No. 4416-Arcust 25, 1877.).
IntimationsG:
THE CHINESE MAIL,
TERMS OF ADVERTISING IN THE Chinese Mail,
character for the first 100 Tcharacters, and one cent a character beyond the first 100, for first insertion, and half price for repetitions during the first week. Subsequent weeks Insertions will be charged only one half the amount of the first week's charge. Advertisements for half a year and longer will be allowed a deduction of 25 per cent on the total amount, and contracts for more favourable terms can be made.
Efforts have been made to establish Agenta for circulating the Chinese Mail in all the ports and in the interior, of China, all the ports in Japan, in Saigon, Singapore, Penang, Calcatta, Batavia, Manila, the Philippines, Australia, San Francisco, Peru and other places which Chinese frequent. When the Hat of Agenoles is completed, It will be published. Agents have been already established in most of the above pisces, and in important porta mere than
one agent has been appointed at each. CHUN AYIN,
Manager. Hongkong, February 23, 1874.
J
POSTAL RATES.
[Subjoined we give the postal rates now in force for transmission of corre spondence to all parts of the world. Detailed rules affecting the transmis sion of packets, parcels, &c., will be found annexed, together with a number of miscellaneous and useful notices.]
Hongkong Rates of Postage,
(Revised July 2nd, 18775)
In the following Statements and Tables the Rates are given in cents, and are, for Lettera, par half ounce, for Books and Patterns, per two ounces,
Newspapers over four ounces in weight are charged as double, treble, &c, as the case may be, bat such papers or packets of papers may be sent at Book Rate, Two Newspaper munt not be folded together as one, nor must anything whatever be inserted except bona fide Supplements. Printed matter may, however, be enclosed, if the whole be paid at Book Rate. Prices Our- rent may be paid either as Newspapers or Books,
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N.R. meang No Registration,
Countries of the Postal Union. The Union may be taken to comprise Europe, the United States, Brazil, India (including Ceylon, the Straits, and Aden), Japan, Egypt, Labuan, Mauritius, Sey- chelles, Jamaica, Trinidad, British Guiana, and Bermuda, with all French, Nether. landa, Portuguess, and Spanish Colonies,
Countries NOT in the Union,The chief Countries not in the Union are: the Aus- tralasian Group. British North America, Africa (except French, &c., Colonies), and Central America.
Registration,
Postage to Union Countries.
General Rates, by any route :---
12 cents per oz Letters,
8 cents. Newspapers,
2 cents each. Books and Patterns, 4 conta per 2 oz.
Exceptional rates, to the United King dom and Union Countries served throng the United Kingdom via Brindisi valy:—-” Letters,
16 cents per oz,
8 cents.
Registration, Менарарека,
4 cents each. Books and Patterns, cents per 2 oz
There is no charge on redirected corre- spondence within the Postal Union.
LOCAL AND TOWN POSTAGE.
Within any Town or Settle munt, or between Hongkong, Canton, and Macao, in either direction,...
Between any other two of the following places (through a British Ofoe) viz.:-Hong- kong, Macao, Ports of China and Japan, Bangkok, Saigon, and the Philippines, by Private Ship,.............................................
Postage to Non-Union Countries. W. Africa, Falkland Islande, Lagos, Gold Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambla, Cape Verd lalands --
Fie San Via G. Hampton, Via Francisco.
or Marseilles. Brindisi
Between the above by Con- tract Mail.................
Letters.
Registration.
Newspapera
Bke, & Ptime.
Fer 2 oz.
282 2
4:8:2 2
4 882
Any publication fulfilling the conditions hereafter named can pass as a newspaper.
The conditions are as follows:-
1st. The publication must consist wholly or in great part of political or other news, or of articles relating thereto, or to other current toples, with or without advertise 2nd. It must be published in numbers at intervale of not more than 31 days, and
mente.
raust be printed on a sheet or sheets un-
atitched.
3rd. The full title and date of publication must be printed at the top of the first page,
and the whole or part of the title and the date of publication at the top of every subaequent page; and this regulation applies to Tables of Contents and Indices.
4th. A supplement must consist wholly or in great part of matter like that of a newspaper, or of advertisements, printed on a sheet or sheets, or a piece or places of paper, unstitched, or wholly or in part of engravings, prints, or lithographa filustra- tire of articles in the nowspaper. The supplement must in every case be published with the newspaper, and must have the title and date of publication of the now paper printed at the top of every page; or, if it consists of engravings, prints, or lithographs, at the top of every sheet or side.
