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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH AUGUST, 1875.
NOTICE.
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To provide the greatest possible facilities for posting Correspondence for Europe, &c., up to the latest moment before the departure of the French Packets, arrangements have been made for receiving at the Post Office late letters for Singapore and the United Kingdom only from 11.10 A.M. to 11.30
Each letter must bear a late fee of 18 cents extra postage.
A.M.
The above arrangement is intended to meet occasional emergencies, and not for the regular posting of extensive correspondence. Should it be found, therefore, that large and unmanageable numbers of letters are habitually thrown upon the Department at the last moment, a heavier late fee will be imposed. A similar supplementary Mail will be made up for Shanghai by the English and French Contract Steamers, the late letters being received from 10 minutes after, up to half an hour after the time of closing. The late fee will also be 18 cents.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 3rd August, 1875.
ALFRED LISTER,
Postmaster General.
LETTERS.
Cents.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
The following reduced Rates of Postage will take effect from this day :-
BOOKS & PATTERNS.
Cents.
NEWSPAPERS. Cents.
PORTUGAL,-
Viâ Southampton,
.34 per oz.
6
6 per 2 oz.
AZORES ISLANDS,—
Viâ Brindisi,
40 per oz.
8
14 per 2 oz.
Viâ Marseilles,
Viâ Southampton,
.34 per 1 oz.
6
8
per
2 oz.
CANARY AND MADEIRA ISLANDS,——
Via Brindisi,.
34 per oz.
8
12
per
2 oz.
Viâ Marseilles,
Via Southampton,
28 per 1 oz.
CO
6
6 per
2 oz.
HONOLULU AND HAWAII,-
Viâ Brindisi,..
36 per oz.
10
14 per 2 oz.
Viâ Marseilles,
Viâ Southampton,
.30 per oz.
8
8 per 2 oz.
ALFRED LISTer,
General Post Office, Hongkong, 5th August, 1875.
NOTICE.
Postmaster General.
A supply of Bronze Cent pieces have been received from England, and can be obtained in exchange on application at the Treasury.
Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 19th July, 1875.
NOTICE.
Allowances for Spoiled Stamps.
C. MAY,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.
Allowances for spoiled Stamps will in future be made every Tuesday and Thursday, from 11 to
3 o'clock.
ALFRED LISTER,
Stamp Office, Hongkong, 28th July, 1875.
Collector of Stamp Revenue.