No. 4546-JANUARY 26, 1878.]
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 annoxed, together with a number of miscellaneous and useful notices.]
Hongkong Rates of Postage,
(Revised Nov. 9th, 1877.)
In the following Statements and Tables the Rates are given in cents, and are, for Lettors, per 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, but auch papers or packets of papers may be sent at Book Rate. Two Newspapers must not be folded together as one, nor most anything whatever bo inserted except bona fide Supplements. Printed matter may, however, be endlosed, if the whole be paid at Book Rate Prices Cur rent may be paid either as Newspapers or Books
N.R. means No Registration.
Countries of the Postal Union, The Union may be taken to comprise Ceylon States, Brazil, India (including Ceylon, the Straits, and Adon), Japan, Egypt, Labuan, Mauritius, Sey heller, Jamaica, Trinidad, British Guiana, and Bermuda, with all French, Danish, Netherlands, Portuguero, and Spanish Co.
lonies.
Countries NOT in the Union.The oblef tralasian Group, British North America countries not in the Union are: the Aus Africa (except French, &o, Colonies), and Central America.
Lettera
Registration, Менорарета,
Postage to Union Countries, General Bates, by any route :-
12 cents per oz.
8 cente, 2 conté each. Books and Patterns, 4 cents per 2 oz.
Exceptional rates, to the United King. dom and Union Countries served through the United Kingdom via Brindisi onlyt Letters,
16 conta pero, .... Registration,
8 cents. Newspapers,
4 cents each. Books and Patterns, 6 cents per 2 or.
There is no charge on redirected corre. spondence within the Postal Union.
and. It must be published in numbers at Intervals of not more than 31 days, and must be printed on a sheet or sheets an- atitched.
Srd. 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 subsequent 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 pisce or pieces of Paper, unstitched; or wholly or in part of engravings, prints, or lithographs illustra- tive of articles in the newspaper. The supplement must in every case be published with the newspaper, and must have the title and date of publication of the newspaper 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 nowe papers 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 paoket of newspapers posted ofther unpaid or insufficiently paid, is treated as an unpaid or insufficiently paid book packet of the same weight
The postage must be propald either by an adhesive stamp, or by the use of a stamped wrapper.
No newspaper can now be sent through the post a second time for the original postage. For each transmission a fresh postage is required.
Every newspaper must be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not be fastened, whether by means of gum, water, 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 spected. to suit of the title being readily in
THE GEINA-MAIL.
as to exable the Oflcare 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 number, and the price of the articles,
Samples of tutriusio valno must not be sent to any foreign country except United States; and in the case of France samples of older down, raw or thread silk, woollen or goats' bair thread, vanilla, sadron, carmine, or isingians, are considered to full 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.
The rule which forbids the transmission tarough the Post of any article likely to injure the contents of the Mail Bage 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 Articles such as sout to its destination. the following have been occasionally posted as Patterns, and have been detained as unfit for the Post, viz: Metal boxes, porce- lain and China, fruit, vegetables, bunches. of flowers, cuttings of plants, spurs, knives, scissors, needles, pins, pieces of machinery, sharp pointed instruments, samples of metals, samples of ore, samples in glass bottles, pleces of glass, solde of various kinds, enrry combs, copper and steel_an graving plates, and confectionéry of alt kinds,
Such articles as scissors, kuives, razors, forks, steel peus, nails, keys, watch machi nery, metal tubing, pieces of metal or oro, provided that they ho packed and guarded in so secure a manner as to afford complete protection to the contents of the mail bags and to the Officers of the Post Office, while at the same time they may be oasily examined, may be sent as samples to the following countries, but to these alone viz., the Azores, Belgiura, Cape de Verd Islands, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Hoi. A newspaper or packet of newspapers land, Madeira, Moldavia, Norway, Portu- which contains any enclosure except sup-gal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United plements is charged as a letter, unless the States, Wallachia, and the British Colonies enclosure be such as might be sent at the Indigo cannot be sent to any place abroad. book rate of postage, and the entire packet
A packet of patterns or samples sent to be sufficiently prepaid as a book packet, in the Azores, Cape de Verd Islands, France, which case it is allowed to pass.
