions; and addresses,-be senl without covers, or in covers open at both ends, and do not exceed thirty-two ounces in weight. 12. It

B"~m~a~mentneces- in re& ect of 12. It shall not be necessary to prepay, by stamp or otherwise, '

ret- of girth, BC. the post~ge upon letters or parcels containing only returns of births,

baptisms, marriages, and deaths, transmitted in compliance with the provisions of the law in that behalf, by ministers of religion or other parties, whose duty it may be to transmit such returus to any officer appointed to receive the same; but the postage thercon shall be paid by the said officcr qn delivcry of such letters or ~arcels

respectively: Provided that the same shall contain such rcturns only, and shall, on the outside thereof, be stated to contain such returns only, and be signed by the minister or other person trans- mitting the same.

Letters o f a a i l o ~ aid 13, The following classes of persons may both send and receive

mldiem.	letters, not exceeding half nn ounce in weight, by post, on their own private concerns, on prepayment of a postage of One Penny for each letter, either ill the said l'rovince, or elsewhere (as the case may be), namely, every seaman employed in H a Majesty's Navy, whilst such seaman shall be actually employed in Her Majesty's service; evcry serjeant, corporal. drummer, trumpeter, fifer, and private soldier in Her Majesty's Regular Farces, Militia, Fencible Rcgirncnts, Artillery, or Hop1 'PrIIarines, whilst actually employed in Her Majesty's service; but the letters of commissioned officers, or warrant officers, whethey in the Army or Eavy, or midshipmeu, or mates of the Navy, are not included in this provision; and with respect to letters ~ e n t bp any such privileged persons, the following cenclitions shall be observed, that is to say, the postage of each letter, unless sent from parts beyond the seas as hereinafter mentioned, shall be paid on such letter being put into a Post Office; and upon such letter shall bc suhscribcd the name of the witcr, and his class or description in the vessel, regiment, corps, or detachment to which he shall belong; and upon cvery such letter there shall be written, in the handwriting of, and signed by the officer llaving at the time the command of the vessel, or of the regiment, corps, or det~chmcnt to which the pri- vileged pmon belongs, thc name of such officcr, and thc name of such vessel, or of such rcgirnei~t, c-urps, or detachment; and with
persons, the following conditions shall be observed, that is to my- respect to lcttcrs received by post by any of the said prideged the postage of each letter, unless sent from parts beyond thc seas as
hereinafter mentioned, shall be paid upon its b c i ~ ~ g put into a Post Officc, and it sliall be directed to the privileged person, specifying
on the superscription thereof the vesscl, or the regiment, corps, or
detachment, to which he shall belong; and \*r henever the letters sent or received by any such privileged person shall be sent from parts beyond the seas, and shall appear to have had any postage whatsoever prepaid thereon, no Colonial postage shall be charged on delhery thereof within the said Province.
hvernor and Execu-

tive Council may 14. The Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, may

mange ss to prepar- make, or cause arrangements to be made with. the Postmaster-

mentoflettera to General of England, and with the constituted authorities in foreign

Britain or foreign

Parts. ports and separate Colonies, for the prepayment or for the optional

prepayment

prepayment thereat, by stamps OP otherwise, of the postages payable under the provisions hereof, or of such sum as may form a fair pro- portion, or an equivalent for such proportion of such a rate of postage as shall be arranged to be payable in Great Britain, or in

any such foreign ports or separate Colonies, for the entire postage

between the place at which the letters, newspapers, or parcels chargeable therewith, shall be posted, to the place of delivery; and d s o to make, or cause to be made, arrangements for the prepay-ment or for the optional prepayment in the said Province, on letters, news- papers, or parcels to be sent from the said Province to Grzat Britain, or to such foreign ports or separate Colonies, of t8he postages payable

in Great Britain, or in any such foreign port or separate Colony, or

for the payment of such entire sum as may be agreed upon as the postage between the place at which any such letter, newspaper, or parcel shall be posted and the place of delivery thereof, and as to the proportion of or equivalent for sw11 proportion of such entire sum, which sliall be retained for the use of the said Provincc.

15. The Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, may make, or cause to be made, arrangeinents with the Postmaster- r n ~ l ~ c nrrangemcnt for

General of England, and with the constituted authorities in foreign zy$i2rt O f ~ O s t a *

ports and separate Colonies, for the transmission by post of parccls, and for the l~roportion of the charge, in respect of such transmission, to be retained for the use of the said Provincc: Provided that the postage to be charged on any such parccls, from the place at which the same shall be posted unto the place of delivery, shall not exceed

the following ratcs:

For a single parcel not exceeding quartcr of a pound in weight,

Fourpence.

For each additional quartcr of a pound, or fraction of a quarter

of a pound, Fourpence

from Great Britain, or to or from any foreign count1 y, or separate posting o f books. 16. parcels transmitted by post within the said Province, to or ltegulntions for

Colony, shall be subject to the following conditions:

The charge will be the same whether such parcels are posted or

cleliverecl at the port of dispatch or arrival, or at any place in the interior of' tlle country, and ~vhether sent by packet or private ship

The postage must in cvcry case be prepaid by means of stamps

No such parcels shall be sent by any route which would entail the expense of transit postage through any intermediate country or Colony

To prcvent the inconvenience which might otherwise ensue, any Postmaster may delay the dispatch of' such parccls to or from the interior of tlle said Province for such periods as may from time to time be fixed by the Governor in Ese- cutive Council, in consideration of the distance, the means

E of

of carriage, and the time occupied in the conveyance of

nails in different Iocdities

No single parcel must exceed three pounds in weight.

mabing md

of poetage etamper

17. The Postmaster-General, or Inspector of Stamps, shall, with

the approval of the Governor, cause stamps to be made or procured

and sold, indicating such amounts of, postage as may be directed in

that behalf by the Governor.

