No. 4936.-MAY 3, 1879.]
POSTAL HATES.
[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.]
3rd. The full title and date of publication Lust be printed at the top of the fat pago, and the whole or part of the title and the date of publication at the top of every subsequent page; and this regulationspplies 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 engravinge, prints, or lithographe illustra tive of articles in the newspaper. The supplement must in every case be published with the newspaper, and must have the Hongkong Rates of Postage to and date of publication of the newspaper printed at the top of every page; or, if it consists of engravings, prints, or lithographe, at the top of every sheet or side.
(Revised April 4th, 1879.)
In the following Statements and Tables the Rates are given in cents, and are, for Letters, per half ounce, for Books and Patterns, per two ounces.
Newspapers over four ounces in weight are charged as double, treble, &, as the case may be, but such papers or packets of papers may be sent at Book Rate. Two Newspapers must not be folded together as one, nor must anything whatever be inserted except bona fide Supplements. matter may, however, be enclosed, if the whole be paid at Book Rate. Prices Cur- rent may be paid either as Newspapers or
Booka.
A packet containing two or more newa- papers is not chargeable with a higher rate ul postage than would be chargeable on a book packet of the same weight,
The postage must be prepaid sithor by an adhesive stamp, or by the use of a stamped wrapper.
Every newspaper must be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not Printedbe fastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, seallug wax, postage stamp, or otherwise) or in a cover entirely open at both ends, so as to admit of casy removal for examination. If this rule be infringed the newspaper in treated as a letter.
Every newspaper must be so folded, as to admit of the title being readily in- spected.
Commercial Papers signify such papers , though Written by Hand, do not boar the character of an actual or personal corze- spondence, such as invoices, deeds, copied
A newspaper or packet of newspapers music, do. Any of them in a Book Panket which contains any enclosure except sup- expose it to the higher charges stated be-plementa is charged as a letter, unless tho low.
The sender of any Registered Artiole may accompany it with a Return Receipt on paying an extra fee of 4 cents,
The limit of weight for Books and Com- mercial Papers to Fotelgu Post Offices is 4 lbs. L'atterns for such offices are limited to 8 ouzos, and must not exo.ed these dimensions: 8 inches by 4 inches by 2 inches.
N.R. means No Registration.
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Countries of the Postal Union. The Union may be taken to comprise Europe, most foroigu possessions in Asia, Japan, W. Africa, Sypt, Mauritius, all N. America, Mexico, balvador, Chill, Brazil, Yeru, The Argentine Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad, Guiana, Honduras, Bermuds, Labuan, with all Danish, French, Netherland Portuguese and Spanish Colonies.
Countries wogin the Union. -The chief countries age in the Union are the Aus- tralasian troup,
enclosure to such as might be sent at the book rate of postage, and the onthe packet be sufficiently prepaid as a book pasket, in which case it is allowed to pass.
A newspaper which has 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 la depth,
THE CHINA MAIL.
of flowers, cuttings of plants, spurs, knives, aclusory needles, pins, pieces of machinery, sharp pointed Instruments, samples of fetala samples of ore, samples in glass bottles, piosos of glass, netds of varicus kinds, curry comba, copper and steel ea. graving plates, and confectionery of all kinds.
Such articles as scissors, kuives, razors, forks, stool pens, nails, keys, watch taobi. nery, metal tubing, pieces of met 1 ore, provided that they be packed and guarded in to secure a manner as to afford complete protection to the contents of the mail bags and to the Officers of the Pont Office, while at the same time they may be easily examined, may be sent as samples. Indigo cannot be sent to any place.
To provide the greatest possible facilities for posting Correspondence for Europe, dc., up to the latest moment before the departure of the French Packets, arrange. ments have been made for receiving at the Post Office late lettore-exept those to
and through Australia—from 11.10 .. to 11.50 A.. Each letter muat boar a late fee of 18 cents extra postage.
A similar supplementary Mail is made "P for Shanghai by the English and French Contract Steamers, the late letter being receivedfrom 10 minutes after, op to half an hour after the time of closing. The late fee is also 18 conts.
