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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
PARCELS TO EUROPE BY THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY VIA DALNY AND VIA PEKING.
Postage &c., payable at Hongkong and Linkungtau and at the British Post Offices in China:-
Rate of Postage
Limit of Size.
Limit of Insured Value.
Insurance Fee payable for
Number
of
Country of Des. tination.
on a
Parcel
not
exceeding Length,
11 lb. Bread Girth
in
Weight.
th, or Depth.
..
!
Length and
combin-
via Dalny.
viá Peking.
or
$120.
ed.
First Fr. Each sub-
300 sequent
Fr. 300 or Declar- chNote.
$120. tion.
Cus- toms
Despat
Fr.
Frs.
Cents.
Cents.
Tripoli:
(a) town of Beng-
hasi..
3.50
1,000
1,000
45
(b) town of Tripoli
8.40
1,000
1,000
45
Tunis..
3.65
500
500
888
80
30
30
Turkey :--
(a) Athos, Bey- rout, Caiffa, Con- stantinople, Dar- danelles, Inaboli, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Kerassonde, Or. du, Salonica, Sam- Soun, Scio. Si- nope, Smyrna, Trebizond, Tri- poli (Syria).. (4) Alexandretta, Adrianople, Cay. alla, Dédeagh, Gallipoli, Lagos, Mersina, Mytilene, Rhodes, Rodosto, Tchesmé, Vathi.. (~) Durazzo, Jan- ina, Prevesa, S. Giovanni de Me-
3.20
3.30
TWO FEET.
FEET.
UJOM
:
3,000
1,230
35
20
3,000
1,250
40
90
dua, Santiquar-
ants, Scutari d'Al,
banie, Valona
3.20
3.000
1,250
40
(d) Parga, Rizeh,
Sajada..
3.40
3,000
1,250
40
United Kingdom
3.50
3,000
1,250
40
8.38
30
25
30
SEE HONGKONG
POSTAL GUIDE.
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 accompanied by a Despatch Note and by the requisite number of Customs Declaration (forms of which may be obtained at the Post Office) which the sender himself must fill up. The value to be entered in francs and the weight in kilogrammes. In the case of Insured Parcels the Desp tch 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 parcel 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 Customi 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 rade of each kind of article or goods, 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.
Prohibitions.