~ostmsster-aeneral 18. The Postmaster-General may grant a licence to any person to

deal in or to retail stamps; and any such person or any Postmaster

may to eeu licence stampe.

who may obtain from the Postmaster-General, at anv one time,

stamps tb the value of Five Pounds or upwar&, shall" be allowed

thereon a rebate at the rate of Two Pounds and Ten Sllillings in the

Hundred Pounds.

NO pormn to makc 19. If any person shall make, or cause to be made, or assist in

moulda for stamps. making, or knowingly have in his custody or possession, without lawful excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on the person accused),

. any mould or frame, or other instrument having thereon any words, letters, figures, marks, lines, or devices peculiar to paper heretofore or herealter to be provided or used fox postage stamps, or if any

posaeas paper for imi- or aid, or assist In making of, or kv:owingly have in his custody or Not to make or person (except as beforc excepted) shall make, or procure to be made,

tRting pOStng0 etmps. possession, without lawful excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on the

party accusecl), any paper, in the substance of which shall appear

visible any words, letters, fiwures, marks, lines, or devices peculiar to 1,

paper heretofore or hereafter to be used or providcd for postage

stamps, or any part of such words, letters, figures, marks, lines, or

dcvices, and intended to imitate or pass for the same, then, and in	+
every such case, every person so offending diall, for cvery such offence, be adjudgecl a felon, and shall be imprisoned for any period not exceeding scvcn years as the Court shall award, with or without hard labor.

Having possession

of paper for stamps 20. If any person without lawful excuse (the proof whereof. shall

without authority.	lie on the party accused) shall purchase, or rcceive, or takc, or have
in his custody or possession, any paper, provided by the Postmaster-
Gcnerd for the purpose of beitig-used for postage stamps, before the same shall have been issued by him for public use, every such person shall for such offence Be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be imprisoned for not more than two years nor less than six months.

How stamps be

*d. 21. The stamps upon all letters and parcels shall be affixed or impressed upon the outside thereof, and above the address written thereon, and no Postmaster shaU be bound to take any notice of stamps which shall be affixed elsewhere upon any such letters or parcels.

~ le t~n ,nernpaperr, 2% The postage upon all letters, newspapers, and parcels which

mnd p r o e h muat be

shall

shdl be posted at any Post Office within the said Province, excepting	repaid, exoept ts
E ereinafter excepted.
in cases in which the prepayment shall be optional, under any
arrangement to be made as hereinbefore authorized, shall be prepaid
by the person tvho shall desire to have the same transmitted by post,
and such prepayment shall (except as hereinafter provided) be made
by the affixing thereon of stamps issued by the Postmaster-General
or Inspector of Stamps: Provided that i t shall be incumbent on
every Postmaster to procure and keep on hand a sufficient supply
of Post Office stamps for sale, without premium, and in such quan-
tities as the Postmaster-General may authorize or direct, to all persons	Poetmastem to keep a
eufficient supply of
desirous of purchasing the same; and that whenever it shall happen	stamps.
that any such Postmaster shall not have any stamps of the requisite value for sale as aforesaid, then and in such case prepayment on any such letters, newspapers, or parcels may be made in coin, and shall be acknowledged by the said Postmaster upon the face of the letter, newspaper, or parcel so prepaid: And provided also, that no pre- payment of Colonial postage shall be required on letters received from beyond sea, for delivery to any part of the said Province: Pro- vided further, that in all cascs in which lctters, newspapers, and parcels posted in, and addressed to, places within the said Province, shall be posted without the postage bcing prepaid, either by stamp or otherwise, there shall be charged on such letters, newspapers, or parcels, a postage of double the amount to which such letters, newspapers, or parcels would otherwise be liable under this Act.
23. It shall be the cluty of every Postmaster to see that every post letter, newspaper, or packet bears a stamp or stamps of the proper	Postmaders to sea
that stamps of proper
amount aro afljcxed.
amount, according to the rate for the time being established by law;
but nevertheless every letter, newspaper, or parcel upon which b	As t o postae when
deflcicnt stampe
stamp or stamps shall have been affixcd, shall be transmitted through	affixed.
the post, and shall be delivered to the party to whom it is addressed upon payment by him of donble the amount of a3y postage deficient.

24. The sender of any post letter, newspaper, or parcel shall be

registered.

Letters may ba

entitled to have the same registered at the Post Office, upon payment

of the proper amount of postage stamps, together with the sum of

Sixpence, as a fcc for such registration; but such registration shall

not render any Postmaster, or the Post Office revenue, in any manner liable for the loss of any such post letter, newspaper, or parcel, or the contents thereof; and all registered lctters and packets shall be received at any post office, and also he delivered at the place of delivery, at or between such hours in the day, and under such regu-

y$.tmtiOn fm

lations in every respect as the Postmaster-General shall from time to time appoint; and such registration fee shall be prepaid by stamps.

