2086 ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1887.
Post Office.
PARCEL POST.
Postage
Limit
weight
of
per
it
.
To Limit of Size. Prohibited Contents.
.
lb. cents.
Hongkong, China, Japan, Corea, Siam, ... 11 5 2 ft. by 1 ft., by Opium.
1 ft.
Straits Settlements, Burmah, Ceylon, India,‡ 11 15 Do., and not smaller Do.
than 3 in. by 2 in.,
by 2 in.
2221
Malta, ....... ...( Direct) , ...| 11 20
Gibraltar,...... ........ do. , ...... 11 20 3 ft. 6in. long, or 6 ft. Arms.
in greatest length
and girth combined.
United Kingdom, viâ Gibraltar only,... 11 25 Tobacco, except for person
al use. Copyright Books.
Africa, West Coast , ¶ ............ (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
222228 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
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United Kingdom.
Tangier, ..... do., ...... 11 50 Do. Arms, Munitions of War,
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Tobacco, Opium pipes.
South Australia, ........ ....(viâ Ceylon) , 11 30 Do. Letters.
………………. do. ,
Victoria (Australia) ,…………………………………………… 11 30 Do. Letters, wines, opium,
spirits, tobacco.
Western Australia , ..... do. , 11 30 Do. Letters.
Windward and Leeward Is. , (viâ London), 11 Do.
50
Barbados, Trinidad,
Canada, .......... do., ...... 3 70 2 ft. by 1 ft., by
1 ft.
Jamaica, ...... ………….. do., ...... 11 50 2 ft. long, or 4 ft. in Letters.
length and girth
combined.
To Cape Town itself, 11b. + Antigua, Montserrat, S. Kitts, Nevis, Dominica, Virgin Is.; Grenada, S. Lucía, S. Vincent, Tobago.
* And Indian Offices, viz.; Aden, Bagdad, Bander Abas, Busrah, Bushire, Gundur, 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. & O. 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.
Hb. Silver plate 1/6 per oz. Troy= 1 /5 per oz. avoir.
Gold plate . 17/0 per oz. Troy = 15/9 per oz. avoir . T 6d. per lb.
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. & O. and Indian Mail packets only.
3. TO AUSTRALIA.- By P. & O. packet riâ Ceylon only.