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POST OFFICE . [ 1 of 1887.
PARCEL POST .
GERMAN
BRITISH PACKET , PACKET
Viâ London . Direct.
To . PROHIBITED CONTENTS .
0 to 2 to 6 to
0 to 7 or 11 lt .
2 lb. 6 lb. 11 lb.
$ c. $ c. $ c. $ 0.
1.70 Coins, arme, ammunition , medicines, plants,
Algeria and Corsica, $ 1.20 vines, gold, silver, jewellery , lace.
Austro - Hungary, 1.10 1.60 1.20 ( 11 lb.) Letters. Lottery tickets.
Azores, Is., 1.20 1.20 Letters. Coins, tobacco, vines , plants.
Belgium , 1.00 1.50 )
1.10
2.00 1.20 (11tb .) Letters
Letters.. Fire -arms, tobacco.
Beyrout, 0.70 1.50
Letters. Lottery tickets, coins, arms, am
...
Bulgaria, 1.00 1.30
munition , tobacco, plants, vínes, drugs.
Cameroons, 1.10 1.10
Congo Free State, .... 1.10 1.30 1.60 Letters.
**
Constantinople , S ... 1.00 2.20 3.80
Costa Rica ,..... 0.90 1.19 2.10 Letters . Arms .
Danish West Indies,... 0.70 1.20 1.70 Letters.
Denmark , 1.10 1.60 1.20 (11 tb .) Letters. Lottery tickets and prospoctuses.
France, 1.00 1.50 1.20 (7 lb.)
1.70 Letters, arms, ammunition , tobacco ,plants,
French Colonies , I S ... 1.40 vines, gold , silver, jewellery , lace,
Letters. Plants with roots, vines or parts
...
Germany, 1.00 1.30 1.10 (11 tb .) of vines, socialistic books,
Heligoland , 1.10 1.60
Holland , . 1.00 1.50 2.00 1.20 (11lb.) Letters.
Italy $ (riâ France ), 1.10 1.60 Letters. Tobacco, vines or parts of vines,
arms, chemical compounds, rags.
Luxemburg, 1.00 1.50 2.00 1.20 (11 Ib .) | Letters .
Madeira , . 1.00 1.00 Letters. Coins, tobacco, vines, plants.
Norway, 1.00 1.50 2.00 1.50 ( 11 tb .) Letters .
Portugal (ria Lisbon ), 0.90 0.90 1.50 (7 lb.) Letters . Coins, tobacco , vines, plants.
Servia , 0.90 1.10 Letters. Vines.
Smyrna , 1.00 2.20 3.80 Lotters. Materials for gunpowder, plante,
arms, tobacco.
Spain , $ 1.00 1.00 1.10 (7 lb.) Letters. Arms, ammunition , books, maps,
plants, rosaries , relics, plants .
Sweden , 1.00 1.70 1.50 (7 lb.) Letters. Gold , silver, drugs.
Switzerland , 1.10 1.60 1.20 ( 11 fb .) Letters,
& Parcels must not exceed 2 ft . in length, or 4 ft. in length and girth combined.
1 Diego Suarez, French Guiana,Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia , Nossi-Bé, Réunion , S. Marie de Madagas
car , Senegal, Tripoly Tunis .
** Parerls not exceeding 6 lb. in weight can be sent at the same rates to the Austrian and French Post offices in Turkey, in .
formation as to which can be had on application .
1.-Parcels must not exceed 2 feet in length , breadth, or depth. Those intended for
the German packet must be so directed .
2. - Each parcel must be scaled in such a way as to render it impossible that it should
be opened without detection. The sender must supply a declaration of the nature, value,
and pet weight of the contents, and of the gross weight of the parcel .
3.- A small charge, not exceeding six cents, may be made for Custom House purposes
on the delivery of the parcel. Except Customs dues, this is the only charge the addressee
will have to pay.
GENERAL Rcles.- Parcels must be posted before 3 P... on the working day next before the departure of the
packet. A receipt will be given for each . A declaration of contents and value is reqnired,
except for the places the names of which are printed in italies. The firm is supplied
free. Parcels may be sealed , but any parcel, even though sealed, is liable to be opened
for examination . Dangerous or perishable goods, opium , articles likely to injure the
mails, liquids (unless securely packed ) and fragile packages are prohibited. No parcel
must exceed $ 250 in value. A parcel may contain a letter to the same address as that
of the parcel itself ( except in cases where enclosure of letters is prohibited ) or another
parcel to that address, but no other enclosure. Declarations of contents must be complete
and accirate. Everything in the parcel should be entered, False declarations expose
the parcel to the risk of confiscation.
GENERAL POST OFFICE , HONGKONG, 15TH APRIL , 1888.