25. I n case any Postmaster shall suspect and believe that any TIOW ~ostmaster map

act in regard to letters

letter, newspaper, or parcel put into his office or received by him ,, in as being

as such Postmaster, and ~urporting to be a letter, newspaper, or xempt, or as charge- able at a lower rate of

parcel coming within any of the exemptions hereby created, or p t a g ~.

belonging in respect of its contents, to one of the classes in which

the

the lower rate of postage hereinbefore mentioned is chargeable, does mt in fact contain solely and only that which the same shalI so pur- port to contain as aforesaid, or contains some paper, note, or other thing in writing, which under this Act would subject such letter, newspaper, or parcel to postage, or to the higher rate of postage its

the case may be, it shall be lawful for such Postmaster, and he is hereby required to mark upon such letter, newspaper, or parcel

treble the amount of postage to which such letter, ncwspapcr, or parcel was originally liable, and such amount shall bc demanded and received accordingly: Provided that in every such case of sur-- charge, if it shall at any time within ten days next following the delivery of the letter, newspaper, or parcel, be made to appear to the satisfaction either of the Postmaster by whom the same was so delivercd, or of the Postmaster-General, that the same was not in fact liable to postage, or to a highcr rate of postage, thcn the amount of such surcharge shall be returned to the party who shall have paid the same: Provided also, that if the person to whom the letter, news- paper, or parcel is delivered &ill so require, thc Postmastcr by whom the same shall be so delivered shall, at the time of' such delivery thereof, cxaminc not onlv the outsidc bu t the contents of the said letter, newslx.tper, or parcel in that person's presence, and thereupon demand and take only the postage lawfully due tbereon, according to the provisions of this Act.

Penalty on persons

ytting in or sending 26. If any person shall knowingly scnd or put, or eausc to bc

etters asexempt fmm sent or put, to or into my post office, any letter, newspapel*, or parcel

p a w e % Or liable purporting to come witkin any of the escrnptions aforesaid, or to	to the lower rate only,
when they ought to be belong, in respect of its contents, to one of the ckasses in which such mbjwt rate. to higher lgwer rate of postage as aforesaid is clxqwd.de, but which letter,

newspaper, or parcel shall, to the knowledge of such person, not contain solely and exclusively that which the same is by this Act authorized to contain, or s l d, to the knowledge of such person, contain or have written thereon or therein some letter, paper, note, communication, writing, or tliing which uilder this Act would sub- ject the same to postage, or to the highcr rate of postage, the person so offending shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than Twenty

Pounds.

Using stamps whi& 27. Letters, newspapem; or parcels bearing stamp which have

been previously obliterated or drfaced shall bc treated as unpaid, and the Postmaster-General may open, detain, and keep such letters for a reasonable time, until the same shall have been used or produced by him in evidence, and if any person shall wilfully and fraudulently remove from any Post Office stamp, which has been previously used, any mark wllich shall have been made thereon at any Post Office by way of obliteration or defacement, for the purpose of indicating that such stamp has been once used, or shall knowingly and fraudulently put off or use, or attempt to put off or use, any such stamp, the person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. and shall be liable to be imprisoned 'with or without hard labor, for any period not exceeding thke years.

2F. The

28. The Postmaster-General may detain or cause to be detained, f;,4f&~~h& Act

any lctters, newspapers, or parcels mhich shall be posted, or rcason-	bc detained.
ably suspected to be posted, contrary to the provisions of this Act;
and every other Postmaster shall forward the same and all refused
letters, newspapers, or parcels to the General Post Office, a\ Adelaide; and all such irregularly posted and refused letters, newspapers, and parcels shall be immediately opened at the said General Post Office, a t Adelaide, in manner hereinafter provided, for the purpose of ascertaining the writer or sender thereof.

29. Exccpt in the case of unclaimed, refused, undelivered, and f; ~ ~ ~ ~ $, " ~ ~ ~ & r

irregularly posted letters, no letter, newspaper, or parcel whatsoever or scadcr thereof

shall, under any circumstances, be returned to the writer or sender hereinmentioned, otherwise than sa

thereof, without the express consent of the person to whom the same is directed; nor (except as hereinafter provided), unless by virtue of an express warrant in writing under the hand of the Goverr,or, or of some person by him duly authorized to sign such warrant, shall any letter, newspaper, or parcel be sent or delivered to any other than the person to whom it is addressed, or his agent; or, in case of such person's death or absence, to his personal or other lawful representative or assignee.

30. All unclaimed and undelivered letters, newspapers, and par- Unclaimed and undelivered letters,

cels which shall have becn ~cccivcd at any post office, shall be kept , , , to be kept for

thereat for a period of thirty days, during which time a list hereof thirtv days, durin which, list thereof

shall be esposcd in a conspicuous place in such post office, and at the to be exposed at as

expiration of such period of thirty days, or sooner if the Postmaster rostoffice.

at any such post office shall nsccrtain that the person to whom the

same is addressed is not to be found at such address, the same shall

be forwarded to thc General Post Office, at Adelaide; and the

Postmaster-Gcncrd shall, forthwith, cause the addresses of all such letters, newspapers, and parcels so forwarded to him, to be inserted in a list to bc opcnly exposed in the post office, at Adelaide.

