No. 4883.-MARCH 1, 1879.]
POSTAL RATES. (Subjoined we give the postal rates now in force for transmission of corro. spondence to all parts of the world Detailed rules affecting the transmis, sion of packets, parcels, &, will be found annexed, together with a number of miscellaneous and useful notices.]
Hongkong Rates of Postage.
(Revised June 7th, 1878.) .`. In the following Statements and Tables the Rates are given in cents, and are, for Lettera, per half ounce, for Books and Pattorus, per two ounces.
Newspapers over four nuncen la weight are charged as double, treble, &c., as the case may bo, but such papers or packets of papers may be sent at Book Rate. Two Newspapers must not be folded together as one, nor mask anything whatever be inserted Printed except bona fide Supplements, matter may, however, be enclosed, if the whole be paid at Book Rate, Prices Car. rent may be paid either as Newspapers or Booka.
N.R. means No Registration,
Countries of the Postal Union,
The Union may be taken to comprise Europe, most forsign possessions in Asia, Japan, W. Africa, Egypt, Mauritius, all N. America, Brazil, Feru, The Argentine Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad, Guiana, Honduras, Bermuda, Labuan, with all Danish, French, Netherlands, Portugueso, and Spanish Colonies.
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 more news papers is not chargeable with a higher rate of postage than would be chargeable on a book packet of the same weight.
The postage must be prepaid either by an adhesive stamp, or by the use of a stamped wrapper.
Evory newspaper must be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not bo fastened, whether by moans of gum, wafer, sealing wax, postage stamp, or or in a cover entirely open at
otherwin, oo 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- apected.
A newspaper or packet of newspapers which contains any enclosure except sup- plements is charged as a letter, unless the enelcanro be such as might be sent at the book rate of postage, and the entire packet be sufficiently propatd as a book packet, in which caso it is allowed to pass.
A newspaper which bas any latter, 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 Ibu, 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 letters), photographs (when not on glass or in cases containing glass or aby like substance), drawings, prints, or maps, and any quantity of paper, or any other substance in ordinary uas for writing or printing upon; and the books or other publications, prints, maps, Countries NOT in the Union, Tho chief &o., may be either printed, written, un- countries not in the Union are: the Auraved, lithographed, or plain, or any tralasian Group, and Central America, mixture of these, Further, all legitimate binhng, mounting, or covering of a book, o, or of a portion thereof, is allowed, whether auch Binding, do. be loose or attached; as also rollers in the case of prints or mapa, markers (whether of paper or otherwise) in the case of books, porn or pencils in the case of pooket-books, &c., and, in short, whatever is necessary for the Exceptional rates, to the United King-safe transmission of such articles, or usually dom and Union Countries served through appertains thereto j but the binding, rollere, the United Kingdom via Brindisi cņly!— o must not be sent as a separate packet. Letters,
16 couts per o
Circulars, ie, latters which are intend- 8 cents,
ed for transmission in identioal terms to á cents each.
several persons, and the whole or the Books and Patterns, 6 cents per 2 oz. greater part of which is printed, engraved, There is no charge on redirected corra. or lithographed,-may also be coat by
book post. poudenes within the Postal Union,
Postage to Union Countries. General Rates, by any rente- Letters,
12 conis per 4oz. Registrations
8 conta. Newspapers,
2 conta each. Bocks and Patterns, 4 cents per 2 oz.
Registration, Newspapers,
Postage to Non-Union Countries. Aspinwall (..), Bahamas, Guatemala (NK), Hati (N.), Mexico (N.B.), KAURIS (N.2.), Salvador (3.3.), and Venezuela (..) —
Via San Via S. Hampton Via Francisco. or Bersities. Brindis
10
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34
38
12
4
4 B
10
Lettors Registration, None. Newspapers, Books & Patterns,
Bolivia, Chili, Costa Rica (N.B.), Equa- dor (N.3.), New Granada (N.B.), Nicaragua (N.B.);
Lotters,
Nope,
20
THE CHINA MAIL.
complote protection to the contents of the mail bags and to the Officers of the Post Office, while at the same time they may be easily examined, may be sent sa samples. Indigo cannot be sent to any place.
