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may deliver them to the Post Office unstamped, the postage being then charged to the sender's account. Each batch must consist of at least ten. Such local letters may exceed oz. in weight, and are charged 2 cents per ounce. Special accounts can be opened (even with non-boxholders) for the delivery of considerable numbers of unstamped local letters (such as Invitations, &c.) all of the same weight. (d.) Boxholders may also send Patterns to the same places in the same way. Envelopes containing Patterns may be wholly closed if the nature of the contents be first ex- hibited or stated to the Postmaster General, as he may consider necessary, and approved by him. Printed Circulars may be inserted in such Pattern Packets. (e) The addresses of covers posted under Rules c and d must be complete. That is to say, on such covers as are not addressed to heads of houses, the addressee's residence or place of business must be added. If this be not done the correspondence will be returned to be fully addressed.
Rates of Postage.
125.-Rates of Postage in Hongkong, and at British Post Offices in China:-
NEWS- PAPERS &
Between Hongkong. Canton and Macao, fe.)
and for local very .
To China (c.), Japan, Corea, Siam direct (d.), ̃”
LETTERS PER OZ.
POST CARDS,
BOOKS, PATTERNS,;
& COM. MERCIAL EACH. Į PAPERS,
PRICES CURRENT,
REGIS- TRATION,
КАСН.
RETURN RECEIPT FOR REGISTERED
ARTICLK.
PER 2 OZ.
(a.)
(e.)
cents.
centa.
cents.
cents.
cents.
cents.
1
2
5
5
Cochin-China..
5
1
J.
Tonquin
5
(b)
};
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Philippine Islands
To Australia
TIA TORRES STRAITS.........................
10
New Zealand
*
Tasmania......
(c)
J
**
Fiji
CANNOT
BE
SENT.
2
A
10
NOT 188URD.
VIA CEYLON
25
To Natal and Cape Colony.
.(c.)
25
CANNOT
BE SENT.
5
5
10
NOT ISSUED.
To all other places.
10
3
2
10
5
(a.) COMMERCIAL PAPERS are documents wholly or partly written by hand, not being letters, such as Invoices,
Deeds, Copied Music, &c. All packets of and under 4 oz. weight are charged 5 cents each
(b) REGISTRATION IN CHINA extends to Hoihow, Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Shanghai, and
Hankow only.
(c.) Prepayment is compulsory.
d. Letters for Siam vid Singap re, 10 cents per h If ounge.
(e) Not to exceed 4 oz in weight, otherwise the rate is per 1 oz, for newpapers, and per 2 oz. for other printed
matter.
PARCEL POST. (c.)
POSTAGE,
REGISTRATION.
cents.
LIMIT OF WEIGHT.
LIMIT OF SIZE.
To Hongkong, China, Japan, Corea, Siam To Straits Settlements, Ceylon, India
2 cents per 2 oz.
5
5 lb.
2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft.
2 cents per 2 oz
10
5 lb.
To the United Kingdom, við Gibraltar
only
25 cents per lb.
Included in Postage.
7 lb.
To Grenada, St. Lucia, Tobago, Trinidad. To Jamaica
45 cents per lb.
do.
7 lb.
50 cents per lb.
do.
7 lb.
do., and not smaller than 3 in. by 2 in. hy 2 in.
3 ft. 6 in. long, or 6 ft. in greatest length and girth combined.
2 ft. long, or 4 ft. in length and girth com- bined.