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d to be sent. The charge on dead letters returned to the writers is 3 cents on each letter in addition to the postage. <tb> SOLDIERS' AND SEAMENS' LETTERS. [Sidenote: Rate.] Non-Commissioned Officers, Embodied Pensioners, Seamen, and Soldiers, and Army Schoolmasters of all but first class, while they are employed in Her Majesty's Service, can send and receive letters at the rate of two cents each under the following regulations:-- [Sidenote: Conditions.] 1. The two cents must be paid at the time the letter is posted. 2. The name of the soldier or sailor, his class or description, and the name of the ship, corps, or detachment to which he belongs, must be specified in the direction of the letter; and in the case of letters <i>sent</i> by soldiers or seamen, the officer in command must sign his name and specify his rank, and the name of the ship or regiment, corps or detachment, which he commands. 3. The letter must not exceed half an ounce in weight. 4. The letter must refer solely to the private affairs of the soldier or seaman. All the foregoing descriptions must be fully written in the address in the following form, the initials of the name of any ships or regiments being insufficient:-- [Sidenote: Address.] +---------------------------------------------+ | Seaman. | +---------------------------------------------+ | From A. B.--Seaman of | | H.M.S.____________ | | | |(<i>Here insert direction of the letter</i>.)| | | | C. D., Captain (<i>or other commanding | | Officer</i>) | | H.M.S.____________ | +---------------------------------------------+ | To A. B., Seaman, | | H.M.S.____________ | | | | (<i>Here the direction to be finished</i>.) | +---------------------------------------------+ +---------------------------------------------+ | Soldier. | +---------------------------------------------+ | From A. B., Sergeant, | | ____Regiment________ | | | |(<i>H
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