$ c. $ C.
i
OBSERVATIONS.
Prohibited CONTENTS.
HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
3
. ft. in. ft. in.
3.40 2
3.00 366 0
3.60 2 §
Parcels must beļ packed in strong wooden boxes, in metal boxes, or in a leather co- vering; parcels. packed in paper or card board will not be ac- cepted.
Parcels for the Argentine Re-
public are sub- ject to a non- postal charge_of one peso on de- livery.
Letters, vine plants, gold, sil ver, jewellery of exceptional value.
RATES OF POSTAGE.-PARCEL POST.-Continued
RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS NOT EXCEEDING.
DESTINATION.
ROUTE
OF TRANSMISSION.
1 lb. 2 lbs. 3 lbs.
lbs. 5 lbs. 6 lbs. | 7 lbs. 8 lbs. 9 lbs. 10 lbs. 11 lbs.
LIMITS OF SIZE
Length, Breadth orDepth
Customs
Declaration,
Length
& Girth Combd.
Algeria
Via
Siberia.
London.
1.00]
:
:
:
:
:
1.60;
:
:
2.00
:
2.60
547
Ascension
1.00
,
Australia:- New South Wales (including Lord Howe and Nor- folk Islands). ..)
Torres Straits.
2.00
:
No parcel may
3.00 3 6
6 0
A
exceed $500 in value.
Queensland
(in-
cluding British
11
0.50
1.00 1.50 2,00 2.50
3.00
3.50
4.00
4.60
5.00
5.50, 30
New Guinea)
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia..
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អ
6 0 A
§ Parcels which do not measure more than 8 inches in depth or breadth may be as much as 5 feet 3 inches in length.
Specie, ostrich feathers.
Letters.
New South Wales--Tobacco(ex- cept samples addressed to a manu. facturer ordealer), opium, cigars, cigarettes and stuffs not less than 10 lbs, second hand clothing.
Queensland. -Tobacco (unless for the personal use of the addres- see), grapes, vine cutting s,coffee plants or seeds, spirits (except perfumed or medicinal), second hand clothing.
Tasmania.—Tobacco (except in quantities not exceeding 5 lbs, for the personal use of the addressee or as bonâ fide samples), second hand clothing.
Victoria.-Coin, opium, spirits (except perfumed or medicinal or bona fide samples), second hand clothing, vines or vine cuttings. Western Australia, – Coin, gold or silver bullion, apples, pears, quinces, second hand clothing.
Annam (see French Indo China)
Antigua
T
Argentine Republic..
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