ate are considered as lapsed orders, and cannot be paid without the
special permission of the superintendent. In all such cases satisfactory
reasons should be given explanatory of the delay in the presentation of
the order.

[Sidenote: Orders on Canada issued in Malta and Gibraltar.]

The Deputy Postmasters General of Malta and Gibraltar are authorized to
issue money orders on the several money order offices in Canada. Money
order offices in Canada do not, however, grant money orders on Malta and
Gibraltar.

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GENERAL REGULATIONS.

[Sidenote: Exemption from juries, inquests, and militia.]

Postmasters and certain other officers of the department are exempt from
serving on juries or inquests, or in the militia. This exemption applies
to mail carriers, but not to assistants appointed and paid by
postmasters.

[Sidenote: Officers prohibited from voting.]

The postmasters of Quebec, Montreal, Three Rivers, and Sherbrooke, and
the postmasters of incorporated cities and towns in Upper Canada,
divided into wards, and other officers of the Post Office Department,
excepting Postmasters at other than the above places, cannot legally
vote at the election of any member of the Legislative Council or of the
Legislative Assembly.

[Sidenote: No credit allowed.]

Postmasters are not authorized to give credit for postage, if they do so
it is entirely at their own risk.

[Sidenote: Return of letter to sender not allowed.]

A letter once posted becomes the property of the person to whom it is
addressed, and must be forwarded according to its direction. On no
application, however urgent, can it be delivered back to the writer, or
to any other person.

[Sidenote: Letters addressed to firms, &c.]

A letter addressed to a firm may be delivered to any member of the firm.
If addressed to several persons it may be delivered to any one of them.

[Sidenote: Letters delivered to wrong parties.]

A letter delivered to the wrong person in consequence of his name being
the same as the one of the person for whom the letter is really
intended, should be at once returned to the postmaster from whom
received, the party writing on the cover "opened by me through mistake,"
and signing his name thereto.

[Sidenote: Letters posted without proper direction or prepayment.]

Letters posted without any direction, or addressed so imperfectly that
they cannot be forwarded to their intended destinations, and also unpaid