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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JANUARY, 1866.
6. These two last charges will be made from the time of the Mint opening.
7. Sycee, Bar Silver, and Bullion will be liable from the first to the full charges.
8. No quantity under 5,000 oz. will be received.`
9. Delivery must be made at the Mint, Causeway Bay, East Point, and priority of application
will be the rule followed.
For Forms of Application and further particulars apply to 'T. W. KINDER, Esquire, Master of
the Mint.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th December, 1865.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial`Secretary.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION,
It is hereby notified for general information that henceforward the postage chargeable upon correspondence conveyed in the Mails by the British Contract Packets from Hongkong to the undermentioned places will be as follows, viz.:
India, Ceylon and the Straits Settlements.
FOR A LETTER
Under } oz. in weight.
8 cents.
Above an ounce and not exceeding
1 ounce in weight. 16 cents.
Above 1 ounce and not exceeding 2 ounces in weight. 32 cents.
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And so on, adding 16 cents for each ounce or fraction of an ounce after the first ounce. Newspaper two cents each.
FOR A BOOK PACKET
Under 4 ounces in weight.
6 cents.
Above 4 ounces and not exceeding 8 ounces in weight. 12 cents.
And so on, adding 12 cents for each additional 8 ounces. The postage in each case must be paid in advance. NOTE: When correspondence is sent in the Mails which are forwarded by private Ships to India, Ceylon or the Straits, no postage is collected upon it at this Office.
Cape of Good Hope, Natal, St. Helena, Ascension and Mauritius. FOR A LETTER
Under ounce in weight.
22 cents.
Above è̟ ar: ounce and not exceeding Above 1 ounce and not exceeding
1 ounce in weight.
14 ounces in weight. 44 cents.
66 cents.
Above 11⁄2 ounces and not exceeding
2 ounces in weight. 88 cents.
And so on, adding 22 cents for each additional half ounce or fraction of half an ounce. Newspapers 2 cents each. Payable in advance.
The several Australian Colonies and New Zealand.
Under ounce in weight.
24 cents.
FOR A LETTER
Above ↳ an ounce and not exceeding 1 ounce in weight. 49 cents.
Above 1 ounce and not exceeding 1 ounces in weight. 72 cents.
Above 11⁄2 ounces and not exceeding 2 ount es in weight. 96 cents. Newspapers 2 cents each.
And so on, adding 24 cents for each additional half ounce or fraction of half an ounce. Payable in advance.
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The postage on Letters sent to India in the Mails by the French Packets is :
Under 1⁄2 ounce in weight.
14 cents.
Above † an ounce and not exceeding 1 ounce in weight.
28 cents.
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Above 1 ounce and not exceeding 2 ounces in weight. 56 cents.
And so on, adding 28 cents for each ounce or fraction of an ounce, after the first ounce. and Books is the same as by the British Packets. Prepayment optional.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 27th January, 1866.
The postage on Newspapers
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified for general information that henceforward the size of any packet, whether of Books, Patterns or Newspapers, intended to be forwarded by the post between Hongkong and the United Kingdom must not exceed two feet in length and one foot in width and depth; such packets exceeding these limits as to size will not be forwarded.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 18th January, 1866.
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General,