THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH SEPTEMBER, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 362.
The following Post Office Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th September, 1885.
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FREDERICK Stewart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
PARCEL POST TO THE UNITED KINGDOM.
On and after the 1st October next, Parcels not exceeding 7 lbs. in weight will be received in Hongkong and at British Post Offices in China, for transmission to the United Kingdom by P. & O. Packet viâ Gibraltar. No parcel will be sent with the Overland Mail viâ Brindisi. Parcels will therefore arrive in London about eight days later than the Mail. Parcels may be sealed, but any parcel, even though sealed, is liable to be opened for examination.
Parcels must be posted in Hongkong before 3 P.M. on the day before the departure of the Mail. Those arriving from the Coast, &c., after this hour will be kept for the following P. & O. Mail.
The Postage is 25 cents per tb., which includes Registration fee, and must be prepaid in stamps. No further charge will be made in the United Kingdoni except for Customs dues. No parcel must be more than 3 feet 6 inches length, or 6 feet in greatest length and girth combined. A receipt will be given for cach Parcel.
The sender must fill up a form of Customs Declaration, which can be obtained free at each Post Office. No parcel can be accepted till this is completely and accurately filled. The only articles ordinarily sent from China which are liable to duty arc Tea, Tobacco, and Gold or Silver plate.
Dangerous or perishable goods, articles likely to injure the Mails, Liquids (unless securely packed) or parcels casily crushed, such as band-boxes, are prohibited. No Parcel can be received if its value exceeds $250. A Parcel may contain a letter to the same address as that of the Parcel itself, or another Parcel to the same address. No other enclosures are allowed. The Post Office accepts no responsi- bility beyond the ordinary compensation of $10 in case of the loss of a Registered article. Parcels will not be forwarded in the Mail bags, but will be packed in boxes.
With regard to inward Parcels, addressees are requested to observe that they will not, for the present, be dealt with at sea, nor will the Parcel Mail be opened until the ordinary distribution of letters, &c., is finished. The postage on Parcels at home is 10d. per lb., the Regulations are generally similar to the above, and the Parcels will be sent out via Gibraltar.
GENERAL POST OFFICE,
HONGKONG, September 16th, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 363.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Thursday, the 24th instant, at Noon, for certain repairs to the Health Officer's Steam-launch Blanche. A list of the requirements may be seen at the Govern- ment Marine Surveyor's Office, to whose satisfaction the above repairs must be completed.
The Contractor will be required to supply a suitable Steam-launch for the use of the Health Officer during repairs to the Blanche.
No tender will be received unless the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $50, as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which um shall be forfeited to the Crown if such person refuses to carry out his tender, should the tender ! accepted.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th September, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.