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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
Description of Article and Treatment.
Certain printed papers.
Books if sent to any one person or
any considerable extent.
Bound books.
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..All articles under this head with the exception of printed books and newspapers.
All articles under this head.
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Except those for the personal use of)
the addressecs all articles under this head.
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Subject to Cus-
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Subject to Cus- toms duty.
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Except newspapers and periodicals, photographs and printed papers other than books intended for personal use and not for sale; or books, &c., more than 20 years old. .All books except unbound books re- lating to service, art or drafts. ...Advertising pamphlets and circulars.toms duty. PATTERNS AND SAMPLES,
Prohibited.
Liable to Cus-
175.-The Pattern and Sample Post to the United Kingdom, foreign countries and the colonies generally is restricted to bond fide trade patterns or samples of merchandize. Packets containing goods for sale, or in execution of an order (however small the quantity), or any articles from one private individual to another, which are not actually patterns or samples, cannot be forwarded by Pattern Post. Natural history specimens, dried or preserved animals and plants and geological specimens, may be forwarded at the sample rate when sent for no commercial purpose and packed in accordance with the Sample Post regulations.
RATE OF Postage.
176.-The rate of postage to be prepaid in Hongkong and the British Postal Agencies in China is 2 cents per 2 oz., except that the lowest charge is 4 cents, for which sum, how- ever, a weight of 4 oz. may be sent. If not fully prepaid, double the deficiency will be charged on delivery. On insufficiently paid packets of samples from places abroad a charge will be levied not exceeding 8 cents up to 4 oz. and 4 cents per 2 oz. for heavier weights. Insufficiently paid packets of samples from places abroad are charged double the deficiency.
LIMITS OF Size and WEIGHT.
177.-The limit of weight for packets of patterns or samples for the United Kingdom, British colonies or possessions or for non-union countries is 5 lb., but for foreign coun- tries in the Postal Union the limit is 12 oz.
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178.-A packet of patterns or samples sent to the United Kingdom or any British colony or possession or non-union country must not exceed 2 feet in length by 1 foot in width or depth, but to any foreign place comprised in the Postal Union a packet must not exceed 12 inches in length, 8 in width, or 4 in depth, unless it be in the form of a roll, in which case the limit of size is 12 inches in length and 6 inches in diameter
TRANSMISSION OF LIQUIDS, Glass, &c.
179.-Packets containing liquids, glass, greasy substances, colouring powders and live bees can be sent by sample post from Hongkong and the British Post Agencies in China to countries in the Postal Union.
MODE OF PAacking and ADDRESSING.
180.-Patterns or samples must be sent in such a manner as to be easy of examina- tion, and, when practicable, must be sent in covers open at the end. But samples of seeds, drugs and such like articles, which cannot be sent in covers of this kind, may be posted enclosed in boxes, or in bags of linen, or other material, fastened in such a manner that they may be readily opened. Packets containing liquids, glass, greasy substances, colouring powders and live bees, must conform to the conditions as to packing, &c., applicable to those articles when intended for local transmission (see paras. 66-69) but they must also be made up so that they can be easily opened for pur-
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