Madeira, Portugal, or by French packet, to Turkey, Syria, or Egypt, must not exceed 18 inches in length, width, or depth; a packet to any other place abroad must not exceed 24 inches in length or 13 inches in width or depth.
A nowspaper which bas any letter, or any communication of the nature of a letter, 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 feet in length, one foot in width, nor one in depth.
A book-packet may contain any number of separate books or other publications (including printed or lithographed lettora), photographa (when not on glass or in cases containing glass or any like substance), Postage to Non-Union Countries. drawings, prints, or maps, and any quantity W. Africa, Falkland Islands, Lagos, use for writing or printing upon; and the of paper, or any other substance in ordinary Gold Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia, books or other publications, prints, mapa, Cape Verd Islands :----
may be either printed, written, on- graved, lithographed, or plala, or any Fla Ban Via S.Iampion Via Franciare, or liarsilio Brindiel wixture of these. Further, all legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of a book, &c., or of a portion thereof, is allowod, whether such binding, do be loose or attached; as also rollers in the case of
Letters,
22
26
Registration,
12
12
Непервраге
4
6
Books & Patterns,
Aspinwall, Panama |---
8
10
Letters,
18
$1
38
Registration,
None. None.
Меторарога,
4
Books & Patterns, 6
4 ម
8 10
prints or maps, markers (whether of paper
or otherwise) in the case of books, pens or pencils in the case of pocket-books, ., None, and, in short, whatever is necessary for the safe transmission of such articles, or usually appertains thereto; but the binding, rollera, do. must not be sent as a separate pasket, Circulars,-.e., letters which are intend
Canada, Vancouver, Prince Edward's Is-
land, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia:ed for transmission in identical terms to
Letters,
Newspapers,
12*
16
20
12
12
2**
Registration, 8
Books & Patterns, 4*
Bahamas, Bayti:-
Registration,
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8
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None.
Letters,
14
Nono,
Newspapers,
6
Books & Patterns, 6
10
Bolivia, Chili, Ecuador, and Pere :-
Letters,
39 6
50
8
Books & Patterns, 14
13"
Registration,
12
Hawaiian Kingdom -
Letters,
16
None.
4
Newspapers,
Registration,
Newspapers,
None.
20
several persone, and the whole or the greater part of which is printed, engraved, 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 oitenlur-letter or be wholly printed; nor any enclosure sealed or in any way dosed against inspection; nor any other enclosure not allowed by Rule 3. If this rule be infringed, the entire packet is charged as a letter.
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To provide the greatest possible facilities for posting Correspondence for Europe, &o., up to the latest moment before the departure of the French Packets, arrange. ments have been made for receiving at the Post Office late letters except those to and through Australia from 11.10 a.ar. to 11.80A.M. Each letter must bear a late fee of 18 cents extra postage,
The above arrangement is intended to moet occasional emergencies, and not for the regular posting of extensive correspon- dence. Should it be found, therefore, that large and unmanageable numbers of letters are habitually thrown upon the Department at the last moment, a heavier late fee will be imposed.
A similar supplementary Mail will be made up for Shanghai by the English and French Contract Steamers, the late letters being received from 10 minutes after, up to half an hour after the time of closing, The late fee will also bó 18 conta.
Miscellaneous Notices,
There will be communication with Aus- tralia via Batavia and Port Darwin, os follows
Leave Hongkong by
French Packet,...Sept. 16. Nov. 20. Leave Batavia.Oct. 1. Dec. 19. Due at Port Darwin,..Oct. 12. Dec. 24.
1878. Sydney,...Oot, 31. Jan. 12. Melbourne.....Nov. 6. Jan. 18. Adelaide,.....Nov. 12. Jau, 24
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For the present the correspondence can only be paid to Batavia, from which place
ther charge.
Mails erchanged with Manila and Saigon. ted into the General Postal Union, it fol The Philippine Islands being new admit- lows that all paid correspondenes received from Manila in the mails will be delivered respondenco sent to Manila in the mails free by this Office, and that all paid cor- should be delivered free there.
correspondence exactly the same as Imperial Stamps.
