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No. 5.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 30TH JANUARY, 1897.. 號五第 日八十二月二十年申丙 日十三月正年七十九百八千一
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. --No. 37.
VOL. XLIII.
簿三十四第
The following Regulations are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th January, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
REGULATIONS
Made by the Governor under Section 10 of
Office Ordinance, 1887."
"The Post
TRANSMISSION OF CHINESE CORRESPONDENCE.
1. From the 1st February, 1897, all ordinary mail matter collected by Chinese Hongs for the following ports in China must be taken to the General Post Office for transmission to such ports, viz.:-
Peking, Newchwang, Tientsin, Chefoo, Chungking, Ichang, Shasi, Hankow, Kiukiang, Wuhu, Chinkeang, Shanghai, Soochow, Hangehow, Ningpo, Wenchow, Foochow, Amoy, Swatow, Canton, Hoihow, Pakhoi, Lungehow, Mengtsz.
2. All such mail matter must be placed in bags properly fastened and addressed, and no such bag shall exceed 25 lbs. in weight.
3. Postage will be charged at the rate of 4 cents per oz. on correspondence to Canton, and 10 cents per oz. on correspondence to other places, a deduction being male on account of the weight of the bag.
4. Payment shall be made by affixing postage stamps to the back of the address label. NOTE.-Correspondence received under these Regulations will be delivered by the Imperial Chinese Post Office to the various agents of the establishments at the ports to which the bags are addressed,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.---No. 38.
The following Return of Books is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th January, 1897.
J. II. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.