No. 5026.-August 16, 1879.]
POSTAL RATES. [joined we give the postal rates ow in force for transmission of corro ondence to all parts of the world, etailed rules affecting the transmis on of packets, parcels,, ko., will be and annexed, together with a number
miscellaneous and useful notices.]...
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3rd. The fall 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 aubsequent page; and this regulation applies date of publication at the top of every to Tables of Contents and Indices.
THE CHINA MAIL.
of fowers, cuttings of plants, spurs, knives, scissors, needles, pina, pieces of machinery, sharp pointed instruments, samples of bottles, pieces of glass, aclds of various metals, samples of ore, samples in glass klada, curry combe, copper and stoel' en. graving plates, and confectionery" of all kinds.
4th. A supplement must consist wholly or in great part of matter like that of a newspaper, or of advertisements, printed
Such articles as scissors, knives, razors, on a sheet or shoots, or a piece or pieces of forks, stoel pens, nails, keys, watch maobi- paper, unstitched or wholly or in part of nery, metsi tubing, pieces of met 1 or engravings, prints, or lithographs illustra tive of articles in the newspaper. There, provided that they be packed and guarded in to secure a manner as to afford supplement must in every pase be published complete protection to the contents of the with the newspaper, and must have the mail bags and to the Officers of the Poat ongkong Rates of Postage.title and date of publication of the newspaper Office, while at the same time they may be printed at the top of every page; or, if it easily examined, may be sent as samples. (Revised April 4th, 1879, )|----- Consists of engravings, prints, or lithographs, Indigo cannot be sent to any place. In the following Statements and Tables at the top of every shoot or side, e Rates are given in cents, and gré, for tters, per half ounce, for Books and atteros, per two ounces. Newspapers over four ounces in weight e charged as double, treble, &a., as the de may be, but such papers or packets of pern may be sent at Book Rate. Two ewspapers must not be folded together as e, nor must anything whatever be inserted copt bona fide Supplements. Printed atter may, however, be enclosed, if the hole be paid at Book Bate. Prices Our nt may be paid sithor as Newspapers òr boks
Commercial Papers signify such papers. though Written by Hand, do not bear
A packet containing two or 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 stomped wrapper.
Every newspaper must be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not be fastered, whether by means of gum, wafer, sealing wax, postage stamp, or otherwise) or in a cover entirely open at both ends, so as to admit of easy removal for examination. If this rule be infringed the newspaper is treated as a letter.
Every newspaper must be so folded, as to admit of the title being readily fu
e character of an actual or personal correspected. ondence, such as invoices, deeds, copied A nowapaper or packet of newspapers usic, de. Any of them in a Book Packet which contains any enclosure except sup- posa it to the higher charges stated be-plements is charged as a letter, unless the enclosure be such as might be sent at the book rate of postage, and the entire packet be sufficiently prepaid as a book packet, in which case it is allowed to 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. 8 ounces, and must not exceed these
No packet of newspapers may be above mensions: 8 inches by 4 inches by 25 lbs. in weight, nor above two feet in length, one foot in width, nor one in depth.
The sender of any Registered Article ay accompany it with a Return Receipt
paying an extra fee of 4 cents. Theflimalt of weight for Books and Com- ercial Papers to Foreign Post Offices is lbs, Patterns for such offese are limited
ches.
N.R. means No Registration,..
Countries of the Postal Union.
The Union may be taken to comprise arope, most foreign possessions in Asia, pan, W. Africa, Egypt, Mauritius, all America, Mexico, Salvador, Chili, razil, Foru, The Argentine Republic, amaica, Trinidad, Guiana, Honduras, ermuda, Labuan, with all Danish, ronch, Netherlands, Portuguese and panish Colonies.
Dountries NOT in the Union-The chief ountries not in the Union are the Aus
Blasian Group.
Postage to Union Countries. General Rates, by any route :- etters,
ost Cards,
egistration,
открарета,
8 cents per oz.
8 cents ach.
8 conte.
2 cents each,
ooks and Patterns, 2 cents per 2 oz. omtuercial Papers, 0 cents per 4 oz.
