HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
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Parcels for the United Kingdom and the undermentioned foreign countries, British possessions and protectorates (viâ London) may be insured at the following
rates:
Up to
$120.
240.
360.
480.
600.
List of places:-
Foreign Countries. Austria-Hungary Belgium Cameroons
Denmark
Egypt
Germany
Luxemburg
For
India (direct)
fee 20 cents
$720.
30
840.
11
*
40
980.
++
50
"
1,080.
60
1,200.
fee
.70 cents
08*
"
+
.90
"
事
1.00
+
1 10
Norway
Russia
Sweden
Switzerland
British Possessions and Protectorates. Leeward Islands Bermuda
British Guiana
British North Borneo
Gambia
Newfoundland
Niger Coast Protectorate St. Lucia
Tobago
Trinidad
Zanzibar
Burmah
viâ India
Aden
Ascension
Bahamas
***? viâ London
Cyprus
Falkland Islands
Lagos..
+
viâ London
...
Mombasa St. Helena ... Windward Islands
Up to
$120.
240..
360.
fee 20 cents
30 40 11
11
$480.
500..
fee
50 cents
60
To the Straits Settlements, China and Burmah by private steamers only. To the Straits Settlement limit of insured value, $500. Limit of value allowed for uninsured parcels, $50.
Parcels addressed to Holland, Italy (via Belgium) or Montenegro cannot be insured for more than $400, or to the Azores, Algeria or Tunis, Beyrout, Constantinople, Finland, France, Italy (viâ France), Madeira, Portugal, Roumania, Servia, Smyrna, for more than $200,
Parcels must not exceed 2 feet in length, breadth, or depth. Those intended for the German packet must be so directed.
Each parcel must be sealed in such a way as to render it impossible that it should be opened without detection. The sender must supply a declaration of the nature and net weight of the contents and of the gross weight of the parcel.
A small charge, not exceeding 6 cents, may be made for Custom House purposes on the delivery of the parcel. Except Customs dues, this is the only charge the addressee will have to pay.
Parcels containing coin, watches, jewellery, any article of gold or silver, or any article of value, cannot be sent to the United Kingdom or to any foreign country or British posses- sion included in the insurance system, unless they are insured for at least part of their value.
FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS. Application for Money Orders.
237.-When applying for Money Orders payable abroad the public should use the special Requisition Forms, which are supplied gratuitously at the General Post Office, Hongkong, and British Postal Agency at Shanghai.
238.- The applicant must furnish, in full, the surname and, at least, the initial of one christian name both of the remitter and the payee and the remitter's address. In the case of orders through the United Kingdom the full address of the payee must be given, and if the order be payable to a native in British India the tribe or caste and the father's name should also be furnished.
239.-In any case in which the name of the payee is not known the remitter must make a note to the effect on the front of the Requisition Form, and give such descrip- tion of the payee as will be sufficient to identify him or her to the Paying Officer. The order will then be issued at the remitter's risk.