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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
236.-Parcels Post.-Rates of Postage, &c.:-Continued
DESTINATION
ROITE OF TRANSMISSION
! RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS ON EXCEEDING
LIMI OF
INSURANCE
LIMIT OF SIZE
PROHIBITED CONTENTS
:
85 85 85 1.70 1.70 20
Congo Free State ¶¶....
Do.
1 lb. 2 lb. 3 lb. 4 lb. 5 lb.
8 c. c. 3 c. c. c. 1.60 1.00 1.60 2.202.20
Constantinople...
Do.
Costa Rica...
Do.
1.50 1.50 1.50 2.60 2.60
Cyprus
Do.
Danish West Indies..
Dc.
Do.
Denmark, Faroe Isl.}
Iceland
Do.
Dutch East Indies
Dutch Guinea
Dutch West Indies
Egypt
Erithria
Fiji Islands
85 85 85 1.70 1.70 50 |1,40 1.40 1.40|2,20|2.20|| 20
1.10 1.10 1.10 1.70|1.70 120 German Packet 1.70 1.70 1.70|1.70|1.70|
via London
2.30 2.30 2.30 2.90 2.00
11
F
Same as Argentine
Same as United Kingdom
Do.
Do.
Do.
Same as Austria
Same as Argentine
Do.
Same as United Kingdom
Letters.
Same as Beyrouth,
Letters, arms, ammunition. Coins, tobacco.
Letters.
{Letters, lottery tickets,
prospectuses, almanacks.
Letters, opium, arms, salt,
coffee, plants or seeds.
Letters.
Letters, arms, ammuni-
tion, liquids.
Do.
Direct
2.10 2.10 2.10 2.70 2.70|
80 80 1.50 1.50 1.50|
t
Letters,
tobacco,
via London
1.99 1.901.90 2.50 2.50
-
Same as Argentine
८
pounds.
Same as United
-
via London
85 25
Kingdom Do.
Letters.
Arnis.
plants, chemical com-
Falkland Islands
France..
Do.
FRENCH COLONIES :- Algeria and Corsica
Obock, Senegal, Tunis Tahiti..
via Torres, Sts. 70 1.40 2.10 2.80 3.50
and Sydney
Do.
85 1.70 1.70) 50
1.00 1.00 1.00 1,55|1.5*| 20 |>
German Packet, 1.70, 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70
Same as Austria
via London
Do.
Do
Do.
11.25 1.25 1.251.75 1.75 20 11.50 1.50 1 50 2.05 2.05 20
3.10 3.10 3.10 3.70 3.70 1.40 1.40 1.40) 2.00 2.00
Same as Argen-|
tine
Keu-
St. Pierre & Miquelon Madagascar,
nion, Comoro Isl., Cayenue, Daho- mey, Ivory Coast,
́Letters,armis, ammunition, melicines, tobacco, for- eign bronze coins, plants, jewellery, lace, gold, sil-
ver.
Same as France.
Guadeloupe Mar-
Do.
∙1.90 1.90 1.90 2.50 2,50|
Do.
tinique, French
Congo and French Guiana
New Caledonia
Do.
2.40 2.40 2.40 3,00|3.00]
Annam, Combodia,
!
Cochin China and Tonkin
Direct
10 15 20 25 30
Same as H'kong
Gambia and Gold
via London
Coast Colony
Germany
Do.
GERMAN COLONIES :—
Cameroons, Togo- land, Little Popo and Lome.
German East Africa,' German New German
Guinea,
South West Africa
85 85
Do.
85 86 85 1.50 1.50 120|1 German Packet 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50|
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85:1.70 1.70 120
7
Same as Austria
Gibraltar....
Greece
Guatemala
(Guate-
mala City and San
via Vancouver 75 1.30 1.85 2.40 2.95
via London 85 85 851.50 1,50 40 German Packet 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70
Same as Argentine
Same as United Letters, liquids, corrosive
Kingdom
Same as Kongkong| Letters, opium.
Jose only)..
Hawaiian Islands
Holland
Do.
Honduras, State of
via London
.....
1.40 1.40 1-40 2.20 2.20-
7
India
via Tuticorin or Calcutta
25
50 75.1.0
πότε 1.25 120
|
Same as Austria | Letters.
(Same as United
Kingdoni
Same as Aden
}Letters.
Opium.
Parcels for the Lower Congo are also liable to a charge of 1 franc, and parcels for the Upper Congo of 10 francs .on delivery.
[The maximum weight of parcels is 11 lb. Rates are only given above for parcels up to 5 lb., an abbreviation rendered necessary through want of space.]
via London
1.50 1.50 1.50 2.05 2.05 120
Do.
Do.
1.9) 1.00 1.90, 2.50 2.50)
Direct
via London
50 50 50 1.00 1.00 (1.50, 1.50 1.50 2.05 2.05
(Same as United >
—
F
7 Kingdom
Arms.
Jag
Letters, tobacco, plants,salt.
Do.
2.10 2.10 2.10 3.35 3.35|
¿
Bustances, poisons.
(Same as United,
Kingdom
Letters, gold, silver,
jewellery etc.
Explosive matter. letters,
liquids, opuim.
opuim. gold,{ silver.
Letters, plants with roots,] vines or part of vines, socialistic books.
Letters, liquids.
Same as Argentine Letters,