A packet containing two or more news- papera is not chargeable with a higher rate of postage than would be chargeable on a book packet of the same weight.
A newspaper posted unpaid, or a packet of newspapers posted either unpaid or insufficiently paid, is treated as an unpaid or insuficiently paid book packet of the
same weight
The postage must be prepaid either by an adhesive stamp, or by the use of a stamped wrapper.
No-newspaper can now he sent through the post a second time for the original postage. For each transmission a fresh postage is required.
THE CHINA MAIL.
must be above 18 inches in length, width, or depth.
Every newspaper must be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not bo fastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, sealing wax, postage stamp, or otherwise) or in a cover entirely open at both ends, so as to admit of easy removal for examination. If this rule be infringed the newspaper is treated as a letter.
Every newspaper must be so folded, as to admit of the title being readily in- spected.
PATTERNS.
They mast not be of intrinsic value. This rule excludes all artioles of a saleable nature, and Indeed whatever may have
a value of its own, apart from Its more use as a pattern; and the quantity. аду material sont ostensibly as a pattern must not be so great that it can fairly be con- sidered as having on this ground an intrin. Bio 'value.
Pattern and Sample Post to colonies and foreign countrlen in restricted to bond fide trade patterns or samples of merchandise. Gooda sent for sale, or in execution of an order (however mall the quantity may be), or any articles sent by one private indivi- dual to another, which are not actual patterns or samples, aro not admissible.
Patterns or samples, when practicable, must be sent in covers open at the ends, and in such a manner as to be easy of examination. But samples of seeds, drugs,
A newspaper packot of newspapers which contains any enclosure except sup plements is charged as a letter, unless the anclosure be such ne might be sent at the book rate of postage, and the entire packet be sufficiently prepaid as a book packet, in which case it is allowed to pans.
A newspaper which has any letter, or any written in it or upon its cover, is charged as an unpaid or insufficiently paid letter.
No packet of newspapers may be above 5 lbs, in weight, nor above two fest in length, one foot in width, nor one in depth,
and such like articles, which cannot be sont only-may be posted enclosed in boxes, or bags of liner, of other material, fastened in such a manner that they may be readily opened; or, in the case of sueda, &,, for the United States of Amories, Holland, and its possessions, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Portugal and its possessions, and Switzerland, in baga entirely closed, pro- vided such closed bags are transparent, so as to enable the Officers of the Post Office readily to satisfy themselves as to the nature of the contents.
There must be no writing or printing upon or in any packet except the address of the person for whom it is intended, the address of the sender, a trade mark or Samples of intrinsic value must not be number, and the price of the articles. sent to any foreign country except United States; and in the case of France samples of eider down, raw or thread silk, woollen or goats hair thread, vanilla, saffron, carmice, or isinglass, are considered to fall under this rule if they weigh more than three ounces; and up to this weight raw and spun silk, as well as coloured and twisted silk, may be sent to Germany,
Complaints are sometimes received of extra charges en correspondence exchanged between this Colony and Balgon, but it is bellevad it would be found in all cases that the letters, dro., had been sent loose..
Any Foreign stamps on toore corre spondence are obliterated in this Office.
The rale which forbids the transmission through the Past of say article likely to Injure the contents of the Mail Bags or Boxes, or the person of any Officer of the Post Office is, of course, applicable to the Pattern Post; and a packet containing any thing of the kind will be stopped, and not sent to its destination, Articles such as the following have been occasionally posted as Patterns, and have been detained as unfit for the Post, viz : Metal bozen, porse- lain and China, fruit, vegetables, bunches of flowers, cuttings of plants, spura, kulver, scissors, needles, pine, pieces of machinery, sharp pointed instruments, samples of metals, samples of ere, samples in glass bottles, picces of glass, acids of various kinds, ourry combs, copper and steel on- graving plates, and confectionery of all
kinds.
Indian Correspondence. Unpaid Letters are not received for tho Indian Mall Packeti,
The Pre-payment of correspondence for the Straits, India, Ceylon, and Aden la com- pulsory by whatever opportunity it is forwarded.
Registration to Bangkok. Bor Britannic Majesty's Consul General for Bian has been good enough to make arrangements by means of which correspon- dence can be Registered to Bangkok, at the usual charge of 8 cents,
of Intrinsic value, it should, if it be very | POST OFFICE NOTICE. Important, be registered..
