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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE-OBSERVATIONS
35.- No compensation is paid in respect of loss or damage of parcels or their contents. Customs Declarations must be prepared with great care. The nature and the value of the contenis must be indicated in detail, and the quantity and number of articles enclosed must be stated. Generic terms of description must not be used.
36.-Parcels are only forwarded by the China and Japan Line steamers.
37.-Parcels for places other than Albina, Coronie, Paramaribo, and Nieuw-Nickeric are liable to a charge .on delivery.
38.-Insurance confined to parcels for Curaçao.
39.-Parcels are accepted for all places in Ecuador. The International Service is, however, only undertaken by the Post Offices at Ambato, Azogues, Babahoyo, Bahia-de-Caraguez, Cuenca, Esmeraldas, Guaranda, Guayaquil, Ibarra, Latacunga, Loja, Máchala, Port- oviejo, Quito, Riobamba and Tulcan. Insurance confined to Bahia-de-Caraguez, Guayaquil and Quito.
40.-The contents and value of parcels for Egypt must be described in detail by the senders, either on the relative declaration form, or, preferably, on a note -enclosed in the parcel. In the latter case a general description of the contents should appear on the declara- tion form, which should be marked Particulars ⚫enclosed." The limit of insurance for parcels for the Soudan is £20. Insurance in the Soudan is confined to the following places, viz. :—Abu Hamed, Atbara, Berber, Bor, Debba, Dongola, Duem, El Damer, El Obeid, Geili, Geteina, Halfa (Wadi Halfa), Kareima, Kawa, Khandat, Khartoum, Khartoum North, Kodok, Korti, Kosti, Malakal, Melnt, Merowe, Mongaila, Number Six Soudan, Omdurman, Port Soudan, Rejaf, Renk, Senner, Shendi, Shereik, Sinkat, Suskin, Taufikis (Soudan), Wad-Medain, Zeidab. Uninsured parcels must not exceed £5 › in value. Wau is admitted to the parcel service during June and July only, and Gambels from June 1 to November 1. Parcels for the Soudan must be packed in tin, wood, canvas, linen or similar material and not merely brown paper or cardboard and be securely sealed with wax or lead; preferably lead.
41.Parcels for other places in Erithrea are retained at one of the towns mentioned in Col. 1. The ad. dressees are advised, and upon application and payment -of the Customs charges, &c., the parcels are forwarded
to the Post Office nearest the place of destination. the case of parcels for other places in Erithrea insured for more than £4 (100 lire) the addressee must accept the responsibility for their safe transmission beyond one of these towns.
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42. Parcels can be insured as far as Stanley only. 43.-Parcels are forwarded from New Zealand by first opportunity.
44.-Parcels are delivered by the Railway Companies and not by the Post Office; and parcels intended to be called : for should be addressed not to a Poste Restante but to a Railway Station (En Gare). There are exceptions in the case of certain places distant from a railway. To expedite delivery, detailed particulars of the contents of parcels - should be given on the Customs Declarations, including a -statement of the net weight, and in the case of hats, gloves, boots, &c., the number of articles or pairs sent. Every package of plums, preserved vegetables or sardines must bear the nanie of the country of origin in raised or sunken letters. The cover of the parcel must also bear the name. Boxes of sardines over 2 lbs. 3 oz. in weight are not admitted.
45. The service extends to Cayenne and Saint Laurent- du-Maroni. Parcels for other places are accepted, but must be claimed at one of those offices.
46.-Insurance confined to parcels for Bissikrina, Boffa, Boké, Conakry, Dabola, Dubrėka, Kindia, Kourossa and Mamou. Parcels addressed to places other than Conakry are liable to a further charge on delivery.
47. The service extends to Atuana and Taiohaé (Mar-
•quesas Islands); Borabora, Huahine and Raiatea (Leeward Islands); Fakarava, Hao, Rangiroa and Raroia (Tou- amotou); Manga Reva (Gambier Group); Mooréa and Tahiti (Society Islands); Raivavae, Rapa, Rimatara, Rurutu and Tubuai (Tubuai Group).
49.- Parcels for places other than Jibouti must be claimed at Jibouti.
49.-Parcels for all places in Martinique are accepted ; "but a charge is made for conveyance from Port de France, the port of disembarkation. The delivery of parcels for places in Guadeloupe other than Basse-Terre and Pointe á Pitregive rise to a charge which is collected from addressees. 50.-Parcels are accepted for all places, but in some
· cases a charge is made for conveyance from the port of disembarkation.
