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Show HIE INSURANCE HIT New Order Penults l'ourtli.('las Mall t'p to 11 Hundred Dollars. t'lah iHMtmasters are receiving notification no-tification from the poMofflcc department depart-ment nt Washington ordering n ehnnge In the Insuring of fourth-clii mall matter, effective on September 1st. At present fourth-class mall enn be Insured only to the amount or fifty dollars. The new ruling allows Insurance In-surance of thla class of malt tip to a hundred dollars. The new orders received re-ceived by the him! poatnmster jester-day jester-day are us follows' Fourth-class mall shall not be registered, but may be Insured iigalimt loss In an amount equivalent to Its nctuul value, but not to cxiecd five dollars In an) tase on u mment of u fee of three cents, not to exceed twenty-five dollars on pu) incut of a fee or rive cents, not to exceed fifty dollarn on a pu ment of u fee of ten rents, or not to exceed one hundred dollars on pa) ment of n fee of twenty. five cents. In addition to the poatuge, ImiUi lo be prepaid by stamps ufflxed, but Indemnity In-demnity will not be allowed In cases of loss of such mulls addressed to the Philippine Islands, unless the loss occurred oc-curred In the iHMtal service or the I'nlttKl Htates." |