Exceptional rates, to the United King. om and Union Countries served through
o United Kingdom via Brindisi only:-
12 cents per + oz. etters,
5 cents each.
8 cents.
4 cents each.
ost Cards, egistration, Gwspapers, jooke and Patterns, 4 cents per 2 oz. ommercial Papers, 8 conts per 4 oz. There is no charge on redirected corre. pondence within the Postal Union.
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Postage to Non-Union Countries. Aspinwall (N.B.), Babamas, Guatemala R. Hayti (..), New Granada (N.R), Panama (N,E), and Venezuela (N.R.):-
etters,
Via Ban Via S.Hampton
yis
Francisco, or Marseilles. Brindle
12
30
34
egistration,
None.
8
8
Tewspapers,
4
4
8
6
8
ooks & Patterns, 6
Bolivia, Costa Rica (N.B.), Ecuador ..), Nicaragus (N.X.);—
betters,
20
30
34
(ewspapers,
4
4
6
Books & Patterns, 12
G
8
Segistration,
8
None.
None.
Hawaiian Kingdom:
letters,
12
Registration, Nore, Tewspapers,
4*. Books & Patterns, 6*
12 None,
16 None.
4 6
fi
8
for posting Correspondence for Europe, To provide the greatest possible facilities
de, up to the latest moment before the
departure of the French Packets, arrange Post Office late lettere-except those to Tents have been made for receiving at the and through Australia-from 11.10 .. to 11.80 A.M. Each letter must bear a late fee
of 18 conte extra postage.
A similar supplementary Mail is made "P for Shanghat 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 is also 18 cents.
Miscellaneous Notices. ·
Local Delwery.
by Britlah Packet, for one ponny; or vië Brindisi by British Packot for three-pence. Hongkong stamps will propay this class of correspondence exactly the same as Imperial
Stamps.
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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 lottors are allowed.
2. If from a Soldier or Sailor, his class description must be stated in full on the letter, and the commanding Other must sign his name, with name of Regi- mont, or Ship, &c., in full
8. If to a Soldier or Sailor, his class or desorption must be stated in full, with -name-of-Regiment, or Ship, de, in-full
Mails for the United Kingdom, &c. by
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French Packet.
Under instructions from the London Post Oflice, the Mails for the United King: dom which Lave hitherto been forwarded via Marseilles, will henceforth be forwarded via Naples, as it is understood that a gain of twelve hours results from the adoption of this route.
As it would be extremely inconvenient to divide the mail, and no practical advantage would result from doing so, all correspond. ence intended for the United Kingdom by French Packet will be sent viâ Naples, even thongh marked via Marseilles.
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POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Unclaimed Correspondence,
August 16, 1870,
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Lote. Pap.
PARCELSThe public is reminded that, there is no such thing se Parcel Past to Europe, &c. Much trouble and disap pointment is caused by persistent attempts to send small valuable trifles through the Post. Fang, Curios, Articles of Dross Fancy Work, and similar presents are con- tinually being refused, the senders having often spent more in Postage than would have paid the freight by s'eamer. 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 scuder. bas for sale, or of goods which he wishes to order. It is to consist of the smallest possible quantity compatible with showing what the goods Cabelder & Co., 1 are, and must have no intrinsic value.
To provide means of remitting small sums of money to or from this Colony and between the Porte of China and Japan, the Postmasters and Agents of this Office will in future be allowed (but not required) to purchase Hongkong Postage Stamps from foreign residente,
Between Hongkong and Shanghal, or Hongkong and Yokohama, however, in either direction, Money-Orders must be
used.
The Stampa tendered for sale must not exceed $60 in value, must be perfectly clean, in good condition, and in strips of at least two, as no separate Stamps will be parcbased. They must be presented per- Bonally or accompanied by a zote.
An impression appears to prevail that correspondence for the Mediterranean ata tions, Gibraltar, Malts, Cyprus, the Levant, Turkey, dro, can be forwarded only by British Packet. It can be forwarded aleo 1. All correspondenca posted before 5 Victoria will be delivered, the same day, generally arrives a week earlier than it purchasing if his public funds in hand are P.m. on any week day for addresses in by French Packet, and if no forwarded and generally within two hours, unless the delivery should be retarded by the Contract
Mails.
had been detained for the British Mail.
