HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE.
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61.-A bundle of newspapers may be prepaid at so much each (and each one must count, however small) or the whole may be paid at book rate.
62.-Two newspapers must not be folded together as one, nor must anything whatever bo inserted except bona fide supplements of the same paper, and same date. Printed matter may, however, be enclosed if the whole be paid at book rate.
63.-A supplement must consist of matter generally similar to that of the newspaper, be published with it, and have the title and date of the paper at the top of each page.
64.-A newspaper must be open at the ends. If it contain any written communication whatever it will be charged as a letter. It should be folded with the title outwards.
65. The direction should be written on the paper itself, as well as on the cover, in case of the loss of the latter.
Prices Current and Circulars.
66.—A circular is a communication of which copies are addressed, in identical terms or nearly so, to a number of persons. It may be either written or printed, or partly written and partly printed. A price current or circular may be paid as a newspaper or as a book.
67.-A bundle of prices current or circulars may be paid as so many newspapers (each one counting) or the whole may be paid at book rate. The Union rate of postage is 2 cents each, For Natal and the Cape, 5 cents.
68.-Prices Current or Circulars forwarded in closed envelopes with the corners cut off, or with notched ends, are charged letter rates, as they are not really open to inspection.
69.-Circulars and Prices Current should not be sent to the Post Office mixed up with letters or newspapers, but in bundles, with the addresses all one way.
Parcel Post.
70.-The Rates on Parcels are as follow:
POSTAGE.
REGISTRATION.
centa.
LIMIT OF WEIGHT.
LIMIT OF SIZE.
To Hongkong, China, Japan, Corea, Siam
To Straits Settlements, Ceylon, India......
2 cents per 2 uz.
2 cents per 2 oz,
5
5 lb.
2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft.
10
5 lb.
do., and not smaller than 3 in. by 2 in. by 2 in.
To the United Kingdom, viá Gibraltar
only
25 cents per lb.
Included
in Postage.
7 lb.
To Grenada, St. Lucia, Tobago, Trinidad. To Jamaica
45 cents per lb. 50 cents per lb.
do.
7 lb.
3 ft. 6 in. long, or 6 ft. in greatest length and girth combined.
do.
7 lb.
2 ft. long, or 4 ft. in length and girth com. bined.
71.-To the United Kingdom and West Indies. Parcels are forwarded by P. & O. packet only, and arrive in London about 8 days later than the Mail. They must be posted before 3 p.m. on the day before the Mail leaves. Those arriving from the Coast, &c. after this hour are kept for the next P. & O. Mail. No further charge is made on delivery except for Customs Dues, which apply to no articles ordinarily sent from China except Tea, Tobacco, and Gold or Silver plate, A Declaration of Contents and Value is required with each parcel. The form is supplied free,
72.—The inward parcels mail is not opened until the distribution of letters, &c. is finished. The postage on parcels to China is 10d. per lb., and they are sent out vid Gibraltar.
73.-To Ceylon. Parcels are forwarded by P. & O. packet only. Registration is compulsory. 74.-To India. By P. & O. and Indian Mail packet only. Registration is compulsory. A declaration of Contents and Value is required. The form is supplied free.
75,- General Rules. Parcels may be sealed, but any parcel, even though sealed, is liable to be opened for examination. Dangerons or perishable goods, opium, articles likely to injure the mails, liquids (unless securely packed), and fragile packages are prohibited. No Parcel must exceed $250 in value. A Parcel may contain a letter to the same address as that of the Parcel itself, or another Parcel to that address, but no other enclosure. Beyond $10 in case of the loss of a Registered Parcel, no responsibility is accepted.
Requests for Redirection.
76.-Requests for the redirection of correspondence, or to have it stopped in Hongkong, must be in writing. The precise address of the correspon lence must be given. It is useless to give such vague addresses as "letters addressed to me at Hongkong or elsewhere.”
77.-Requests should also state whether private letters or those for the writer's firm are required, and to how many mails the request applies.
78.-When the correspondence is required in Hongkong an address must be given to which it may be sent. Under no circumstances will it be delivered at the Post Ofice windows. If the applicant persists in applying for it instead of waiting till it is sent to him, his request will be cancelled.
79.-No notice is taken of requests sent in after any Mail is signalled with reference to that particular Mail.