(A 46)
SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.
Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which
levied.
RATES OF POSTAGE. T
Letters.
Books,
Single Reply
News-
TO
Not ex- ceeding 1 0%.
Each additional
02.
Post
Post Cards Cards each. each.
рарета,
Prices
Current,
&c., per2oz.
Registration
*91મ
Return
Receipt
for
Registered Articles.
Cents.
UNION COUNTRIES, (except as below),
10
Cents.
6
Cents. Cents.
Centa. Cents.
Cents.
8
2.
10
10
United Kingdom,
Adea (Including
Grenada,
India (Iiritish),
Commercial
suzt[r[
Samples.
Same 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.
Perini).
Antigna,
Ascension,
Australia,
Babamas,
Barbados,
Basutoland,
Bechuanaland,
Berinda.
British East Africa,
British Guiana,
British Honduras,
British New Guinea
(Papun),
British North
Borneo,
British Somaliland,
Bmnei,
Cairns Is
Canada.
Cayman Is.,
Ceylon,
Cook (or Hervey)
18..
Cyprus,
Doininica, Egypt.
Egyptian Soudan, Falkland Islands, Fanning Islands, Fiji Islands, Gambia,
Gibraltar.
Gilbert and Ellice
Islands,
Gold Count Colony,
including
Chandernagore,
Guadur, Karika), Mahd.
Pondicherry, and
Yanam,
Jamaica,
Labuan,
Lagos,
Malny States,
Malta
Manriting and
dependencies,
Montserrat,
Nevis,
Newfoundland,
New Zealand,
Nigerts.
Norfolk Island,
Rhodesia (Southern),
St. Helena,
St. Kitts,
St. Lucia,
St. Vincent.
Sarawak,
Seychelles.
Sierra Leone,
Sylomón Is. (British).
South Africa, Union of, Straits Settlements, Tobago
Trinidad,
Tristan d'Acuntin,
Turks Islands, Ugamla.
Virgin Islands, Zanzibar,
China, (a) (Chinese Post Offices), ex- cluding offices named below,...
Canton, Fatshan, Chan Chuen
and Whampos, ..
Wei Hai Wei (Liu Kung Tau and Port Edward) and British Postal Agencies at Shanghai, Amoy, Che- foo, Foochow. Hankow, Hoihow, Ningpo, Swatow and Tientsin, Canton (British Agency).
Macno,
NON-UNION COUNTRIES
Afghanistan, (6)
Arabia, (Hejaz and Yemen).... Bahrein (Persian Gulf) and Muxent,. Morocco, except Alcazar, Arcila, Casablanca, Fez, Lamche, Mar- rakesh, Mazagan, Mequinez, Moga- dor, Rabat, Saffi. Tangier and Tetuan, at each of which places British, French, German or Spanish P. Q.'s maintains an agency under Postal Union Regulatious............. Nyasaland Protectorate & Rhodesia
(Northern),.
Solomon Islands (German),
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10
10
010
10
10
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2 (4 oz.)† 2 (3 oz.)†
2
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4 t
2
2.
10
10
2 (4 oz.)†
2 (oz.)†
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4 (c)
10 (c)
+
191
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2
10
10
10(@)
6
Tonga (Friendly) Islands,
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LOCAL DELIVERY,
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2
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(a) The foreign Post Offices in China are included in the Postal Union.
(6) Correspondence should bear the sender's numem the cover to avold detention by the Ameer's agent at Peshawar. Hongkong postage stamps are valid for the payment on correspondence for Alghanistan ag for as the Indian Frontier only; for the transit thence to destination additional postage is payable to the Afghan authorities.
(4) Prepayment of postage is compulsory.
Newspapers published in Hongkong and placed singly to the following places lare accepted at the special rate of 2 cents per 4 os. or fraction thereof, vis:- Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Clúna, Coren, Formom, India, Japan, Macuo, Netherlands India, New Zealand, Philippines, Siam, &traits Settlements, Timor and Walted Kingdom.
† For Chinese Postal Hong Packets the rate is à cents per à us. Pre-payment of postage on Postal Hong Packets is compulsory.
¶ For Rates of Postage on Parcels see the current Postal Guide pages 58 to 141 inclusive.