No. 5086.-OCTOBER 25, 1879,}
POSTAL RATES; [Subjoined we give the postal rates ow in force for transmission of corre ondence to all parts of the world, etailed rules affecting the tranėmis- in of packets, parcels, &c., will be and annexed, together with a number miscellaneous and useful notices.]
Srd.. The full title and date of publication must be printed at the top of the first page, and the whole or part of the title and the date of publication at the top of every subsequent page; and this regulation applies to Tables of Contents and Indicea.
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 plece or pieces of paper, unstitched; or wholly or in part of- engravings, prints, or lithographs Illustra tive of artioles in the newspaper. The supplement must in every case be published with the newspaper, and must have the printed at the top of every page; or, if it consists of engravings, priata, or lithographs, at the top of every sheet or side.
ongkong Rates of Postage. title and date of publication of the newspaper
(Revised April 4th, 1879. j In the following Statements and Tables Rates are given in cents, and are, for tters, per half ounce, for Books and tterns, per two ounces, Newspapers over four ounces in weight charged as double, treble, &, as the e may be, bat such papers or packets of pere may be sent at Book Rate. Two wspapers must not be folded together as , nor must anything whatever be inserted Printed cept bona fide Supplements. tter may, however, be enclosed, if the ole be paid at Book Rate, Pricea Car- it may be paid either as Newspapers or
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A packet containing two or more newe- 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.
Every newspaper must be posted either without a cover (in which case I must not bo fastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, sealing wax, postage stamp, or otherwise) or in a cover entirely open at both ends, so as to admit of easy removal for examination. If this rule be infringed
the newspaper is treated as a letter. Commercial Papers signify such papers Every newspaper must be so folded, as though Written by Hand, do not bear to admit of the title being readily in character of an actual or personal correspected. ndence, such as invoices, deeds, copied A1, &c. Any of them in a Book Packet ose it to the higher charges stated be The sender of any Registered Article accompany it with a Return Receipt paying an extra fee of 4 cenia. The limit of weight for Books and Com rcial Papers to Foreign Fost Offices is . Patterns for such offices are limited 8 ounces, and must not exceed these
No packet of newspapers may be above ensions: 8 inches by 4 inches by 26 lbs. in weight, nor above two feet in length, one foot in width, nor one in depth, N.R. means No Registration.
A newspaper or packet of newspapers which contains any enclosure except mp- plements in charged as a letter, unless the anclosure 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.
ben.
Countries of the Postal Union, The Union may be taken to comprise rope, meat foreign possessions in Asis, an, W. Africa, Egypt, Mauritius, all America, Mexico, Salvador, Chili, azil, Peru, the Argentine Republic, haica, Trinidad, Guisas, Honduras, all Danish, muda, Labuan, noh, Netherlands, Portuguese and inish Colonies.
with
Countries NOT in the Union-The chief entries not in the Union are the Aue
naian Group.
Postage to Union Countries. Jeneral Rates, by any route :-
ters,
t. Carda,
fistration, тврарега,
8 cents per h oz. 8 cours each.
8 cents.
2 cents esob.
oks and Patterns, 2 cents per 2 oz. mmercial Papers, 6 cents per 4 oz. Exceptional rates, to the United King and Upton Countries served through United Kingdom sia Brindisi only
12 cents per oz.
ters,
t Cazda,
Listration, spapers,
5 cents each.
B cents.
4 cents each,
ka and Patterns, 4 cents per 2 oz. mercial Papers, 8 cents per 4 oz. There is no charge on redirected corre ndence within the Postal Union:
Postage to Non-Union Countries. Aspinwall (N.R.), Bahamas, Cuatemala Hayti (N.), New Granada (N.R), 2810a (N.B.), and Venezuela (2.3.):-
tarn, gistration,
Fia San Via S.Hampton Via Francisco, or Narscities. Brindus
31 30..
12 None.
. 8
8
4
6
spapers,
ks & Patterns, 6
8
Solivia, Costa Rica (..),
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.
A book-packet may contain any number of separate books or other publications (including printed or lithographed lettere), photographs (when not on glass or in cakes containing glass or any like substance), drawings, prints, or maps, and any quantity of paper, or any other substance in ordinary ase for writing or printing upon; and the books or other publications, prints, maps, &e, 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, de, or of a portion thereof, is allowed, whether such binding, dra be loose or attached; as also rollers in the case of prints or mape, markers (whether of paper or otherwise) in the case of books, pens or pencils in the case of pocket books, &o., and, in short, whatever is necessary for the safe transmission of such articles, or usually appertains thereto; but the binding, rollers, & must not be sent as a separate packet.