Riscellaneous Kotlees.
Local Delivery.
1. All correspondence posted before 5 p.m. on any weok day for addresses in Victoria will be delivered the same day, and generally within two hour, unless the delivery should be retarded by the Contract" Mails,
2. Invitations, &c., can generally bo 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 oil correspondence is invariably delivered at the nearest pines of business. (See i ostal Guide, par 103.)
8. oxulders who desire to send Circu- ars, Dividend Warrants, invitations, Cards, do, all of the same weight, to addresses in Hongkong, Bangkok, or the Forte of Ubina and Japan, may deliver them to the Fost Office unstumped, the postage being then charged to the sender's account. t.nch batch must consist of at least ten.
4. Boxholers may also and Patteron to the same places in the same way. En- velopes containing Patterns may be wholy sosed if the nature of the contents be int exhibited or stated to the Postmaster General, at he may consider messary, and approved by him. Printed Circulate way beinsorted in such Pattern Packets.
A book-packet may contain any number of separate books or other publications (including printed or lithographed letters), photographi (when not on glass or in cases containing glass or any like substance), drawings, prints, or mape, and any quantity of paper, or any other substance in ordinary as for writing or printing upon; and the books or other publications, prints, maps, &c., may be either printed, written, en- raved, lithographed, or plain, or any mixture of these. Further, all legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of a book, dc., or of a portion thereof, is allowed, whether mch binding, &c. be loose or attached; he also rollers in the cuss of prints or maps, markara (whether of paper or otherwise) in the case of books, pens or poneils in the case of pocket-booką, &c.,
1. Small Parcels may be sent by Post and, in short, whatever is necessary for the safe transmission of such articles, or usually between any of the British Poet (ffices in appertains thereto; but the binding, rollers, China or Japan, as well as to Macao, Pak-
boi, Singapore, Penang, aud Mainoca &c. must not be sent as a separate packet.
They must not exceed the following dimsa- Oircular,.., letters which are intend-sions, 2 feet long, 1 foot broad, 1 foot deep, Exceptional rates, to the United Kinged for transmission in identical terus to nor weigh more than 5lbs. The postage dom and Union Countries served through sovoral persons, and the whole or the will be 20 cents per lb., which will include the United Kingdom via Brindisi only:-
greater part of which is printed, engraved, Registration. The parcels may be wholly or lithographed,may also be sent by closed if they bear this special endione- book post.
ment, PARCEL, CONTAINING NO LETTEE, but any parcel may be opened by direction of the Postmaster General.
Postage to Union Countries. General Rates, by any ronte ---
Lettere,
That Caidą.
Registration, Newspapers,
8 cents per oz.
B could enta.
.8 cents.
2 cents each.
Books and Patterns, 2 cents per 2 oz. Commercial Papers, 6 cents per 4 Dz.
Letters,
Post Cards,
Registration, Newspaper,
12 cents per oz,
cents each,
8 cents.
4 cents each.
Books and Patterns, à cents per 2 oz. Commercial Papers, 8 cents per 4 z There is no charge on redirected spondence within the Postal Union,
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 circular-letter or be wholly corre-printed; nor any enclosure sealed or in any way closed aguinat inspection. If this rule be infringed, the entire packet is charged as a letter.
Postage to Non-Union Countries, Aspinwall (N.R.), Babacas, Guatemala
A book packet may be posted either
Local Parcel Post,
2. The following cannot be transmitted: Parcels insufficiently packed or protected, or liable to be crushed (as bandboxos, o.) Glass, Liquids, Explosive subatar ceE, Matches, Indigo, Dyestuffs, Ice, Meat, Fieb, Game, Fruit, Vegetables, or whatever is dangerous to the Maile, or likely to be
(N.K., Huyti (N.k.), New Granada (N. | without a cover (in which case it must noteome offensive or injurions in transit.
ranams (..), and Venezuela (..)-
Letters, Registration, Newspapers,
Vía En Via S. Hampton Vin
Brancina, ar Marielles. Brindis
12
None,
Books & Pasteras,-- €
R
30
94
8
4
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6
Bolivia, Costa Rica (N,R.),
|(N.B.), Nicaragua (N.R.);—
Letters,
Newspapers,
Registration,
Books & Pattern", 12
$
of
be fastened, whether by means of gum water, sealing wax, postage stamp, 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, Keuador it may be tied at the enda with atring; Postmasters being authorised to out the sting in such caser, although if they do so they must again tie up the packet.