The Post Office is not, by law, responsible 2. Invitations, o, can generally «bo for any loss or inconvenience which may delivered within Victoria at the private
arise frem the non-delivery, min-sending, or mis-delivery of any letter, book, or other houses of the addressees rather than at places of business, if a wish to that effect be expressed by the sender, otherwise all-gistered), nor is the Post on packet here. correspondence is invariably delivered at for any injury which a packet may sustain Office responsible the nearest place of business. (See -Postal
during its transmission. Guide, par. 103.)
Each
4. Boxholders may also send Patterns to the same places in the same way. En- volopes containing Patterns may be wholly closed if the nature of the contents be first exhibited or stated to the Postmaster General, as he may consider necessary, and approved by him. Printed Circulars may be inserted in snob Pattern Packets.
A book-packet may contain any number of separate-books or other publications 8. Boxholders who desire to send Cireu (including printed or lithographed letters), lars, Dividend Warrants, Invitations, Cards, photographs (when not on glais or in cases, all of the same weight, to addresses in containing glass or any like substance), Hongkong, Bangkok, or the Ports of China. drawings, prints, or maps, and any quantity and Japan, may deliver them to the Post of paper, or any other substance in ordinary Office anstamped, the postage being then use for welting or printing upon; and the charged to the sender's account, batch must consist of at least ten." books or other publications, prints, maps, &c., may be either printed, written, en- graved, lithographed, or plain, or any mixture of these. Further, all legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of a book, do., or of a portion thereof, is allowed, whether such binding, &c. be loose or attached; as also rollere in the case of prints or maps, markers (whether of paper or otherwise) in the case of books, pens or pencils in the case of pocket-books, &c., and, in short, whatevor is necessary for the 1. Small Parools may, be sent by Post safe transmission of such articles, or usually between any of the British Port Offices in appertains thereto; but the binding, rollers, China or Japan, as well as to Macao, Pak- &o must not be sent as a separate packet. hoi, Singapore, Penang, and Malacca. Circulars,-i letters which are intend- They must not exceed the following dimen- ed for transmission in identical terms tosions, 2 feet long, 1 foot broad, 1 foot deep,' several persona, and the whole or the nor weigh more than 5lbs. The postage greater part of which is printed, engraved, will be 20 cents per lb,, which will include or lithographed,-may also be sent by Registration. The parcels may be wholly book post,
closed if they bear this special endorse. ment, PARCEL, CONTAINING NO LETTER, but any parcel may be opened by direction of the Postmaster General.
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 printed; nor any enclosure sealed or in any, way closed against inspection. If this rule be infringed, the entire packet is charged as a letter.
A book-packet may be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not be fastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, sealing wax, postage stamp, or otherwise) or in a cover entirely open at both ends, so as to admit of 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 Postmasters being authorised to cut 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. in weight, nor above 24 inches in length, 12 inches in width, or 12 inches in depth, unless it be sent to or from one of "the Government officer.
When, owing to a great and unusual influx of letters, books, etc., the transmis slon or delivery of the letters would be W. Indies (except as "above), Paraguay, delayed if the whole mail were dealt with without distinction, hook-packets may be kept back till the next despatch or delivery.
Fruguay :---
jetters,
Tewrpapers,
Books & Pattern",
Legistration,
b British & Union
30
34
8
8
8
Vest Indies only, Į
Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Fiji, Natal, Cape, St. Helens, Áscension,
Letters, by Contract Packet 24; by Pri- ate 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 Settle- ment, or between Hongkong, Fanton, and Macao, in either.
Letters,
Registration. Newspapers.
Bks. & Pitna.
"20 € JOJ
282 2 Between any other two of he following places (through) British Office) viz.-Hong- song, Macao, Ports of Obins nd Japan, Bangkok, Cochin) China, Tonquin, nd the Phi- ippines, by Private Ship, 4 8 2
Between the above by Con- ract Mail,
2
882
2
Any publication fulfilling the conditions ereafter named can pass as a newspaper.
