ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1887.
Post Office.
return the same to any person, or procure or suffer the same to be opened, delayed, or returned, unless he is authorised by express warrant in writing under the hand of the Governor, or the British Consul at the port.
The Governor, or the British Consul at the port, may at his discretion grant such warrants for opening or returning any specified letter or other article of correspondence.
Despatch and receipt of mails.
mails.
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18. Every master of a vessel shall, immediately on arrival, and before reporting at the Harbour Office, deliver to the Post Office all letter bags and correspondence on board, except such as are exempt by law. Should such vessel be put in quarantine the master shall deliver all such letter bags and correspondence to any person authorised by the Postmaster General to receive them, or may deliver them to the Health Officer.
masters of vessels
19. The Postmaster General shall pay to every master of a vessel, not being a contract packet, a gratuity of two cents for every letter, and one cent for every other article of correspondence delivered by him to the Post Office; No gratuity shall be payable
(1.) For a second transmission of any correspondence;
(2.) On correspondence delivered to any Post Office to be thence transmitted by contract packet;
(3.) On correspondence the gratuity on which is certified by the despatching office to have been paid.
(4.) The gratuity payable on letters transmitted between Hongkong, Canton, and Macao, in either direction, shall be one cent only.
20. The Postmaster General may pay like gratuities to any master of a vessel leaving Hongkong on every article of correspondence delivered to such master from the Post Office, or certified by the Post Office of destination to have been duly received from him.
inwards.
Gratuities to masters of vessels outwards.
gratuity.
21. The powers of the Governor in Council as defined and regulated by sections 8 and 9 of this Ordinance, shall equally apply to the rates of gratuity to be paid to ship masters for the delivery of mails, either generally or in particular cases. The gratuities fixed by any Council under this section shall not be less on the average than the sums otherwise required by this Ordinance to be paid.
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