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6
6
8
None.
Nope.
12
16
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Nono.
4
6
8
Hawaiisa Kingdom —
Latters,
12
Registration, None.
Newspapers,
Books & Patterna, 6*
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No book packot may be above 6 lbs. in weight, nor above 24 inches in length, 12 inches in width, or 12 inches in depth, unless it be sent to or froze ons of the Government offioea,
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 corespondence. No responsibility is accepted with regard to any parcel, but the system of Registration will secure the tenders against any but a very remote pro- bability of loas.
4. The public are cantioned not to con- found these facilities with a Parcel Post to Europe, &, which does not exist.
by British Packet, for one penny; or via Brindisi by British Facket for three-pence. Bongkong stamps will prepay this class of 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,"
2. It from a Soldier or Sailor, his class or description must be stated in full on the lotter, and the commanding Officer must sign his name, with name of llegi- 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 flce, the Mails For the United King, dom which Lave hitherto been forwarded via Marenilles, will benceforth be forwarded vid Nuples, as it is understood that i gain of twelve hours resulta from the adoption
of this route.
As it would be extremely inconvenient to divide the mail, and no practical advantage would result from doing at, all correspond. ence intended for the United Kingdom by French Packet will be sent via Naples, even though marked via Marsoilles,
An impression appears to prevail that correspondence for the Mediterranean sta- tions, Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, the Levant, Turkey, c., can be forwarded only by Britial Packet. It can be forwarded also by French Packet, and if ag forwarded generally arrives a week earlier than if it had been detained for the British Dail
The Post Office in not, by law, responsible for any loss or inconvenience which may ariso from the non-delivery, mis-sending, or mis-delivery of any letter, book, or other postal packet (even if the packet be ro gistered) vor in the Post Office responsible for any injury which a packet may sustain during its tranmission.
PARCEL.The public is reminded that, there is no such thing as Parcel Post Ito Europe, &a.. Much trouble and diasp pointment is caused by persistent attempts
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Lets. Paps
Office Anderson,
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to send small valuable trifles through the Post, Fane, Carios, Articles of Dress Faticy 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 what is a Fattern. It is a bona fide sample of goods which the sender has for sale, or of goods which he wishes to order. It is Browa, A to consist of the smallest possible quantity compatible with she wing what the goods are, and must have no intrinsic value."
To provide means of romitting small sums of money to or from this Colony and beween the Forte of China and Japan, the Postmasters and Agents of this Office will in futuro be allowed (but not required) to purchase Hongkong Postage. Stamps from foreign residents,
Between Hongkong and Shanghai, or Rongkong and Yokohama, however, in either direction, Money Orders must be need.
The Stamps tendered for sale must not exceed $50 in value, must be perfectly clean, in good condition, and in atrips of a least two, as no separate Stamps will be purchased. They must be presented per sonally or accompanied by a note.
Indemnity for the Loss of a Registered Letter The following Regulations as to the Indemnity to be paid in certain cases on the loss of Registered correspondence have been made by His Excellardy the Governor ander Ordinance 10 of 1876, Section XII,
The Post Office is not legally responsible for the sate delivery, of Registered corres pondence, but heroeforth will be pre- pared to make good the contents of auch correspondence lost while passing through
That the letter was excurely enclosed in a reasonably strong envelope.
