HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
Parcel Post.
100.-A Receipt will be given for each Parcel.
101.-TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND BRITISH COLONIES, &c.
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LIMIT OF
WEIGHT
Hongkong, China, Corea, Siam,.. Japan,
Cochin-China, Cambodge, Tonkin, An-
nam
Straits Settlements, Burmah, Ceylon,}
RES
11
11
POSTAGE.
FIRST EACH
Subse-
LIMIT OF SIZE.
PROHIBITED CONTENTS.
quent
lb.
lb.
cents, cents.
5
2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft.
Opium.
5
Do.
LO
LA
Do.
11
15
India +
Malta,
Gibraltar,
.(Direct),..
do.
11
11
20
United Kingdom, við Gibraltar only,..........
11
* 288
20
25
* 888
15
20
20
20
Africa, West Coast, ¶
.(viâ London),
11
Ascension,
do.
11
Bahamas,
do.
11
99999
40
35
Do.
35
30
Do.
40
35
Do.
Bermuda,
do.
11
40
35
Do.
British Guiana,
do.
11
40
30
Do.
British Honduras,
do.
11
Cape Town,
do.
11
Cape Colony,
do.
11
Cyprus,
do.
11
Egypt,
do.
11
Fiji,
do.
11
Natal,
do.
7
New Zealand,.
do.
11
Newfoundland,
do.
11
New South Wales,
do.
11
St. Helena, Tristan d'Acunha,
do.
Tangier,
do.
11
Tasmania,
do.
11 40
South Australia,
(via Ceylon), 11
Victoria (Australia),
do.
Western Australia
do.
Port Darwin,
Windward and Leeward
Is.,† Barbados, Trinidad,
.(Direct),....
AA
11 30
11
}(viâ London),
11
Canada,
Jamaica, Turks' Is.,
Mexico,
do. do.
5
Ke 488 10 10 0 093 3 983 88 3 2÷
35
40
35
45
55
35
45
45
45
40
40
40
35
35
30
11 30 30
30
35
50
40
83 933 99 998 8 38. *. 8 O3
30
Do.
Do.
40
Do.
25
Do.
25
Do.
Do.
40
Do.
40
Do.
40
Do.
40
Do.
30
Do.
30
Do.
40
Do.
30
Do.
Do.
Do., and not smaller than 3 in. by 2 in., by 2 in.
3 ft. 6 in. long, or 61
ft. in greatest length and girth combined
Do.
Explosive matter, letters,
liquids, opium.
Opium.
Arms.
Tobacco, except for per- sonal use, copyright books.
Specie or ostrich feathers. Dangerous articles, liquids (unless securely packed), contraband articles. Letters, jewellery, gold,
silvers
Counterfeit money, dutia. ble articles, spirits, cig. ars, snuff, tobacco, opium, ganje, charas, chang, cannabis indica.
Letters, plants, nuggets,
tobacco, tea.
Do.
Coins, tobacco.
Letters, arms, ammuni.
tion, liquids.
Letters, dangerous arti-
cles, liquids.
Letters, gold, silver, ost-
rich feathers, firearms. Letters, perishable goods,
liquids.
Letters.
Books copyright in the
United Kingdom.
Arms, munitions of war, tobacco, opium pipes.
vines, opium,
Letters.
Letters.
Letters,
spirits, tobacco.
30
Do.
Letters.
30
Do.
Letters.
30
Do.
50
2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft.
35
2 ft. long, or 4 ft. in Letters.
length and girthcom- bined.
do.
11
45
35
Do.
Letters, liquids, lottery
tickets, circulars.
And Indian Offices, viz : Aden, Bagdad, Bander Abas, Busrah, Bushire, Guadur, Jask, Kashmir, Linga, Muscat, Zanzibar. Accra, Bathhurst, Cape Coast Castle, Lagos, Quittah, Sierra Leone.
† Antigua, Montserrat, S. Kitts, Nevis, Dominica, Virgin Is. ; Grenada, S. Lucia, S. Vincent, Tobago.
102.-To the United Kingdom and Places beyond.-Parcels are forwarded by P. & O. packet only, and arrive in London about eight days later than the Mail. No further charge is made on delivery except for Customs Dues.
Duties in the United Kingdom.
6/0 per fb.
| Tea.
6d. per ib.
Cigars.
Duties cannot be prepaid by the sender. Compensation not exceeding £1 under any circumstances will be paid in case of loss of or damage to a parcel forwarded to, from, or through the United Kingdom.
103.-To India.-By P. & O. and Indian Mail packets only.
104.—To Australia.-By P. & O. packet viá Ceylon only, except Port Darwin direct