3 1. The Postmastcr-Gcncral shall, once in every month, or ~ ~ g; ~ ~ ~ G; ; ~ a l

oftener if he shall think fit, cause a list to be published in the Govarnm& ~ f a ~ e t t e

South Australian Government Gnzette, of all detained, unclaimed, $&f&'laimed

and undclivered letters and parcels from abroad which shall h v e

been received at thc General Post Office, at Adelaide, since the last

prcccding publication of the like kind; and after a period of six

months, such of thc letters and parcels mentioned therein, as shall

not in the meantime have been claimed and delivered, may be

opened, in manner hereinafter mentioned.

32. All letters, newspapers, and parcels which shall be required How unclaimed and by letters, whom

to be opened, shall be opened by the Postmaster-General or by an &C., may	opened,
officer of the post officc, at Adelaide, to be specially nominated for that purpose by the Postmaster-General; and such officer shall, before he shall enter upon his duties in this respect, makc oath or affirmation beforc the Postmaster-General (who is hereby authorized to administer such oath or affirmation) that he will not intentionally

F read

read the contents, or any part of the contents of m y letter, wws-

paper, or parcel which he shall open, except so far as i t may be '

necessary so to do for the purpose of ascertaining the name and

address of the writer, and that he will not divulge to any person	,
whatsoever, except to the Postmaster-General upon demand by him, any of the contents of any such letter, newspaper, or parcel which may have come to his knowledge in the course of opening and examining the same for the purpose aforesaid; and if any such officer ahall act in contravention of this enactment, or of his oath or affirmation, he shall for every such offence forfeit and pay to Her Majesty, for the public uses of the said Province, a penalty of not less than Five Pounds, and not exceeding One Hundred Pounds, to be recovered in a summary way before any two Justices of the Peace for the said Province, upon the complaint of the Postmaster-General, or by information of debt in the Supreme Court by IIer Majesty's
Attorney-General.

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~e&edormc!aimed 33. The Postmaster-General shall cause all detained, unclaimed,

~ ~ and undelivered letters, newspapers, or parcels whatsoever, which ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ $ ~ ~ ; ~

or eendcte thereof on	shall have been so opened as aforesaid, to be returned to the writers
paymcnt
thereof. ofpostage	or senders thereof, i? ',he name and address of the writer or sender ,
can be ascertained by examination of such letters, newspapers, or parcels, and such wiiters and smiders sllall thereupon b6 liable to pay the original postage payable thereon, if not prepaid; and if any such writer or sender shall refuse to receive any such letter, news- paper, or parcel, the same may be forthwith destroyed, but he shall nevertheless bc liable to pay such postage as aforesaid thercon.
Postmaster- Genelal

may destroy all 34. Thc 'f'ostrnastcr-General may cause to be destroyed or sol4

prinks aacumentr, all pamphlets, magazines, reviews, and periodical publications, and

remaining unclaimed all printrd Votes and Proceedings of Parliament and of Colonial

patterns, &C.,

fm three rnonLba or	Legislatares, and all prices current, catalopcs of merchandizr, and
upwar& ;	patterns and sarnplcs of merchandize, which shall continue to be unclaimed or mdelivered after the lapse of six months from the date of the publication of the list in which they shall have been adver- tised; and he may cause to be destroj-ed all newspapers which shall

h a letters remining have remained unclaimed for the period of six months; and also all

mclaimed year. One nnclaimed, refused, undelivered, and irregularly posted letters, newspapers, and parccls, of which he shall hate been unable to ascertain the senders so as to return them, and which shall haw continued to be so unclaimed and undelivered for the period of one year after the advertisement thereof as aforesaid: Provided that in such last mentioned case, a list shall be preserved of every such letter containing money or valuables, showing the address thereof, and the name of the writer, and of the place at which the same purports to have been written.

C?,OR~~~CC for can- 35. The Postmaeter-General may, under such instructions as shall be from time to time in that behalf given to him by the Governor, enter into any contract or contrdts, in writing, from time

~ a n w ~ f d.

to time, in hia own name, on behalf of Her Majesty, for or in

respect

respect of the carriage ox conveyance of the several m a b throughout the said Province, or any or eitfier of them, and to sue and be sued upon such contracts accordingly; and if any person having entered into anv such contract with the Postmaster-General shall, during the continuance thereof, unlawfully refuse or neglect to perfonn the same, or shall in any manner omit to comply with any stipulation or provision therein, he shall forfeit and pay a penalty or

sum of not more than Oue Hundred Pounds, over and above the

penalty recoverable upon such default, by virtue of any bond into which such person, or his surety or sureties, may have entered for the due performance of the contract.

36. In any suit or other proceeding for the recovery of any 1. ~ ~ i t. e. ~ e ~ ~ ~ ~ r r

postage, payable under or by virtue of this Act, the person from ~ ~ the ~ ~ ~ $ ~ ~ g ~ ~ ~ ~

postage sIiall be sought to be recovered, shall purport to have come, againat.	whom any letter, newspaper, or parcel, in respect of which any party proc~cdud
shall be deemed the sender thereof, and thc onus shall lie upon the party proceeded against, to prove that the same did not come from, and was not sent by him.
37. In all proceedings whatsocver for the recovery of any postage, the Post Office charge upon any lctter, newspaper, or parcel shall, in cvidcncu. Post Office charge on

l,,,er be

all cases, be evidence of thc liability thereof to be so charged, and

that the sum so charged thereupon is payable, as and for the postage

thereof.