To guard against such injury all pontaithe Post, to the extent of $10, in certain
case, provided :-- packets which are likely to suffer from
1. hat the sonder duly observed sit the stamping or from great pressure should be
conditions of Registration require. 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 bas to be handled coveral times; that it is exposed to considerable pressure and friction in the mail bag; and that, whenever the bag hae in the course of its transmission to be transferred by means of the railway epparatus, the risk of injury la much increased.
No information can be given respecting letters which pass through a Post Office excopt 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. 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 so.
Postmastera are not allowed to return any letter or other packet to the writer or sonder, or to any one else, or to delay forwarding it to its destination according to the address, even though a request to euch 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 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 so sealed but to the other letters in the mail, from the melting of the wax and
8. That application was made to the Postmaster. General of Hongkong in. mediately the loss was discovered, the envelope being invariably forwarded with auch niplication unless it also is lost,
4.
at the Postmaster General is satis- fied that the loss occurred whilst the corres. pondence was in the cusway of the brigh Postal administration in China, that it was not caused by any fault on the part of the sonder, by destruction by fire, or shipwreck, nor by the dialo.esty or negligence of any person not in the employment of the. Hongkong Post Office.
6. No compensation can be paid for mere damage to tragile articles such as portraits, watches, handsomely bound books, &c., which reach their destination, although in a broken or deteriorated condition.
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For Merchant Ships.
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Alexandra
Alainas
Amy Turner Armistiscos Asier
B. F. Watson
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Honey Order Regulations. 1.-Money Ordera on the United King dom and the Straits Saitlements are issued at Hongkong, Shanghai and Yokobama. Shangbal and Yokohama also sue on Caidew Hongkong and vice versa..
2-Small same may be remitted between the other Ports by means of Postage Stamps.
Carlton, 8.8.
Carricks Cary Wyman Os mere Celestint, 8.9. Chatou Kamrai 1 Como Condor
torca Corona
Cosino
Loe 20 Lucky
Macaulay
Radars
Magina
Maid of Judah 3(18.) #
Darcis, 5.8.
1 Maritime Union 1
Marques of Argylel
1
8
Alary Blair
1
2
Mary Fraser
Macro, 9.5,
1 May...
Miako
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Monets
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T'ala, 8.6.
Novikorn St
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Petol, s.6.
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3.-Many Money Orders are supplied to rosidents at the smaller Ports in this way. An application for an order* is filled up, and is enclosed with a stamped, directed, and unsealed envelope to the Postmanter at the nearest issuing office. The application or in must be accompanied with the fall amount (including commission) in cheque, postage Cragard stamps, or other equivalent of cash, and a Craige Lea little margin should be left for variations of exchange. The Postmaster issues the Don Quixote order, sends it on in the envelope, and Drly returns the change, if any, by first oppor- adhesion of the letters to each other. The tunity, with a receipt for the letter, if it croison
ners to be registered, as it always should Earl of Devon 4 (17g)1 R: M: Hayward be. Care should be taken to send these Falus applications in time, so the Money Order Fei Hu. 8.6. Offices elogs some hours before the depar. Firth of Forth tutes of the mails,
Fontenaye Forward 4. No order must exceed £10, or in- dude any fraction of a penny. Orders will Frederick
Fusilier and paid at the rate of the day when the advice arrived.
The commission is as follows :----
Orders on the United Kingdom.
18 centa Up to £2.......
public are therefore recommended, in all such cases, to use either wafers or gum, and to advise their correspondents in the coun- trics referred to, to do the same.
W. Indies (except as above), Paraguay, dolayed if the whole meil were dealt with free by this Cffice, and that all paid corpaekot is a very rare occurrence.
Uruguay -
Letters,
30
34
Newspapers,
4
B
Books & Palterar,
8
Registration
to British & Union)
8
*
West ladies only, }
Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Fiji, Natal, Cape, St. Helena, Ascension.
Letters, by Contract Packet 34; by Pri rate Ship 12, Registration, 8; Newspapers,
Books and Patterns, 4,
* A small extra charge is made on delivery.
Local and TOWN POSTAGE.
Within any Town or Settled
Letters
"Registration.