To provide the greatest possible facilities for posting Correspondence for Europe, do., up to the latest moment before the departure of the French Fackets, arrange
ments have been made for receiving at the Fost Ofico lato letters-except those to and through Australia—from 11.16 A.M. to 11.30 AM, Each letter must bear a lato fes of 18 cents extra postage.
up for Shanghal by the English and A similar supplementary Mail is made French Contract Steamers, the late letters' being received from 10 minutes after, ups to half an hour after the ting of closing. The late foc is also 18 cents.
Miscellaneons Notices.
Local Delwery.
1. All correspondeseo posted before 5 p.m. on any week day for addresses in Victoria will be delivered the same day, and generally within two hours, unless the delivery should be retarded by the Contract Mails.
2. Invitations, &c., can generally be delivered within Victoria at the private houses of the addressees rather than at places of business, if a wish to that effect be expressed by the sender, otherwise all correspondence la invariably delivered at the nearest place of business. (See Foatal Guide, par. 103.)
8. Boxholders who desire to send Circu-
Jars, Dividend Warrants, Invitations, Cerda, do, all of the same weight, to addresses in Hongkong, Bangkok, or the Ports of China and Japan, may deliver them to the Post Office unstamped, the postage being then charged to the sender's account. Each
batch must consist of at least ton.
4. Boxholders way also send Patterns to the same places in the same way, Eu- velopes containing Patterns may be wholly olosed if the nature of the contents be firet exhibited or stated to the Postmaster General, as he may consider necessary, and approved by him. Printed Circulars may bo insorted in auch Pattern Packets.
Loval Parcel Post.
1. Small Parcels may be sent by Post between any of the British Post (fices in China or Japan, as well as to Macao, Pak- hoi, Singapore, Penang, and Malacca. They must not excead the following dimeu. signs, 2 feet long, 1 foot broad, 1 foot deep, nor weigh more than lbs. The postage will be 20 cents per lb., which will include Registration. The purcels may be wholly closed if they bear this special endurse mest, FAROLL, CONTAINING NO LETTER, but any parcel may be opened by direction of the Foatmaster General.
But a book-packet may not contain any letter, or communication of the nature of unless it be a circular-letter or be wholly letter (whether separate or otherwise),
2. The following cannot he transmitted: printed; nor any onalosure scaled or la any Paroels insuficiently packed or protected, way closed against inspection. If this or liable to be crushed (as” bandboxes, rule be infringed, the entire packet into.) Glass, Liquids, Explosive substar ces, charged on a letter.
Matchos, Indigo, Dyestuffs, Icz, Meat, Fish, Ganie, Fruit, Vegetables, or whatever is dangerous to the Mails, or likely to be come offensive or injurious in transit,
A book-packat may be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not be fastoned, 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 the contents being easily withdrawn for examination; otherwise it is treated as a letter. For the greater security of the contents, however, It may be tied at the ends with string Fostmasters being authorised to out the string in such caser, although if they do so they must again tie up the packet.
No book-paakot may be above 5 lbs. in weight, nor above 24 Inches in length, None, 12 inches in width, or 12 inches in depth, unless it be sent to or from one of the Government offices.
6
8
30
34
29
Newspapers,
.6
6
8
Books & Patterns, 14
70
12
Registration, 12
None,
Hawaiian Kingdom -
ottera,
Registration,
Newspapers,
16 None.
4*
16 None.
Books & Patterns, 8*
6
Uruguay :-
Letters,
34
38
Newspapers,
4
Books & Pattern",
B
+ 10
Registration
to British & Union)
W. Indies (except as above), Paraguay,
8
West Indies only,
Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Fiji, Natal, Capo, St. Helena, Ascension.
