906 [ 1 of 1887. ] POST OFFICE .
PARCEL POST .
Postage
Limit
weight
of
tb r
.pe
Prohibited
.
To Limit of Size. Contents.
16. cts.
5 2 ft. by 1 ft .,
Ilongkong, China , Japan, Corea , Siam , 11 Opium .
by I ft.
Straits Settlements, Burmah , Ceylon , India, 11 15 Do., and not omaller Do.
than 3 in. by 2 in ..
by 2 in.
Malta ,........ ( Direct), ... 11 20 ......
3 ft . 6 in . long,
or 6 ft . in great
Gibraltar, ...... .........do. 11 20 ert length and Arms .
girth combined .
Tobacco , except for per
United Kingdom, riâ Gibraltar only ,... 11 25
sonal use. Copyright
Books.
Africa , West Coast, I ... (viâ London ), 11 35 Do.
Ascension ,...... .........do. , 11 50 Do. Specie or ostrich
feathers.
Bahamas Is, ........do. 11 50 Do.
British Guiana, .......do ., 11 50 Do.
British Honduras, ....do ., 11 50 Do.
Cape Colony, ... do .. 7 * 50 Do, Letters .
Cyprus , ..do., ..... 11 55 Do. Coins, Tobacco.
Egypt, ... ..do. , 11 50 Do. Letters, Arms, and
Ammunition ,
Natal , ..do., 7 70 Do. Letters, Gold or Silver
ostrich feathers.
Newfoundland , ..do. ..... 11 70 Do.
St. Helena, .........do. , 11 50 Do. Books copyright in the
United Kingdom .
Arms. Munitions of
Tangier, ..... .........do. , 11 50 Do.
War, Tobacco , Opium
pipes.
South Australia, ..(viâ Ceylon ), 11 30 Do. Letters.
Do. Letters, wines , opium ,
Victoria ( Australia ), ........ .........do ., 11 30 spirits, tobacco .
Western Australia, ..do. , ...... 11 30 Do. Letters,
Windward and Leeward Is.,ti
Barbados, Trinidad , (vià London), 11 50 Do.
Canada, 3
Jamaica,
..do ..
........do ., 11
5700 |%2 ft . by 1 ft . ,
50
1 ft.
2 ft . long , or 4 ft . in Letters.
length and girth
combined
* To Cape Town itself, 111).
+ Antigun Montserrat, S. Kitts, Nevis, Dominica, Virgin I .; Grenada, St. Lucia , S. Vincent, Tohngo.
* AndIndian Offices, viz .; Aden , Bagdad, Ban er Abas ,Burah, Bushire, Guadur, Jask, Kashmir, Linga, Muscat, Zanzibar.
Accra , Bathhurst, Cape Coast Castle, Lagos, Quittah , Sierra Leone.
1.-To the UNITED KINGDOM AND PLACES BEYOND.- Parcels are forwarded by P. & 0.
packet only, and arrive in London about 8 days later than the Mail. No further charge
is made on delivery except for customs dues.
Duties in the United Kingdom .
Cigars , 6/0 per 1b . Silver plate 16 per oz . Troy = 1,8 per oz , avoir .
Gold plate . 17,0 per oz. Troy = 15,9 per oz. aroir. Tea 60. per tb .
No duties are charged on Watches, Jewellery, Personal Ornaments, nor on any gold or
silver articles not describable as Plate. Plate, however, includes such articles as Silver
Match Boxes, Cigar Cases, Mounts for Sticks, Studs, Buttons Buckles, and Pelts or
Necklets under certain conditions. Duties cannot be prepaid by the sender.
2.–TO INDIA. —By P. & 0. and Indian Mail packets only.
3.-TO AUSTRALIA.- By P. & 0. packet riâ Ceylon only .