(_e_) Articles such as the following are prohibited by this new post, and few of them can be sent even at the letter-rate of postage, viz. metal boxes, porcelain or china, fruit, vegetables, bunches of flowers, cuttings of plants, knives, scissors, needles, pins, pieces of watch or other machinery, sharp-pointed instruments, samples of metals or ores, samples in glass bottles, pieces of glass, acids, &c., copper or steel-engraving plates, or confectionary of all kinds. In almost all these cases, the contents of a letter-bag would be in danger of being damaged or spoiled. MONEY-ORDERS. (_a_) Inland money-orders are obtainable at any of the offices of the United Kingdom on payment of the following commission:-- On sums not exceeding 2_l._ for 3_d._ Above 2_l._ and not exceeding 5_l._ " 6_d._ Above 5_l._ " 7_l._ " 9_d._ Above 7_l._ " 10_l._ " 1_s._ 0_d._ The commission on money-orders made payable in any of the British Colonies where money-order business is transacted is _four times_ the sum charged for inland orders, except at Gibraltar and Malta, where the commission is only three times the British rate. (_b_) The amount of any one money-order cannot exceed 10_l._, nor less than 1_d._ No order is allowed to contain a fractional part of a penny. (_c_) Applications for a money-order should always be made in writing. "Application Forms" are supplied gratuitously at all money-order offices. The surname, and, at least, the initial of one Christian name of both the person who sends the order, and the person to whom the money is to be paid, must always be given. The address of the remitter of the money should also be given. The following exceptions are allowed to the above rule:-- (1) If the remitter or payee be a peer or bishop, his ordinary title is sufficient. (2) If a firm, the usual designation will suffice--if that designation consist of names of persons, and not of a company trading under a title. (3) Money-orders sent to the Privy Council may be issued payable to "The Privy Council Office." (4) When the remitter notifies that the order is to be paid through a bank, he may withhold the name of the person for whom it is intended if he chooses; or he may, if he wishes, substitute a designation instead of a person's name; as, for example, he may make an order payable, through a bank, to "The Cashier of the Bank of England," or "The Publisher of _The Times_." (_d_) A money-order is always issued on the _head_ office of any town where there are several money-order offices, except the persons sending it request that it should be made out for some other subordinate office. (_e_) The sender of any money-order may make his order payable ten days after date, by simply signing a requisition at the foot of the order to that effect, and affixing a penny receipt-stamp to his signature.