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French Congo (Libreville
and Loango only).
French Guiana.
French Guinea.
Gaboon.
Gambia.
Germany.
German East Africa.
German New Guinea.
Guadeloupe.
Herzegovina.
Holland.
India,
Italian East Africa (Assab,
and Massowah only).
Italy.
Ivory Coast.
Jamaica.
Japan.
Jibouti.
Lagos.
Leeward Islands (Antigua,
Dominica,
Montserrat,
Nevis, St. Kitts, and the
Virgin Islands).
Luxemburg.
HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
Ste. Marie de Madagas- | Sénégal (Daker, Goree, Ru- car, Tamatave only).
Madeira.
Malta.
Martinique. Mayotte.
Morocco (Casablanca, Maza- gan, Mogador, Saffi, and Tangier only).
New Caledonia.
Newfoundland.
Niger.
Norway. Nossi Bé. Portugal.
Portuguese East Africa.
Chinde, Inhambane, Lo- renzo Marques, Mozam- bique and Quilimane only. Portuguese West Africa (Benguela, Loanda, Mos- simedes Bolama and St. Thomé only).
Réunion.
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Roumania.
Russia.
Madagascar (Antananarivo, St. Helena.
Diégo Suarez, Majunga,
fisque, St. Louis, Thyes, and Tivaouane only).
Servia.
Spain (including the Ba-
learic Islands). Straits Settlements. Sweden.
Switzerland.
Tonquin.
Trinidad.
Tripoli (Italian Post Office) Tunis:
Turkey (Beyrout, Caifa or Haifa Cavalla, Chios (Scio), Constantinople, Dardanelles Dedeagatch (Dedeagh), Durazzo Jaffa, Jerusalem, Kerassonde (Keresun), Mytilene, Pre- vesa, Rhodes, Salonica, Samsoun, San Giovanni di Medua, Santi Qua- ranta, Scutar d'Albanie, Smyrna, Trebizond, Valo- na, Vatly only. United Kingdom.
143. As all the routes available for ordinary letters are not available for insured letters, the latter may be longer in transit than the former.
144.-The following regulations are enforced with regard to the insurance of letters:-
(a) The maximum amount for which a letter packet may be insured is $1,200
or Francs 3,000.
(b) The rates of insurance are:-
Francs
£
$3
$ cts.
Francs
£
$
300
or
12 or
120
fee
25
1,800 or 72
or
720 fee $1.50
6 10
24
240
50
""
99
2,100
84
840
1.75
29
""
900 1,200
36
99
15
360
75
2,400
96
48
480
""
99
1,500
60
600
1.00 1.25
2,700
108
99
960 1,080
2.00
2.25
""
""
3,000 120
""
19
1,200
2.50
""
(c) The fee for insurance is in addition to postage and fee for registration. (d) Insurance to an amount greater than the real value of the contents of a
letter is prohibited.
(e) The infringement of the above rule with intent to defraud deprives the
sender of any right to compensation.
(f) It is forbidden to enclose in insured letter:-(1) Coin; (2) Articles subject to Customs duty, except paper money; (3) Articles of gold or silver, precious stones, jewellery, and other articles of a similar nature. (g) The sender of a letter containing insured articles receives gratis at the time
of posting a summary receipt for his letter.
(h) The sender of a letter containing insured articles can have sent to him an acknowledgment of the delivery of the packet to the addressee, or can, subsequent to posting of a packet, ask for information as to its disposal, under the same conditions as for registered articles (see paragraph 128).
(2) An application for an indemnity for loss of an insured letter is only enter- tained if made within a year of the posting of the insured letter. (j) Letters containing insured articles can only be accepted if enclosed in & strong envelope fastened by means of seals in fine wax, with spaces be-
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