Dirculars, ie, letters which are intend- ed for transmission in identical terms to several persons, and the whole or the greater part of which is printed, engraved, or lithographed,may also be sent by book post.
.
But a book-packet may not contain any letter, or communication of the nature of a letter (whether separate or otherwise), unless it be a ofroniar-latter 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.
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A book-packet may be posted either without a cuver (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, Ecuador, 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,
3.), Nicaragua (NE):~
ters,
20
30
34
wspapers,
4
4
6
ke & Patterns, 13
8
istration,
8
None.
Lawaiian Kingdom
ters,
12
istration,
vapapers,
None.
·4**
12. Nona,
16
None.
ks & Patterns, 6*
4 6
B
*
No book-packet may be above 5 lbs. None. 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 offices.
When, owing to a great and unusual foflax of letters, books, ato, the transmis Blon or delivery of the letters would be V. Ladies (except as above), Paraguay, delayed if the whole mall were dealt with guay-
without distinction, book-packets may be kept back till the next despatch or delivery. tern,
spapers,
ka & Pattern,
istration,
80
34
8
8
8
8
ritish & Union || st Indies only, ustralia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Fiji, al, Cape, St. Helena, Ascension, etters, by Contract Packet 24; by Fri- Ship 12, Registration, 8; Newspapers, Books and Patterns, 4.
A small extra charge is made on delivery,
CAL AND TOWN POSTAGE,
ithin any Town or Bettle
dr between Hongkong, ob, and Macao, in aither tojan tween any other two of Following laces (through itlah (silice) viz. :--Hong- Macao, Forts of Chins
Jayan, Bangkok, Cochin
a, Tonquin, and the Phi
Letters
Registration. Newspapers
Bka, & Pitns,
Per 2 oz.
282 2
oba, by Private Ship.............. 4 82 3 etween the above by Con-
Mail.
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by publication fulfilling the conditions Iter named can pain as a newspaper.
e conditions are as follows'tems
The publication must consist wholly great part of political or other news, artiales relating thereto, or to other at Sopios, with or without advertise
It must be published in numbers at
is of not more than 81 days, and
be printed on a sheet or aloeta une
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 mereuse as a pattern; and the quantity of any material sont ostensibly as a pattern muat not be so great that it can fairly be considered as having on this ground an intrinsic value,
THE CHINA MAIL.
of flowers, cuttings of plants, spurs, knives, soissors, needles, pins, pieces of ranchinery. sharp pointed instruments, samples of metals, samples of ore, samples in glass botiles, pieces of glass, acids of various kinds, curry combe, copper and steel en- graving plates, and confectionery of all kinds,
Such articles as scissors, knives, razors, forks, steel pene, nails, keys, watch macbi nezy, metal tubing, pieces of metal or oro, provided that they be packed and guarded in so secure a manner as to afford complete protection to the contents of the mail bags and to the Officers, of the Post
Office, while at the same time they may be easily examined, may be sent as samples. Indigo cannot be sent to any place.
by British Packet, for one penny; or viâ Brindisi by British Packet for three-pence. Hongkong stampa 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
2. 11 from a Soldier er Sailor, his class double lettere are allowed. or description must be stated in full on the letter, and the commanding Officer must sign bie same, with name of Regi- ment, or Ship, dc., in full
6. If to a Soldier or Sailor, his class or description must be stated in full, with name of Regiment, or Ship, de, in full.
Mails for the United Kingdom, dc. by
French Packet.
Under instructions from the London
To provide the greatest possible facilities for posting Correspondence for Europe, dre, up to the latest moment before the departure of the French Packets, arrange Post Office, the Mails for the United King mants have been made for receiving at the dom which have hitherto been forwarded Post Office late letters-except there to
vin Marseilles, will henceforth be forwarded und through Australia-from 11.10. tová Naples, on it is understood that a gain 11.80 A.M. Each letter must bear a late fee of twelve hours results from the adoption
of 18 cents extra postage.
A similar supplementary Mall is made up for Shanghai by the English and French Contract Steamers, the late letters being receivedfrom 10 minutes after, up to half an hour after the time of closing The late fee is also 18 cents.
Miscellaneous Notices.
Local Delivery.
1. All correspondence 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,
Invitations, de, 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 is invariably delivered at the nearest place of business. (See Fostal Guide, par. 103.)
of this route.
