HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
PARCELS TO EUROPE BY THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY VIA DALNY AND VIA PEKING.
Postage &e, payable at Hongkong and Linkungtau a d at the British Post Offices in China;-
Country of Des- tination.
Rate
Postage
of Limit of
Size.
Limit of Insured Value.
Insurance Fee payable for
Number
of
on a
Parcel
not
excceding, Length,
Length
11 lb.
in
Weight.
Bread Girth th, or Depth.
and
combin-
via Dalny.
viá Peking.
300
or
First Fr. Each sub-
! sequent
Cus-
toms
Despat.
Fr. 300 or Declar. ch Note.
ed.
$120.
$120.
tion.
$
C.
Frs.
Frs.
Cents.
Cents.
Tripoli :-
(a) town of Beng-
hasi...
3.50
1,000
1,000
45
(b) town of Tripoli
3.40
1,000
1,000
45
Tunis
3.65
500
500
45
388
30
30
1
30
Turkey:-
(a) Athos,
Bey-
rout, Caiffa, Con-
stantinople, Dar- danelles, Inaboli, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Kerassonde, Or du, Salonica, Sam- БОЦИ, Scio, $- nope, Smyrna, Trébizond, Tri- poli (Syria). (5) Alexandretta, Adrianople, Car- alla, Derteagh, Gallipoli, Lagos, Mersina, Mytilene, Rhodes, Rodosto, Tchesmė, Vathi.. (c) Durazzo, Jan- ina, Prevesa, S. Giovanni de Me.
3.20
3.30
TWO FEET.
FOUR FEET.
3,000
1,250
35
20
3,000
1,250
40
20
1
dua, Santiquar-
ants, Seutari d'Al,
hanie, Valona
3.20
3,000
1,250
(d) Parga, Rizeh,
Sajada ..........
3.40
3,000
1,250
United Kingdom ..
3.50
3,000
1,250
9 39
40
40
40
8 38
25
1
30
MODE OF PACKING:--Parcels must be picked in strong wooden boxes, in metal boxes, or in a leather covering; parcels packed in paper or card board will not be accepted.
FORMALITIES OF POSTING:-Each parcel must be accorapanied by a Despatch Note and by the requisite number of Customs Declaration (ferms of which may be obtained at the Post Office) which the sender himself must fill up. The value to be entered in franes and the weight in kilogrammes. In the case of Insured Parcels the Despatch Note must bear an impression of the seal used to close the parcel and the Customs Declarations must have a similar impression in ink. No compensation can be given unless the pare-l is insured.
CUSTOMS FORMALITIES AT CHINESE TREATY PORTS:-Each parcel originating from a Chinese treaty port must have one of the forms of Customs Declaration duly stamped by the Chinese Custom House in token that duty has been paid on the parcel or that it has been passed "duty free" before the parcel will be accepted.
In the Customs Declaration of parcels for Russia a separate entry must be ade of each kind of article or gods, describing precisely in each case the quality according to the commercial denomina- tion, the quantity according to ordinary trade usage, by number, measurement, and net weight (in grammes), and the value in Russian currency. Neglect of these regulations will lead to the rejection of the parcel by the Russian Customs and its return to the sender.
HONGKONG, 29th August, 1910.
C. MCI. MESSER,
Postmaster General.
SEE HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE,
Prohibitions,
597
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