Her Majesty's Mails: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the British Post-OfficeLewins, William
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Her Majesty's Mails: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the British Post-Office
Lewins, William
Postal service -- Great Britain
(_g_) Married women may deposit money in these banks, and money so
deposited will be paid to the _depositor_, unless her husband give
notice of marriage, in writing, and claim payment of the deposits.
(_h_) Money may also be deposited by, or in behalf of, minors.
Unlike some ordinary savings-bank, depositors over seven years of
age are treated here as persons of full age, though minors under
seven cannot withdraw, or have drawn, their deposits until they
attain that age.
(_i_) Charitable societies and penny-banks may deposit their funds
in the Post-Office banks, but a copy of their rules must, in the
first instance, be sent to the Postmaster-General. Special aid is
given to penny-banks established in connexion with those of the
Post-Office.
(_j_) Friendly societies, duly certified by the Registrar of these
societies, may also deposit their funds, without limitation or
amount, under the same condition.
(_k_) A depositor in an old savings-bank may have his money
transferred to the Post-Office banks with the greatest ease. He has
only to apply to the trustees of the old savings-bank for a
certificate of transfer (in the form prescribed by the Act of
Parliament regulating the transactions of these banks, viz. 24 Vict.
cap. 14), and he can then offer the certificate to the Post-Office
bank, and it will be received as if it were a cheque. Of course he
can draw out from one bank and pay into the other in the usual way,
but the transfer certificate will save him both trouble and risk.
(_l_) A depositor in any one of the Post-Office savings-banks may
continue his payments in any other bank at pleasure without notice
or change of book. The same facilities of withdrawal, as we have
previously shown, are also extended to him.
(_m_) Additional information may be obtained at any post-office, or
by application to the Controller, Savings-Bank Department, General
Post-Office, London. All applications of this kind, or any letters
on the business of the savings-banks, as well as the replies
thereto, pass and repass free of postage.
MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS.
1. Petitions and addresses to Her Majesty, or to members of either House
of Parliament, forwarded for presentation to either House, may be sent
_free_, provided that they do not weigh more than two pounds, and are
either without covers, or enclosed in covers open at the ends or sides.
They must not contain any writing of the nature of a letter, and if,
upon examination, anything of the kind be found, the packet is liable to
be charged under the book-post arrangement.
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