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POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Unclaimed Oorrespondence,
October 24, 1879.
PARCELS-The public is reminded that, there is no such thing as Parcel Post to Europe, &c. Much trouble and disap pointment is caused by persistent attempts to send small valuable trifles through the Pont. Fana Curios, Articles of Dress Fancy Work, and similar presents are con tinually being refused, the senders having often spent more in Postage than would. No 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 Barker, G. in obtaining a general understanding of Barros, E. what is a Pattern. It is a bond fide sample Beaton, J. of goods which the sender has for sale, or
of goods which he wishes to order. It is to consist of the smallest possible quantity compatible with the wing what the goods are, and must have no intrinsic value.
To provide means of remitting small tams of money to or from this Colony and between the Ports of China and Japan, the Postmasters and Agents of this Office will in future be allowed (but not required) to purchase Hongkong Postage Stamps from foreign residents.
Between Hongkong and Shanghat, or Hongkong and Yokohama, however, in either direction, Money-Orders must be used.
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 Lnited Kingdom by French Packet will be sent viâ Naples, even though marked vià Marseilles.
The Stamps tendered for sale must not An impression appears to prevail that exceed $50 in value, must be perfectly correspondence for the Mediterranean sta- clean, in good condition, and in strips of at tions, Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, the Levant, least two, as no separate Stamps will be Turkey, c., can be forwarded only by purchased. They must be presented per- british Packet. It can be forwarded alsoonally or accompanied by a note, by French Packet, and if so forwarded generally arrives a week earlier than if it had been detained for the British Mail
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The Post Office Is not, by law, responsible for any loss or inconvenience which may arise from the non-delivery, mis-sending, or mis-delivery of any letter, book, or other Postal packet (even if the packet be re- gistered), nor is the Post Office responsible for any jury which a packet may sustain during its transmission.
To guard against such injury all poatal 8. Boxholders who desire to send Circu-packets which are likely to suffer from lars, Dividend Warrauts, invitations, Carde, stamping or from great pressure should be de, all of the same weight, to addremnes in
placed in strong covers; and even with this Hugkung, Bangkok, or the Ports of his precaution to fragile article should be sent and Japan, may deliver them to the Post through the Post. It should be remembered Office unstamped, the postage being then that every packet has to be handled several
Bach charged to the sex dur'e account.
times; that it is exposed to considerable baich must consist of at least ten.
pressure and friction in the mail bag; and that, whenever the bag has in the course of its transmission to be transferred by means of the railway apparatus, the risk of injury is much increased.
4 boxholders may also send Patterns to the same places in the same way. En velopes containing Fatterns may be wholly closed if the nature of the contente be first exhibited or stated to the Postmaster General, as he may consider necessary, and approved by him. Printed Circulars may be inserted in such Pattern Packs,
Local Parcel Post.
No information can be given respecting letters which pass through a Post Office except to the persons to whom they are addressed; and in no other way is official information of a private character allowed to be made public. 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.
Postmasters are not allowed to return any
1. Small Parcels may be sent by Post between any of the British Fost ffices in China or Japan, as well as to Macao, tak hoi, Singapore, Penang, and Malaoca. They must not exceed the following aimen-letter or other packet to the writer or sender, sions, 2 feet long, 1 foot broad, 1 foot deep, or to any one else, or to delay forwarding. nor weigh more than 5lbs. The postage it to its destination according to the address, will be 20 cents per ib., which will include even though a request to such effect be Kegistration. The parcels may be wholly written thereon. clúsed if they bear this special endorse- ment, PARCEL, CONTAINING NO LXTTEE, but any parcel may be opened by direction of the Postmaster General.
2. The following cannot be transmitted: Parcela.insufficiently packed or protected, or liable to be crushed (as bandboxes, &c.) Glass, Liquids, Explosive substauces, Matches, Indigo, Dyestuffs, loe, Meat, Fish, Game, Fruit, Vegetables, or whatever is dangerous to the Mails, or likely to be come offensive or injurious in transit.
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 qustion so to its right amunt, 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.
Allen, E. L. B. Arder, H. M. Atack; Mypan Ayoon Azavedo, Joko
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Burcdehurst,
Leta. Fay.
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Lots, Pag.
1 Marques Argustel
1 regd.Massey, Mr.
1 regd.MoCartee, Dr. 1.bk
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MoDuer, Mrs
Moran, B.
Moreno, C.
Murphy, P.