The conditions are as follows - 1st. The publication ranat consist wholly r in great part of political or other news, r of articles relating thereto, or to other urrent topics, with or without advertise.
ents..
and. It must be published in numbers at atervals of not more than 31 days, and aust be printed on a sheet or shoots un
PATTERNS.
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 mere use as a pattern; and the quantity of any material sent ostensibly as a pattern must not be so 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 bona 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 articles sent by one private indivi- dual to another, which are not actual pat terns or samples, are not admissible.
Patterns or samples, when practicable, must be sent in covers open at the ends, and in such a manner sa to be easy of examination. Samples of seeds, drugs, and such like articles, which cannot be sent in covers of this kind, but such 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 seeds &c., in bags entirely closed, provided such clored bags are trans parent, so as to enable the Officers of the Post Office readily to satisfy themselves 28 to the nature of the contents.
There must be no writing or printing upon or in sny packet except the address of the person for whom it is intended, the ad. dress of the sender, à trade mark or num- ber, and the price of the articles.
The rule which forbids the transmission through the Post of any article likely to injure the contents of the Mail Baga or Boxes, or the person of any Officer of the Post Office is, of course, applicable to the Pattern Port; and a packet containing any thing of the kind will be stopped, and not sent to its destination. Articles such as the following have been occasionally posted as Patterns, and have been detained as unit for the Post, viz: Metal boxes, porce lain and Chine, fruit, vegetables, bunch
Local Parcel Post.
2. The following cannot be transmitted: Parcels insufficiently packed or protected, or liable to be crushed (as band boxes, &c.) Glass, Liquids, Explosive substar ces, Matches, Indigo, Dyestuffa, Ice, Meat, Fish, Game, Fruit, Vegetables, or whatever in dangerous to the Mails, or likely to be come offensive or injurious in transit.
B. 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 senders against any but a very remote pro- bability of loss,
4. The public are cautioned not to con found these facilities with a Parcel Post to Europe, &o, which does not exist.
To guard against such injury all postal packets which are likely to suffer from stamping or from great pressure should be placed in strong covers; and even with this precaution Lo 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 coures 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 A Postmaster may, to be made public. however, give an address if he has no reason to believe that the person whose address it is would disapprove of his doing 50.
Postmasters are not allowed to return any letter or other packet to the writer or sender, or to any one else, or to delay forwarding it to its destination according to the address, even though a request to such effect be
written thereon.
Postmasters are not bound to give change, nor are they authorised to demand change;. and when money is paid at a Post Ofice, 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 lettere or other packets for the public, bat they may do so if their duty be not thereby impeded.
The Postmaater or Agent may postpone not sufficient, and he will refuse to purchase in any case which appears doubtful or He is allowed to charge a suspicious. Commission of one per cent on all Stamps purchased,
Leta. Pep
17-
1
1 card Mangoot, M. Massey, Mr McCarton, Dr. 1bk McDonald, D. N.S
1. 1
1
1
Appolatodt, Atkins, J. R. Bavauclica, F. Bellanoiva, A. 1 Benitez, Julio L. 3 Benland, B. Boldert, Albert":1 Boyle, E. R. Bredzueider, T. 1- Brimlow, John 1 British Liopiro, 11 Proprietor of Buchanan, Wm.
Engineer Bulkley, Geo. E. 1
B.C.S.
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Messrs Carmo, Genovevá 1 Contes, J. E. 1, Comish, Robt., Condey, Charles 1 Cristoforis, Do Cune, J. M. Daniels, Thos. 2
Chns. Dare, Mys 3. W. 1 Davis, Quintin 1 Deering, Wm. B. 1 Downey,Thos.G. 1 Drewes, T. W. 1 Ennes, Jobu Fabris & Co.,
1
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Mossra Froscaen, M. N. 1 Gardner & Co. 1 George, Hyrapiel 1 George,
Wicchollteike j Graham, D. Grenning, S.G.|
Grinter, Walter 1 Haekorf,
Beaman
j1bk,
1 McGregor, Mias 1 McLeod,Edmund 1 Millar, W.- Morton & Co., 1
Mesare O'Brien, Timothy 1 Palmeira, Dolores 1 Phillips, RM. Pitcher, Chas. Å. 1.