Soldiers' and Sailors' letters are, however, charged as ordinary letters if they do not conform to the following regulations :—
1. Not to exceed half an ounce. No double letters are allowed, aut di 3. I from a Boldler or Sallor, his olas or description must be stated in full" on the letter, and the commanding Officer: must sign his name, with name of Regi- mont, or Ship, do, in full...
0. If to a Soldier or Sallor, his class or description must be stated in fall, with name of Regiment, or Ship, &c., in full.
Communication with Batavia.
The Netherlands Todia Packets leave Singapore fortnightly, and are fitted to the arrival of the outward, P. & O. Mail from Europe.
The French Fackte 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 following are the best opportunities
In the S. W. Monsoon.
The English Mail.' The French Mall.
In the N.E. Monsoon
A Private Steamer a few days before the
English Mail.
The French, Mail.
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Lole Pops. Buchanan, G. 2 Burnel, K. A. 1 Campbell, Wm.,
Engineer Campbell, W. J. Chesterman, Ms
S. (.D.) link, Mrs R. H. Chan, F.
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to send small valuable trifles through the Post. Fans, Carios, Articles of Dress, Fanoy Work, and similar presents are con tinually being refused, the senders having often spent more in Postage than would have paid the freight by steamer. refund can be made on such parcels of the value of Stamps obliterated before the nature of the contents was discovered.
PATTERNS.Some difficulty is experienced in obtaining a general understanding of Crovat, Philip L. 1. what is a Pattern. It is a bond fide sample Dantrs, R. B. of goods which the sender has for sale, or De Souza &Co., of goods which he wishes to order. It is to consist of the smallest possible quantity
are, and must have no intrinsic value.”
compatible with showing what the goods
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To provide means of remitting - small sums of money to or from this Colony and between the Forts of China and Japan, the Postmasters and Agents of this Office will in future be allowed (but not required) to
Jessph foreign residents.
Fox, Mrs Between Hongkong and Shangbal, or Gair, M. G.
Yokohama, Gayes, Ga.C.d. 1 oither direction, Money Orders must be übed.
Gibeon, Edward 1 Gillis, Jas. A.
outs, Wm. Hansen, P.
.G. Harriman, Capt. 2 Hartje, Capt. W. 1 Hennand, Antoniol Hutchinson, R.W.I Imbert, Monur. B.1 Ing
The Stomps tendered for sale must not exceed $25 in vaine, must be perfectly clean, in good condition, and in strips of at least two, as no separate Stamps will be purchased. Thoy must be presented per sonally or accompanied by a note,
The Postmaster or Agent may postpone purchasing if his public funds in hand are not sufficient, and he will refuse to purchase
purchased.
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Joseph
Jobs Flie
Kerr, Thomas Kelly, J. W. Kirk, Mr N. Koh Eco Nahi Lannigar, J.
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The Post Office is not, by law, responsible for any loss or inconvenience which may arise from the non-delivery, mis-sending, or mis-delivery of any lottor, book, or other in any case which appears doubtful or Ironmonger, Mr 1 postul packet (even if the packet be re-enspicions. He is allowed to charge a Jessup, H. R. 1.1 gistered); nor is the Post Office responsible Commission of one per cent on all Stamps for any injury which a packet may sustain
Letters containing Stamps should be during its transmission.
To guard against such injury all postal Registered, and the Stamps should be packets which are likely to suffer from secured from observation. stamping or from great pressure should be placed in strong covers; and even with this precaution 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 presaure and friction in the mail bag; and that, whenever the bag has in the course of its transmission to be transferred by means of the railway apparatus, the risk of injury 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 private character allowed to be made public. Fostmaster may, however, give an address if he has no reason to believe that the person whose address lt is would disapprove of his doing so.
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 auch 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 an to its right amount, goodness, or weight can be entertained after it has been removed from the counter.
Postmasters are not bound to weigh any letters or other packets for the public, but they may do so if their duty he not thereby impeded.
