DESTINATION.
RATES OF POSTAGE.-PARCEL POST
562
HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS NOT EXCEEDING
|10 lbs. 11
1 lb. 2 lbs. 3 lbs. 4 lbs. 5 lbs. 6 lbs. 7 lbs. 8 lbs. 9 lbs. 10 lbs. 11 lbs.
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1.20
1.85
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3
Length, Breadth
or Depth! Length
LIMITS OF SIZE
Customs Declaration.
& Girth Combd.
.ft. in.ft. in.]
2.50 2 $
2.00 2 §
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OBSERVATIONS.
PROHIBITED Contents.
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Parcels are deli vered by the Rail- wayCompaniesand¦ not by the Post Office; and parcels intended to be call-l {ed for should be ad-i dressed not to a Poste Restante but / to a Railway Sta tion (En Gare). There are excep tions in the case of certain places in the case of tain places distant | from ยู railway. To expedite de- livery. detailed particulars of the contents of parcels should be given on the Customs De- clarations, includ-j ing a statement of the net weight,| land in the case of jhats, gloves, hnots| &c., the number of articles or pairs) sent. Every pack- jage of plums, preserved vege- fables or sardines jmust bear the iname of the coun- try of origin in raised or sunken letters. The coveri of the parcel must; also bear the name. Boxes of sardinesi over 2 lbs. 3 oz. in weight are not ad- mitted.
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Letters, secret and forbidden armis, ammunition, game out of season (grouse not included), fresh meat (except fillets and sirloins of beef), birds of various kinds, birds snared or netted, foreign bronze coin, tobacco (un. less addressed to the "Regie or in limited quantities for the personal use of the addressee), essence of tobacco, playing cards, shrubs, young trees (un- less accompanied by phylloxera certificate), vines, all parts of the vine, cuttings with or with out roots, grapes, &c., unless the consent of the Government is previously btained. Me. dicine is accepted at the sen- der's risk, and the prescrip tion must be copied upon the | Customs Declaration Form. Articles of gold and silver and other precious articles can only be sent in insured parcels, and gold and silver jewellery not of the French legal standard will be broken up before be- ing returned to the senders,
BOUTK
OP TRANSMISSION.
Via
(including
London.
France
Monaco)
France
German Packet.
§ Slender parcels such as umbrellas may be accepted up to 3 feet 6 in. in length.