HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE.
PARCEL POST.
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108.-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. .5,0 per lb. 1
Tea... Duties cannot be prepaid by the sender.
4d. per lb.
Cigars... 109.-Indemnity, 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.
110.-To India.—By P. & O. and Indian Mail packets only. Insured Parcels by Indian Mail packets only.
111.-Parcels for the United Kingdom and all the countries marked with an asterisk (*) may be insured at the following rates:-
$120. $240.
$360.
fee 20 cents
..
30 40
$480. $500.
fee 50 cents
11
60
112.-Parcels addressed to Holland, Italy (via Belgium), or Montenegro cannot be insured for more than $400, or to the Azores, Beyrout, Constantinople, Finland, France, Italy (via France), Madeira, Portugal, Roumania, Servia, Smyrna, or Switzerland (via France) for more than $200.
113.-The rates of postage are indicated in the following tables. 114.-To the United Kingdom and British Colonies, &c. :-
то
LIMIT OF
WEIGHT
POSTAGE.
EACH
FIRST Subse-
LIMIT OF SIZE.
PROHIBITED CONTENTS.
Hongkong, China, Siam Japan, Corea
Cochin-China, Cambodge, Tonkin, An-
nam
Straits Settlements, Ceylon, India,* Bur- mah,* Aden,* Zanzibar,* Indian Post Offices on l'ersian Gulf, and in Turkish Arabia‡....
....
British North Borneo, Labuan (direct)..
Do.
lb. quent
Ib.
b. $ e.
11
5
11
JAR A
cents.
10
5
2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft.
Opium.
20
20
Do.
10
115
a
Do.
11
15
́Do., and not smaller than 3 in. by 2 in., by 2 in.
́3 ft. 6 in. long, or
ft. in greatest length and girth combined
Malta
do.
Gibraltar
do.
United Kingdom,* vid Gibraltar only
Ascension*
.(via London)
Bahamas
do.
Bechuanaland, British
do.
A FER #AA
11
11 30
11
11
11 60
11
65
11 60
≈ 889 S68
10
5
30
40
422 265
25
Do.
25
Do.
Do.
50
Do.
55
Do.
55
Do.
Bechuanaland Protectorate
do.
7 1.00 1.50
Do.
Explosive matter, letters,
liquids, opium,
Opium.
Arms.
T'bacco, except for personal
use, copyright books. Specie or ostrich feathers.
Letters, specie, bullion,gold dust, nuggets, ostrich feathers, tobacco stalks, essences of tobacco, tea, coffee, or chicory, parts of vine, plants, bulbs,Į roots. Letters, specie, bullion,gold dust, nuggets, ostrich feathers, tobacco stalks,| essences of tobacco, tea, coffee, or chicory, parts of vine, plants, bulbs, roots.
Dutiable articles, spirits, opium, ganje, charas, bhang, cannabis indica.
Bermuda⭑
do.
60
British Central Africa
do.
1.00
British Guiana*
do.
11
65
5895
65
Do.
90
Do.
Letters.
50
Do.
British Honduras
do.
11
British New Guinea
do.
1.10
399
60
50
Do.
50
Do.
|(21 bs.)
Canada
Cape Colony
(via V'couver) 11 (via London) 11
995
40
1535
25
Cyprus
Falkland Islands*
do.
11
do.
11
38235
75
60
35395
2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft. ́3 ft. 6 in. long, or 6
ft. in greatest length and girth combined..
Do.
Do.
.....
Letters liquids (unless se- curely packed), tobacco, spirits, opium. Oleomargarine, butterine. Letters, specie, bullion,gold dust, nuggets, ostrich feathers, tobacco stalks, essences of tobacco, tea, coffee, or chicory, parts of vine, plants, bulbs, roots. Coins, tobacco.
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• Parcels to these countries may be insured.
Bagdad, Bahrain, Bander Abas, Busrah, Bushire, Guadur, Jask, Lings, Mohammerah, Muscat.
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