Awing 1
Quang
Quong Wong 1 regd.
Gron
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Raonet, Moner. 3.1 Renodf, C. E. 1 Rizzo, Sigr. G. 1 Rochester, W. H.1 Ross, Thos. Ranso, Richard 1 Roza, Filomena 1 Rushbrook, A. 1 Rushton, E. H. 1 Santos, Marcelino1 Sherwood, Me I Shung Abyan
2 regd. Sidding, Miss
Saidis
Silva, Jose Fco. 1 Singleton, T. A. 2
Smith & Co., H. I
Smith, Thos. F. 9
Sobolkely, T.
1
3
Sorab, J..
Stanford, B. R« 1bk.
Summers, Harry 1
1
Sun Fat
1
Tan Beng-Tok
6
Tau Pak Chus: 1
Taylor, Wm. Kerr
1
Tay-fook, Mrs 1
Bernardo
Trannack, Rev.
4
Hartman, J.
1
Tsan Kow Sha 1 regd.
1
Van Branit, F. B.1
1
Warren, J. J.
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Weths, Cofis
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Wheeler, H. R. 1
Indemnity for the Loss of a Registered Letter. Hi Chuen Indemnity to be paid in certain cases on The following Regulations as to the the loss of Registered correspondence have been made by His Excellency the Governor under Ordinance 10 of 1876, Section XII.
The Post Office is not legally responsible for the safe delivery of Registered corres pondence, but henceforth it will be pre- pared to make good the contents of auch correspondence lost while passing through the Post, to the extent of $10, in certain cases, provided :-
1. That the sender duly observed all the conditions of Registration require.
2. That the letter was securely enclosed
in a reasonably strong envelope. Postmaster General of Hongkong im- 3. That application was made to the mediately the loss was discovered, the such application unless it also is lost. envelope being invariably forwarded with
4 That the Postmaster General is satis-
fied that the loss occurred whilst the corres pondence was in the custody of the British Postal administration in China, that it was not caused by any fault on the part of the gender, by destruction by fire, or shipwreck, or by the dishes.esty or negligence of any peraon not in the employment of the Hongkong Post Office.
5. No compensation can be paid for mere damage to fragile articles such as portraits, Watches, handsomely bound books, &c. which reach their destination, although in a broken or deteriorated condition.
Money Order Begulations, 1.-Money Orders on the United King dom and the Straits Settlements are issued at Hongkong, Shanghai and Yokobama. Shanghai and Yokohama also issue on Hongkong and vice versa,
the other Porta by means of Postage 2. Small soms may be remitted between
Stamps.
Johnston, & Co. 1 Joo Ho Liong 1 Khoo Bee Chong 1 Klovekorn, 1 card Williants, P. Knaepfer, Monsr. 1 Laurence, Miss 11
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Legg, John Cha. 3 Leonard,Clarencol Lilley, Copt, T. S. 1 Lofholm, N, Lone, J.
Lowe, S. S.
1
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Wing Chong
Photographer Winter, Mrs A. Rosalia, Woodford,
Wm. Woodliof, Miss
Lilia
Yam Kow
Lum Leo Fook 1 regd.Zaire, Monar. Lumley, J. 1
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Detained for Postage.
Koo Kum, shop
G. Y. M. G. A.
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Sandwich Islands
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11 bk.
1
1 letter 24 cents to pay.
For Merchant Ships.
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Lets. Pay.
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4 Jessie Jamieson 1
A. M. Simpson 2 Albyn's Ielo Alexa Alexander Yeats 8 Alice
Amethyst Annis Woston Aurora
James A. Borland1
Jessic McDonald S
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John G. Munro 1
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Belloner
Mad Cap
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Melbrek
3 Meninoù
Miriam
Benjamin Ayman? Bertie Biglow Black Watch Bua Caso Callao
Candace Canton Chinipă
Carry Wyman Celestial, s.s.
