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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
11.-Rates of Postage in Hongkong and at British Post Office in China:—Continued
TO
PER OZ.
BINGEL REPLY POST POST CARDO CARDS
each. each
BOOKS NEWSP'S P'TERNS ETC. PER 2 oz.
RETURN
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REGIS-RECEIPTYOB |TRATION|REGISTERED
CIAL PAPERS
ARTICLE.
NON-UNION Countries :—
Abyssinia..
Afghanistan
Africa (West Coast, Native Possessions). Arabia
Bechuanaland Protectorate, including- Kanye, Lake Ngami, Macloutsie, Mole- polole, Palachwe (Khamas Town), Rhode- sia (comprising Mashonaland, Matabele land, and Northern Zambesia), Shoshong, and Tati River,
Antan-
China or from China to Hongkong) Friendly Islands (Tonga Islands), Madagascar (except French Establishments,
viz., Ambositra, Andevovante, anarivo, Diego Suarez, Fenerive, Fiara- nantsoa, Foulpointe, Ivondro, Maevata- nana, Mahambo, Mahanoro, Mahela, Ma- intirano, Majunga, Mananjary, Moranda- va, Morotsangana, Nossi-Vé, St. Mary, Tamnatave, Vatomandry and Vohemar).... Morocco (except Casablanca, El-kaur-el- kbir, Fez, Laraiche, Mazagan, Mogador, Rabat, Saffi, Tangier and Tetuan, at each ¦ of which places the Gibraltar Post Office or French Post Office maintains an agen- cy under the Postal Union regulations). Navigators Islands (Samoa)
Society Islands
Other parts
BETWEEN HONGKONG AND CANTON, MACAO, AND
CHANGCHOW, for Local DELIVERY
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(«. An additional c...rge is made on delivery.
Same as for Books, except that the lowest charge is 10 cents
(b.) Registration in China through British Offices extends to Hoihow, Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo. Shanghai and Hankow only,
(c.) Prepayment is compulsory.
(in.) Registration is incomplete, not extending beyond Port of Arrival.
☛☛ Attention is specially called to the changes in the postal rates for correspondence to the United Kingdom and certa n British Colonies and also to the increases in the fees for return receipts and for registration of Local Letters and those addressed to Macao and China.
Local Rates.
12.-Circulars, Dividend Warrants, Invitations, Cards, Patterns, Bills, Almanacs, &c., for addressees in Hongkong, or the Ports of China, but not for Macao, in batches of not less than ten of uniform size and weight, may be sent to the Post Office unstamped, the postage, at the rate of one cent each, being paid in cash or charged to the sender's account. Special accounts may be opened with non-boxholders for the delivery of considerable numbers of such articles.
13. Such covers, when addressed to places other than Hongkong or China, must be prepaid two cents each in stamps.
14.--Circulars, &c., must not exceed 2 ounces each in weight. Patterns, Almanacs, &c., must be under 4 ounces each in weight. Heavier articles are charged ordinary rates.
15.-Envelopes containing patterns, &c., may be wholly closed if the nature of the contents be first exhibited or stated to the Postmaster-General, as he may consider necessary, and approved by him. Printed Circulars may be inserted in such Pattern Packets.
16.-Addresses must be complete. That is to say, on such covers as are not addressed to heads of houses, the addressee's residence or place of business must be added. In- completely addressed covers are returned to the sender for address.
route.
MAIL ROUTES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
17. All ordinary correspondence is sent on by the best opportunity of which the prepayment admits, unless especially directed or apparently prepaid for some other 18.-Correspondence specially directed for any particular steamer is sent by her (failing any request to the contrary), however many times her departure may be