HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
236.-Parcels Post.-Rates of Postage, &c.:-Continued
DESTINATION
ROUTE
or TRANSMISSION.
RATES OF PORTAGE ON PARCELS NOT EXCEEDING
LIMIT OF
TOXVTOSHI
LIMIT OF SIZE
PROHIBITED Contants
li
Fiji Islands
{
France..
Do.
via Torres Sta. 70 1.40 2.10 2.80 3.50
and Sydney
via London German Packet
1.00 1.00 1.00 1.551.55| 200 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70 200
Dutch Guines (Para-
maribo and Nieu Nickerie)..
Dutch West Indies
Egypt
via London
Do.
Direct
|1 lb. 2 lb. 3 lb. 4 lb. 5 lb.
I c.8 c.8 c.8 c.8 c.
1.35 1.35 1.36) 2.20|2.20|
2.10 2.10 2.10 2.70 2.70|| 60 50 50 1.00 1.00
—
Same as Argentine]
Letters.
-
—
Eritbres
via London
|1.901.90 1.90|2.50 2.50|
J
Falkland Islands
Do.
85
25 851.70 1.70 500
Do. Same as United Kingdom
Same as Argentine
Same as United Kingdom Do.
Same as Austria|
Letters, armis, ammuni-
tion, liquids.
Letters, tobacco,
arins,
plants, chemical com- pounds.
Letters.
́Letters, arms, ammunition, medicines, tobacco, for- eign bronze coins, plants, jewellery, lace, gold, sil-
ver.
FRENCH COLONIES ?
Algeria and Corsica Obock, Senegal, Tunis| Tahiti..
via London
Do.
Do
St. Pierre & Miquelon Madagascar,
Do.
1.25 1.251.251.75 1.75 200 1.50 1.50 1 50 2.05 2.05 200 3.10 3.10 3.10 3.70 3.70| 1.40 1.40 1.40 2.00 2.00
Same as Argen-|
tine
Reu-
nion, Comoro Isl.,
>Bame as France.
Cayenne, Daho-
mey, Ivory Coast,
Guadeloupe Mar- (
Do.
|1.901.901.90| 2,50 2.50|
1
Do.
tinique, French
Congo and French Guiana
New Caledonia
Do.
|2.40 2.40 2.40 3.00 3.00|
—
Annam, Cambodia,
Cochin China and Tonkin
Direct
10 15 20 25 30
Gambia and Gold
Coast Colony
via London
85 85
Germany..
Do.
GERMAN COLONTES :—
Cameroons,
Togo.
land, Little Popo and Lome. German East Africa, German New Guinea, German South West Africa.
Gibraltar..
Greece
851.70 1.70 1200|
Do.
85 85 85 1.50 1.50 1200 German Packet |1.50 1.50|1.50) 1.50 1.50 1200|
3
Same as H'kong
Same as United
Kingdom
Same as Austria
Letters, gold, silver,|
jewellery, etc.
Explosive matter, letters, liquids, opium, gold, silver.
·Letters, plants with roots, vines or part of vines, socialistic books.
via London 1.50 1.50 1.50 2.05 2.05, 200
Do.
Letters, liquids.
Do.
1.901.90 1.90 2.50 2.50
Same as Argentine Letters.
Direct
50 50 50|1.00|1.00,
vis London
| 1.50 1.50 1.50 2.05 2.05|
Guatemala
(Quate-
Do.
mala City and San José only).
Holland
Do.
Honduras, State of
India
via London
I
|2.10 2.10 2.10, 3.353.35|
85 85 85 1.50 1.50′ 400
German Packet 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70|1.70,1200|
vis London
{
vis Tuticorin or Calcutta
—
1.35 1.35 1.35/ 2.20| 2.20||
25 50 75 1.00 1.25 1200)
Same as United )
Kingdom
Same as Argentine Letters, tobacco, plants,salt.
Same as United ƒ Letters, liquids, corrosive {Kingdom
sustances, poisons.
Same as Austria | Letters. (Same as United
Kingdom Same as Aden
}Letters.
Arms.
F
INDIA POST OFFICE OX
TUS
PERSIAN GULF
AND IN THE TURKISH ARABIA :—
Bagdad, Bahrain, Bandar Abas Bu- shire,Busrah, Gua- dur, Jask Linga, Mohammersh and Muscat Italy.....
via Calcutta
50 751.00 1.25
Do.
Do.
Jamaica and Turks Isl.
Lagos (Africa)
via London and France via London and Belgium via London
Do.
1.10 1.10 1.10|1.70|1.70| 200
1.50 1.50 1.5-2.05| 2.05, 400
85 85 85 1.70|1.70|| 85 86 85 1.70|1,70 500
Same as H'kong
Same as United
Kingdom Do.
Opium. Coins exceeding £5 in value and 8 ozs. in weight.
Letters, tobacco, plante, arms, chemical com pounds, saccharine and its products, copper coins. Letters.
The maximum weight of parcels is 11 lb. Rates are only given above for parcels up to 5 lb., an abbreviation randered necessary through want of space.]
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