HONG KONG POSTAL GUIDE

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(d) on pictorial cards and printed visiting cards and also on Christmas

and New Year Cards;

good wishes, congratulations, thanks, condolences or other for- mulas of courtesy, expressed in five words or by means of five conventional initials at most;

(e) in proofs of printing;

alterations and additions concerned with corrections, form and """Read- printing, and also notes such as "Passed for press, Passed for press" or any similar note concerned with the execu- tion of the work. In case of want of space these additions may be made on separate sheets;

(f) in fashion plates, maps, etc.

colours.

(g) in price lists, tenders for advertisements, stock and share lists,

market quotations, trade circulars and prospectuses;

figures and any other notes representing essential elements of the price.

(h) on books, pamphlets, newspapers, photographs, engravings, sheets of music and in general on all literary or artistic productions, printed, engraved, lithographed or mimeographed;

a dedication consisting simply of an expression of regard;

(i) to cuttings from newspapers and periodicals; .

the title, date, number, and address of the publication from which the article is extracted.

(iii) It is moreover allowed to enclose:

(a) with proofs of printing whether corrected or not;

the "copy".

(b) with articles of the categories mentioned under (h);

the relative invoice.

34.-Printed papers must be either placed in wrappers, upon rollers, be- tween boards, in cases open at both sides or at both ends, or in unclosed envelopes, or be simply folded in such a manner as not to conceal the nature of the packet, or, lastly, tied with a string easy to unfasten.

35.-Address cards and all printed matter of the form and substance of an unfolded card may be forwarded without wrapper, envelope, fastening, or fold.

36. The limits of size for packets of printed papers addressed to the United Kingdom, British possessions or protectorates or to Non-Union countries are 2 feet in longth by 14 feet in width or depth; to foreign countries in the Postal Union packets must not exceed 18 inches in any direction. If in the form of a roll the limits of size in either case are 30 inches in length and 4 inches in diameter. The limits of weight are 5 lbs. for the United Kingdom, British possessions or protectorates, and Non-Union countries, and 4 lbs. 6 ozs. for foreign countries in the Postal Union. Exceptionally, printed volumes sent singly to any destination may weigh up to 6 lbs.

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