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51.-To Luderitzbucht and Swakopmund the dimen sions are the same as Inland Parcel Post. Charges which are collected from the addressees are made for the onward conveyance of parcels from Luderitzbucht and Swakopmund to other places in the Protectorate.
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52-Malt and Malted Foods for Bavaria must be accompanied by a Poleute,” i‚e., a permit issued by the Customs authorities in Bavaria, which must be obtained by the sender beforehand, Parcels containing plants must be accompanied by a statement, made by the sender, that he undertakes to bear the cost of examina tion by an expert, and authorizes the addressee or someone else resident in Germany to pay the fee on hi behalf. Such parcels must be packed in boxes, baskets, or other closed receptacles, but in such a manner that the contents can be easily examined. The importation of wine and similar beverages is subject to restriction.
53.--Insurance confined to parcels for Accra, Axim, Cape Coast, Kwitta, Coomassie, Obuasi, Sekondi, Tarkwa Abosso, Dunkwa, Prestea and Winnebah. Parcels which have to be transmitted overland to their destination from the port of disembarkation are liable to a forward charge of one-third of the original postage, which is collected from the addressees. The sender of all parcels must indicate, by means of a label attached to the cover of the parcel, whether, in the event of non-delivery within 21 days of its arrival at the office of destination it shall be (a) treated as abandoned, or (b) returned at the sender's expense. No other alternative is permissible. No compensation is paid in respect of loss or damage of uninsured parcels addressed to places in Ashanti over 3 miles from the rail- way.
54. Parcels must be packed in some material stronger than paper or cardboard.
55.-Parcels are accepted for any place, but delivery is confined to the Post Offices specified in Col, 1. The name of one of these offices must form part of the address, both on the parcel and on the despatch note; and the parcel must be claimed at that office.
56.-Parcels must be claimed by the addressees at the Chief Office, Guatemala. No compensation is paid in respect of loss or damage of parcels or their contents.
57.-Same as United States of America.
59.-Parcels are liable to a charge on delivery of one centavo for each 4 oz., with a mininium of five centavos. No compensation is paid in respect of loss or damage of parcels or their contents.
59.—A special delivery fee is payable by the addressee on parcels for places beyond the port of landing. Parcels exceeding 2 Kilogranimes (5 lb.) in weight can only be delivered at Akureyri, Bernfjord, Blondnos, Bordore (Stadur), Borgarens, Djupavog, Berufjord, Dyrefjord, Eskefjord, Faskrudsfjord, Hjarðarholt, Husavik, Isafjord Keflavik Patreksfjord, Reykajvik, Sandarkrok-Seydis- fjord, Stykkisholm-Vestmannaeyjar and Vopnafjord.
60. Parcels addressed to the Indian Post Offices on the Persian Gulf and in Turkish Arabia (mentioned in Col. 1) can be accepted for insurance only as far as Bombay. No compensation is given for the damage of marble models, collections of butterflies and moths, and other exception- ally fragile articles. If books and photographs are enclosed in a parcel with other articles their value should be shown separately in the Customs Declaration. The net weight of the contents of parcels of tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes, and, in the case of cigars and cigarettes, the actual number also, should be clearly indicated оп the Customs declaration.
61.-Parcels for persons on board outgoing P. & 0. Company's Packets at Brindisi or Port Said, or Orient Company's Packets at Naples, should be addressed as follow:-Mr.....
on board mail Packet
for..
Brindisi, Port Said or Naples (as the case may be), care of the Commander of the Packet. No compensation is given for the damage in Italy of fragile or perishable parcels or parcels containing liquids. A separate Customs Declaration must be prepared for each parcel.
62.-Parcels for Grand Bassam and Tabou are de- livered free; but parcels for all other places are liable to a charge for delivery. Insurance confined to parcels for Abidjan, Bingervill, Béréby, Dabou, Grand Bassam, Grand Lahou, Jacqueville Tabou, Touonodi and Toupa.
63.-No compensation is paid in respect of loss or damage of uninsured parcels or their contents; and insur- auce does not extend to the Cayman Islands.
64.—The Post Offices in Japanese Saghalien (Karafuto) are Gaukinourasukoe (Galkino-Vruskoe,) Kushankotan (Korsakoff,) Mauka and Uradimirofuka (Vladimirofka.)
65. The Post Offices in the Kiautschou Protectorge are Litsun, Syfang and Tsingtau.