Most countries to which Rongkong for. wards Correspondence having joined the General Postal Union or being probably about to do so, it is necessary that the following rules be strictly observed,
1. No Letter or Packet, whether to bo registored or unregistered, can be received for Postage if it contains gold or silvermoney, jowels, precious articles, or anything that, as a general rule, is ilable to Customs dution.
1
1 regd.Macpherson, 3 Gordon Mansintoma, Mr Marks, Mrs Alex. 3 Marehall, F.J. 1
Unclaimed Correspondence, August 24, 1877.
Lota, Paps.
Leis, Fapa. Ackermann, R. 1 Lammofon, W. 1 Ah Tong Armand Single-||
ton & Co. Ayrton, W. Bade & Co.,
Mosera Ed.
J. 2. Tils Regulation prohibits the sending
M. of Patterns of dutiable articles, unless the G. H. 1 quantity sexit be so small as to make the Bosing, Mrs S.E.1
Bennett, Mr sample of no value.
3. The limits of weight allowed are as Brown, Sir J.
Bisset, Ches. H. 2
Bardis, Geo. B. Campbell
follows:-
Soldiers and Sailors Letters. Privates in H. M. Army or Navy, Non-
tera (not superintending or First Class) or Schoolmistresses may send half-ounce letters to the United Kingdom viâ Marsellles by French Packet, or via Southampton by British Packet, for one penny; or via Brindisi by British Facket for thres-pence.
commissioned Officers," "Army Schoolmas-by
Hongkong stamps will prepay this class of correspondence exactly the same as Imperial
Stamps,
Soldiers' and Sailors' lettera are, however,
charged as ordinary letters if they do not
conform to the following regulations :-
1. Not to exceed half an ounce. No double lotters are allowed.
2. If from a Soldier or Sailor, his class or description must be stated in full on the letter, and the commünding Officer must sign his name, with name of Regi- ment, or Ship, &o, in fall
B. If to a Soldier or Seller, his class or description must be stated in full, with name of Regiment, or Ship, de, in full.
* But not Warrant Officers, viz., Assistant Engineer, Gunner, Boatswain, or Carpenter,
Communication with Batavia, The Netherlands India Packets leave Singapore fortnightly, and are fitted to the arrival of the outward P. & O. Mail from
Europe.
The French Paakts for Batavia wait at Singapore for the Packet from China and run fortnightly.
It follows that, to forward Correspon- dence to Batavia with the least delay, the
In the S.W, Monsoon. following are the best opportunities;
The English Mail. The French Mail.
in the NE. Monsoon.
Books and Papers-to British Offices,
1
.T.
1
1
1
1:
Capt. T.F. I
5 lbs; to the Continent, o, 2 lbs. Bart W. JEL
Patterns to British Officos, 6 lbs, if with- out intrinsic value; to the Continent,
c., 8 02.
4. The following articles cannot sent
Pont at all: Class, Liquide, our powder, Matobes, Candles, Soap, Indigo, Dye-staffe or whatever is dangorons to the Mails, or offensive or injurious to persons dealing with them
1
Middleton, J. T. 1
Morrison
& Co., 1
Morton, Capt.
Mare, Hugh Novak, Fransisco 1
No Grady
Olga
M. 1
cager, W.H.1. Gulie, Oxley, H. Parker, Chas. E. 1 Cartow, Dr. J.7.2 10 Faton, Capt. . 1 Cheek, Dr. M. A.
S. (M.D.)
G1 Phillippe, Henry Rowell, Lieut.
R.
(R.N.) Richards, Wm. B.1 Rodrigues,
Domingo Bozario, T. Beton, Capt. H.1
Chhufioo, Singa 1 róga. Foxeira, Jose Chong Hinn ។ Chun Tak, O., Coulson, A.0.1.1 Cristoforis,
Gr.de: 2 PARCELS-The public is reminded that, Davidson John R.1 Dammann, A. 1 In China and Japan, there is no enoh thing Davis, Frank as Parcel Post. Much trouble and disap Deirig Fatrick 1 pointment is asused by persistent attempts Delgado, Thos. & to send small valuable trifles through the Dina, Ignacio Post, Fans, Curios, Articles of Dress, Duncan, C. Fancy Work, and similar presents are con- Edgar, E. L.
