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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE.
Customs Dues. A Declaration of Contents and Value is required with each Parcel. The form is supplied free.
105.-Duties in the United Kingdom:-
On Cigars.
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Gold Plate. Silver Plate. Tea.
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6/0 per lb.
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17/0 oz. Troy=15/9 per oz. avoir.
1/6
6d. per lb.
= 1/5
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No duties are charged on Watches, Jewellery, Personal Ornaments, nor on any gold or silver articles not describable as Plate. Duties cannot be prepaid by the sender.
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106.-To India.-By P. & O. and Indian Mail packet only. A declaration of Contents and Value is required. The form is supplied free.
107.-General Rules.-Parcels may be sealed, but any parcel, even though sealed, is liable to be opened for examination. Dangerous 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, (except in cases where enclosure of letters is prohibited) or another Parcel to that address, but no other enclosure.
108.-TO THE CONTINENt of Europe.
BRITISH PACKET vid London.
GERMAN PACKET
Direct.
PROHIBITED CONTENTS.
0 to 2 lb.
2 to 6 lb.
6 to 11 lb.
0 to 7 lb.
$ c.
Austro-
-Hungary,
1.10
$
1.60
$ c.
1.35
**
Belgium,
1.00
1.50
2.05
1.35
Letters. Lottery Tickets. Letters.
Constantinople,.
0.95
2.25
3.80
Denmark,
1.10
1.60
1.35
Letters. Lottery Tickets and
prospectuses.
France,
1.35
..
Germany,
*0.95
1.45
1.10
Letters. Plants with roots, vines or part of vines, so- cialistic books.
Heligoland,
1.10
1.60
Holland,
0.90
1.50
2.05
1.35
Letters.
Luxemburg,
1.30
Letters.
Norway,
0.90
1.45
2.05
1.00
Letters.
Portugal, (Continental),..
1 70
Letters.
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Spain,
1.55
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Sweden,
1,00
1.75
1.60
......
Switzerland,
1.00
1,60
1.35
Letters,
Letters. Manufactured Gold or Silver if alloyed, Drugs, except to specialists. Letters.
109.-Parcels must not exceed 2 feet in length, breadth, or depth. Those intended for the German Packet must be so directed, and, for the present will be sent by sea throughout to Bremerhaven, and by this route only.
110.-Each Parcel must be sealed in such a way as to render it impossible that it should be opened without detection. The sender must supply a declaration of the nature, value, and net weight of the contents, and of the gross weight of the Parcel. The printed form for this declara- tion can be obtained at the Post Office. The package must not be of a fragile nature.
111.-A small charge, not exceeding six cents, may be made for Custom House purposes on the delivery of the parcel. Except Customs dues, this is the only charge the addressee will
have to pay.
112.-Parcels must be posted before 3 p.m. on the working day next before the departure of
the Packet.
113.-Parcel Mails per German Packets close at Hongkong in 1887 on :—
January 22
February 19 March 19
April 16
May 12
June 9
July August 4
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