newspapers which, at the time of the arrival of any hip or vessel arrival and demand, 38. All mail bags and packages, and also all loose lettcrs and ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ $; ; ~

within the limits cif any por.tor -harlsor in the said Province, shall under R penalty. be on board of such ship br vessel, dilected to any person or persons within thc said Province or its dependencies, &all be delivered immediately on demand to the Postmaster-General, or any Postrrlaster or Port Officer of such port or harbor, or to any person duly acting for such Postmaster-General, Postmaster, or port officer; exceptingalways Exceptiuns. letters concerning goods on board such ship or vesscl, and to be	delivered with such goods, and lettem containing any conveyance	or other deed, commission, writ, or affidavit, and letters sent by way
of introduction oiily, or colicerning the bearer's private affairs; and any maater, passenger, or other person on board of such ship or vessel, who shall delay the delivery of, or shall knowingly or negligently dctain on board of such ship or vessel, or keep in his possession any mail bag, mail box, packet of letters, letter, or newspaper (except as aforesaid), after such demand made as afore- said, shall forfeit and pay for every lctter or newspaper so delayed, detained, or kept, a penalty or sum not exceeding Fifty Pounds.

39. The master or commander of any ship or vessel arriving at any Declaration to LV

port or harbor in the said Province, shall repair to the Post Ofice at made by mastem of

,, agiyal,,

such port, as soon after his arrival as shall be practicable, and shall blettera* A

then subscribe a declaration in the presence of s&e person authorized

by the Postmaster-General to take such declaration; which declaration

shall

&mofDBCIaratim, *a be jn the form Qt to the &kct fokWhg, that ie t o 1,

A. B., cormnmder of (state the name of the sh@ or wsseu arrived from, state the plaee), do, as required by law, solemnly declare, that I have to the best of my knowledge and belief delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the person duly authorized to receive delivery

Pedtya a.0 decla- . thereof, every letter, bag, package, or parcel of letters, or packets

ration made, or if

false.	that were on board the ( ~ t a t e the name of the ship or vessel), except such letters as are exempted by law from postage ;" and until
' such declaration shall have been made, and a certificate of the making
thereof, under the hand of the officer taking the same, shall have
been produced to the collector, comptroller, or principal officer of customs at such port or harbor, he shall not permit such ship or vessel to report; and any master or commander failing or neglecting
to make such declaration, or rnaki~g a false declaration, shall forfeit
aad pay a penalty or sum not exceeding Fifty Pounds.

Jkfails eonveyed 40. All mail bags and packages which are conveyed, or required by

oo~dtwiea by steamers

or other vessc~s, to Ee law to be conveyed by post fzom one art of the said Province to the

delivered on arrival other, and whic6 at t&ctime of the akival of any steam boat or other

a d demand ;

vessel within the limits of any port, post town, or other place at which mails or mail bags are to be delivered, shall be on board such steam boat or other vessel, shall be delivered, on demand, to any port officer or Postmaster of such port, post town, or other place as aforesaid, or

Under a penalty.	to any person duly authorized to act for them or either of them; and any master, commander, or other person belonging to any such steam boat or other vessel, having charge of wch mails, who shall refuse
or neglect to deliver the same on demand as aforesaid, or shall detain or permit the detention of the same on board such steam boat or other
vessel, or shall not use due diligehce in the delivcry thcreof, as well
as for the secure and dry custody of the same while they shall be in his charge, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a penalty or
lsum not exceeding Fifty Pounds.
hmunefatioa to
masters of ships, &v.	41. Every master or other person in charge of any such ship or vessel arriving from parts beyond the said Province, shall be entitled at any time after the expiration of twenty-four hours next after the arrival of such ship or vessel, to receive from the
nearest Postmaster who is hereby required to pay such master or person) the sum of 6 ne Penny for every letter or paicel, newspapers excepted, so delivered on demand as aforesaid, or delivered volun-
tarily to any Postmaster, or port oficer, or at any Post Office, excepting only mail bags and packages received from the General
Post Office in England, by Government vessels or packets having
contracted with the Government for cmrying mails; and every such master or person shall gi..cie a receipt for the money so received, which receipt shall be to the Postmaster obtaining such letters or parcels a sufficient voucher, and the same shall be allow~d him in his account accordingly: Provided that it shall be lawful for the said Postmaster-General to withhold the said gratuity, or a part thereof, in caBes when the master of such vessel shall have been guilty of
any negligence or delay in the delivery of the mails furnkkd by m h vessel. 42. lf

4% any master or persop hxrs4ng the: cornm&rzd of my a b i p or

vessel about to depart &am the said Province shall (after behg tht3reta

geqwired by the Postmaster-Gea~rd or by any such Po~sbaawter ox port officer, or by aDy person duly authorized to act far them, ur either of them) refuse or wilfully neglect to xecoive on board such ship or vessel, any mail bag or packages, or to give a receipt fex the same, or shall refuse or neglect carefully to deposit such mid bag ar packages, in some secure and dry place on board of such ship m vessel, or to convey the same upon her then intended voyage, swch

master or pcrson shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay a

penalty or sum not exceeding One Hundred Pounds: Providd that everv such master or nerson in command. who shall re- ceive on doard any such mail &g, or packages, for the purpose of conveying the same, according to the direction thereof, shall be entitled immediately to demand and receive from such Postmaster or port officer, for the carriage thereof, One Penny for every letter

or packet contained therein, newspapers excepted, such master or Allowanceo to masteri

person giving a receipt for the amount so received by him, which	of vesqels for ship
receipt shall be a sufficient voucher for such payment, and the same
shall be allowed such Postmaster or port officer in his account ace

cox	dingly.
43, If any master, commander, or other pcrson having the ~ a ~ ~ e ~ a o ~ s ~ e ~ ~ c ~ or other vessels

charge of any stcam-boat or other vessel proceeding or about to coaut~visc

compelled

proceed fromv any port dr placc within the said Province to some ~~~~~t~

other port or placc within the same. shall refuse or ncglebt to

receive any such Post Office mail on board such steam-boat or

other vessel, or to ,give a receipt for the same, being thereto

required, be shall forfeit and pay a penalty or sum not exceeding

Fifty Pounds.