The practice of sealing letters passing to and from the East and West Indies, and other countries with hot climates, with wax (except suck as is specially prepared), is attended with much inconvenience, and frequently with serious injury, not only to the letters so sealed but to the other letters in the mail, from the melting of the wax and adhesion of the letters to each other. The public ars therefore recommended, in all such cases, to use 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 secrire, inasmuch as, under ordinary circumstances, a regis terod packet can be traced through its whole course; and thus the loss of a registered packet is a very rare occurrence. Neverthe- less large sums money or other articles of great value should not be sent through. the post, even if the packet be registered; as arranged with a view to such transmission. the machinery of the Department is not By law, the Post Office is not responsible though any officer who may neglect be for the safe delivery of registered packets; duty on this point will be called to striot account, Sent in unregistered letters, valu- able articles are exposed to risk, and offer
During the N. E. Monsoon, the Charterers and Agents of sailing ships for Manila, Saigon and Bangkok are requested to give notice to the Post Office of the departures of such chips.
No correspondence will be forwarded by sailing vessel but such as in specially so directed.
Correspondance for the West Indies) (except those belonging to the Postal Upton, the Bahamas, and Bayti), for Costa Rica, Honduras, Monte Video, New Granada, Paraguay, and Uruguay can no longer be sent via San Francisco..
Adonis Anazi
Moor, Miss Moreland, I Marmy, W. M. Nichols, Jas.
T. B. Ohana, Miss Oranes, Moni,
Exta. Puno,
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Jose Polago, Rayment, E. W.11 Robertson,
Capt. Robinson, C
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Loeff, F.A.
Ryan, Capt. John 1
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Slater, A. T. Smitli, Goo.
Salomon, J. A. Sponde, A. B
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Frederico Vidal, Monsa Alfonso
Whitney
H.T. Williams, John Williams, T.
Wing Sing
Young Lung Yung: Tung Hol
For Merchant Ships.
Batavia Beerash Benarty, 5.4. Bonefactor Black Adder Braomar
Lets, Papa.
Leto,Piga
Lord of the Tales 2
1 regd. Louise
1 regd.Loweswater
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Mura Maggie Douglas
1 Marquis of Argylel
Mare
1 regd. Morao
Castle, S., Calabar B.8, 1 Carnarvonshire Carvatio Carrisbrooke, 4.8.1 Carrizal Cashmere Chandon Chili
Chaplin
Minogur
B.8,
1rg.
1. Dosquito- 1 Moss Glen 1. Nitarod
Northampton 18 North North Star 13 Novelty 21 Ocena Chief
1
4
Palestine
Puplion
1 Peruvian
P. J. Gurlston
Presta
Retire
Benton
3
1 Rhoda
Bign, 8.5.
1 Bitt
2
Money Order Regulations.
City of
of Aberdeen dom are issued at Hongkong, Shanghai and Commissary 1.-Money Orders on the United King Cooran. Yokohama Shanghai and Yokohama also Countess of Errol
O..W. Gochrane 2 issue on Hongkong and vice versa.
2Small sums may be remitted between Daphine
Edward Albroth the other Ports by means of stage Elgin, .. Stampe.
Elizabeth Dougall 3.-Many Money Orders aro supplied to Elizabeth Datel 1 residents at the erealles Ports in this way. E. M. Young An application for an order is filled up,
Emily and is enclosed with a stamped, directed, Emma Florenco and unsealed envelops to the Postmaster at Empire must be accompanied with the full amount Explorador the nearest issuing office. The application | Empreza (including commission) in cheque, postage Firth of stamps, or other equivalent of cash, and a
Florence Bailey little margin should be left for variations Garmonik of exchange. The Postranster issues the General Caulfield order, sends it on in the envelope, and Genevieve returns the change, if any, by first oppor. George Crashow tunity, with a receipt for the latter, if it Globe were to be registered, as it always should Gunga, 8.8. be. Care should be taken to send those | G. F. Munts applications in time, as the Money Order Harbing
Harbinger Offices close some hours before the depar- tures of the maile.
4.-No order must exceed £10, or in- Hosea, 8.0, clude any fraction of a penny. Orders will
of Tay
Harkaway Harrist
19
Armitage 1
Humboldt
be drawn at the current rate of the daytmboss, 5.8. and paid at the rate of the day when the Irene advice arrived.
