THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH MAY, 1892.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
441
Albumenized Paper,
.35%
Albums, Autograph, Photograph or Scrap, wholly or
partly finished,
35
Amber, all manufactures of--not otherwise provided for, 25 Amber, set as jewelry,
50
Notice is hereby given that it is forbidden to send to the United States through the Post packets containing the following articles which are liable to Customs duty:
Gloves, Silk, Gold Jewelry,
Grass, all manufactures of
Hair Pins, set with stones as jewelry, Handkerchiefs, Silk or Silk chief value,
60
50
30
50
60
Amethyst, cut,
10
Horn, all manufactures of.
30
Amethyst, when set as jewelry,
50
Imitation Jewelry,.
50
Bells, ladies'
Bijouterie, as jewelry,
Birds and Flowers for mantel ornaments,
Apparel, wearing (according to material). Artificial Flowers and Feathers,
Artists Colors,
Baskets (according to materials),
Bath robes and slippers,
Bead jewelry, necklaces, &c.,
Birds, made of natural feathers,
Birds, dressed and finished for milliuery purposes,
Ivory, manufactures of
...from 40 to 60
50
Lace, of all materials,
.60
.from 25 to 30
Lacquered Ware, wood,
.35
from 30 to 60
.60 cents per lb, and 60
from 10 to 50
from 35 to 40
Lithograph, prints, bound or unbound, Mother-of-Pearl, all manufactures of Paintings on Silk, by professional artists, Pamphlets, bound or unbound,.
.359%
....from 25 to 40
15 .25
50
50
50
for,
50
Pearls, not set, or strung on thread,
Blank Books,
from 25 to 35
(Periodicals, free.)
Paper, all manufactures of-not otherwise provided
Pearls, set as jewelry, (real or imitation),
from 15 to 50
..10
.50
Bodkins, bone or ivory,
..from 30 to 40
Pins, Hair, Hat, Belt, Bonnot, and Shawl,
...30
Bonbonniers (according to material).
Pouches, for tobacco,
70
Bone Dice, Chessmen, &c.,
Bone Buttons,
50*
50
Precious Stones, cut, not set,
.10
Presents are dutiable like other imports.
Bone, other manufactures,
from 25 to 50
Printed matter, not otherwise provided for,
.25
Bonnet Pins,
30
Purses, as pocket books, if leather,.
.35
Books, printed within last 20 years,
Books of any kind sent, by mail,
25 dutiable.
Quiltings, Cotton chief value,
..60
""
Silk,
.50
Buttons,
Cameos, unset,
from 25 to 60
Rattles, Children's-as toys,
.35
real or imitation, 10
Cameos, set,
real or imitation, 50
Rings, except hair, as jewelry,
hair, chief value,
.50
35
Cards, Lithographic show,
China Ornaments and Toys of any description,
Chromos and Chromo-Lithographs,‹
Cigar or Cigarette cases, !...
.35
Rubies, cut, unset,
.10
60
""
*
set as jewelry,
35
"
holders,
....
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29
Cutters,..
70%
Cigarette Books, Papers, Covers, &c.,
.70
%%%
if of
""
Satins and Sateens, Silk,
Samples, of no commercial value,.
Sandalwood, manufactures of
.50% .free.
dutiable.
19
35
50
Cigar, Cigarettes and Cheroots,
$4.50 b. and 25
Silk,
Clasps, worn as jewelry,
50
Silver,
19
Coral, all other manufactures of
199
Earrings as jewelry,
Embroideries,
Coral, Bead Necklaces,.
Crapes, Cotton, chief value,.
Crapes, Silk, chief value,
Diamonds, cut, unset,
""
Drawings with pen or pencil,
Dress Ornaments and Trimmings,
Engraved Plates, (except fashion plates),
50
25
40
.50
.10
Shells, manufactures of
Sleeves, Buttons-ornamental, as jewelry,.. Smokers' articles, (not otherwise provided for) includ- ing Pipes, Pipe Bowls, Cigar and Cigarette Holders, Book, Pouches, Cigarette Paper, Cases, Covers, Fusers, Lighters, &c.,
.from 25 to 40
from 30 to 60 .from 30 to 50
50
70
set as jewelry,
50
Spoons, according to materials,
..from 30 to 45
20
Spun Silk,
35%
...from 50 to 60
.50
Stones, agate, onyx, crosidolite, and others in finished
state,
.20
...from 45 to 60
Straw, all manufactures of not otherwise provided for, 30
.25
Studs, as jewelry,
50%
Engravings, bound or unbound,
Elctrings,
Fans, painted, (according to material).
Feathers, all manufactures,
25
Tigers' Claws,..
dutiable.
25
Topaz, gems, cut, not set,
10%
Tortoise Shell, manufactured,
40
Fashion Plates, engraved or lithographed,
Flowers, artificial of any material,
Flowers, natural dried in wreaths or other forms,
35%
Trays, metal of all kinds,..
45
50
" papier mâché, or wood,.
35
.50%
....50
Trimmings, dress, 60 cents per b. and
Unenumerated articles if manufactured unless unsimil-
60
Fringes,
from 50 to 60
ating to some enumerated article, -
20
Games, as toys,
35
Veils and Veiling,
from 40 to 50
Garnet, cut, unset,.
10
Whalebone, all manufactures of
.30%
Garnet, cut, set as jewelry,
50
Wood, manufactured for ornaments, &c., as carved
Gems, cut, not set,
10
card cases,
Gems, cut, set as jewelry,
.50
Wool, in fabrics,
.dutiable. dutiable.
Glass and Glassware,..
from 40 to 60
nr: Post Office, Hongkong, 14th December, 1891.
A. K. TRAVERS,
Postmaster General.