(A 32)

SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.

Act of Colonial Legislature of other Authority under which

leried,

RATES OF POSTAGE

IN HONGKONG, AND AT BRITISH POST OFFICES IN CHINA.

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UNION COUNTRIES. (except as below).

United Kingdom.......

Allen,

Ascension,

Australia,

Malta,

Mauritius,

Books, News-

Letters peroz

Single Post Cards Post Cards

each.

Reply

papers, § Patterns,

cacb.

Prices

Current &c.

Registration.

Return Receipt

for Registerel

Article.

per 2 oz.

Cents.

Cents.

Cents,

Cents.

Cents.

Conta

10

+

8

2 $

10

10

17

Lalin us,

Barbados,

Bermadas,

British Central Afj-

ca Protectorate, British East Africa

Protectorate, British Guiana, British Honduras, British North Kor Conuda, (neo,

Cape Colony,

Cayman Is

Ceylon,

Cyprus,

Falkland Is..

Fiji 15..

Gambla,

Gibraltar,

Gold Coast Colony, India, including Chanderungure, Karikal, Mahề. Kondicherry, and

Yanam,

Jumales,

Juhove,

Laborn,

Lagos,

Natal,

Newfoundland,

New Zealand, including

Cook or Hervey Is Palmerston (Avarsa), Savage (Nine), Puka- puka (Danger), Raka- anga, Suwarrow, Ala- abiki, and l'enrhyn (Tongareva) Islands, Nigerin (Northerus, in- cluding Borga, Idda and Lokoju, Nigeria (Sonthern), In- elnding Akussa, Araba, Benin, Bonny, Brass, Buruin. Calabar, For-

cadır, Duitsha, Upobo,

and Warree. Orange River Colony, St. Helena,

Karawak, Seychelles. Sierra Leone,

Straits Settlements,

Tobago

Transvaal,

Trinidad, Turks Is.,

Ugandin,

Windward Islands, viz. : —'

Grenadines, thie, Gre- nada, St. Luela, and St. Vincent,

Zanzibar,

Leeward I., VİZ :—

Antigua. Domink ca, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christo- pher, & Virgin Is.. Malay States (Feder- nted), viz :-Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, & Selangor, Hongkong and British Post Dflees at Shang- bai, Singo, Mankow, Lin Kung Tan, Che- foo, Swntow, Athoy, Frochow, Hoihow and : Canton, (between Hongkong mul Canton the rate for Letters is 2 cents per oz.....

Macao, (from Hongkong and Canton) Do. (from all other British Post Offers in China)

Nos-Usios COUNTRIES:-

Abyssinia, (the delivery of registered articles for Abyssinia can be effect- ed only at the Poste Restante at Jibouti. They should be addressed *elá Jibouti "'),

Afghanistan,

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AURORADA

10(^)

2 §

10

10

2

2 $

10

10

2

2

2 $

ΙΟ

10

10(ca)

Arabia,

10 (~)

China,

+

Do Foreign (non-British) Establishmenta „ Friendly Islands, (Tonga Islands), Morocco, (except Casablanca, El-ksar- . el-kbir. Fez, Laraiche, Marrakesch, Mazagan, Mogador, Babat, Saffi, Tangier and Tetuan, at each of which places the Gibraltar P. O.. Frenchi P. Q. or German P'. 0. maintains an Agency under the Postal Union Re- gulations).

10

10(

Navigator's Islands, (Samoa Is.),

Rhodesia, (N.E. & N.W.), including

Northern Zamlesia,

Solomon Islatal,

Other

Local Delivery.....................................

(a) Anwilditional charge la mute on delivery,

10

10(~)

1

00

00 00 15 30 30

R

8

2

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2

none

204

10 (in)

10 (in)

10 (6)

10

10

10

: 88:

10

none

10

10 (in)

10

10

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Sume as for Books, except that the lowest charge is 10 cents.

Same as for Books, except that the lowest charge is 4 cents.

Ordinance 6 of 1900.

(6) Registration In Chau, thườngh British Offlces extends to Hollow, Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningy, Shanghai, Hankow, Llu Kung Tau anil Chefbo only. tel Prepayment is eanpubory. (oo) Registration is incomplete, not extending beyond Port of Arrival.

bingle Newspapers to the following British Possessions and foreign enuntries are accepted at the special rate of 2 cents per 4 ounces of fraction

thereof, vix: —

Australia,

C'annda,

China,

Ceylon, Coren, Formon,

India, Japan,

Масао,

Netherlands India, New Zealand, Philippines.

• For Chinese Postal Hong packets the mate to and from Canton and to Macao is 4 cents per or

Siam,

8tmita Settlements, Timor.