ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1887.
Post Office.
PARCEL POST.
Limit of weight. Postage per lb. Limit of Size. Prohibited Contents.
To Hongkong, China, Japan, Corea, Siam, Straits Settlements, Burmah, Ceylon, India,‡ Malta, Gibraltar,.... United Kingdom, viâ Gibraltar only,... Africa, West Coast, ¶............(viâ London), Ascension,.. Bahamas Is.,.. British Guiana, British Honduras... Cape Colony, Cyprus, Egypt, Natal, Newfoundland, St. Helena, Tangier, South Australia, (via Ceylon), Victoria (Australia),. Western Australia, Windward and Leeward Is., (via London), Barbados, Trinidad, Canada, Jamaica,
lb. 5 11 15 20 25 35 11 11 11 7* 11 7 11 11 50 50 50 50 50 56 50 70 11 11 50 11 30 11 30 11 30 11 50 3 70 11 50
2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft. 2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. 2 ft. long, or 4 ft. in length and girth combined.
Opium. Arms. Tobacco, except for personal use. Copyright Books. Specie or ostrich feathers. Letters. Coins, Tobacco. Letters, Arms, and Ammunition. Letters, Gold or Silver, ostrich feathers. Books copyright in the United Kingdom. Arms, Munitions of War, Tobacco, Opium pipes. Letters. Letters, wines, opium, spirits, tobacco. Letters.
To Cape Town itself, 11th.
+ And Indian Offices, viz.; + Antigua, Montserrat, S. Kitta, Nevis, Dominica, Virgin Is.; Grenada, S. Lucia, S. Vincent, Tobago. Aden, Bagdad, Bander Abas, Busrah, Bashire, Guadur, Jask, Kashmir, Linga, Muscat, Zanzibar. Acera, Bathhurst, Cape Coast Castle, Lagos, Quittah, Sierra Leone.
1.—To the UNITED KINGDOM AND PLACES BEYOND.—Parcels are forwarded by P. & O. packet only, and arrive in London about 8 days later than the Mail. No further charge is made on delivery except for customs dues.
Duties in the United Kingdom. Cigars. 6/0 per lb. Silver plate 1/6 per oz. Troy—1/5 per oz. avoir. Gold plate. 17/0 per oz. Troy—15/9 per oz. avoir. Tea. 6d. per lb. No duties are charged on Watches, Jewellery, Personal Ornaments, nor on any gold or silver articles not describable as Plate. Plate, however, includes such articles, as Silver Match Boxes, Cigar Cases, Mounts for Sticks, Studs, Buttons, Buckles, and Belts or Necklets under certain conditions. Duties cannot be prepaid by the sender.
2.—TO INDIA.—By P. & O. and Indian Mail packets only.
3.—TO AUSTRALIA.—By P. & O. packet viâ Ceylon only.