RATES OF POSTAGE.-PARCEL POST.-Continued
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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
RATES OF Postage os Parcels not EXCEEDING
DESTINATION.
ROUTE
Or TRANSMISSION.
LIMIT OF SIZE.
OBSERVATIONS.
PROHIBITED CONTENTS.
1 lb. 2 lbs. 3 bs.
4 lbs. 5 lbs. 6 lbs. 7 lbs. 8 lbs. | 9 lbs. | ́0 lbs. 11 lba.
the Provinces of
Ceylon,
Chili,
China
Columbia,
Cauca & Narino
(except
}
London.
Via
$ c.
$ c.
Direct.
London.
0.60
1.60
***
0.27
...
1.80
8 c.
$ c.
8 c.
& C.
C.
Same as Ascen
1.20
1.80
:
sion.
2.60
A
:
:
3.00
Same as Argen. tine.
...
:.
:.
:
0.50
0.75
...
2.60
:
:
Same as Ascen-
sion,
3.60
Do.
:
Opinm, Current coins.
Letters, plants, arms and im- plements of
war,
injurous to health.
Letters, opium.
Letters, arms, ammunitions.
articles
Parcels for the
Lower Congo
Province of Cauca
and Narino
Congo Free State,.
*
:
:
2.20
1.90
:..
3.50
4.87
2.00
Constantinople and Smyrna,
Constantinople,
Corea,.
Cuba
"
Costa Rica.
Cyprus,
Do..
Egypt.
Danish West Indies."
(St. Thomas, St.
John,
and
St.
London.
Croix),
Denmark, Faroe Is-
lands, and Iceland
and Greenland,
Denmark,
Gerлan Packet.
Dutch East Indies, .
Direct.
Egypt.
Nagasaki.
London.
London.
1,00
1.70
•
1.35
1.05
:
:
:
Do.
3.30 {
:
0.0
1.10
:
:
:
1.69
...
1 60
1.00
1.35
1.00
2.00
2.60)
2.00
1.95
2.00
2.40
2.55
L'o.
1.00 Same as Japan.
3.60
Same as Ascen-!
3.60]
sion.
3.000
Do.
2.85'
Do.
3.60
Do.
Sanie as Argen- tine.
(Same as Ascou sion.
are liable to s
surcharge of 1]
franc. and for} } Letters.
Upper Cong
to a charge olf
francs
delivery.
011
Same as Japan.
Same as Beyrouth.
Do.
Letters, opium, explosives, Arti- cles for smoking opium, Books, paintings or other articles opposed to the public | welfare or morality.
Letters,
Letters, coir 8, rags.
Do.
Do.
:
:
:
1.00
1.70
...
:
:
:
:
:
1.15
1.50
:
:
:
:
:
2.40, Same as Austria.
2.00
Do.
2.00
Do.
Dutch Guians, (Al-` bina Coronia. Pa- ramaribo,
and
Nieuw Nickerie)
London.
1.60
:
...
Same as Argen-
3.00
tine.
:
:
Parcels are only forwarded by the China and Japan Line, Steamers.
Letters.
Letters, lottery tickets, pro- spectuses, almanacks.
Letters, opium, arms, salt, coffee, plants and seeds.
Do.