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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.
Act of Colonial Legislature or other Anthority under which levied.
POST OFFICE,—Continued,
Box RENTS :-
$10 per annum for a small sized private box at the General Post Office, $20
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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 5 cents per diem for each day beyond such 21 days. The demurrage chargeable on any one parcel shall not exceed $1.
Fee for Certificate for reception of mail matter
Fee for the return of each postal pachet
MONEY ORDERS —
Rates of Commission chargeable on Money Orders.
$2 a year
.81.00
The commission to be charged on the issue of Money Orders payable in Hong Kong and Macao 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 minimura 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 on Great Britain
only are as follows:-
(1.) Money Order Commission at the ordinary rate for Foreigu Money
Orders.
(2.) A charge for the Telegram of Advice at the deferred 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.
RADIO TELEGRAPHS,-
Message fees in accordance with current tariff.
RAILWAYS :—
Kowloon-Canton Railway Fares, Freight, etc., according to the Tariff.
RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, LAND, AND HOUSES.
BUILDINGS:-
Rent of upper floor of No. 135 Bonham Strand, $15 per month. Rent of building in Kowloon Walled City, N. K. I. L. 15, 81 per annum,... Rent of two Peak Chair-coolie Houses, at Victoria Gap, $60 per mouth, Reat of old Yamen in Kowloon Walled City, $1 per aauum, ................... Rent of old building in Kowloon Walled City, $2 per annum (N. K. 1. L, 28,
now used as a Mortuary by Charch Missionary Society), Rent of old building in Kowloon Walled City, 82 per annum (N. K. I. L. 29,
now used as a hospital by the Church Missionary Society), Rent of old buikding in Kowloon City, Lot No. 6620, $1 per anaum}) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Rent of Government Buiklings, Leighton Hill, 7% on salary per month, Rent of Bungalow at Pine Wood Battery, Hatton Road, $40.00 per month.......... Reut of World Theatre ou I.L. 2323, $2,000.00 per month, 1.1.38-31,8.38.
$2.840.00 per month, 1.9.38-31.12.38... Rent of Kau U Fong on 1.L. 1858, $11,250.00 per annum, Rent of White House, Taipo, $75.00 per month,
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Ordinance 7 of 1926.
Ordinance No. 21 of 1909. as amended by Ordin- ance No. 28 of 1927, Ordinance No. 5 of 1934, and Ordinance No. 35 of 1934.
C.S.0. No. 1546 of 1899. C.5.0. No. 1153 of 1906. C.S.O. No. 8215 of 1904. ƒ C.S.O. No. 225 of 1902,
Extension.
C.b.O. No. 225 of 1902,
Extension.
C,S,O, No. 2315 of 1907. C.5.0). No. 2407 of 1919
and 2923 of 1915. C.S.O. No. 296 of 1924. C.S.0. No. 1396 of 1920
C.5.0. No. 2/4465 of 1905
C.S.O. No. 294 of 1921.