44. For the conveyance of any mails by wRer from one port, post mow an^ to mastp.;l of stetlmcre, &C., f~ir

town, or other glace to any other such port, post town, or other l,,,,,, e,,,y,d

place, within the said Province, the master, or commander, or c~nst?+.

any other person having the charge of any such steam-boat or

other vessel, shall be entitled to demand and receive at the rate

and such payments shall be made at such place and time, and under

of One Penny for every letter or parcel contained in such mail;

such regulations, as the Postmaster-General shall appoint; and every such master, commander, or other person as aforesaid, shaU give a receipt for the amount so received by him, which rececipt shall be to the Postmaster-GeneraJ, or to any Postmaster or other person as aforesaid, making such payment, a full and d i d. discharge for the same; and the said Postmaster-General, md every such Postmaster and other person in passing his accou~ts, shall receive credit for every such sum or sums which o hall be therein mentioned accordingly.

Vessetsnot* 46. Whmevm the rnar~ter or person having the aommandPof any

pt%rmmt to n*,

snd gratuities steam-boat or other vessel shall hare received mails from any Post-

-	11.31.	bem*ma	master, for conveyance on board of such steam-boat or other vessel, and such steam-boat or other vessel ahall not depart on her voyage according to the time fixed for the departure thereof, by any notice
given as herein provided at or before the receiving of such mails,
it shall be lawful for the said Postmaster-General to recover back
from such master or person having the command as aforesaid, such
mails, and also any gratuity which may have been paid for the con-
veyance of the same in+ a summary manner, before any two or more Justices of the Peace for the said Province,

Penalty on post- 47. If any port officer, Postmaster, or other person duly autho- rized to receive or dispatch any such mails as aforesaid, shall neglect or fail to deliver, or shall retard the delivery of, any bag, box, mail, letter, packet, or newspaper, he &all, for every such offence, forfeit and pay a penalty or sum not exceeding Fifty Pounds.

*:$

t;Azz2:g

~ettere

not to be 48. No letter or parcel caargeable with postage shall be carried parcel shall be so carried or conveyed, or bc sent or taken charge of for the purpose of being so carried and conveyed, by any person (not being a person employed in the Post Office, or in the convey- ance of post letters), the person so sending or conveying such letter or parcel, dr taking charge of thc same for such carriage or con- veyance, ahall, for every such letter or parcel forfeit and pay a penalty or sum not exceeding Twenty Pounds; and evely such letter

vereaOChedthan	bp post, undor a	for hire or reward otherwise than by post; and if any such letter or
penalty,
and parcel sent or carried, or taken charge of to be carried, otherwise
than by post, shall be deemed, in any prosecution for this offence, to
have been for hire or reward, unless the contrary shall be shown by
the defendant. C

Proviso to letters 49. Nothing in the last preceding clause contained shall extend to

exceedingsixken

ouncer, in weight, or	any letter or parcel exceeding sixteeu ounces in weight, nor to any
writ with goods, or	letter or parcel concerning goods, sent with such goods, and to be
writs, &C.	delivered therewith, or containing any writ or proceeding out of any
Court of Justice, or deed, conveyance, affidavit, or letter of attorney,
nor to any letter or parcel sent by any person concerning his or her private affairs by any specid messenger, nor to any lrtter or parcel bmd fi'de gent or carried to or from the nearest post office, nor to newspapers.

of news- 50. In all cases in which a question shall arise whether a printed

werbbedecided aper is entitlel to the privilege of a newspaper, so far as respects

Governor in ~ouncif, P	the transmission thereof by post, the question shall be referred to the
Governor i n Executive Council, whose decision shall be final.

h a l t onpmtmaster, 51. Any Postmaster, or other officer belonging to the post office,

ta, 2 L a - agaimt

pmhi,,M

drhi. ht, or any person employed by or under a postmaster, or in the receiving,

~arting, carrying, conveying, or delivering of post letteb, or otherwise

in the bu&nesa of the post office, who shall affend against, or wilfully

neglect

neglect or omit to cornply with, any of the rules and reflations &I from time to time to be made as aforesaid, or any of the provisions of this Act, shall for every such offence, neglect, or omission, forfeit and pay a penalty or sum not exceeding Fifty Pounds.

i

52. If the driver of any mail coach or other carriage used for the f ~ ~ ~ ~ ~, " ~, " &

conveyance of the mail, or the guard, or any person in charge of a &C.

mail, whether conveyed by any such carriage, or on horseback, or foot,

shall loiter on the road, or wilfully mis-spend or lose time, or shall not

in all possible cases, convey such-mail & the speed of such a number

of miles an hour as are fixed by the Postmaster-General for the con-

veyance thereof, unless the circumstances of the weather, or the

badness of the roads, or the occurrence of any accident, shall prevent

the same, then, and in every such case, the driver or guard, or person

in charge, as the case may be, so offending, and being convicted

thereof, by his own confession, on view of a Justice of the Peace for the said Province, or the oath or oaths of one or more credible witness or witnesses, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding Five Pounds for every such offence.

