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CHINESE POST OFFICE-TARIFF OF POSTAGE
(c.) All classes of Mail Matter to or from Mongolia, despatched via Siberia, are to be
tranked at International rates.
2. SINKIANG.—All classes of Mail Matter to or from Sinkiang, despatched via Siberia, are to be franked at International rates.
3. TIBET.-Correspondence, Ordinary and Registered, to and from places in Tibet is to be franked at full Union rates.
4. INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID MAIL MATTER.-Full prepayment of Domestic rates in Chinese stamps is compulsory; articles insufficiently prepaid will be refused when presented for posting and if dropped into letter-box are liable to detention. The amount due on insufficiently prepaid Mail Matter will be assessed in every case by the Post Office and indicated in postage-due stamps affixed on the cover; refusal to acquit the postage due so indicated will be equivalent to refusing the article.
5. DELIVERY INLAND.-Any Mail Matter destined for inland places where the Post Office is not established or does not maintain delivery will be forwarded through Native Agencies at the risk and expense of the addressee or sender.
6. TRADE CIRCULARS.-All copies of Trade Circulars must be identical, consist of single sheets of ordinary paper (light Catalogues not exceeding 30 grammes in weight alone excepted), and contain no writing; they may be printed on one or both sides, be folded or open,
but may not be addressed or placed in envelopes.
7. EXPRESS DELIVERY.- Mail Matter for Express De ́ivery, if addressed to a place at which an Express Delivery Office functions (vide" Postal Guide, "Part II: "List of Post Offices, Indication No. 4), may be posted at any Postal establishment. The Domestic Express Delivery fee, which includes simple registration, is payable in addition to the ordinary rate of postage by means of postage stamps.
8. INSURED LETTERS.-Domestic Registered Letters may be insured at a limited number of Offices. They must be enclosed in special covers, to be obtained at the Post Office: these are sold in three sizes at 1 cent, 2 cents and 3 cents each.
9. MONEY ORDERS. - Money Order Offices are of three classes, i.e.:
(a.) Issuing and cashing Money Orders up to $50, only two such Orders, not exceeding $100 in all, being issuable or cashable to the same person on the same day. For names of such Offices see "Postal Guide," Part II:" List of Post Offices," "column 4, Indications Nos. 2 and 3.
(b.) Issuing and cashing Money Orders up to $100, only three such Orders, not exceeding $300 in all, being issuable or cashable to the same person on the same day. For names of such Offices, see "Postal Guide," Part II: "List of Post Offices,' column 4, Indications Nos. 2a and 3a.
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(c.) Issuing and cashing Money Orders up to $200, only three such Orders, not exceeding $600 in all, being issuable or cashable to the same person on the same day. For names of such Offices see "Postal Guide," Part II: "List of Post Offices," column 4, Indications Nos. 2b and 3b.
N.B.- All Sub-Offices issue Money Orders, but only certain of them, indicated
in the "Postal Guide," Part II: "List of Post Offices," cash them.
10. PARCELS.---Domestic Parcels are subject to single, double, treble, quintuple, or sextuple rates, according to the routes followed.
(a.) For all Parcels except those to, from, and between Offices in Kansu, Shensi, Szechwan
Yunnan, Kweichow, Mongolia, or Sinkiang the following rates apply:—
1o. Parcels between steam-served places transmitted throughout
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by steam services 2o. Parcels for transmission within the province of posting or to contiguous provinces whether transmitted by steam service or courier
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Single rate.
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Single rate.
3o. Parcels for transmission to provinces not contiguous to the
province of posting and reached wholly or partly by courier Double rates.
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(b.) For all Parcels to, from, and between Offices in Kansu, Shensi, Szechwan, Yunnan (except via Indo-China), Kweichow, Mongolia, or Sinkiang the following rates apply:--
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1o. Parcels to steam-served places in Szechwan from steam- served places elsewhere, transmitted throughout by steam services 2o. Parcels from steam-served places in Szechwan to steam-served places elsewhere, transmitted thoughout by steam services ... 3°. Parcels posted in Szechwan, Kansu, Shensi, Yunnan, or Kwei- chow for transmission and delivery within the province of posting
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Double rates.
Single rate.
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Single rate.