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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD OCTOBER, 1869.
NOTICE.
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Consignees and Masters of Ships are hereby informed that, after the 15th Proximo, the Boundary, North of which Vessels shall not anchor, is as follows:-
Kellet's Island bearing E. by S. S.
All Ships to be properly moored with 35 fathoms Chain (East and West).
The passage between the North Boundary of Men-of-War anchorage and the Kowloon Peninsula is to be kept clear.
Steamers and Vessels not having definite employment will still remain on the North side.
H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,
Harbor Master's Office, Hongkong, 9th September, 1869.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
Harbor Master, &c.
It is hereby notified for general information, by order of His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, that, the system of registration has been, from this date, extended to letters and other descriptions of correspondence transinitted by the Post, in the Mails by both the British Contract Packets and by Private Ships, between this Office and each Agency thereof in China and Japan, viz.: Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Hiogo, and Yokohama, and also between any two of these Agencies.
The fee for registration is 8 cents each letter, &c.,
No Letter, Book, or packet of patterns can be registered unless the full postage upon it, as well as the registration fee, be paid in advance in postage Stamps.
Letters, &c., for registration will be received up to half an hour before the time fixed for closing the Mails.
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.
General Post Office, Hongkong 13th October, 1869.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified for general information, by order of His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, that henceforward Book Packets, and Packets of Patterns or Samples of Merchandize, may be transmitted through the Post by the Mails made up to be forwarded both by the British Contract Packets and by Private Ships, between this Office and each Agency thereof in China and Japan, viz.: Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Hiogo, and Yokohama, and also between any two of these Agencies, at the following rates of postage, which must be paid in advance, viz. :-
not exceeding
4 oz.
6 cents.
above 4 oz., and not
exceeding
02.
12 cents.
above 8 oz., and not exceeding 1b. 24 cents.
obove lib., and not exceeding 1b. 36 cents.
Every additional
1.
12 cents.
Special attention is directed to the following rules and regulations which will be strictly enforced :-
AS REGARDS BOOKS.
A Book Packet may contain any number of separate Books, Almanacks, Maps or Prints, and any quantity of paper, vellum or parchment (to the exclusion of letters whether sealed or open); and the Books, Maps, Paper, &c., may be either printed, written or plain, or any mixture of the three.
All legitimate binding, mounting or covering of the same or of a portion thereof, will be allowed, whether such binding be loose or attached; as also rollers in the case of prints, markers (whether of paper or otherwise,) in the case of Books, and in short whatever is necessary for the safe transmission of literary or artistic matter or usually appertains thereto.
Every Book packet must be either without a cover, or in a cover open at the ends or sides.
It must not contain any letter, open or sealed, nor any sealed enclosure whatever; the name and address of the sender is however not only permitted but recommended, so that if the cover come off, or for any other reason the packet cannot be forwarded, it may be returned.
No packet must exceed two feet in length, breadth or depth, exceeding these dimensions it cannot be forwarded through the Post.
AS REGARDS PATTERNS..
They must not be of intrinsic value. This rules excludes all articles of a saleable nature, and indeed, whatever may have a value of its own, apart from its mere use as a pattern; and the quantity of any material sent ostensibly as a pattern must not be so great that it can fairly be considered as having on this ground an intrinsic value.
There must be no writing or marks other than the address of the person for whom the packet is intended and that of the sender, a trade mark and numbers, and prices of the articles; otherwise the Packet will be detained or forwarded charged as an unpaid letter.
The Patterns must be sent in covers open at the ends, so as to be easy of examination. Samples however, of seeds, drugs, and so forth, which cannot be sent in open covers, may be enclosed in bags of linen or other material, tied at the neck; bags so closed that they cannot readily be opened, even although they be transparent, must not be used for this purpose. Non-compliance with this rule will also subject the packet to be detained or forwarded as an unpaid letter.