Letters, by Contract Packet 24; by Pri. vate Ship 12, Registration, 12; Newspapers, 3; Books and Patterns, 4.
* A small oxtra charge is made on delivery.
LOCAL AND TOWN POSTAGE,
Letters.
Registration.
Newspapara
Bke. & Ptins.
Per 3 oz-
| 282 2
Within any Town or Settle- ment, or between Hongkong, Canton, and Macao, in either direction,.....
Between any other two of the following places (through a British Office) viz. :-Hong-1 kong, Macao, Ports of China and Japan, Bangkok, Cochin China, Tonquin, and the Phi- Hppines, by Private Ship, 48 2 2
Between the above by Con tract Mail,
882 4
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 topics, with or without advertise
ments.
End. It must be published in nombars at Intervals of not more than 81 days, and must be printed on a sheet or sheets on
titched.
When, owing to a great and unusual influx of letters, books, ato., the tranemis- sion or delivery of the letters would be delayed if the whole mail were dealt with without distinction, book-packets may be kept back till the next despatch or delivery
FATTERNS.
They must not bo of intrinsic value. This rule excludes all articles of a saleable nature, and indeed whatever may have a value of ita own, apart from its mereuse as a pattern; and the quantity of any material aent ostensibly as a pattern must not be a great that it can fairly be considered as having on this ground an intrinsic value,
Pattern and Sample Post to colonies and foreign countries is restricted to bond fida trade patterns or samples of merchandise, Goods nont 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 ara, not actual pat terns or samples, are not admissible,
Patterns or samples, when practicable, must be sent in covers open at the ends, and to such a manner as to be easy of examination. Samples of seeds, drugs, and such like articles, which cannot be sent in covers of this kind,butanoh articles only, --may be posted enclosed in boxes, or bags of linen or other material, fastened in such a manner that they may be readily opened; or, In the case of aoeds do, in bags entirely closed, provided aach closed bags are trans parent, eo as to enable the Officers of the Post Office readily to satisfy themselves as
to the nature of the contents.
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8. Parcels will as a general rule be for warded by Private Ship, not by Contract Mail Packet, The Post Office reserves the right of selecting the opportunity for trans- mission, and of delaying delivery in case the number of parcels is such as to retard other correspondence. No responsibility is accepted with regard to any parcel, but the system of Registration will secure the aanders against any but a very remote pro- bability of loss,
4. The public are cautioned not to con.
found these facilitics with a Parcel Post to Europe, &c., which does not exist,
Mail: exchanged with Manila and Saigon.
The Philippine Islanda -being now admit- ted into the General Postal Union, it fol lows that all paid oorrespondence received from Manila in the maile will be delivered free by this office, and that all paid cor. respondence sent to Manila in the mails
the letter, and the commanding Offer must sign his name, with namio of Regd. ment, or Ship, &c., in full.
8. If to a Soldier or Sailor, his class or description must be stated in full, with name of Regiment, or Ship, &c.,, in full.
Mails for the United Kingdom, &c. by French Packet,
Under instructions from the London Post Office, the Malle for the United King- dom which havo hitherto been forwarded via Mlarscillos, will, henceforth be forwarded mud Naples, as it is understood that a gain of twelve hours results frora. the adoption.
of this route.
As it would be extremely inconvenient to divide the rosil, and no practical advantage would result from doing so, nil correspond- ence intended for the United Kingdom by French Packet will be sent via Naples, even though marked via Marseilles.
An impression appears to prevail that correspondence for the Mediterranean sta- tions, vibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, the Levant, Turkey, de, can be forwarded only by British Facket. It can be forwarded also by French Packet, and if no forwarded generally arrives a week earlier than if it had been detained for the British Mail,
POST OFFICE NOTI Unclaimed Correspondence
Fancy Work, and similar presents are con- tinually being refused, the senders boving ofton spent maro in Postage than would have paid the freight by steamer. No refund can be made on such parcels of the value of Stamps obliterated before the nature of the contents was discovered.
