works of literature or art, almanacs, maps or prints, photographs,
daguerreotypes, when not on glass or in frames containing glass, and any
quantity of paper, vellum, or parchment (to the exclusion of letters);
and the books, maps, paper, <i>&c.</i>, may be either written, printed or
plain, or any mixture of the three, and may be either British, Colonial
or Foreign.

All legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of the same, or a portion
thereof, will be allowed as part of the packet, whether such binding,
&c., be loose or attached, as also rollers in the case of prints and
maps, and whatever may be necessary for the safe transmission of
literary or artistic matter, or whatever usually appertains thereto, and
the postage is rated upon the gross weight of the packet.

[Sidenote: Sender's address permitted on cover.]

The name and address of the sender, and anything else not in the nature
of a letter, may also be written and printed on the envelope or cover of
the packet, in addition to the name and address of the person to whom it
may be forwarded.

[Sidenote: Books carried at parcel rates.]

Books addressed to places in Canada can be sent through the mails in
closed packets for the same rates of postage as parcels.

[Sidenote: Cannot be sent by Cunard Steamers.]

Books cannot be forwarded except at letter rates of postage by the mail
made up for the Cunard Steamers sailing from New York and Boston.

[Sidenote: Bound volumes of newspapers or periodicals.]

Bound volumes of any periodical or newspaper published in Canada, if
bound in a form to come within mailable dimensions, that is to say, not
exceeding two feet in length, breadth or thickness, nor exceeding 4 lbs.
in weight, may be sent from the office of publication to any place in
Canada at a charge of two cents per 8 ozs. or fraction of 8 ozs.

[Sidenote: Book packets for United Kingdom improperly posted.]

Should a book packet addressed to the United Kingdom be posted unpaid,
or with a pre-payment of less than 7 cents, or be enclosed in a cover
not open at the ends, or should it exceed the dimensions specified, it
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

[Sidenote: Do. insufficiently paid.]

If a book packet addressed to the United Kingdom be posted
insufficiently pre-paid, and it appears that at least the single rate of
7 cents has been pre-paid, such packet will be forwarded to its
destination charged with an additional postage equal to