Posting of parcels in large person who wishes to send off a large number of parcels, whether on a particular day or at regular or irregular inter vals, will facilitate the work of despatching them if he acquaints the office where they will be posted with his intentions, and gives as early information as convenient of the number of the parcels, their average weight, and the dates and times at which he proposes to post them. He will also consult the convenience of the department by sending the parcels to the post in batches, beginning as early in the day as possible. The department undertakes the collection of parcels at regular intervals from the premises of firms or private persons, when the munber to be collected amounts to as many as ten at a time or fifty a week.
may now be posted to most foreign and colonial coun tries, the rates varying, as a rule, according to their respective distances from London. The permissible dimensions also vary, the maximum being a.s follows : Parcels for British Possessions (except Canada), Beyrout, China (Hong Kong Agencies), Colombia, Constantinople, Costa Rica, Egypt, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Morocco, Salonica. Siam, Smyrna, Switzerland.
Tangier—Greatest length and girth combined, 3 ft. 6 in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6 ft. For European countries (except Germany, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, and Turkey), and for Azores, Cameroons, Caroline Islands, Liberia, Madeira, Marshall Islands, and Samoa—Greatest length, breadth, or depth, 2 ft. For other foreign countries—Greatest length,
2 ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4 ft. (For Japan, 6 ft.) For Canada—Greatest length, 2 ft. ; greatest breadth or depth, 1 ft.
Though insurance is possible when forwarding to a large number of foreign countries, yet in many instances it must be limited to a prescribed amount. Thus a parcel addressed to Holland cannot be insured for more than 140. On the other hand sonic countries require parcels of a specified value always to be insured. No uninsured parcel for Zanzibar, for example, must exceed V50 in value. But as an isolated instance, no parcel for Egypt, even if insured, can exceed ..C120 in value. It will be therefore, that the practice with regard to official insurance varies very considerably, though there is nothing to prevent a consignor effecting an insurance at Lloyd's in any case. One declaration or more of the contents and their value should accompany every parcel. This is necessary to facilitate the assessment of Customs duty (where payable), which is collected as a rule on delivery. Arrangements have been made, however, whereby persons sending parcels to certain countries and places can take upon themselves the payment of the Customs and other charges ordinarily payable by the addressees. Particu lars of these arrangements can be ascertained at any head or branch post office.