On production of a certificate at the General Post Office, Hong Kong or at the Kowloon Post Office, all mail matter covered thereby will be handed over, without the need of a chop of a well-known firm, providing the signature and chop on the delivery
on the delivery receipt is a facsimile of those appearing on the certificate.
POSTE RESTANTE
All postal packets superscribed “To be kept till called for” “To await arrival", or in any other similar manner, and also those addressed "Post Office", without any other address are held to fall under the head "Poste Restante". The public are requested to note carefully the rules governing the Poste Restante.
The Poste Restante being intended solely for the accommodation of strangers and travellers who have no permanent abode in the Colony; postal packets for residents must not be addressed to the Post Office to be called for, nor will postal packets be kept in the Poste Restante longer than two weeks in the case of a postal packet posted in the Colony and two months in the case of a postal packet posted in any place outside the Colony; provided that the Postmaster General may extend either of these periods in any particular case.
Postal packets addressed to initials, or to fieitious names, or to a Christian name without a surname, are not accepted for Poste Restante, but are at once sent to the Returned Letter Office for disposal.
All persons applying for letters at the Poste Restante counters must furnish the particulars required to ensure proper delivery. If the addressee does not apply in person, his messenger must be furnished with the required information and must produce written authority to receive the correspondence. If a foreigner, the applicant must produce his passport or other credentials.
PRIVATE POST OFFICE BOXES
Private post office boxes may be rented at the Hong Kong and Kowloon Post Offices. The rental charge for a large box is $36.00 a year (1st January to 31st December) and $24.00 for a small box. Rentals are payable in advance and any portion of a calendar quarter is considered as a full quarter.
When a box is let two keys are supplied, one of which is handed to the renter and for which a deposit charge of $5.00 is made; this deposit is returned when the box and the key are surrendered. Additional keys will be supplied by the Department at a cost of $2.00 each; if the renter loses his key a new lock may be fitted to the box for which a charge of $3.00 will be made.
The transfer of a box from one person to another is subject to the approval of the Postmaster General and will only be considered in case of bona fide changes of business or title or other sufficient reason.
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