Post Office (Parcels) Act, 1882

Calculation of gross receipts.

4. The gross receipts of the Postmaster-General from parcels conveyed by railway for the purpises of this Act

(a) shall be calculated without any deduction whether for the cost of stamps, or otherwise; and

(b.) shall not include such extra charges (over and above the usual rate of postage) as may be from time to time fixed by the said regulations; and

(c.) shall include the rates of postage which would be chargeable for Government parcels, if they were sent by private persons, notwithstanding that the same may be conveyed without being stamped; and

(d.) As regards foreign parcels shall be taken to be the same amount as would have been the gross receipts of the Postmaster-General in respect of such parcels if they had been inland parcels of the same weight.