8 Nicolas BorDiego 1
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Nielson, F. C. 1 O'Brien, Timothy I $1
Septimus Beakmann, Carl i card Ormiston, Botta, Moner. Bourbon, Chas. 1 card Percy, Wm. Jas. 1
1
Braithwaite, Capt. Bratsberg, Olaf 0.2. Brooks, Mrs Jennie
Brown, John
Richard, of Shanghai
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1 Petussi, 0. N. 1 Phillips, R. M. 1
Plantero, Sr. Jasul· Poyed, Martaid: 1 Quen-Yee-Gee 1 rogdi regd.Quong Wong
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A. B. Cararo, Sig. E. Carlson, C. Ching (Seaman) 1 Colby, Mes Connor, Capt.
J. W. Conleon, A. C. M.2 Dent & Overbeck 1 Descamps, Mons. 1 Digby, Fred...... 1 Emmanuel, J. M. Er-Ges-Lee, Rev.1 Fernandes, David 1 The Postmaster or Agent may postpone Frannusich, G. 1 purchasing if his public funds in hand are Gayer, May not sufficient, and he will refuse to purchase Gi Goumn in any case which appears doubtful or Giles, H.
He is allowed to charge a Gusdinger, suspicious. Commission of one per cent on all: Stamps purchased.
Indemnity for the Loss of a Registered Letter, The following Begulations as to the Indemnity to be paid in certain cases on the loss of Registered correspondence have been made by His Excellency the Governor under Ordinance 10 of 1878, Section Xil
The Post Office is not legally responsible for the sate delivery of Registered corres pondence, but henceforth it will be pro pared make good the contents of such correspondence lost while passing through the Post, to the extent of $10, in certain cases, provided :-
1, hat the sender duly observed all the conditions of Registration requiro.
has the latter, was scourely enclosed in a resoruly strong envelopse:
3. That applicataon was made to the Postmaster General of Hongkong - mediately the loss was discovered, envelope being invariably forwarded with Buon application unless it also:19 lust,
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4. That the Postmaster. Generalis Batie fed that the loss occurred whilst the corres pondence was in the cnatody of the British Postal administratava in China, that it was not caused by sup fault on the part of the Bunder, by destruction by fire, or whipwreck, nur by the disno esty or megligence of any person not i the employment of the Hongkong Post Office,
6. Nu compensation can be paid for mere damage to fragile articles such as portraits,
which reach their destination, al.bongo m Watches, handsomely boned books, &., a bruken or deteriorated condition.
Money Order Regulations. L-Money Orders on the United King- dom and the Straits Settlements are issued at Hongkong, Shanghai and Yokohama. Shanghai and Yokohama also issue on Hongkong and vice verBOS,
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8 Sobelkely, T.
Bonenblick, J. M.2 Sarab, J. Spence, W.
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regd.Thistedt, T.
Thorse, M. M. 1 19 Tong Xiang 1 regdi
1 Van Branit, F. B. 1
Grossberger & Co.2 Hass, Alexander 1 Habel, Fean Hinnes, A.(seamar) Bausen, J. A. Harris, W. Heo Heng Henderson, Misi M. Horn, Samuel 1 Jager & Co. Johnson, J. J. 1 Kong Woh Sing 1 regd. Kuipers, T. H. I Lake, W.,
Engineer
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Detained for Postage.
Koo Kum, shop
G. Y. M. G, A. Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
1
1 letter 24 cents to pay.
For Merchant Ships.
Adam M.Simpsonl Aiksliant Alexa
Annie Weston Augaste Bathlor
Jane Avery
Jessie MoDonald Jules Dufaure
1
Kvik
Leta. Pap.
Lew. Pay1
1 Italia, 8.8.
Jan Niclason
1
Alexander Newton Alice
1
Kaisow
Anna Sophia
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Karo, 6.8.
1
Kim Yong Tye
1
2
Lancashire Witchl
1
Lily
1
Loter
1
Lucia
2
Mad Cap
2
Martha Davis
1
Monte Rosa
1
Moses B. Tower 1
Candace
1
Nettie Morryman 2
2
N. Boynton
1 regd.
10
N. Pendeltou
1
1
Orinoco
1
1
Patterdale, s.s.
1. Pegasus, 5.8.
14
8 Pendragon
8
Petrel, 8.5.
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1
Pompery.
