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26. Make uv and Inspection oF CERTAIN PosTaL ARTICLES.
Postal articles for transmission at the rates of postage preseribed for
commercial papers, printed papers, samples or newspapers shall be made
up in such a manner as to enable the contents thereof to be easily and
readily inspected.

27. SURCHARGE OF CERTAIN PosTAL ARTICLES CONTAINING
IRREGULAR EncLosures. Any postal article purporting to be 2 commer-
cial paper, a printed paper. a sample or # newspaper within the meaning
of these Regulations which may be found to contravene any of the
provisions thereof may be treated asa letter or, if admissible at the
parcel rate, asa parcel, and sureharged upon delivery with an umount
equal to double the deficient postage at the letter or parcel rate, as the
case may be.

28. Accounts. The Posmaster shall render promptly to the
postal administrations or departments concerned all accounts, returns
and statements due to be rendered, and the several Brauch Postmasters
and Sub-Postmasters shall keep such accounts aud shall render sucli
returns as the Postmaster may require.

29. Srarisrics. (1) Once in each year from the first to the
fourteenth day of November inclusive or at such other period as may oc
preseried a record of the number of various classes of 1mail received and
despatched, both in the inland and external services, shall be kept for
statistical purposes.

(2) Where statistics are recorded in any year in accordance with the
Tuternational Postal Convention, it will not be necessary to observe a
special statistical period for colonial purposes in respect of external
mails, and the statistics recorded for international purposes will be used
for the purposes of official and other returns.

80. Scrracr Postage Rates on Parcrrs. The prepaid rates
of postave ou pareels intended for transmission from the Presidency by
surface mail and the limit of weight aud of insurance valite thereof shall
be as set forth in Schedule H hereto.

81. Certiricate or Posrincg Parcri. The sender of any parcel
may, upon application at the thae of handing in such parcel, obtain a
certificate of the postiue thereof on payment of the fee prescribed in
Schedule i hereto. Such certificate shall not imply any liability on rhe
purt of the Postmaster for any loss, injury or delay which may stibse-
quently take place in respect of such parcel,

832. Ikureonar Commenicatioss iN Parcens. Any parcel
found to contain or to bear on the cover thercof any article or communt-
cation chargeable at the letter rate of postage shall be charged on
delivery with an amount equal to double the postage payable apou such

article or communication if it had been transmitted separately.