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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH FEBRUARY, 1887.
Correspondence.-Any letter, newspaper, book, pam- phlet, document, parcel, or package, or other article what-. soever transmitted by post, whether in a closed mail or having been placed loose on board any Contract Packet or vessel for transmission; and a letter or other article shall be deemed to be correspondence from the time of its arrival within the limits of the Colony, if brought to the Colony by post, or from the time of its delivery to the Post Office if not so brought, and in either case shall continue to be deemed correspondence to the time of its delivery from the Post Office; and delivery to or by any person authorised to receive or deliver letter bags or correspondence on behalf of the Postmaster General shall be a delivery to or from the Post Office.
Letter Bag. Any bag, or box, or packet, or parcel, or other envelope or covering in which correspondence is con- veyed, whether it does or does not contain correspondence.
Master of a Vessel.-Any person in charge of a vessel, whether commander, mate, or other person.
Officer of the Post Office.-The Postmaster General, and every Postmaster, Assistant Postmaster, Agent, Officer, Clerk, Letter Carrier, or any other person employed in any business of the Post Office, whether employed by the Postmaster General, or by any person under him, or on behalf of the Post Office.
Persons employed by or under the Post Office.-Every person employed in any business of the Post Office accord- ing to the interpretation given to Officer of the Post Office. Postage Stamp.-Any label or stamp for denoting any rate of postage, or any envelope, wrapper, card, form, or paper, words, letters, or marks, purporting to au- thorise the transmission by post of any correspondence, whether such postage stamp shall be issued under this Ordinance or by the Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, or by the Government of any Colony or foreign country.
Postmaster General.-The Postmaster-General of the Colony.
Post Office.-Any house, building, room, or place where correspondence is received or delivered, or in which it is sorted, made up, or despatched.
Vessel. Any ship or other vessel not being a contract packet.
2. There shall be one General Post Office of the Colony where correspondence may be received from all places, and whence correspondence may be despatched to all places, and the Post Office at the time of the passing of this Ordi- nance shall be such General Post Office until the site thereof is changed by the Governor.
The Governor may establish such District Post Offices in the Colony as he thinks fit.
Management.
3. The Postmaster General, and all other officers of the Post Office at the time of the passing of this Ordinance shall be continued in their offices, and shall have all the powers and privileges hereby conferred upon the holders of their respective offices.
4. The Governor may from time to time appoint a Post- master General of the Colony, and all necessary Assistant Postmasters General, Postmasters, agents, clerks, or ser- vants for conducting the business of the Post Office, and may remove any officers so appointed.
5. The Postmaster General shall, by himself or his de- puties, have the entire charge of the General Post Office and of all postal matters within the Colony, with sole power, within the Colony, of receiving from all persons authorized to deliver the same all letter bags and corres- pondence arriving in the Colony; and with sole power, within the Colony, of collecting, receiving, and delivering to all persons authorised to receive the same all correspond- ence for transmission by or through the General Post Office to places out of the Colony.
The said Postmaster General shall also have the exclusive privilege, within the Colony, of performing all the incidental services of receiving, collecting, despatching and delivering all correspondence arriving from, or transmitted to any place out of the Colony; and no letters, unless exempt by law, shall be delivered in, or transmitted from the Colony otherwise than by or through the General Post Office,
General Post office.
Postmaster General and officers continued in their offices.
Appointment of officers in future.
Postmaster General solely authorized to receive and deliver all cor- Tespondence.
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