1
Prima Donna
1
Prosperity
3
2
1 Queen Punia
1
Rifleman
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Beandtha Belloner Belted Will 6. Parcels will as a general rule be for warded by Private Ship, not by Contract and from the East and West Indies, and The practice of realing letters passing to
2.-Small Bure may be remitted between Benjamín Ayman1
Bus Cano the other Forts by means of Postage
Callao Mail Packet. The Post Office reserves the
other countries with hot climates, with wax
Stampe. right of selecting the opportunity for trans-(except such as is specially prepared), is
3.-Many Money Orders are supplied to Ceylon mission, and of delaying delivery in case attended with much inconvenience, and residents at the amuller Ports in this way. Charity the number of parcels is Buck as to retard frequently with serious injury, not only to other correspondence. No responsibility the letters so sealed but to the other letters An application for an order is filled up, Chinaman is accepted with regard to any parcel, but the system of Registration will secure that in the mail, from the melting of the wax and and is enclosed with a stamped, directed, Cholae
adhesion of the letters to each other. The and unsealed envelope to the Postmaster at senders against any but a very remote pro- public are therefore recommended, in all the nearest issuing offies. The application Clan Alpine bability of loss;
auch cases, to use either wafers or gum, and must be accompanied with the full amount 4. The public are cautioned not to conto advise their correspondents in the coun (including commission) in cheque, postage found these facilities with & Parcel Post to tries referred to, to do the same.
stamps, or other equivalent of cash, and a little margin should be left for variations Colwyn Europe, &, which does not exist,
Mails exchanged with Manila and Saigon. The registration of a packet makes its The Philippize Islands being now admit-transmission much more secure, inasmuch ted into the General Postal Union, it folas, 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 courae; and thus the loss of a registered free by this office, and that all pad cor packet is a very rare occurrence. Neverthe respondence sent to Macila in the mails les large sums of money or other articles of great value should not be sent through should be delivered free there.
Article IX of the Postal 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 addresses of letters and other postal arranged with a view to such transmission, packets shall be called upon to pay, either By law, the Post Office is not re ponsible 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. hia the recognised rates levied (in the case of duty on this point will he called to strict paid correspondens) by the dispatching account. Sent in unregistered letters, valu- office. It is hoped that any extra charge, able articles are exposed to risk, and 4-ffer a or apparently extra charge, will at once be temptation which ought not to be created
and the Department. cannot in any way
Pattern and Sample Post to colonies and brought to the notice of the proper undertake the safe conveyance of such
foreign countries is restricted to bond fide trade patterns or simples 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 actuak pat- terns or samples, are not admissible.
authorities, in either Colony,
Al in and or colonial lettere,
· The above does not app.y in any to loose
packeta. letters sent outside the mails, These will therfore, which entain coin, and all always be charged on arrival in Hongkong inland letters which contain watches.or and probably the Manila Uffice will adopt jewellery, even though they be posted without registration, are treated as register. the same course,
Complaints are sometimes received ofed, and charged on delivery with a double registration fee of eightpence in addition to extra charges or correspondence exchanged the ordinary postage; and any such letters believed it would be found in all cases that forwarded by the Mail for which they are between this Colony and Saigon, but it in which cannot be registered in time to be the letters, &c., had been sent loose.
posted are detained for the next despatch. Any Foreign stamps on loose corre. Even if the letter de not contain any article spondence are obliterated in this Office.
of intrinsic value, it should, if it be very important, be registered,
must be sent in covers open at the ends, Patterns or samples, when practicable, and in such a manner as to be easy of examination, Samples of seeds, drugs, and such like art cles, which osunot be sent in ouvers of this kind, but such articles only, may be posted enclosed in boxes, or baga of linen or other material, fastened in such manner that they may be readily opened; or, in the case of soede &c., in bags entirely closed, provided enek olosed bags are trans parent, so as to enable the Officer of the Post Office readily to satisfy themselves as forwarded.
to the nature of the contents.
There must be no writing or printing upon or in any packet except the address of
Indian Correspondence. Unpaid Letters are not received for the Indian Mail Packets.
the Straits, India, Ceylon, and aden is com
The Pre-payment of dorrespondence for pulsory by whatever opportunity it is
Registration to Bangkok,
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General
the person for whom it is intended, the ad- for: Slam has been good enough to make dress of the sender, a trade mark or num arrangements by means of which correspon ber, and the price of the articles.
