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-cations relative to weight or size, or to the quantity to be disposed of, or such as are necessary to determine the origin and the nature of the goods.
Liquids.
79.-Liquids, oils, and fatty substances easily liquified must be enclosed in glass bottles hermetically sealed. Each bottle must be placed in a wooden box adequately furnished with sawdust, cotton, or spongy material in sufficient quantity to absorb the liquid in case the bottle be broken. Finally the box itself must be enclosed in a case of metal, of wood with a screw-top, or of strong and thick leather.
Ointments.
80.-Fatty substances which are not easily liquified, such as ointments, soft soap, resin, &c., must be enclosed in an inner cover (box, linen bag, parchment, &c.), which itself must be placed in a second box of wood, metal, or strong and thick leather.
Dry Powders.
81.-Dry powders, whether dyes or not, must be placed in cardboard boxes which themselves are enclosed in a bag of linen or parchment.
82.-Packets of patterns and samples must be packed so as to admit of easy inspection.
83.-Such packets for places in the Postal Union must not exceed 12 inches in length, 8 inches in width and 4 inches in depth.
84.The maximum weight for packets of patterns or samples of merchandise posted in Hongkong or its agencies for the undermentioned places is 12 ounces (350 grammes).
Austria.
Belgium.
Bulgaria.
France. Greece. Guatemala.
Congo Free State.
Hawaii.
Holland.
Hungary.
Costa Rica.
Egypt.
Italy. Liberia.
Luxemberg.
Mexico.
Portugal. Roumania,
Salvador. Servia.
Siam. Switzerland.
Tunis.
United States.
To British Offices the limit is 5 lbs. ; to all other places it is 8 oz.
PRICES CURRENT AND CIRCULARS.
85.--A circular is a communication of which copies are addressed, in identical terms or nearly so, to a number of persons. It may be either written or printed, or partly written and partly printed. A price current or circular may be paid as a newspaper or as a book.
86.-A bundle of prices current or circulars may be paid as so many newspapers (each one counting) or the whole may be paid at book rate. The Union rate of postage is 2 cents each. For the Cape, 5 cents.
87.-Prices Current or Circulars forwarded in closed envelopes with the corners cut off, or with notched ends, are charged letter rates, as they are not really open to inspection.
88.-Prices Current and Circulars arriving in such large quantities as to retard the delivery of the mails are allowed to stand over till there is time to deal with them.
POST CARDS
89.-The following values are issued :-
For local circulation (see paragraph 13) To Union Countries generally
with reply paid
.1 cent
....4 cents
.....8 cents
90.-Nothing must be written or printed on the stamped side of the card but the address and, if desired, the sender's address. Any communication whatever, whether of the nature of a letter or not, may be written or printed, or partly written and partly printed on the other side. But no card will be forwarded on which anything libellous, insulting, or indecent has been written, printed, or drawn.
91.-Nothing must be attached to a lost Card, nor may it be folded, cut, or otherwise altered. If so, it will be charged as a letter. Thin paper, smaller than the card, may, however, be pasted smoothly on it.
92. In regard to hours for posting, late fees, &c., Post Cards are submitted to the same rules as letters.
93.—A card of insufficient value may be fully prepaid by the addition of an adhesive stamp of proper amount.
REGISTRATION.
94.-Every description of paid correspondence may be registered, except such as is addressed in pencil, or is addressed to initials or fictitious names, or is not properly fastened and secured. The fee is 10 cents to the United Kingdom and elsewhere, local 5 cents. The sender of any registered article may obtain an acknowledgment of its delivery to the addressee on paying an extra fee of 5 cents.