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Passengers will be expected to comply with the regulations established on board the Steamers. for the general comfort. No berth or cabin is to be occupied by a passenger without application to the Agent on shore, or the
Purser on board.
Baggage. First-class passengers are allowed 3 cut. of Personal Baggage free of freight, and children and servants 14 cwt. each. A passenger taking a whole cabin will be entitled to take in the Steamer, free of freight, one-half more baggage than the regulated allowance. The charge for conveyance of extra baggage, should there be room in the vessel, will be the same as that made for cargo.
All baggage must be shipped on the day previous to sailing, except carpet-bags or hat-boxes, and small packages of the same description. Passengers taking parcels or articles of merchandise in their baggage will incur the risk of detention for freight by the Company's Agents. No trunks, boxes, or portmanteaus allowed in the saloon or cabins. Charge for dogs, five dollars each.
** All parties concerned are requested to take notice, that the Company will not hold themselves liable for any damage or loss of luggage, baggage, or pas sengers' goods or parcels, nor for detention or delay in the delivery thereof,' arising from accident or from extraordinary or unavoidable circumstances. J. A. Olding,—Agent.
HONGKONG, June 1st, 1850.
RATES OF FREIGHT BETWEEN HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI,
and from Shanghai to India and England, by the P. and O. St. Nav. Co.'s Steamers.
GOODS.
N. E. Monsoon
S. W. Monsoon
Oct. 20-Ap 20 Ap 20-Oct. 20
Opium, per chest..
Parcels, under 2 feet measurement, each.-
Silk, fine, raw, per bale
$8,00
$6,00
T
2,00
2,00
2,25
3,25
27
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to Straits, per ton of 40 cubic ft.
·
130,00
40,00
to India
55.00
65,00
"
"}
"
"
to England
106,00
106,00
""
"
Common, raw....
Tea and measurement goods. ·
Treasure, to Hongkong ad valorem per cent
By special agreement.
+
""
to Shanghai
to Straits
to India
"
to England
"
21
24
Jewelry, musk, &c. I per cent. over treasure rates.
to England ad valorem per cent..
Silk Piece Goods, to Hongkong
to Straits
to India
•
to England, per ton of 40 cubic feet.
3$ $150
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Payment to be made at the port of shipment in Spanish dollars current at such port. The Company will not hold themselves respousible for wrong delivery, unless each: package is distinctly marked and numbered, and has its port of consignment legibly written on the outside.
The Company will not be answerable for Damage arising from bad packing, or the. cases not being sufficiently strong for the Overland Route. Packages intended for transit through Egypt should not greatly exceed 120lb in weight.
Treasure for England the Company will undertake to deliver at the Bank of England, and that for Canton at the Factories.