The rule, which torbide the transmission dence can be Registered to Bangkok, at the through the Post of any article likely to usual charge of 3 cents. Injure the contents of the Mail Bage or Boxes, or the person of any Officer of the
Soldiers and Bailors' Letters,
Post Office is, of course, applicable to the Privates in H. M. Army or Navy, Non- Pattern Posts and a packet containing any commissioned Officers,* Army Baboolmas thing of the kind will be stopped, and not ters (not superintending or First Class) or sent to its destination. Articles such a Schoolmistresses may send half-ounce letter the following have been comafonally posted
as Patterns, and have been detained as to the United Kingdom via Southampton
undt for the Post, vis: Metal boxes, poros
But not Warrant Offlors, vis,, Assistant lata and China, fruit, vegetables, bunskes - Engineer, Gunnar, Boatswain, or Carpenter,
Most countries to which Hongkong for wards Correspondence baving joined the about to do so, it is necessary that the General Postal Union or being probably following rules be strictly observed.
1. No Letter or Packet, whether to be registered or u registered, can be received for Postage if it contains gold or silvermoney, a general rule, is liable to Customs jewels, precious articles, or anything that, duties.
2. This Regulation prohibits the sending of Patterns of dutiable articles, unless the quantity sent belco small as to make the sample of no value.
8. The limits of weight allowed sro sa fallons —
Books and Paperto British Offers, 6 lbs. 1 to the Coniluent, dol Patterns to British Officen. 6 Ibu. if with
out intrinale valuej to the Continent, dra, B on,
Christian
Clearossa:
Clarn
Coldingham
of exchange. The Postmaster issues the Cosladar, B.R. 1 order, sends it on in the envelope, and Corea returns the change, if any, by first oppor- Crossfield tunity, with a receipt for the letter, if it Crosshill were to be registered, as it always should Edith bo. Care should be taken to send these Edward Barrow 1 applications in time, as the Money Order E. M. Young
Fiery Cross Offices close some hours before the depar- Feratower, 6.5. tures of the mails.
4.No order minst exceed $10, or In
Orders will clude any fraction of a penny. 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:-
Orders on the United Kingdom.
18-cents. Up to £2....
*
11
"
...... 54, £10. 72 **
1
Primus
1 Pym
-Rover of the Seas &
Sir Lancelot Sophie
Sunbeam, a.5, Spartan
Thingvalla, 8.8.
Three Brothers
1 Tung Ting
Undaunted
Freeman Gauntlet Gitanilla
B
Stant
1
Syria, 8.5,
Glauduiving Gol
1
1
Golwyn Hattie N. Bangs
1
1
Hattie E. Tapley 5
Haze
2
Vesuvina
Hazel Holme
Haselhurst
..... 8
Wero
Woollahra
Undine
Vanguard
Henry A. Paul 1 Yorktown
Hermins Howden
Local Money Orders (including Straits Aris Settisments),
+
:
19
Frolio Midge
Iron Duke
Caffaro.
2 Zephyr
1 Zouava
For H. M. Ships, &c.
Lets, Pap
2 Stenchi
Theta Zeta
Leta, Pap
Up to $25............15 cents.
50.. .......30 5.-Lists of boney Order Offices in the United Kingdom may be consulted at
when there is more than one Christian Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yokohama.
6. Names must be given in full texcept name) but the name of the Payes need not
Books, etc, without Covers. be given if the order be crossed (as cheques are crossed). It can then be paid only Alstadische Optische & Co.'s p, te through a Bank, and may afterwards be Army and Navy Gazette. specially crossed to any Bank.
7.-No order can be paid till the Payee Cipekoza (Buscian),
A Durant & Co.'s Public Sale. have signed it in the proper plaas. on payment of an additional commission. Epoo order on be transferred to another office Ekkehard. In case of loss of an order, neovasity for Evana Bons & Co.'s Price Currant, stopping payment, or the like, application Familien Register
Fanfulle Order Offi & for instructions,
be charged, if not within twelve months, Gatanlanbe.
B.If the order be not presented within Frejs. air months an additional commission will Friend of India.
Gacstta de Madrid. the money will be forfeited. When the Herman Aarons (Cards). order is once paid no further claim can be Highlander. entertained.megas
Beate Bepubligne. Marine Verordaungs Blatt. Movimento. Nemameron People's Friend. Becard.
abould be made to the nearest Money Field.
|: 9—No order can be paid until the advice
relative to it has been received.
* Muda cui on a printed form which is supplied
gratise
Register der Abbeldm
+ Losal Orders on Ehangbal are drawn at 5 par Roslan Fashion Paper cons, premium in all cases. A Ized dol. | Bample of Cotton lar rate for drawing on the United King. Yerismsing -- dom la la foros at Bhangbai,