The commission is as follows:—
Orders on the United Kingdom. Up to £2............ 18 cents. £............ 86 $7............ 54
29
1
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£10.72
11
17
Local Money Ordera.
Up to $25.35 cents. 50............30
A book-packet may be posted either it may possibly be forwarded without fur- without a cover (in which case it must not be fastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, scaling wax, postage stamp, or otherwise), or in a cover entirely open at None, both ends, so as to admit of the contents being easily withdrawn for examination; otherwise it is treated as a letter. For the W. Indies, (except as above) Costa greater eccurity of the contents, however, Rioa, Guatemala, Monte Video, Newit may be tied at the ends with string Granada, and Venezuela :-
Postmasters being authorised to out the string in such cases, although if they do so they must again tie up the packet.
No book-packet may be above 5 lbs. addressees of letters and other postal temptation which ought not to be created through a Bank, and may afterwards be
Books & Patterns, 8
6 B
68
Letters,
20
34
33
Newspapers,
6
4
Books & Fattern, 14
8
10
Registration
8
8
to British & Union12 West Indies only,
Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Fiji (N.B.), Natal, Cape, St. Helena, Ascon.
sion.
Letters, by Contract Packet 24; by Pri. vate Ship 12, Registration, 13; Newspapers, 2; Books and Patterns, 4,
* A small extra charge is made on delivery.
Cannot be sent via San Francisco.
LOCAL AND TOWN POSTAGE.
Lettera
Bis, & Pitza.
Per 2 oz.
Within any Town or Settle ment, or between Hongkong, Cantor, and Macao, in either direction,.............................................282 2
Between any other two of the following places (through- & British Office) viz.:-Hong kong, Macao, Ports of China and Japan, Bangkok, Saigon, and the Philippines, by Pri vate Shiping
Between the above by Con- tract Maily.ind
3
4 8
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James Shepherd 1
Jabiloo
Kaisow
Ladoren
Large
Luss of Gawler Leon Crespo
Andacions
River Ingan Roderick Hay Rosing Roving Baller
S. B. Merd Sapphire Sarna
Nicholson
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2 Staghound
Star of India... Star of the North St. Euro Store Dealer Strathmore Tail Long
4 The
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Thomas Bell
Fintaili
Endonated
Victoria
8 Victory
Wildwood
1. William Tarner 91rg, Winlow
Yoatai, 5.8. 1 Zamora
2 Ziba
For H. M. Ships.
Lata. Pap.
8
Swinger
-Tamar
Victor Emmanuel
10
Books, etc, without Covers.
Ago.
United Kingdom may be consulted at 6. Lists of Money Order Offices in the
when there is more than one Christian Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yokohama.
Egeria. 6.Names must be given in full (expect Nassau
provides that "Neither the senders nor the Article IX of the Postal Treaty of Berne
name) but the name of the Payee need not are crossed). It can then be paid only be given if the order be crossed (as cheques
in weight, nor above 24 inches in length, the Country of Origin, or in that of packets shall be called upon to pay, either.
and the Department cannot in any way specially crossed to any Back. undertake the safe conveyance of such 12 inches in width, or 12 laches in depth, Destination, any tax or duty other than"
packets. All Inland or colonial letters, have signed It in the proper place. An 7-No order can be paid till the Fayos unless it be sent to or from one of the the recognised rates levied (in the case of Government offices..
therefore, which contain coln, and all order can be transferred to another office When, owing to a great and unusual paid correspondenas) by the despatching inland letters which contain watches or
on payment of an additional commission, influx of letters, books, de, the transmis Office. It la hoped that any extra charge, jewellery, even though they be posted in case of loss of an order, necessity for
without registration, are treated as register- slon or delivery of the letters would be or apparently extra charge, will at once be delayed if the whole mail were dealt with brought to the notes of the propered, and charged on delivery with a double stopping payment, or the like, application kept back till the next despatch or delivery.
registration fee of eightpence in addition to Order Office for instructions.
should be made to the nearest Money without distinction, book-packets may be authorities, in either Colony.
the ordinary postage; and any such letters which cannot be registered In time to be six months an additional commission will 8.-If the order be not presented within The limit of size for a book-packet
forwarded by the Mail for which they are addressed to any place abroad is 24 inches
posted are detained for the next dospatah. Even if the letter do not contain any artiolo in length and 12 inches in width or depth.
of intrinsic value, it should, if it be very important, be registered.