63. Any person who shall fraudulently or wilfully, for the space of 2;;:;; :tz&

twenty-four hours, retain, secrete, keep, or detain, or being requirod ,,

s,c,,ting letter&

by an officer of the post office, shall neglect or refuse to deliver up any post letter, newspaper, or parcel, which ought to have been delivered to any other person, or a post letter bag or mail, whether the save shall have been received or found by the person secreting, keeping, or detaining, or neglecting, or refusing to deliver up the same, or by any other person, shall be guilty of a misdcmeanor, and being con- victed thereof, shall be liable to bc punished by fine and imprison- ment, with or without hard labor, not exceeding twelve months,

54. No hackney carriage shall stand or ply for hire opposite the Preventionof obstructionu oypo6b

General Post Office, nor within twenty yards thereof, on either side General Wst

thereof, and every driver or person having the management of any Oificc.

hackney carriage, who shall permit the same to stand or ply for hire L

contrary to this provision, shall forfeit for every such offence a sum Pcnalt~.

not exceeding Five Pounds; and every hawker, newsvendor, or idle or disorderly person, who shall stop or loiter on the flagway or pavement, opposite the General Post Office, or within twenty yards thereof, on either side thereof, shall forfeit for every such offence,

a sum not exceeding Two Pounds.

55. If any person, whether employed in the post office or other- ~~~~~~ %iiDd

wise, shall fraudulently take from the possession of any Postmaster, or aeeroting k e r n B

or person employed to canwy post letters, or from out of any post &'*

office, or place appointed for the receipt or delivery of post letters,

or shall steal, or shall for any purpose embezzle, take, secrete, or

destroy any letter, newspaper, or parcel, or mail of letters, or other

pri*d paper, or any matter or thing enclosed in any such letter,

packet, or mail sent, or to be ~ e n t, by such pout, every such persoil

so offending shall be deemed guilty of felony, a ~ d on conviction

thereof,

: $ &Q@ bs h b b to be imprisoned, wi& or without hard labor,

6 r any not exceeding seven yesrs, as the Court shall award.

Money in dead letters

and parcel8 to be paid 56. If upon thq opening of any dead letter or parcel, the same

to Treamrer.	&an be found to contain any money or article of value, then the Postmaster-~eneral shall pay the same mbney or the prim of such
article of value, after clisposing of the same, to the Treasurer, to
be repaid to the person entitled thereto, upon proof being given to t-he satisfaction of such Treasurer: Provided that no article of value w~ta ined in any dead letter or parcel, shall bc disposed of until six months after the opening of sucli letter or parcel containing the same,
to be delivered to

Letter# of insolvents 57. Whenever any person shall be declared insolvent within

Offlcial Aaeignec.	the meaning of the laws for the time being in forcc in the said Province, it shall be lawful for the Postmaster-General, upon an .order made in that behalf by the Commissioner of Insolvency for
the time being, during the period named in such order, to deliver
any letter addressed to such insolvent to the Official Assignee or
other person in such order named.

T ~ p ~ t y - f ~ w. hours7 58. Every master of m y vessel not carrying mails under a contract with Her Majesty's Government or with the Governor for the time being of the said Province, slmll before sailing from m y port within thc said Province for any place beyond the limits thereof, give to the Postmaster at the f o r t from which such vessel shall be about to sail twentydour boulu' notice, in writing, of the time or intended time of sailing of such vessel; and every master of any vessel nut carrying mails under any such contract as aforesaid shall, before sailing from

. - aftiaw crf sail-

ing to $ given.

arty port within the said Province for any other port within the same,

give to the Postmaster at the port from which such vessel shall be

about to sd, six hours' notice in writing of the time, or intended time, of sailing of such vessel: Provided that such lastmentioned notice shall expire between the hours of ninc in the morning and five o'clock in the afternoon; and every such master shall also from time to time give notice to such Postmaster, as aforesaid, of any postponenlent of such time of sailing; and every master of any

vessel who shall omit to give notice as hereby required, or who s b d	sail from the said port before thc expiration of the time mentioned
in such notice, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum
Q€ Fifty Pounds.

Penalty for not 59. Every master of any vessel who shall refuse to heave-to for,

heaving-to for mail	the maiLboat, when required by the person in charge of the same,
such mail-boat carrying a distinguishing flag with the words '' M d
k a t " inscribed thereon, and every rnwter of a vessel who 8hal.l evade, or attempt to evade any such m a b o a t, shall forrevcry such
offence: forfeit qxpd pay a s u m qot exceeding Ten Pounds nor lea6
thm Forty S m g e i

letter-box or receptacle for letters to remain open thexeon or therein for the space of one week after such building shall have ceased to be a Post Office, or who shall knowingly suffer or permit to be or remain in or upon any such building, not being a Post Office, any words, letters, marks, or devices whatsoever, whereby any person may be misled or iudnced to believe that such building is a Post Sffice, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not less than Five Pounds or

more than Twentv Pounds. d

61. Any person who shall post or ca o be posted, or attempt pen^;;^;;^;

to post, any letter or parcel containing any explosive or other dan-

gerous material or substance whatsoever., shall forfeit and pay a

penalty of not less than Five Pouncis nor more than Fifty Pounds.