Esteves, JOHO Joaquim
No
tinually being refused, the senders having often spent more in Postage than would bave paid the freight by steamer. refund can be made on such parcels of the value of Stamps obliterated before the
PATTERNS. Some difficulty is experienced nature of the contents was discovered. In obtaining a general understanding of what is a Fattern. It is a bona fide sample of goods which the sender bar for sale, or of goods which he wishes to order. It is to consist the smallest possible quantity compatible with showing what the goods are, and must have no intrinsic value.
sums of money to or from this Colony and To provide means of remitting amal
between the Porta of China and Japan, the Postmasters and Agents of this Office will in future be allowed (but not required) to purchase Hongkong Postage Stamps from foreign residents.
Between Hongkong and Shanghai, or Hongkong and Yokohama, how, in either direction, Money-Orders unist be used.
Feraud, Mouar, Ferrari, A. errari, A. Foong Friend, Mrs
1
Day Bedr
Zailta maker
Shepherd, Capt.
1
Shang Tang,
1
1
1
1
1
荭
Shepperd, Capt.
10
Shownn, George 1
Shields, Andrew 1
Simpson, H: R
Wan Eye 1 regd, MORAT.
John John
1
1 bk.
1 regd.
I
1
Agy Sirup, Smith, Andrew 1 Smith, Mrs
WE. H. Spanish Mail
Lino of Stea
The
gent of
G. George, Nichola 1 Gienchim, M. Gorage, Thomas 1 Graham, Cript.&.1 Graves, Miss
Amelia Green, W.
Spiteri, Joseph Steel, A. E. High Cheong1 regd... John, Mies G.1 regd. Hareourt, Vernon 8 Неста, Quintin 1 Storror, Mouse,
Hitchcock, F. A.6
Loang Hooflich, Erucat 1 Helland, C. $. Howe, W. A. Bangl
Jenkins,
2
Dr.
Robt. 1 Capt.
B. W
1
8.
Mr
E. A.
L
Walker E. B.
R
Webber Willard
1
The Stamps tendered for sale must not to. B. I
exceed $26 in value, must be perfectly clean, in good condition, and in strips of at
A Private Steamer a few days before the least two, as no separate Stamps will be
English Mail.
purobased. They must be prosented. por Bonally or accompanied by a note.
The French Mail.
during its transmission.
To guard against such injury all postal Packets which are likely to suffer from stamping or from great pressure should be placed in strong covers; and even with this precantion no fragile article should be sent through the Post. It should be remembered that every packet has to be handled several times; that it is exposed to considerable that, whenever the bag has in the course of Pressure and friction in the wall bag; and
Anton 1 Lawrence, L. Laurie, F. D, Laye, John 1 Lee Yuon, F.
Miss
Lewis, Benjamin Lloyd, Wm. 1 Lall, Capt. Wm. 1
Cactus G.
Ou
Wilson,
Fem
Me
Direr)
Wilson, Tom. Wingfield, H. Winne, Mr Wolkolds, W.
Wolton, Joseph
For Merchant g
Late. Pays.
+ I
1
$
Kalagn
Kate Carnie
Less of Gawlor
Lorings
Madra
Maggio Dixon
The Foatmaster or Agent may postpone The Post Office is not, by law, responsible purchasing if his public funds in hand are for any loss or inconvenience which may not sufficient, and he will refuse to purchase arise from the non-delivery, mis-sending, in any case which appears doubtful or He is allowed to charge a or mis-delivery of any letter, book, or other suspicions, Such articles as scissors, knives, razors, forks, steel pens, nails, keys, watch machi- postal packet (even if the packet be re. Commission of one per cent on all Stamps nery, metal tubing, pieces of metal or
gistered); nor is the Post Office responsible purchased,
Anglo Saxon 1 Letters containing Stamps should be Aoalong 1 ore, provided that they be packed and for any injury which a packet may susta Registered, and the Staraps should be Australia, 9.8. guarded in se secure a manner as to afford complete protection to the contents of the
secured from observation.
Barbara Taylor, 1 regd.Leicester Brown Ezothers: 1 mail baga and to the Officers of the Post Office, while at the no time they may be easily examined, may be sent as samples to the following countries, but to these alone
is, the Azores, Belgium, Cape de Verd Islands, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Hol land, Madeira, Moldavia, Norway, Portu- gal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United indigo cannot be sent to any place abroad.
