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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
GENERAL INFORMATION
Office, Hours, etc.
1.-The General Post Office is in Pedder Street, with district offices at Wantsai (Queen's Road East), Sheung Wan (Morrison Street), Sai Ying P'un (Pokfulam Road), Kowloon (Tsimshatsui), and Yaumati (Waterloo Road).
2. On week days the General Post Office is open for the sale of stamps from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Registration and Parcel Branch is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; the Poste Restante from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and the Money Order Office from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. except on Saturdays, when it closes at 1 p.m.
On Sundays and Holidays the General Post Office is open from 8 to 9 a.m. with the exception of the Money Order Office, which is entirely closed.
Note:--Postal Notes can be had at the Registration counter on Saturday after- noons from 1 to 5 p.m.
3. On week days the district offices are open from 7 am. to 6 p.m. except Kowloon which closes at 5 p.m.
The Kowloon Money Order Office is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Saturdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) for Indian troops only.
On Sundays and Holidays the Wantsai, Sai Ying Pun, and Yaumati district offices are open from 8 to 9 a.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. Sheung Wan from 8 to 9 a.m. and 5.30 to 8 p.m. Kowloon from 8 to 9 a.m.
Delivery of Correspondence
4.-(Relates to the division of the City for delivery purposes.) 5.-(Relates to the hours of deliveries in the various districts.)
6.-To facilitate the delivery, and as a means to prevent the loss of Letters, a Letter Box should be affixed to the door of every house or office. Such Letter Boxes should be provided with locks and the keys kept by responsible persons. Letter Boxes may be bought locally.
7.-Correspondence for Shipping in Harbour will be delivered to the Agents, and if there be no Ågents such correspondence will be kept at the Post Office for three months
to be claimed.
Letter Boxes
8.-Letter boxes are fixed in Hongkong, Kowloon and New Territories.
N.B.-Letters can be posted at any Police Station in the New Territories.
9.-Letters containing any article of value should not be posted in a Pillar Box, but should be registered at the General or a District Post Office and a receipt obtained for the same.
Private Boxes
10.-Private boxes may be rented in the General Post Office for fees of $20 and $10 per annum from 1st January or $2 and $1 per mensem, according to size. All fees are payable in advance. Each boxholder is provided with a key and an account book. A sum of $2 must be deposited for the key, and this will be refunded when the box is given up and the key returned.
11.-By renting a box, correspondence is received with greater expedition and accuracy. Access to boxes is afforded to boxholders from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
12.-Boxes should be cleared by boxholders after the arrival of American and European
Mails.
13.-Boxholders may send their letters to the post in sealed boxes for which a receipt will be given in the accompanying book. Such receipts are for " one box", not for so many letters. Such boxes should be sealed with a recognized device, and not merely locked. No attention can be paid to such remarks as "to be registered written in the book.
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14.-Unpaid and underpaid correspondence is delivered to boxholders and the deficit charged monthly. As a rule no details of this account can be given and it is advised that the covers of all unpaid correspondence should be filed in order to check the amount claimed.