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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
ARTICLES WHICH MAY BE Registered.
189. Registration is applicable equally to letters, post cards, newspapers, book packets and patterns addressed to places abroad, except in the cases specially mentioned in Rules 92 and 193. (As to parcels, see Rule No. 231).
ACKNOWLEDgment of DELIVERY.
190.-The sender of a registered article addressed to the United Kingdom, any foreign country or British colony in the Postal Union (see table in Rule 157), may obtain an acknowledgment of its delivery on paying a fee of 10 cents as well as the registration fee, in advance. He can also obtain an acknowledgment if he applies after posting and pays 10 cents. The name and address of the sender must be left at the Post Office at which the article is registered. For enquiries as to the delivery of registered articles a fee of 10 cents must be paid, unless it can be shown that there is reason to suppose the article has been lost.
CONDITIONS OF RegistratiON.
191. No article addressed to initials or to a fictitious name can be registered. The prohibition, however, does not extend to articles addressed to the care of a person or firm. 192. Every letter presented for registration must be enclosed in a strong envelope, securely fastened.
193. It is prohibited to send to a country of the postal union any registered article marked on the outside with the declared value of the contents unless it is insured (see Rule 199). Postmasters are instructed to refuse to receive articles which are so marked.
194.-Registered articles must be prepaid as regards both postage and registration fee. 195.-Articles to be registered must be given to an agent of the Post Office and a receipt obtained for them; they should on no account be dropped into a letter box.
196. As it is forbidden to send coin, jewellery, or precious articles through the post to those countries of the Postal Union the names of which are marked with an asterisk in Rule 156, no letters or packets addressed to those countries and containing, such articles can be accepted for registration.
197.--Letters or packets containing coin for any of the British colonies not in the Postal Union can be registered; and if they are posted without being registered they are treated in the same manner as local letters under similar circumstances.
INDEMNITY FOR LOSS.
198.-Except in cases beyond control (i.e., fire, tempest, shipwreck, earthquake, war &c.) the Hongkong Postal Administration will, as provided for in Local Rule No. 96, grant compensation for the loss of a registered letter if lost whilst in its custody up to a maximum of $10. No compensation will, however, be paid for the loss of anything enclosed in an uninsured registered letter, provided the letter itself is delivered, or for the damage of anything enclosed in such letter, or for any expense arising directly or indirectly from delay in transit.
INSURANCE OF LETTERS.
199.-Letters containing paper money, &c., on which a value has been declared may be sent from Hongkong to any of the following places, insured to the amount of the declared value:-
Algeria.
Annam.
Argentine Republic.
Austria-Hungary.
Azores.
Belgium.
Bosnia.
British Guiana.
Bulgaria.
Coclin China.
Cameroons (Duala and Vic- Crete (Candia, Canea, and
toria only). Canary Islands.
Cape Verde Islands (San- tiago & St. Vincent only). Ceylon.
* Chili.
Retimo).
Dahomey (Agoué, Carnot- ville, Cotonou, Dogba, Great Popo, Porto Novo, Sagou, Savalou, Whydah, and Zagnanado only).
* Antofogasta, Arica, Caldera, Chillan, Concepcion, Copiapó, Coquimbo, Curicó, Iquique, Linares, Pisagua, Punat Arenas, Rancagua, Santiago, San Fernando, Serens, Tacua, Talar, Talcahuana, Taltal, Valdivia and Valparaiso only.
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