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free; and such bulletins or reports may be inclosed in envelopes or wrappers, sealed 

 or unsealed. On the exterior of every envelope, wrapper, or package must be written 

 or printed the name of the station and place of its location, the designation of the 

 bulletin or report inclosed, and the word "Free" over the signature or facsimile 

 thereof of the officer in charge of the station, to be affixed by himself, or by some one 

 duly authorized by him. There may also be written or printed upon the envelope 

 or wrapper a request that the postmaster at the office of delivery will notify tlie 

 mailing station of the change of address of the addressee, or other reason for ina- 

 bility to deliver the same, and upon a bulk package a request to the postmaster to 

 open and distribute the "franked" matter therein, in accordance with the addresses 

 thereon. 



DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE BULLETINS MAY BE FRANKED WITH STATION 



PUBLICATIONS. 



4. Bulletins published by the United States Department of Agriculture, and 

 entitled to be mailed free under the penalty envelope of that department, may also 

 be adopted and mailed by agricultural experiment stations, with such of their own 

 publications as are entitled to free transmission in the mails, under the same regula- 

 tions; and any bulletins or reports mailable free by any agricultural experiment 

 station under these regulations may be so mailed by any other station entitled to 

 such privilege. 



REPORTS OF STATE BOARDS OR DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE MAY NOT BE FRANKED. 



5. If annual reports of an agricultural experiment station are printed by State 

 authority, and consist in part of matter relating to the land-grant college to which 

 such station is attached, then said report entire may be mailed free by the director 

 of the station, provided, in his judgment, the whole consists of useful information of 

 an agricultural character. But the reports of State agricultural departments or 

 boards can not be adopted by agricultural experiment stations in order to secure 

 free circulation of such State reports. 



FREE DISTRIBUTION OP ANNUAL REPORTS NOT RESTRICTED. 



6. The bulletins and reports of progress issued by agricultural experiment stations 

 caii only be sent free to the newspapers and persons stated in the preceding section. 

 The annual reports may be sent free to any address. 



FREE TRANSMISSION OF ANNUAL REPORTS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



A part of section 544, relating to free transmission of annual 

 reports to certain foreign countries, reads as follows: 



The annual reports of agricultural experiment stations may be sent free to Canada, 

 Cuba, and Mexico. 



RETURN AND DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED MATTER. 



A part of section 672, relating to the return and disposal of 

 unclaimed official matter, as amended April 26, 1912, reads as 

 f oUows : 



Unclaimed official mail sent under penalty envelope or label or the frank of a 

 Member of Congress and unclaimed reports and bulletins sent out from State agri- 

 cultural colleges and from agricultural experiment stations will be returned to the 

 office of mailing if it is known. If the office of origin can not be ascertained, such 

 mail will be returned to the post office at Washington, D. C. 