PATTERN. Some difficulty is experienced Adams, Mrs
Chas. A. in obtaining a general understanding of
Amicable Ins. what is a Pattern. It is a bond file sample of goods which the sender has for sale, or of goods which be wishes to order. It is to consist of the smallest possible quantity compatible with shewing what the goods are, and must have no intrinsic value.
Mir
Feb. 28, 1870.
Lete. Paps,
1
Let
Lon Torg Littledale, Lt.
Ε, Α. Long Sing & Co.
2 Lopez, Maria
1
1
John Jozomish
Lumley, Lynch, Macdonald, Capt.
Bictwen
MeMillan, Harry
Marcer, Thomas
Office amsbury, A. Atkins, Misa Ayong, Baulis, Geo. Benton, C. J. Breahore, Wm. 2 Bright, Mrs. S. 1 Brodhurst, R. O. Brooke, J. H. Brown, Carvalho, Malle. 1 Chabert, Moner. 1 Chayer. Chan Kai-wing 1 regd.pay, Rov. Chauver, 3f. Christianson,
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To provide means of remitting small sums of money to from this Colony and between the Ports of China and Japan, the Postmustora and Agents of this Office will in futuro be allowed (but not required) to purchase Hongkong Postage Stamps from foreign residents,
a Between Hongkong and Shanghai, or S. B. Hongkong and Yokohama, however, in Colletse, Mra'Q. 1 either direction, Money Orders must be Colver,
Colville, D. D.
Coran, Adwins)
Deed.
The Stamps tendered for sale must not exceed 850 in value, must be perfectly clean, in good condition, and in stripa of at purchased. They must be presented por least two, as no separate Stamps will be sonally or accompanied by a note.
The Postmaster or Agent may postpone
& Co.
Mr
Cotton, G.
Capt. raptor,
John W.
Mossman, W. O. 1 Madgs, Wm.
may, John
JORD
Ottoeon,
J. W. 1
1 Fentoll, F., R.N. 1
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Carl J.1
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Cristoforis, G. de 1 Crovat, 1'hilip L. 5 Daclin, Moner, 1 Dobbelstein, H,
C.H.B. 1 1
The Post Office is not, by law, responsible for any loea or inconvenience which may arise from the non-delivery, mis-sending, or win-delivery of any letter, book, or other postal packet (evou if the packet be re-purchasing if his public funds in hand are in any case which appears doubtful or suspicious. He allowed to charge a Commission of one per cent on all Stamps purchased.
Lettors containing Stampa obould be Registered, and the Stamps should be secured from observation.
giatored) uor is the Post Office-responsible not sufficient, and he will refuse to purchase ionsr..
for any injury which a packet may sustain during ita transmission.
To guard against such injury all postal stamping or from great pressure should be packets which are likely to suffer from 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 pressure and friction in the mail bag; and that, whenever the bag has in the course of ita transmission to be transferred by meaue of the railway apparatus, the risk of injury ia mach increased.
No information can be given rospecting 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 obaracter allowed to be made public. A Postmaster way, 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 sønder, 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 thercon.
Poetmasters 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 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 be 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 such as is specially prepared), is attended with much inconvenience, and frequently with serious injury, not only to
the letters to sealed but to the other lettura in the mail, from the melting of the wax and adhesion of the letters to each other. The public are 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.
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Indemnity for the Loss of a Registered Letter. The lowing Regulations as to the indemnity to be paid in certain cases ou the loss of begistered correspondence have been made by The Excellency the Governor. under ordinance 10 ct 1876, Section All,
The Post Office is not legally responsible for the sate delivery of Registered curres- pondence, but henceforti it will be pre- pared to make good the contents of such correspondence lost while passing Through the Post, to the extent of $10, in certain cases, provided :---
1. That the sonder duly observed all the conditions of Registration require.
2. That the letter was securely enclosed in a reasonably strong envelope.
3. That application was made to the Genetal of Hongkong im- Fostmaster mediately the loss was discovered, tho envelope being invariably forwarded with Buch application unless it also is lost.