A packet of patterns or samples sent to of the railway apparatus, the risk of injury directed for that route, otherwise it will be Cheang the Azores, Cape de Vord Islande, France, Madeira, Portugal, or by French packet, to Turkey, Syris, or Egypt, must not exoced 18 inches in length, width, or depth; a packet to any other place abroad must not exceed 24 Inches in length or 12 inches in width or depth.
During the N.E. Monsoon, the Charterers and Agents of sailing ships for Manila, Saigon, Bangkok and Singapors are requested
Candidate No correspondence will be forwarded by Carrisbrooke, 5.5.1 to give notice to this Office of the departures Caller Da sailing vessel but such as is specially so Carrizal
Correspondence for New Zealand may be Chambrun Prings
of such ships,
directed.
Савсо
communication of the nature of a letter, States, Wallachia, and the British Colonies. fte transmission to be transferred by means forwarded via Torres Straits when specially Charlton, s.s.
To provide the greatest possible facilities for posting Correspondence for Europe, da, up to the latest moment before the departure of the French Packets, arrange ments have been made for receiving at the Post Office Inte letters-except those to und through Australia--from 11.16 A.M, to 11.30 A.M. Each letter must bear a late fee of 18 cents extra postage.
A book-packet may contain any number of separate books or other publications (inaluding printed or lithographed letters), photographs (when not on glass or in caser containing glass or any like substance), drawings, prints, or maps, and any quantity of paper, or any other substance in ordinary use for writing or printing upon; and the books or other publications, prints, maps, &o, may be either printed, written, en- graved, lithographed, or plain, or any mixture of these. Further, all legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of a book,
The above arrangement is intended to de., or of a portion thereof, is allowed,
moet occasional emergencies, and not for whether such binding, &o. be loose or attached; aa also roilers in the case of the regular poating of extensive correspon- dence. Should it be found, therefore, that prints or maps, markers (whether of paper large and unmanageable numbers of letters or otherwise) in the case of books, pens or pencils in the case of pocket-books, &o,are habitually thrown upon the Department and, in short, whatever is necessary for the at the last moment, a heavier late fee will
be imposed.
A similar supplementary Mail will be appertains thereto; but the binding, rollers, made up for Shanghal by the English and &c. must not be sent as a separate packet.
Circulara,-, lettefs which are intend. French Contract Steamers, the late letters
Letters,
22
26
Registration,
safe transmission of such articles, or usually
12
12
Newspapers,
4
Books & Patterns, ---
8
10
Aspinwall, Panama :—
Lotters,
18
34
38
Registration, None. None.
Метерарога,
8
is much increased.
No information can be given respecting letters which pass through a Post Office except to the persons to whom they are addressed; and in no other way is official information of a privata character allowed to be made public. A Postmaster may, however, give an address if he has no reason to believe that the person whose address it is would disapprove of his doing 80.
Postmasters are not allowed to return any letter or other packet to the writer or sender, or to any one else, or to delay forwarding it to its destination according to the address, even though a request to such effect be written thereon,
Postmasters are not bound to give change, nor are they authorised to demand change; and when money is paid at a Post Office, whether as change or otherwise, no question as to its right amount, goodness, or weight from the counter. can be entertained after it has been removed Postmasters are not bound to weigh any letters or other packets for the public, but they may do so if their duty be not thereby impeded.
sent by way of Galle
1 Manchester
$
Leta.Papr.
Marthe Jeekson Mary Blair
Mary Whitridge'
1 May
MoNecr
2
Melbrek
Hock
Miranda
1
Kian, 9.5.
Moxami
Cilur
1
City of Berlin Craig Ewan
1
Nadville
1 Noitherton
Nicholson
I
Money Order Regulations. dem are issued at Hongkong, Shanghai and Cuba
1-Money Orders on the United King Crested Wavo Yokohama, Shanghal and Yokohama also. W. Cochrane 2 issue on Hongkong and vice versa.
Denbighshire 2-Small sums may be remitted between the, other Forts by means of Postngo Edward Albroth Stamps.
Elgin 3.-Many Money Orders are supplied to Elizabeth Dougall residents at the smaller Ports in this way. Elizabeth An application for an order is filled up, and is enclosed with a stamped, directed, and unsealed envelope to the Postmaster at the nearest issuing office.
The application must be accompanied with the full amount
Florence (including commission) in cheque, postage
Forward stamps, or other equivalent of cash, and a
Glamis little margin abould be left for variations of exchange,
Glengairn The Postmaster issues the
Glenordy order, sends it on in the envelope, and returns the change, if any, by first oppor Harriet Armilago 1 tunity, with a receipt for the letter, if it were to be registered, as it always should Endis
E. M. Young Fifeshire
1 Northampton
Palestine Panama
1 Pearl 8.8.
Penelope, 3.8.*.