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The practice of sealing letters passing to and from the Hast and West Indies, and other countries with hot climates, with wax (except such as is specially prepared), is 3. Many Money Orders are supplied to Ceylon attended with much inconvenience, and residents at the smaller Ports in this way. Charity frequently with serious injory, not only to the letters go sealed but to the other latters An application for an order* is filled up, Charmer in the mail, from the melting of the wax and and is enclosed with a stamped, directed, City of Santi-
ago, 18. adhesion of the lettera to each other. The and unsealed envelope to the Postmaster at
The application Clara
Clara Babuyan I public are therefore recommended, in all the nearest issuing office. Buch cases, to use either wafers or gum, and must be accompanied with the full amount to advise their correspondents in the coun stamps, or other equivalent of sash, and a
(including commission) in cheque, postage Claverhouse, a.s. I
Clura tries referred to, to do the same.
Coldingham little margin should be left for variations
Como of exchange. The Postmaster issues the Coosinder, 6.9. order, sonds it on in the envelope, and Cores returns the change, if any, by first oppor- Coronilla tunity, with a receipt for the letter, if it Crossfield were to be registered, as it always should Crosshill be. Care should be taken to send these Drumclog applications in time, as the Money Order Edith Offices close some hours before the depar- E. M. Young. tures of the mails.
Mails exchanged viith Manila and Saigon,
The registration of a packet makes its The Philippine Islands being now admit- transmission much more secure, inasmuch ted into the General Postal Union, it fol-as, under ordinary circumstances, a regis- lows that all paid correspondence received tered packet can be traced through its whole from Manila in the mails will be delivered course; and thus the loss of a registered free by this Office, and that all paid oor-packet is a very rare occurrence. Neverthe respondence sent to Manila in the mails less large sums of money or other articles should be delivered free there.
of great value should not be sent through Article IX of the Pontal Treaty of Berne the post, even if the packet be registered; as provides that "Neither the senders nor the the machinery of the Department is not addressees of letters and other postal arranged with a view to such transmission. packets shall be called upon to psy, either By law, the Post Office is not responsible In the Country of Origin, or in that of for the safe delivery of registered packets; Destination, any tax or duty other than" though any officer who may neglect his the recognised rates levied (in the case of duty on this point will be called to strict Office. It is hoped that any extra charge, able articles are exposed to risk, and fer a paid correspondence) by the despatching account. Sent in unregistered letters, valu or apparently extra charge, will at once be temptation which ought not to be created; brought to the notice of the proper and the Department cannot in any way authorities, in either Colony.
The above does not apply in any to loose letters seat outside the mails, These will 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 exchanged between this Colony and Saigon, but it is believed it would be found in all cases that the lettora, &c., had been sent loose.
Any Foreign stamps on loose corre spondence are obliterated in this Office.
Indian Correspondènce, Unpaid Letters are not received for the Indian Mail Packets.
The Pre-payment of correspondence for the Straite, India, Ceylon, and Aden is com pulsory by whatever opportunity it is forwarded.
Registration to Bangkok. Ber Britannic Majesty's Consul General for Slam has been good enough to make arrangements by means of which correspon- dence can be Registered to Bangkok, at the usual charge of 8 cents.
Soldiers and Sailors' Letters. Privates in H. M. Army or Navy, Non- commissioned Officers, Army Schoolmas ters (not superintending or First Class) or
Schoolmistresses may send half-ounce letters
to the United Kingdom via Southampton
But not Warrant Officers, viz., Assistant Engineer, Gunner, Boatswain, or Carpenter.
undertake the safe conveyance-of such All inland or colonial letters, packets, therefore, which contain coin, and all inland 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 despatch. Even if the letter do not contain any article of intrinsic value, it should, if it be very Important, be registered.
Most countries to which 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.
4. No order, must exceed £10, or in- clude any fraction of a penny. Orders will be drawn at the current rate of the day! and paid at the rate of the day when the advice arrived.
The commission, is as follows:-
11
Elizabeth
Esmeralda Feeli
Excelsior
Madeira
Nardoo
Nabemiah Gibson4 Nettie Merryman 2 N. Boynton
•N. Pendelton
1 Orinoco
Pegasus, 5.9,
Pendragon
Petrel, s.s. Pilgrim
by
Tegd.
1
Penrith
Prosperity
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Sir Lancelot
1 Snordlen
Sourabaya Fanketi
1 Southern Cross 1
Spartan
Star of the South 1
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