4. That the Fugimaster General is satią. fed that the loan occurred whilst the corr9a- pondence was in the custody of the British Fostal administration in China, that it was not caused by any fault on the part of the sender, by destruction by lire, or shipwreck, nor by the dishonesty or negligevos of any poreon not in the employment of the dongkong Post Offica
damage to fragile articles such as portraits, b. No compensation can be paid for mere
watches, handsomely bound booke, o, which reach their destination, albough in a broken or deteriorated condition.
Money Order Regulations. 1-Money Urders on the United King dom and the Straits Settlements are issued at Hongkong. Shanghai and Yokohama, Shanghai and Yokohama also issue pr Hongkong and vice versa.
2-Small sams may be remitted between the other Porta by means of Postage Stamps.
Estelma,
Oledoni y Fox, Madame ΣΟΧ Frotas, Jone Garcia, Juliana 1 Goldie, Maj. s.z. 1 Hageman, Hall, L. 0. Hanson, Oscar Herbert, Lieut, a
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High Frank
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Roberts, W. O. Bouchoud
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Stabb, Carl Sun Chong Wah 1
LJ. 0.9 ayne, Wm. W. 1 Tavares, Fran-
Taylor, Kerr N.
Taylor, Rev. J. Thornton, Wm.
Tooller, Gee,
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Jib Vivan, Col. R, Walker, Ed. R. 1 Wan Yun Sai Wilson, MrsJ.M.1 Wilson, Mr Torilorge, LA,
J. F. Yendell, Mr Yriarte, Apolinariol
For Merchant Ships.
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Ada
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Agnie Albyn's Isle Aleppo
1
7
2
Alert, U.S.S.
3
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Alexandra Ailico Alicar
Hotspur
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Juva, 8.8.
Kwang Hoi
1 Young,
1 (1 rg.) Lady Penrhyn
1
Alanus Amy Turner 2 Armistiscos
Asier
Athene
Banian
Behar, s.s. Helcarr Belcarry Ben Gloo Benefactor
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Bertha Marion
Laere!
Lodore
Lete. Fi
Maritime Union 3
Mary Blair
Mary
Smith
Masonic
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Mecca, 8.8.
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Lord Macaulay 2
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Magdalen
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Falias
Bertie Biglow
Carlton, 8.8. Cashmere Cassandra Colestial, ss. Calonge
Colombian, s... 1
Parthead
Tweeennsl
2 Paul Revere
Felham
1 Peters, 8.8.1
1 Philip Filzpatrickl
Prince Amadeo 3
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1 Roderick Hay
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Rosie Welt
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Southeak
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Stanfield
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Strathmore, 8.9.
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Condor Corona Corrientes 3.-Many Money Orders are supplied to Commo residents at the smaller Ports in this way. Counters of Ezzol 5 The reglatiation of a packet makes Its
Craigard An application for su order is filed up, transmission much more secure, inasmuch
Craigie Len and is enclosed with a atamped, directed,
Dharwar as, under ordinary circumstances, a regis. and uneealed envelope to the Postmaster at
Don Quixoto the nearest issuing othe. The application Drumcleg terod packet can be traced through its whole course; and thus the loss of a registered must be accompanied with the full amount ... Mutch should be delivored free there.
