STATUTORY RULES.
1915. No. 194.
regulations under the post and telegraph act 1901-1913.
I, SIR ARTHUR STANLEY, Governor of the State of Victoria and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting as the Deputy of the Governor-General in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the undermentioned amended Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1913, to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this fourteenth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
A. L. STANLEY,
Deputy for the Governor-General.
By His Excellency's Command,
W. G. SPENCE,
Postmaster-General.
Amendment of the Post and Telegraph Regulations, 1913.
(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 348.)
1. Regulation 51 is repealed, and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—
51. The covers, envelopes, or wrappers of articles entitled to transmission at the rates of postage for commercial papers, printed papers, patterns, samples and merchandise, or catalogues, may have printed matter thereon, in addition to the names and addresses of the addressee and the sender, and such indications as are prescribed or allowed by these Regulations, provided (a) that a clear and conspicuous space be left for the address, and (b) that such printed matter shall refer only to the business of the sender, and shall be of such a character that it would be admissible if printed upon the articles enclosed in such covers, envelopes, or wrappers. They may also bear matter produced by other mechanical processes, provided, in the latter case, that at least 20 copies in identical terms be handed in at the counter of a Post-office at the same time.
2. Regulation 158 is repealed and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead: —
158. (1) Locked private boxes may be rented at the General Post-office, and, where provided, at other Post-offices (except those hereinafter provided for), on payment, in advance, of the following fees—
For a large box....................£3 per annum.
For a medium-sized box..............£2 per annum.
For a small box....................£1 per annum.
A box-holder may, on payment of a fee of £2 per annum, in addition to the fee paid for renting a private box, have the contents of such private box placed in a locked bag and handed to his messenger. The bag, furnished with a lock and two keys—one for the Postmaster and one for the owner—must be provided by the box-holder.
C.10269—Price 3d.
(2) In the case of a country town, where, other than on holidays, deliveries are not effected by letter-carriers at least twice a day on at least five days per week, the fees shall be—
For a large box....................£1 10s.per annum.
For a medium-sized box..............£1 per annum.
For a small box ....................10s. per annum.
payable in advance, provided that at least ten persons are severally prepared to rent private boxes at the Post-office at that town for at least one year.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions in this Regulation for payment of annual fees, persons who declare that they are temporary residents only, and who desire to rent a private box for a limited time, may be allowed the use of such box for a period of not less than three months and not more than six months. In those cases the fee shall be charged from the first day of the month in which the box is taken.
(4) Every person who desires to rent a private box shall, in addition to any other fee payable under this Regulation, deposit the sum of Five shillings as a guarantee for the return, in good order, of the keys of the box, which deposit shall be refunded on the keys being so returned.
3. Regulation 161 is repealed, and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—
161. If a box-holder, who has rented a private box for more than one year continuously, relinquishes the use of such box before the expiration of any subsequent year for which the prescribed fee has been paid, he shall, on return by him to the Department of all the keys of the box, and payment of One shilling, be entitled to a refund of the proportion of the fee paid for the period beyond the end of the quarter during which the box is relinquished.
Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.