RATES OF POSTAGE.-PARCEL POST.-Continued
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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS NOT EXCEEDING
ROUTR
LIMIT OF SIZE,
DESTINATION.
OF TRANSMISSION.
OBSERVATIONS.
PROHIBITED CONTENTS.
1 lb. 2 lbs. 3 lbs. 4 lbs. 5 lbs. 6 lbs. 7 lbs. 8 lbs. 9 lbs. 10 lbs. 11 lbs.
Via
$ c.
$ c
sc.
$ c
land,
Austria-Hungary
Do.,
Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil.-Rio de Janei- ro (including Petro- polis), Pernambuco
and Babia only
British
Bechuana-
Bechuanaland
tectorate and Rho-
London. German Packet
1.40
$ c.!
2.15
$ c
$ 0.
+
2.85 2.00 $
Same as Ascen
sion.
London.
1.00
2,00
3.00,
Do.
2.50
"
E
:
3.20
not exceeding 6 lbs.
Same as Argen- Limit of weight
tine.
64 lbs. (3 kilos)
Pro-
desis.
Belgium,
Do.
Bermuda
Beyrouth,
Do.,
Bolivia,
Bosnia, Herzegovina, Sandschak, & Novi Bazaar
British South Africa:- 1. Cape Colony, includ
ing Basutoland, Be- chuanaland (except Protectorate), Fingo- land, Griqualand, East and West, Kaffraria, Pondoland, Tembu- land and Walfish Bay. 2. Natal (including Zululand) and Amatongaland.
3. Orange River Col- ony, Transvaal Swaziland.
London.
D
Egypt
London.
•
+11
·
=
1.45
2.50
3.55
1.00
German Packet.
0.85 1.30 1.75 2.00 3.05 3.50 3.95 4.80 5.25 5.701 6.15
5.00 6.05 7.10 8.15 9.00 10.65 11.70 12.75
Same as Ascen-
sion.
No parcel may exceed $500 in value
1.70
2.40
Do.
Do.
2,00
Do.
1.00
:
:..
1.00
1.30
2.501
1.45
:
4.
:
:
2.00
2.00
2.30
:
:
2.00
2.15
*
Limit 64 lbs.
:
3.00 Same as Ascen sion.
3.00
3.30
Do.
Do.
Magazines and News. papers cannot be forwarded by Par- cel post.
Same as Argen Limit weight of
Letters, lottery tickets, plants
with roots, rags.
Rags,shoddy,disused and filthy
clothing and bedding.
Letter, Arm, Ammunitions
Coins
Letters, specie, bullion, golddust,
nuggets, ostrich feathers, to- bacco stalks, essences of tobac- co, tea, coffee, or chicory, parts
of vine, plants, bulbs, roots. Letters, plants, arms, coins,
rags, saccharine. Letters, leaf tobacco, salt, plants, foreign coins, lottery tickets, and firearms. Books, zines, and Newspapers should not be sent by Parcel Post. Letters, tobacco leaf, firearms, rags, lottery tickets, foreign coins, salt, plants.
tine.
64 lbs. (3 kilos)
}
2.85 Same as Ascension
Letters, arms,
maga-
Letters, lottery tickets, plants.
0.85
1.30
1.75
2.00 3.05
3.50
3.95 4.80 5.25
5.70
8.15
Do.
ル
No parcel may
exceed $500
value.
Same as Bechuanaland.
1.00
1.60
2.20 3.20 3.80 4.40
5.00 6.00 0.00 7.20 7.30
10.
!
4. Nyassaland Pro-
tectorate.
:
1.60
44
2.60
3.00
Do.
Do.
Insurance confined to
parcels for ---
Blantyre, Chiromo, Fort Johnston and
Zomba.
Do.