THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST APRIL, 1888.
PARCEL POST.
379
Το
LIMIT OF POSTAGE
WEIGHT.
LIMIT OF SIZE.
PROHIBITED CONTENTS.
PER b.
lb.
cents.
Hongkong, China, Japan, Corea, Siam,
11
5
2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft.
Opium.
Straits Settlements, Burmah, Ceylon, India,‡
15
Do., and not smaller than
3 in. by 2 in., by 2 in.
Do.
Malta,.......
.(Direct),...
20
3 ft. 6 in. long, or 6 ft.
Gibraltar,.
do.,
11
20
in greatest length and girth combined.
Arms.
United Kingdom, viâ Gibraltar only,.
25
Africa, West Coast, ¶ .........(viâ London),
11
35
1
Ascension,
do.,
11
50
Do.
Do.
Tobacco, except for personal use.
Copyright Books.
Specie or ostrich feathers.
Bahamas Is.,
do.,
50
Do.
British Guiana,..........
do.,
British Honduras,
do.,
Cape Colony,....
do.,
7*
Cyprus,
do.,
11.
Egypt,
do.,
11
Natal,.....
do.,
888
138
2
50
Do.
*****
50
Do.
60
Do.
Letters.
55
Do.
Coins, Tobacco.
50
Do.
Letters, Arms and Ammunition.
70
Do.
Letters, Gold or Silver, ostrich
feathers.
Newfoundland,
do.,
11
St. Helena,
do.,
1
Tangier,.....
do.,
11
****
South Australia,....
....(viû Ceylou),
11
Victoria (Australia),..
do.,
11
88888
70
Do.
..
50
Do.
50
Do.
30
Do.
Books copyright in the United
Kingdom.
Arms, Munitions of War, To-
bacco, Opium pipes. Letters.
30
Do.
Letters, vines, opium, spirits.
tobacco.
Western Australia,
do.,
11
80
Do.
Letters.
Windward and Leeward Is.,t |
Barbados, Trinidad,
(viâ London), 11
50
Do.
Canada,
do.,
3
Jamaica,
do.,
11
28
70
50
2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft.
2 ft. long, or 4 ft. in length and Letters.
girth combined.
*To Cape Town itself, 1
+ Antigua, Montserrat, S. Kitts, Nevis, Dominica, Virgin Is.; Grenada, S. Lucia, S. Vincent, Tobago.
* And Indian Offices, viz-; Aden, Bagdad, Bander Abas, Busrah, Bushire, Gundur, Jask, Kashmir, Linga, Muscat, Zanzibar,
Acers, Bathhurst, Cape Coast Castle, Lages. Quittah, Sierra Leone,
1. To the United Kingdom AND London about 8 days later than the Mail.
PLACES BEYOND.-Parcels are forwarded by P. & O. packet only, and arrive in No further charge is made on delivery except for Customs Dues.
Duties in the United Kingdom.
Cigars. Gold plate.
6,0 per Ib.
17/0 per oz. Troy=15,9 per oz. avoir.
Silver plate 16 per oz. Troy-1/5 per oz. avoir. Ten.
6d, per lb.
No duties are charged ou Watches, Jewellery, Personal Ornaments, nor on any gold or silver articles not describable as Plate. Plate, however, includes such articles as Silver Match Boxes, Cigar Cases, Mounts for Sticks, Studs, Buttons Buckles, and Belts or Necklets under certain conditions. Duties cannot be prepaid by the sender.
2.-TO INDIA.-By P. & O. and Indian Mail packets only.
¿).—TO AUSTRALIA.—By P. & O. packet viâ Ceylon only.