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PLACE OF DESTINATION.

ROUTE.

Gibraltar

Gilbert

and

Ellice

Islands)

(same as Ocean Islands).....)

APPENDIX

IV,-Continued.

PARCEL POST

RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS

Not exceeding

2 lb.

3 lb.

7 lb. 11 lb. 22 Ib.

Via.

$ c.

*

$ c. $ e.

Direct.

0.60 1.20 1.80

1st lb. and Each additional lb. up

to 11 lb.

Limit of Insured value (Francs 300-£12)

$ c.

1

ca

RATES,--Continued.

LIMITS OF SIZE.

Length, Breadth

or Depth..

Length & Girth Combined.

ft. in. ft. in. -

50

3 0

Customs Declaration.

6 0

A 2

Gold Coast Colony including)

Ashanti and the Northern Territories

London.

1.90 2.90 4.05 | 0.90

60

3660

A 2

OBSERVATIONS,

PROHIBITED CONTENTS.

Arms, parts of firearms, am- munition, utensils of war, naval or military stores, unless special permission has been obtained : essonces of gin, rum, brandy and whisky.

Insurance confined to parcels for Acera, Axim, Cape Coast, Kwitta, Coomassie, Obuasi, Sekondi, Tarkwa Winnebah, Abosso, Dunkwar and Prestes. Parcels which have to be trans- mitted overland to their destination from the port of disembarkation, are liable to a forward charge of one third 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 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 railway.

Letters (except one for the addressee); Firearms, ammuni- tion, machines for making or filling cartridges.

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