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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MAY, 1862.
in Money until
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Stamps may be used
when provided,
X. The Postage on all Correspondence, posted in this Colony for transmission to P stage prepayable Place out of the same, shall be paid by the Sender on delivering the same at the Stamps provided. Post Office in Money until Stamps shall be provided under the Provisions of this Ordinance. Provided always that Correspondence enclosed in Stamped Covers, or having
a Stamp affixed thereto (the Stamp in every such case being of the Value or Amount in this Ordinance expressed, and specially provided for the purpose under the authority of this Ordinance) shall, if within the Limitation of weight fixed by or under the Authority of any Statute of the Imperial Parliament in that behalf and if the Stamps have not been used before, pass by the Post free, except as to such Postage as the same shall or may be liable to on arrival at their Places of destination, when other than the United Kingdom, under the Laws of such Places respectively.
XI. On every Letter arriving in this Colony by Private Ship or in a Ship Letter Ship Letters, Mail from any Place beyond the limits of this Colony, and on every Letter posted in this Colony for transmission to any Place beyond the limits of the same, there shall be charged and paid to the Postmaster General for the use of this Colony, Postage by weight according to the following Scale, that is to say:-
Not exceeding Half an Ounce One Rate of Four Pence.
Exceeding Halfan Ounce, but not exceeding One Ounce, Two Rates, or Eight Pence.
Exceeding One Ounce, but not exceeding Two Ounces, Four Rates or One Shilling and Four l'ence.
Exceeding Two Ounces, but not exceeding Three Ounces, Six Rates or Two Shillings.
And so on in progression an additional Two Rates being charged for every additional Ounce or fraction of an Ounce.
And for every Newspaper or Price Current the Sum of One Penny.
receive Two Pence on
XII. The Postmaster General is hereby authorized to receive from Masters of Masters of Ships to Vessels not being Government Vessels, or Post Office Packets, all Correspondence and cach Letter bronght. shall allow and pay to Masters of such Vessels a Sum of Two Pence for cach Letter or Pamphlet or such like Packet and One-half Penny for each Newspaper brought to or delivered at the General Post Office from any Place beyond the limits of the Colony; upon and when and as soon as such Master shall have made the Declaration in Schedule B hereto annexed, which every such Master shall make before the Post- master General, and no Master of a Vessel or other Person shall be allowed to deliver any Letter brought to the said Colony, except to the Postmaster General or his Deputy at the General Post Office, save and except Correspondence as under the Provisions hereinbefore contained may be otherwise delivered. The Sums so paid by the Post- master General or his Deputy shall be charged in his Account against this Colony.
provided for, and of
XIII. The Postage of all Correspondence not provided for by this Ordinance shall Postage in cases not be fixed from time to time by an Order under the Hand of His Excellency the Governor Seamens' and Soldiers' and published in the Hongkong Government Gazette. Provided that all single Letters Letters. received or sent by Seamen or Soldiers shall be subject to the same Provisions as here- tofore, be charged with such reduced Rates of Postage as they have hitherto been charged in this Colony.
Master of Vessels to deliver Mails with- out delay.
XIV. In case of the arrival of any Vessel in the Harbour of Victoria having any Mail on board of which the delivery shall not have been demanded, the Master shall forthwith without unnecessary delay deliver to the Postmaster General or to his Deputy at the Post Office all Mail Bags, Boxes and Packages brought by such Vessel; and Peunity. every Master of a Vessel offending against this Provision shall for every such Offence forfeit a Sum not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars, recoverable before a Police Ma- gistrate.
Persons proposing to despatch Vessel to
XV. Every Person or Firm proposing to dispatch a Vessel to any Port or Place out of this Colony, excepting the Ports or Places on the Canton River and Macao, shall, give tice to so soon as any Day or Hour is named for the departure of such Vessel, give the first inti- Postmaster General. mation of such proposed Departure to the Postmaster General by forwarding to him a Copy of any Circular or Advertisement by which it is intended to apprise the Public of such departure, and shall, in like manner, intimate to the Postmaster General any Al- teration in the flour of Departure of the said Vessel, and the Postmaster General shall, on receiving such intimations, give notice to the Public of the Day and Hour when Mails will be made up by such Vessel; and any Person or Firm failing to give the informa-