packet is a very rare occurrence. Neverthe (including commission) in cheque, postage Earl of Devoz 3 (1 rg.) 1 Article IX of the Postal Treaty of Berne less large sums of money or other articles staraps, or other equivalent of cash, and a Eleanor provides that "Neither the senders nor the of great value should not be sent through little margin should be left for variations Elizabeth Child 2 Sarah Bell addressees of letters and other postal the post, even if the packot be registered; as of exchange. The Postmaster issues the Elizabeth Nicholson 1 Satunt
Emilio packets shall be called upon to pay, either the machinery of the Department is not order, sends it on in the envelope, and in the Country of Origin, or in that of arranged with a view to auch transmission. returna the change, if any, by first oppor- Ermivia By law, the Post Office is not responsible tunity, with a receipt for the letter, if it Espiegle Destination, any tax or duty other than " the recognised rates levied (in the case of for the safe delivery of registered packets were to be registered, as it always should Estrone Office. It is hoped that any extra charge, duty on this point will be called to strict applications in time, as the Money Order Ferntower, s.s. 1
be. Care should be taken to send there Fabius paid correspondenc.) by the despatching though any officer who may neglect his
Fair Lender or apparently extra charge, will at once be account, Bent in unregistered letters, valu-Offices close some hours before the depar- Firth of Forth brought to the notice of the properable articles are exposed to risk, and offor a authorities, in either Colony,
temptation which ought not to be created: and the Department cannot in any way undertake the safe conveyance of such packets. All inland or colonial letters, therefore, which contain coin, and ali foland letters which contain watches or jewellery, even though they be posted without registration, are treated as register- ed, and charged on delivery with a double registration fee of eightpence in addition to the ordinary postage and any such letters which cannot be registered in time to be forwarded by the Mail for which they are posted are detained for the next despatel. Evon if the letter do not contain any article of intrinsic value, it should, if it be very important, be registered,
The above does not apply in any to loose lettera sent outside the mails. These will always be charged on arrival in flongkong and probably the Manila Uffies will adopt
the same course,
Complaints are sometimes received of extra charges on correspondence exchanged 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 looss corro spondence are obliterated in this Office.
Indian Correspondence. Unpaid Letters are not received for the
Indian Mail Packets.
The Pro-payment of correspondence for the Straits, India, Ceylon, and aden is com pulsory by whatever opportunity it awards Correspondence having joined the forwarded.
Registration to Bangkok,
Soldiers and Sullurs' Letters. Privates in H. M. Army or Navy. Non- commissioned Officers, Army Schoolmas ters (not superintending or First Class) or Schoolmistresses may rend half-cures letters. to the United Kingdom vid Southampton
There must be no writing or pelating upon or in any packet except the addrets of the person for whom it is intended, the ad- For Britannic Majesty's Consul General dress of the sender, a trade mark or num-for Siam has been good enough to make ber, afd the price of the articles.
arrangements by means of which correspon The rule which forbide, the traustalssion denos can be Registered to Bangkok, at the
usual charge of 8 centr. through tho Post of any article likely to lojure the contents of the Mail Bags or Boxes, or the person of any Officer of the Fons Ofice is, of course, applicable to the Pattern Post and a packet containine any. thing of the kind will be stopped, and not Articles attch as bent to it destination the following bave been occasionally posted a Patterns, and have been detained as 3rd. The full title and date of publication unit for the Post, vizi Metal boxes, pores must be printed at the top of the first page, Jain and Chins, fruit, vegetables, bunches and the whole or part of the title and the of flowers, outtings of plants, spurs knives, date of publication at the top of avery scissors, needles, pins, pieces of machinery, Babsequent page; and this regulation applies sharp pointed instruments, samples of to Tables of Contents and Indicea.
metals, antuples of bro, camples fa glass 4th. A supplement must cobrist wholly bottles, pieces of gland acids of various or in great part of matter like that of a kind, curry tombs, copper and atbel en nowspaper, or of advertisements, printed grating plates, and confectionery of all un a sheet or sheets, or a piece or pieces' of
kinds. paper, unstitched, or wholly or in part of Such articles as scissore, knives, rator, sugravings, prints, or lithographs illustra forks, steel pens, naile, keys, watch machi five of articles in the newspaper. The uery, metal tublug, places of metal or supplement must in every case be published cre, provided that they be packed and With the newspaper, and must have the guarded in se socitre a minuet ex to afford
by British Packet, for one penny; or VIL Brindisi by British Packet for threp pence. Hongkong atampe will prepay this class of correspondence exactly the same as Imperial Stamps.
