THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 22, 1914.
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91. The sender of any registered article may obtain an acknowledgment of its delivery to the addressee by paying in advance at the time of posting a fee of 10 cents in addition to the postage and registration fee. The sender must enter in the form provided for the purpose both his own name and address and the name and address of the person to whom the packet is sent, and he must also affix to the form a stamp or stamps of the value of 10 cents in payment of the fee.
92. Letters shall be accepted for registration at the General Post Office, at the Kowloon, Sheung Wan (Western) and Sai Ying Pun District Offices, and any other District Offices established by the Governor.
93. Every article to be registered must be given to an officer or agent of the Post Office and a receipt obtained for it. It must bear the name and address of the sender on the lower left-hand corner of the face of the cover.
If contrary to this Regulation an article bearing the word "Registered" or any other word, phrase, or mark to the like effect, or a registration envelope intended by the sender to go forward as an ordinary letter, be dropped into a letter box it will if directed to any place at which delivery can be made by Hongkong or its Agencies be compulsorily registered and charged on delivery with a registration fee of 20 cents.
94. All registered letters or packets on being redirected must be taken back to the Registration Department to be dealt with as registered, and must not be dropped into a letter-box as ordinary letters or packets. If brought later than the day (Sundays and public holidays not being counted) after delivery, a fresh registration fee as well as fresh postage will be required.
95. The Postmaster General shall make good the value of such correspondence if lost while passing through the post, to the extent of 50 francs in certain cases, provided :-
(a.) That the sender duly observed all the conditions of registration.
(b.) That the correspondence was secured in a reasonably strong envelope. (e.) That application was made to the Postmaster General immediately the toss was discovered, and within a year at the most from the date of posting such correspondence.
(d.) That the Postmaster General is satisfied the loss occurred whilst the corre- spondence was in the custody of the Hongkong Postal Administration, that it was not caused by any fault on the part of the sender; by destruction by fire, or shipwreck; nor by the dishonesty or negligence of any person not in the employment of the Hongkong Post Office.
96. No compensation shall be paid for mere damage to fragile articles such as portraits, watches, handsomely bound books, &c., which reach their destination, although in a broken or deteriorated condition, nor on account of alleged losses of the contents of registered covers which safely reached their destinations, nor on account of any article for which the addressee has signed a receipt. No claim for compensation will be admitted if made more than a year after the article was posted.
97. The Post Office will decline all responsibility for unregistered letters containing bank notes, or jewellery, and where registration has been neglected will make no enquiries into alleged losses of such letters.
98. Enquiry as to the disposal of a registered article shall be made free of charge when the sender produces primâ facie evidence that it has failed to reach the addressee. When, however, no such evidence is produced, a fee of 10 cents for an acknowledgment of delivery shall be required before enquiry is instituted. No fee shall be charged for enquiry when the sender has already paid for an acknowledgment of delivery.
99. Officers employed in the Registration Department are forbidden to address registered nail matter, to enclose it in the envelope, seal it or affix the stamps.
99a. The Postmaster General shall detain and if necessary return to the sender all registered correspondence, parcels and other articles deliverable on a receipt which he is. unable to deliver owing to failure on the part of the addressee to establish his identity to the satisfaction of the Postmaster General in accordance with the following Rules :--