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POSTAGE: PREPAYMENT IN MONEY
GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS
Postage on any postal packets may be prepaid in money, at the G.P.O., Hong Kong or Kowloon Central Post Office.
Intending users of this service must furnish at the time of posting, their name and address and the number of items tendered for posting.
The application must indicate:-
1. The name of the post office at which the articles will be handed in;
2. The date of posting;
3. The approximate number and rate of postage of the articles to be posted.
CONDITIONS
The conditions under which such packets are accepted are that:
1. The amount prepaid, including any registration fees, is in no case less than $10.
2. The packets, with the addresses arranged in the same direction are securely tied in bundles of fifty or, in the case of bulky packets, in bundles of a convenient size, each containing ten packets or multiple of ten), the articles in each bundle being chargeable with a uniform rate of postage, which must be shown, and air mail and surface mail items bundled separately.
3. Parcels are handed in separately from other postal packets.
Prepayment cannot be made partly in money and partly in stamps, and the money must be paid at the time the packets are handed in at the post office.
It is of material assistance to the Post Office if these special postings, especially when in large numbers, can be made early in the day. The bulk-posting counters at the G.P.O., Hong Kong. and at Kowloon Post Office, are open on weekdays between 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. except on Saturdays when they close at 1.00 p.m.
4. Postal packets for delivery in Hong Kong must be separated from those for delivery in Kowloon; those for overseas destinations must be so labelled.
Articles for prepayment in money cannot be accepted on Sundays and holidays.
FRANKING (POSTAGE METER) MACHINES
Users of these machines must conform to the following conditions:
1. They must obtain a licence from the Postmaster General;
2. Payments in advance in respect of postage must be made from time to time at a specified post office where the machine must be presented for meter setting or registering;
3. The correspondence franked by the machine must be faced, securely tied in bundles (certain separations are required) and handed in at a specified post office-not necessarily that at which machine is periodically taken for purposes of control. In no circumstances can posting be allowed otherwise than at the authorized posting point;
4. At the end of every weekday, whether the franking machine has been used or not, a docket must be tendered showing the reading of the meter or meters of the machine. If, under exceptional arrangements, anything has been franked and held back for despatch on another day, particulars must be furnished on the docket;
5. Franking machines and dies must be maintained in good condition and licensees are required to enter into a maintenance agreement with manufacturer or agent to that end.