62. Any pcrson who shall place: or keep upon any vehicle, carriage, Vchiclea not c n g w d m carrying mails not

or boat, except the same shall be uscc1 with	the sanction of the t o l l a v c w o r ~ Royal
Postmaster-General, the words " Hoyal Mail,"	Mail Coach," Mail Jfail."

Boat," the letters " It. M,," the device of a crown, or any words, letters, marks, or devices whatsoover, calculatcct-to lead to the belief that suc.11 vehicle is cn~ployed with such sn~iction as aforesaid. or for carrying nlails, shall forfeit a d pay a penalty of not less than One Pound nor more than Five Pounds.

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63. Any pcrson who shall post, or cause to be postctl, any obscene No obercne lcttur to

letter without any signature, or with an anonymous signatnrs, or a be posted.

signature purportiug to be the signature of any otber person, or of some person who nevcr existed, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a pcnalty of not more than Twenty Pounds.

livering of any mails, lcttcrs, newspapers, or parcels, who ,shall lose Pounds. 64. Any person who shall be employed in the carrying or de- ~~$~~~$' ' :$~;

or omit to clelivcr thc salnc in due roursc, and notwithstanding that the same may be subsequ~ntly found and dclivercd, shall be liable for ewry such loss or omission to forfeit and pay a penalty of not more thin Twenty-five Pounds.

65. The provisions of an Act, passed on the ninth day of De- *et 190f 1863.

cember, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, No. 19, intituled

An Act to provide for the regulation and licensing of Public Con-

veyances, and to prevcnt the wanton ill-treatment of horses and

cattle;" also, an Act, passed on the fourteenth day of September, KO.	l or 1864.
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, numbered 1, intituled

An Act to amend an Act to provide for the regulation and licensing

of Public Conveyances, and to prevent the wanton ill-treatment of ?ail vehicles to

horses and cattle," shall extend and apply to all convcyanccs used be hcensed.

for carrying mails, and whether at a greater distance from the ex-

ternal boundary of the city of Adelaide than thirty miles or not.

66. And for the more effectual prosecution of offences committed Prc~ecution crl.

against the Post Office Department, in any indictment or infor- o&nccs.

mation for any offence committed upon or in respect of any property

H which

*hich may be stated to belong to, the Postmaster-General, i t shall

btr sufficient to state any such property to belong to the Postmaqter-

General of the said Province, and it shall not be necessary to specify the name or addition of the Postmaster-General; and that whenever in any indictment or information for any offencc committed against this or any other Act relating to the Post Office Department, i t shall be necessary to mention for any purpose whatever the said Postmaster-General, it shall be sufficient to describe such Postmaster- General as the Postm eneral of the said Province, without

any further or other na ition, or description ~vhatsoever.

Rwxedinge for	67, A11 offences against this Act, or against any ri le or rcgnlation made under this Act as aforesaid., in respect of which said offences any pecuniary fine or penalty is by this Act imposed (where no other provision for the recovery thereof is in that behalf made), shall be heard and determined, and such fincs and penalties be awarded and imposed in a surnmafy way, by nncl before any two or more Justices
penaltiee,
of the Peace for the said province, upon complaint in that behalf
made: Provided that al l such proceedings shall be taken in the
name of Hcr Majesty's Attorney-General, or of thc Postmaster-
General, or of some other officer employed in the Post Office department of the said Yrovince.
IQ acfault~fpnymcnt	68. When any fine or penalty &.all have been imposed under the of the Peace by wh3m such fine or penalty shall have been imposed, to order that, m default of payment of such fine or penalty, the person on whom such fine or penalty shall have been imposed, may be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for any period not exceeding six calendar months.!

penalty# imptison" authority of this Act, it shall be l a ~ f u l for thc Court or the .Justices

mont.

.

Litnitation~aotiow,

69. If any action or suit shall be commenced against any person

or persons, for anything done in pursuance of this Act, the same

shall be commenced within twelve months after the fact committed, and not afterwards; and the defendant. or defendants in such action

shall and may plead the general issue, and give the specid matter in evidence, under such plea; and if it shall appear that the act was done under this Act, or that the action was commenced after thc

time before limited for bringing the same, the jur shall find for the

defendant or defendants; and upon a verdict fur t e defendant, or if 3: the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall be nonsuited or discontinue his, her,

or their action or suit after the deftxdant or defendants shall have

appeared, or if upon demurrer, judgment shall be given against the plaintiff or plaintiffs, the defendant or defendants shall and may recover costs, and have the like remedy fbr the same as any defendant

or defendants hath or haw by law in any other cases.

Appropriation d

postage duties,

70. The moneys to arise by and from the scvcral rates and duties of penalty under the provisions of this Act (except 'such part thereof

penalties, &c.

as aforesaid, and 'also all sums of money imposed and levied by way

as may be payable to the party suing or informing in respect

thereof),

thereof), shall respectively be paid to Her Majesty, Her heirs, and

successors, for the public uses of the said Province, and in support

of the Government thereof.

71. This Act may be cited as the Post Office Act of 1.861." Short title.

In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent to

this Act.

RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL,

Governor.

Government House, Adelaide,

30th August, 1861.

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