TATTEENS.
They must not be of intrinsic value, This rule excludes all articles of a saleable nature, and indeed whatever may have a value of its own, apart from its more use a a pattern; and the quantity of any material sont ostensibly as a pattern maat not be so great that it can fairly be con- sidered as having on this ground an intrin. Bic value.
letters sent outside the mails. These will The above does not apply in any to loose. always be charged on arrival in Hongkong and probably the Manila Office will adopt
the same course,
Complaints are sometimes received of extra charges on correspondence ezohanged between this Colony and Saigon, but it is believed it would be found in all cases that the letters, &c., had been sent loose."
Any Foreign stamps on loose corre spondence are obliterated in this Office.
Indian Correspondence. Unpaid Letters are not received for, the Indian Mail Fackets.
The Pre-payment of borrespondance for the Straits, India, Ceylon, and Aden is com pulsory by whatever opportunity it is forwarded.
Registration to Bangkok.
Bor Britannic Majesty's Consul General for Slam bas been good enough to make, arrangements by means of which correspon- dente can be Registered to Bangkok, at the usual charge of 8 cents. /
Pattern and Sample Post to solonies and foreign countries in restricted to bond fide trade patterns or samples of merchandise. Goods sent for sale, or in execution of an order (however small the quantity may be), or any artioles sent by one private indivi dual to another, which are not actual patterns or samples, are not admissible.
Patterns or amples, when practicable, must be sent in covers open at the ends, and in such a manner as to be eary of examination. But samples of seeds, drugs, Soldiers and Sailors Letters and such lika articles, which cannot be sent
Privates in H. M. Army or Navy, Non- in covers of this kind,-but such articles commissioned Offcore, Army Schoolraas Any publication fulfilling the conditions only, may be posted endlosed in boxes, or fors (not superintending or First Class) or bags of linen, of other material, fastened Schoolmistresses may send kaif-ounce letters in mehame the care of seeds, &c., for to the United, st, for the penny, or via opened or, the United States of Amerita, Holland, by British Packet for gue penny or við and its possessions, Belgium, Denmark, Hongkong stampa w prepay this class of Brindisi by British Packet for three-pence. Greece, Portugal and its possessions, and Switzerland, fa bags entirely closed, pro- * But not Warrant/Oficere, vit., Assistant vided such closed bags are transparent, to Engineer, Gauner, patswain, or Carpenter,
hereafter named can pass as a newspaper.
The conditions are sa follows pand
1st. The publication must consist wholly or in great part of political or other news, or of articles relating thereto, or to other current topics, with or without advertise gents,
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Boat countries to which Hongkong for warda 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 be registered or anregistered, can be received for Postage if it contains gold or silvermoney, jewels, precious articles, or anything that, as a general rule, is liable to Customs dation.
2. Thla Regulation prohibits the sending of Patterns of datiable artioles, unless the quantity sent be so small as to make the
ample of no value,
be charged; if not within twelve months, the money will be forfeited. When the order is once paid no further clain can be entertained.
0,-No order can be paid until the advice relative to it has been received.
*Mada out on a printed form which is supplied
gratis.
+ Orders on Shanghai aro drawn at ? per cent,
premium in all cases,
POST OFFICE NOTICE. Unclaimed Correspondence, Jan. 25, 1878.
Lotal Papu.
3. The limits of weight allowed are as Adwands Cornu į follows:
& Co. Cornus & Books and Paperto British Offices, Ah Cum
1
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5 lbs. to the Continent, &c., 2 lbs, Ainslu, Mix S, Patterns to British Offlces, & lbs. if with Algado,
Vicente de out intrinsic values to the Continent, &o, 8 oz.
A-lock
Alfred 1 Barnby, BarLes
by Poat at all! Glass, Liquids, Gunpowder, 4. The following articles cannot be sent Matahes, Candles, Soap, Indigo, Dye-stuffs, Batten, M
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