1 Peruvian
Pride of the Weer 2
Sailor
Sarah Nicholson 1
1
2
1
Roving
1 1
Sapphire
$
1
I
5
7 Sunbeam
2
Sunrise
1
Tasso, K.si
Scirar, 3.8 Staghoand
Star of Jamaica
Strathmore
Terienew Twilight
Unenima
4
3
2 Willie
W. E. Gladstons 1 James Shephard 1 Jessie McDonald 2 Wm, Turner John Midleton 1 regd,Woodlark
ba. Cars should be taken to send these Irazu applications in time, as the Money Order Offices eloze some hours before the depar. No order must exceed $10, or in- clude any fraction of a penny. Orders will be drawn at the current rate of the dayt and paid at the rate of the day when the advice arrived.
ed for transmission in identical terms to being received from 10 minutes after, up and from the East and West Indies, and tures of the malls. several persons, and the whole or the to balf an hour after the time of closing, None, greater part of which ie printed, engraved, The late fee will also be 18 cents.
6 10
Books & Patterna, 6
Canada, Vancouver, Prince Edward's In-
land, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
Bahamas, Danish W. Jadies, Hayti i-
14
or lithographed, may also be sent by book post.
But a book-packet may not contain any letter, or communication of the nature of a letter (whether separate or otherwise), unless it be a sircular-letter or be wholly printed; nor any enclosure sealed or in any way closed against inspection nor any other enclosure not allowed by Rule 5. It this rule be infringed, the entire packet is charged as a letter.
A book-packet may be posted either
without a cover (in which case it must not
Letters,
12
16
20
Registration,
8
12
12
Newspapers,
2
#
.6
Books & Patterns, 4
8
Latters,
Registration, None,
34 88
None. None.
Newspapers,
4
8
Books & Patterns 8
8
10
be fastened, whether by means of gum,
Bolivia, Chi Ecuador, and Peru:
Letters,
80
46
60
Кенарарска,
6
8
Books & Patterns, 14
10
13
Registration, 12
None. None,
Hawaiian Kingdom ---- Letters,
16
16
20
Registration, None. Newspapers, Books & Patterns, 8
4
4
û
W, Indies, (except as above) nenos Ayres, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Grey Town, La Guayra, Monte Video. New Granada, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venozuela
Miscellaneous Notices.
There will be communication with Aus- tralia via Batavis and Port Darwin, as follows
Leave Hongkong by
•
French Packet,...Sept. 15. Nov, 20. Leave Batavia, Oct. 1. Dec. 13. Due at Port Darwin,..Oct. 12. Dec, 24.
1870.
**
*
Sydney,.........Oct. 31. Jan. 12. Melbourne,.....Nov. 6, Jan. 18.
... Adelaide,........Nov. 12. Jan. 24. For the present the correspondence can wafer, sealing waz, postage stamp of only be paid to Batavia, from which place otherwise), or in a cover entirely open at it may possibly be forwarded without fur- both ends, so as to admit of the contents ther charge. being osally withdrawn for examination ;
otherwise it is treated as a letter. For the
Mails exchanged with Manila and Saigon.
greater security of the contents, however, The Philippine Islands being now admit- It may be tied at the ends with string; ted into the General Postal Union, it fol Postmasters being authorised to cut the lows that all paid correspondente received string in such cases, although if they do so from Manila in the muile will be delivered None, None, they must again tie up the packet.
free by this Office, and that all paid cor No book-packet may be above 5 lbs. respondence sent to Manila in the mails In weight, nor above 24 inches to length, should be delivered free there. 12 inches in width, or 12 Inches in depth,
Article IX of the Postal Treaty of Berne unless it be sent to oz from one of the provides that Neither the sanders nor the Government offices.
When, owing to a great and unusual addressees of letters and other postal influx of letters, books, do, the transmis in the Country of Origin, or in that of packets eball be called upon to pay, either. sion or delivery of the letters would be Destination, any tax or duty other than" delayed if the whole mail were dealt with the recognized raten levied (in the case of without distinction, book-packets may be paid correspondents) by the despatching kept back till the next despatch or delivery, Office. It is hoped that any extra charge, or apparently extra charge, will at once be The limit of size for a book-packet
authorities, in aliber Colony.