Newspapare.
Bira, & Pitns.
hont, or between Hongkong, anton, and Macao, in either irection,OHOR 2 822
Between any other two of de following places (through Britial fice) viz-Hong- ong, Macao, Forts of China
ad Japan, Bangkok, Cochin
hina, Tonquin, and the Phi-'
ppines, by Private Ship,..............482
Between the above by Con-
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Local Money Orders (including Straits Helena Settlements)
Up to $20........15 centa
50.30.
Mails exchanged with Manila and Saigon.
The reglatration of a packet makes its The Philippine Islands belog now admit When, owing to a great and unusual ted into the General Poatal Union, it fol. transmission much more secure, fasamuch be drawn at theteurrent rate of the daytaller Larness.8.1 influx of letters, books, etc., the transmis lows that all paid correspondence received as, under ordinary circumstances, & regis sion or delivery of the letters would be from Manila in the mails will be delivered tered packet can be traced through its whole course; and thus the loss of a registered without distinction, bock-packets may be respondence sent to Manila in the mails kept back till the next despatch or delivery, should be delivered free there,
leas large sums of money or other articles of great value should not be sent through Article IX of the Postal Treaty of Berne provides that "Neither the tenders nor the the post, even if the packet be registered; as addressees of letters and other postal the machinery of the Department is not They must not be of intrinsic value. This packets shall be called upon to pay, either arranged with a view to such transmission. rule excludes all artides of a saleable nature, in the Country of Origin, or in that of By law, the Post Office is not responsible and indeed whatever may have a value of Destination, any tax or duty other than"
for the safe delivery of registered packets; its own, apart from its mereuse as a pattern; the recognised rates levied (in the case of though any officer who may neglect his and the quantity of any material sent paid correspondence) by the despatching duty on this point will be called to strict Bent to unregistered letters, valu- ostensibly as a pattern must not be so great Office, It is hoped that any extra charge, able articles are exposed to risk, and offer a that it can fairly be considered as having on or apparently extra charge, will at one be temptation which ought not to be created; United Kingdom may be consulted at Janet this ground an intrinsic value.
brought to
the noice of the proper and the Department cannot in any way Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yokohama. Jaan authorities, in either Colony,
6.Names must be given in full (except -, .. The above does not applyin any to loosendertake the safe conveyance of such
All inland or colonial letters, when there is more than one Christian sessie Jamieson 1 letters seht outside the malls. These will packets always be charged on arrival in Hongkong therefore, which contain coin, and all name) but the name of the Payee need not Jalana and probably the Manila Gfice will adopt Inland letters which contain watches or be given if the order be crossed (as cheques Kvik
It can then be paid only jewellery, even though they be posted are crossed). the same course.
without registration, are treated as register through a Bank, and may afterwards be 7.-No order can be paid till the Payee ed, and charged on delivery with a double specially crossed to any Bank. registration fee of eightpence in addition to the ordinary postage and any such letters have signed it in the proper place. which cannot be registered in time to be order can be transferred to another office Alert forwarded by the Mail for which they are on payment of an additional commission, posted are detained for the next despatch, In case of loss of an order, necessity for Even if the letter do got contain any article stopping payment, or the like, application
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, &o,, had been sent loose,
Any Foreign stamps on loose corre spondence are obliterated in this Office.
Pattern and Sample Post to selostes and foreign countries is restricted to bona fide trade patterns or simples of merchandise, Goods sent for sale, or in execution of as order (however small the quantity may be), or any articles sent by one private indivu dual to another, which are not actual pat terne or samples, are not admissible.
Patterns or sampion, when practicable, must be sent in cofers open at the ends, and in such a manner as to be easy of examination. Samples of seeds, drugs," and such like artioles, which cannot be sent in Covora of this kind, but such articles only,
Indian Correspondence. may be posted endlosed in botes, or bags of linen or other material, fastened in such
Unpaid Letters are not received for the £ manner that they may be readily opened; Indian Mail Packets, og, in the case of segis do, in bags entirely The Pre-payment of correspondence for closed, provided such closed bags are treas the Straits, India, Ceylon, and aden is com- parant, so ao to suable the Officers of the pulsory by whatever opportunity it is Post Calce readily to satisfy themselves as | forwarded. to the nature of the poutaats.
