*
548
OBSERVATIONS.
PROHIBITED CONTENTS
RATES OF POSTAGE.—PARCEL POST.—Continued
RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS NOT EXCEEDING
1 lb. 2 lbs. 3 lbs. 4 lbs. 5 lbs. | 6 lbs. 7 lbs. 8 lbs. 9 lba. 10 lbs, 11 lbs.
Limit or SIZE
Length,| Breadth
or Depth
Length
Combd.!
& Girth
Customs
Declaration.
South Australia
Port Darwin
Via
Torres Straits. Direct.
sa sc. C.
0.50 1.00 1.50
C. × સ
2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50
$ C. $ c.
4.00
4.50
c.
5.00
s c. ft. in. ft. in.
5.50 3. 0
6. 0
A
ROUTE
DESTINATION,
OF
TRANSMISSION.
Austria-Eungary
London.
1.451
2.15)
HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
The addressees of parcels con- taining poisons, drugs, medicines and cosmetics (except for che- mists) and of par-
Letters, second hand clothing. Letters:-Potatoes and parts | of potatoes, plants and parts of plants, from the United States of America; trick cigars;; patent medicines and medical appliances, and circulars relat- ing thereto; imitations of coin and paper money; secret and forbidden arms; essences of dis- tilled spirituous liquors; wines coloured by means of aniline dyes; cracker paper; gold aud| silver articles not up to the proper standard; saccharine (unless for authorised chem- ists) vines or parts thereof, in- cels containing|cluding leaves and cuttings; salt, tobacco, plants unless accompanied by a dried fruit, arti- phylloxera certificate, cut flow- ficially coloured ers, seeds, bulbs, grape-stones, articles painted vegetables and fruit (except or dyed with po- fresh fruit from America infect- isonous colours, ed with San José scale) are not arms, and parts prohibited. Table grapes are of arms, and mix-| only admissible if packed in ed pickles, must! well-protected crates or bas. obtain a special kets. Pigs' flesh, bacon and licence to receive] sausages from the United such parcels. States of America (unless ac- Parcels contain-companied by a sanitary · erti- ing plants must! ficate prepared in the country; be carefully of origin); flesh or preserved packed, and io (salted, dried, smoked or cook- such a tuanner ed) meat from extra-European] that they can be countries. (easily examined.
Special to Hungary.-Fresh and prepared meat coming from countries outside Europe,| except by permission of the Hungarian Minister of Agricul- ture, but this permission is not necessary in the esse of pork, lard and sausages coming from the United States of America.
:
285 ; 6 [ ( CI
Do.
German Packet.
2.00 2 $
§ Parcels which do not measure more than 8 inches in depth or breadth may be as much as 3 feet 3 inches in length.
C2