Most countries to which Hongkong for- General Postal Union or being probably about to do so, it is necessary that the following rules be strictly observed,
1. No Loiler or Packet, whether to be registered or unregistered, can be received for Postage if it contains gold or allvermoney, jewels, precious articles, or anything that, as a general rule, is liable to Customs
duties.
2. This Regulation probibits the sending of Patterns of dutiable articles, unless the quantity sent be so small as to make the
staple of to value.
3. The limits of weight allowed are as follows.
Books and Papers to British Offlege, 6 lbs; to the Continent, A., 2 lbs. Petterao to British Offices, 6 ha. if with
out intricate value; to the Continent, &o, & 02.
4 The following articles cannot be sent Matches, Candles, Ecap, Indigo, Dze-studs,
tures of the maila.
Fontenaye
Tainar
Taunton
2
1
21rg. Teti Austrian
2
2 The Tweed
The Corde
4-No order must exceed $10, or in Frederick clude any fraction of a penny. Orders will Fusilier be drawn at the current rate of the day+ Glamis
Golden Fleece 10 (8rg.) Three Brothers and paid at the rate of the day when the Glamorgan, 6.8. 1 zogd. Thomas Fletcher advice arrived.
Great Admiral
The commission is as follows
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Orders on nited Kingdom. Up to £2... 18 cents. £5...... ..... 36 $7............ 54 $10...........72
Espetal Local Money Orders (including Straits Hornet Settlements).
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For H. M. Ships.
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-6.-Names must be given in full (except
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6.-Lieta of Money Order Offices in the vigilant United Kingdom may be consulted at Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yokohama.
when there is more than one Christian Books, etc. without Govers. name) but the name of the Payso need not Amsterdammer.
be given if the order be crossed (as obeques A Treatise on Stream Boilers, are crossed). It can then be paid only Coming Events in the East. through a Bank, and misy afterwards be Daily News..
Daily Telegraph. specially crossed to any Bank..
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7.-No order can be paid till the Payse De Curaçao Sche Content (), havo signed it in the proper place. An El order can be transferred to another office cial
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on payment of an additional commission Engineers Annual and Almanac 1870.. In case of loss of an order, noc-asity for Glasgow Weekly Mail. stopping payment, or the like, application Institution of Engimors and Shipbuilders in
Scotland (8. should be made to the nearest Money Order Office for instructions,
Langelandes Zidende.
If the order be not presented within Ledsure Hour.
Weekly Newspaper.
und Lehrterte (2 Books).
wix months an additional commission
will Advertiser (2 copies, Oct. and Dan)
be charged; if not within twelve months, the money will be forfeited, When the
entertained.
Newspaper, Saturday Faldrk Herald.
Soldiers and Sailors' letters are, however, by Post at all i Glean, Liquids, Grippowder, order in once paid no further claim can be raib and Hülfskalender, 1578.
er whatever is dangerous to the Bells, or offensive or injurious to persons dealing No with them.
charged as ordinary letters if they do not conform to the following regulations- I Not to otceed half an ounce. double let'ets are allowed;
2. If front a Soldier or Sailor, his class or description must be stated in fall on
* But not Warrant Officers, viz., Assistant Engineer, Gunner, Boatswain, or Carpenter.
FARCELO The public is reminded that, there is no such thing as Parvel Post to Europe, o. Much treabla and disap pointment le caused by persistent attempts to send small valuable trifles through the Poni, Fast Curios, Articles of Dress
The Church
h Association, &c. -No order can be paid until the advice The Englishmas relative to it has been received.
The Evening Times. The Illustrated London News. The London and China Express. The Shanghai Courier.
*Made out on a printed form which is supplied
gratis. +Lotal Orders on Shanghal are draws at 2 per cent. prémion in all case. à fixed dol. lar rate for drawing on the United King. flom is in fores at Shanghai,
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