Letters,
26
38
Newspapert,
B
#
Books & Patterns, 14
ส
10
Registration
West Indies only,"
to British & Union 12
8
8.
The practice of sealing letters passing to other countries with hot olimates, with wax (except such as in specially prepared), is attended with much inconvenience, and frequently with sorlons injury, not only to the letters so sealed but to the other letters In the mail, from the molting of the wax and. adhesion of the letters to each other. The public are therefore recommended, in ali such cases, to une either wafers or gum, and to advise their correspondents in the coun- tries referred to, to do the same.
The registration of a packet makes its transmission much more secure, inasmuch an, under ordinary olzenmstances, a regls tered packet can be traced through its whole course; and this the loss of a registered packet is a very rare occurrence. Neverthe less large sums of money or other articles of great valne should not be sent through the post, even if the packet be registered; as the machinery of the Department is not arranged with a view to such transmission, By law, the Post Office is not responsible for the safe delivery of registered packets though any officer who may neglect his duty on this point will be called to strict account. Beat in unregistered letters, valu. alle articles are exposed to risks, and offer temptation which ought not to be created; and the Department cannot in any way undertake the safe conveyance of such packets. All inlate or colonial letters, therefore, which contain coin, and all Inland letters which contain watches or Jewellery, even though they be posted without registration, are treated as reglater ad, and charged on delivery with a double the ordinary postage ; and any such letters which cannot be registered in time to be forwarded by the Mall for which they are posted are detained for the next despatch. Even if the letter de wột contain our arifeis
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The commission is an follows :---
Orders on the United Kingdom. Up to £2.............................18 centa. £5............ 30
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$10.......... 72 Local Money Orders.
Up to $25.....15 cents.
50............30 b-Liste of Money Order Offices in the United Kingdom may be consulted at Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yokohama.
6.Names must be given in full (oxpect when there is more than one Christian name) but the name of the Payee need not be given if the order be arossed (as cheques are crossed). It can then be paid only through a Bank, and may afterwards be specially crossed to any Bank.
7.No order can be paid till the Payee have signed it in the proper place. An order can be transferred to another offion on payment of an additional commission. In case of loss, of an order, neccssity for stopping payment, or the like, application should be made to the nearest Money Order Office for instructions,
8.If the order he not presented within six months an additional commisalon will be charged; if not within twelve months, the money will be forfeited. When the order is once paid no further claim can be entertained.
9. No order can be paid until the advice
Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Fiji addressed to any place abroad is 24 Inches brought to the noilos of the proper registration fes of eightpance in addition to relative to it has been received,
(..), Mozambique (E), Natal, Cape, St. Helena, Ascension,
Letters, by Contract Packet 24 by Pri-
vate Ship 12, Registration, 12, Newspapers,
9 Books and Patterns, A
in length and 12 inches in width or depth. The above does not apply in any to loose Exceptions. No packet for Algeria, letters seat outside the malle. These will Azores, Caps de Verd Islande France, always be charged on arrival in Hongkong Madeira, or Portugal, or for Egypt, Syria, and probably the Meals Offee will adopt or Turkey, when sent by French Parket, - the same squrts,
Made out on a printed form which is supplied
grade.
Orders on Shanghai are drawn at 2 per ogni,
grémium in all caKER
Curlew Eart
For H. M. Ships,nondi
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2
Latu. Raga. Victor Emennel 4
Books, etc. without Covers.
Advocate.
Alabaster & Co.'s Price Idat.
Amsterdamsake Courant. Baits Brothers & Co., p. Catalogues of Tes.
Central Blatt. Christian
Court Journal.
Ber Zeitung. Crefalder
Der Freischütz Die
Heimat.
Dio Modenwelt.
Dr. Theodor Schnicharat Chemische Fa
brik
Field, 81st March.
Banzeigen und Nachrichten,
and Sons Varish List. Highlander.
Iran Trade Circular. James Allan Tabas Tel. Code. Journal of Chemical Society. La Gezette. Lancel, The
L'Echo. Bitraillease Suédoise, Mons(seobrit fur den Orient.
Pall Mall Budget
Sample of Brown Powder. Schmidt Jahrbüichar.
The Fast Goftar &c. (Parsee Paper.) The South Pacific Times. Times.
Weekly Dispatch.
Weekly Scotsman. Weser Zeitung, Wesleyan Mipe: Nolleen