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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH AUGUST, 1864.
the several rates of postage hereinafter mentioned (that is to say):-
On every such packet, if not exceeding four ounces in weight, there shall be charged, taken, and paid, an uniform single rate of postage (British and colonial combined) of four- pence.
And on every such packet, if exceeding four ounces in weight, there shall be charged, taken, and paid, for such transmission thereof respectively as aforesaid, the several progressive and additional rates of postage, hereinafter mentioned.
2. All packets consisting of patterns or samples of merchan- dise, of no intrinsic value, posted in any part of the United Kingdom, addressed to any part of Ceylon or Hong Kong, or posted in any part of Ceylon or Hong Kong, addressed to any part of the United Kingdom, may be transmitted by the post between the United Kingdom and any part of Ceylon or Hong Kong in closed mails via France (the sea conveyance being by British or by French packet-boat) subject to the several rates of postage hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) :-
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On every such packet, if not exceeding four ounces in weight, there shall be charged, taken, and paid, an uniform single rate of postage (British, colonial, and foreign combined) of sixpence."
And on every such packet, if exceeding four ounces in weight, there shall be charged, taken, and paid, for such transmission thereof respectively as aforesaid, the several progressive and additional rates of postage hereinafter mentioned.
3. Every packet which shall be transmitted by the post under the authority of this Warrant, if exceeding four ounces in weight, shall be subject to the several further and addi- tional and progressive rates of postage hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) :-
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On every such packet, if exceeding four ounces, and not exceeding one-half of a pound in weight, there shall be charged, taken, and paid, two rates of postage. And on every such packet, if exceeding one-half of a pound, and not exceeding one pound in weight, there shall be charged, taken, and paid, four rates of postage. And on every such packet, if exceeding one pound, and not exceeding one pound and one-half of another pound in weight, there shall be charged, taken, and paid, six rates of postage.
And on every such packet, if exceeding one pound and one-half of another pound, and not exceeding two pounds in weight, there shall be charged, taken, and paid eight rates of postage.
And for every additional half of a pound in weight of any such packet, above the weight of two pounds, there shall be charged, taken, and paid, two additional rates of postage, and every fractional part of such additional half of a pound in weight shall be charged as an additional half of a pound in weight, and each progressive and additional rate, chargeable under this clause, shall be estimated and charged at the sum which any such packet would be charged with under this Warrant, if not ex- cceding four ounces in weight.
4. Every packet which shall be transmitted by the post under the authority of this Warrant, shall be so transmitted in conformity with, and under, and subject, to the several orders, directions, regulations, and conditions hereinafter contained, (that is to say):-
5. No such packet, which in length or breadth, or depth, shall exceed the dimensions of two feet, shall be transmitted by the post under the provisions of this Warrant.
6. No pattern or sample, being of any intrinsic value, or being an article or thing of a saleable nature, or having a value of its own apart from its mere use as a pattern or sample, shall be transmitted by the post under the provisions
of this Warrant,
7. There shall be no enclosure, sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, nor any other enclosure not authorized by this Warrant, sent in or with any such packet.
8. There shall be no writing or printing in or upon any such packet, or on the cover thereof, except the address of the person for whom it is intended, the address of the sender thereof, a trade mark, and numbers and prices.
9. All such packets shall be sent in covers, open at the ends, so as to be easy of examination. Nevertheless samples of seeds, drugs, and such other articles and things as cannot be sent in open covers, may be enclosed in bags of linen, or of other material; but bags so enclosed that they cannot be readily opened, even although they be transparent, shall not be used for that purpose.
10. If any packet sent or tendered, or delivered in order to be sent by the post under the provisions of this Warrant, shall in length, or breadth, or depth exceed the dimensions of two feet, or shall consist wholly of patterns, or samples of any intrinsic value, as in the sixth clause of this Warrant mentioned, or if there shall be any writing or printing in or upon any such packet, or on the cover thereof, except the address of the person for whom it is intended, the address of the sender thereof, a trade mark, and numbers and prices, or if
any such packets shall not be sent in covers, open at the ends, so as to be easy of examination (except samples of seeds, drugs, and such other articles and things as cannot be sent in open covers, and which may be enclosed in bags of linen, or of other material), or in case of bags being used, if such bags shall be so closed that they cannot be readily opened, every such packet shall be chargeable, and shall be treated in all respects as a letter.
11. If any packet sent, or tendered, or delivered in order to be sent by the post under the provisious of this Warrant, shall contain any enclosure, sealed, or otherwise closed against inspection, or any other enclosure not authorized by this Warrant, every such enclosure may be taken out by any officer of the Post Office, and either returned or given up to the sender thereof, or be forwarded to the address on the packet, charged not only with the full rates of postage as an unpaid letter, but also with a further and additional rate of postage, equal in amount to the single rate of postage charge- able under the provisions of this Warrant on a packet not packet, if duly pre-paid by stamps, may be forwarded to the exceeding four ounces in weight, and the remainder of the
place of its address, without any extra charge.
12. The postage of all such packets as aforesaid posted in the United Kingdom, shall in every case be paid at the time of the same being posted, not in inoney, but by being duly stamped with the proper postage stamp or stamps affixed thereto, which stamp or stamps shall in every case be affixed or appear on the outside of every such packet, near the address or direction, and shall be of the value or amount of the postage duty payable thereon, under or by virtue of this Warrant.
13. The postage of all such packets as aforesaid, posted in Ceylon or Hong Kong, shall in every case be paid at the time of the same being posted, either in money or by the proper colonial postage stamp or stamps being affixed thereto.
14. If any packet sent, or tendered, or delivered in order to be sent by the post under the provisions of this Warrant, shall be posted in the United Kingdom, or in Ceylon or Hong- Kong, and the postage paid thereon, or postage stamp or stamps affixed thereto, shall represent a less amount than the rate of postage to which such packet would be liable under and by virtue of this Warrant, every such last-mentioned packet shall be forwarded, charged with the amount of the difference between the postage so paid thereon, or postage stamp or stamps so being thereon or affixed thereto, and the postage to which such packet would be liable as aforesaid, together with a further and additional rate of postage, equal in amount to the single rate of postage chargeable under this Warrant on a packet not exceeding four ounces in weight; but if any such packet shall be posted in the United Kingdom,