There must be no writing or printing : upon or in any packet except the addreas of the person for when it is intended, the ad. dreas of the sender, a trade mark or aum Any publication fulfilling the condition ber, and the price of the articles. reaiter named can pass as a newspaper. The souditions are as follows dow ast. The publication must consist wholly in gross part of political or other news, of articles relating there or to other rrent topics, with or without advertise
inta.
2nd. It must be published in numbers at ervala of nos mere than 81 days, and
Let be printed on a alieet or buseta on sobedi
Registration to Bangkok, Bez Britannic Majesty's Consul General
iam has been good enough to make arrangementa by means of which corrapon- Genes can be Registered to Bangkok, at the usual charge of & conte.
account.
5.Liste of Money Order Offices in the
An
Inchgreen
Wanderer, 8.F. Whele
Wan Manson 1 W.L.G. Glad.
stone Zouste
For E. M. Ships, &e.
Leta, Pap.
3 Richmond
of intrinsic value, it should, if it be very should be made to the nearest Money Books, etc. without Covers: important, be registered
tinat counties to whith Hongkong 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 be registered or unregistered, can be received for Postage it itcontains gold crailvermoney, jewels, pricious articien, or anything that,
duties,
general rule, ir lable to Dustoms
The rule which forbids the transmission
2. Tbls Regulation prohibits the sending through the Post of any article likely to
of Patterns of dutiable artiles, unless the injure the contents of the Mall Bage or Boxes, or the person of any Oficer of the
Soldiers and Sailors Letters. quantity cant be so small as to make the Fost Ofos is, of course, applicable to the Privates in H. M. Army or Navy, Non sample of no value. Pattern Post and a packet Containing any cor missbred Officers, Army Schoolsas follows thing of the kind still be stopped, and not ters (not superibtending or First Class) or Articles such as Schoolmistreeres may send half-cunce letters sent to its dealization. the following have been occasionally posted to the United Kingdom vil Southampton
Patterns, and have been detained as unfit for the Fost, viz; Metal boxes, poRCE:
* But pot Werrent Offeem, vity Assitan. lain. And Chise, fruit, vegetables bunks Engines, Gunner, Boniswxin, or Cerpentol
8. The limits of weight allowed are as Books and Papers to British Offices, 5 lbs,; to the Continent, 2, 4 lbs. Patterns British Offices, 6lim, if willin out intrinsic valpes to the Continent, &u, 8c
Order Office for instructions.
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald. 8.-If the order be not presented within Central Blatt. six months an additional commission will Christian Age,
Chúrok Association. be charged; if not, within twelve months, the money will be forfeited. When the
Telegraph,
order is once paid no further claim can be CONTEMÍ,
entertained.
9.No order can be paid until the advice relative to it has been received.
Reichs-Untelger.
Dundco Advertize:
Englishmen. Evening Timer.
Figaro. Germania
Made out on a prinied form which is supplied Gazzetta del Villaggio,
gratis.
† Local Orders on Shanghai are drawn at 2 per Glasgow Weekly Mail,
cont, premiam in all cases. A fixed dol. Herts and Essex Observer,
lar rats for drawing on the United Klug, dom is in force at Shanghai,
Hobos Bronza (Russian).
Journal de Gaud.
London and Chiga Express (1).
Missionl Cattoliche,
POST OFFICE NOTICE.Moutage Zeitung.
Unclaimed Correspondence,
May 2, 1878.
Lots. Pard
Aky Mapait
i regd Kuper, G.
Lenk,
Lats, Papa
Nairnshire Telegraph, National Zeitung. Perseveranza.
Peterborough Advertiser. Preis Courant (Lows Malier) Presse,
Shanghai Courie
Bole