SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.

Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.

BOX RENTS

$10 per annum for a small sized private box at the General Post Office; $20 per annum for a large private box.

Demurrage on Parcels: Any parcel remaining unclaimed for a period of twenty-one days (exclusive of Sundays and Holidays) shall be liable to a demurrage charge of 10 cents per diem for each day beyond such 21 days. The demurrage chargeable on any one parcel shall not exceed $1. No demurrage shall be charged on parcels addressed to persons on board ship.

Interception of correspondence directed to an addressee residing within the delivery limits of the British Post Office Agency at Wei-hai-wei ....................................... $1 per mail

Search for postal correspondence or parcel ........................................................................ 10 cents for each article

Warrant for the return of correspondence ......................................................................... $1.00

MONEY ORDERS

Rates of Commission chargeable on Money Orders

The commission to be charged on the issue of Money Orders payable in Hong Kong, Macao and Wei-hai-wei will be one cent per dollar or fraction of a dollar, with a minimum charge of 5 cents; for Money Orders on all other places the commission will be one and a half cents per dollar on the amount (or equivalent of the amount), in dollars, with a minimum charge of 10 cents.

Advice of payment of Money Orders .............................................................................. 10 cents for each Order.

The charges for Telegraph Money Orders issued in Hong Kong or Great Britain only are as follows:

1. Money Order Commission at the ordinary rate for Foreign Money Orders.
2. A charge for the Telegrams of Advice at the ordinary rate for telegrams addressed to the country of payment.
3. A supplementary fee of 25 cents for each order.

LOCAL POSTAL NOTES

Commission charged on issue of a 25-cent note .............................................................. 1 cent

C.S.O. No. 2071 of 1915.

Local Money Order Cap—(limited to $10)

Commission charged 1 cent for each dollar and fraction thereof.

RAILWAYS

Kowloon-Canton Railway Fares, Freight, etc., according to the Tariff.

RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, LAND, AND HOUSES

Government Notification No. 769 of 10th Nov., 1905.

Govt. Notification No. 165 of 19th April, 1923.

Ordinance 21 of 1909, as amended by Ordinance No. 28 of 1927.

BUILDINGS

• Rent of upper floor of No. 135 Bonham Strand ...................................................... $15 per month
• Rent of building in Kowloon Walled City, N.K.I.L. 13 .............................................. $1 per annum
• Rent of two Peak Chair-coolie Houses, at Victoria Gap .......................................... $60 per month
• Rent of old Yamen in Kowloon Walled City ............................................................ $1 per annum
• Rent of old building in Kowloon Walled City, $1 per annum (N.K.I.L. 28, now used as a Mortuary by Church Missionary Society)
• Rent of old building in Kowloon Walled City, $1 per annum (N.K.I.L. 29, now used as a hospital by the Church Missionary Society)
• Rent of old building in Kowloon City, Lot No. 6620 .............................................. $1 per annum
• Rent of No. 11, Tan Tsz-ba, Kowloon City .............................................................. $5 per annum
• Rent of Northern Room at the Eastern Street Pier .................................................. $5 per month
• Rent of Government Buildings, Leighton Hill ......................................................... 7% on salary per month
• Rent of Bungalow at Pine Wood Battery, Hatton Road .......................................... $40.00 per month
• Rent of Waterworks Bungalow at Shaukiwan ......................................................... $50.00 per month

C.S.O. No. 1546 of 1899, C.S.O. No. 1153 of 1906, C.S.O. No. 215 of 1904, C.S.O. No. 225 of 1902, Extension.

C.S.O. No. 225 of 1902, Extension.

C.S.O. No. 2315 of 1907, C.S.O. No. 7045 of 1911, C.S.O. No. 975 of 1916, C.S.O. No. 2407 of 1919, and 2923 of 1918.

C.S.O. No. 296 of 1924.

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