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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE.
106.—To the United Kingdom and Places beyond.-Parcels are forwarded by P. & O. packet only, and arrive in London about 8 days later than the Mail. No further charge is made on delivery except for Customs Dues. A Declaration of Contents and Value is required with each Parcel, except for the places the names of which are printed in italics. The form is supplied free.
Duties in the United Kingdom.
Cigars.
6/0 per lb.
Silver Plate. 1/6 per oz. Troy= 1/5 per oz. avoir. Gold Plate. 17/0,, oz. Troy=15/9 per oz. avoir. Tea.
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6d. per lb. No duties are charged on Watches, Jewellery, Personal Ornaments, nor on any gold or silver articles not describable as Plate. Plate, however, includes such_articles as Silver Match Boxes, Cigar Cases, Mounts for Sticks, Studs, Buttons, Buckles, and Belts or Necklets under certain conditions. Duties cannot be prepaid by the sender.
107.—To India.—By P. & Ò. and Indian Mail packet only. A declaration of Contents and Value is required. The form is supplied free.
108.—TO THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE, &c.
PROHIBITED CONTENTE.
Coins, arms, ammunition, me-
dicines, plants, vines, gold, silver, jewellery, lace. Letters. Lottery Tickets. Letters.
Letters.
Letters. Lottery Tickets and
Prospectuses.
Letters, medicines, coins, to-
bacco, vines, gold, silver, jewellery, lace.
0 to 2 lb.
$ c.
British PACKET vid London.
2 to 6 lb.
$
GERMAN PACKET Direct.
6 to 11 lb.
0 to 11 lb.
C.
Algeria and Corsica, §
1.20
Austro-Hungary.,
1.10
1.60
Belgium,
1.00
1.50
2.00
1.20 1.20
Congo Free State,.......................
1.10
1.20
1.80
Constantinople,.
1,00
2.20
3.80
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Denmark,
1.10
1.60
1.20
France,
1.00
1.50
1.20
Germany,
1.00
1.50
1.10
Heligoland,..........
1.10
1.80
Holland,
1.00
1.50
2.00
1.20
Letters.
Italy, (vid France) §
1.10
1.60
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Italy, (vid Germany) §
1.40
1.80
Luxemburg,
1.00
1.50
2.00
1.20
Letters.
Norway,
1.00
1.50
2.00
1.50
Letters,
Portugal, (Continental),.
150
Letters.
8myrna,
0,60
1.00
1.50
Spain,
1.40
8weden,
1.00
1.70
1.50
Switzerland, Tunis, §
1.10
1.60
1.20
1.20
1.80
Letters. Plants with roots,
vines or part of vines, so- cialistio books.
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Latters, tobacco plants, arms, chemical compounds, lint.
Letters, ma'erials for gunpow- der, plants, arms, tobacco. Letters.
Letters. Manufactured Gold or Silver if alloyed, Drugs, except to specialists, Letters.
Arms, ammunition, tobacco, plants, vines, gold, silver, jewellery, lace.
Parcels must not exceed 2 ft. in length, or 4 ft. in length and girth combined. ↑ Parcels for Smyrna may be 3 ft. 6 in. long, or 6 ft. in length and girth combined. 109.-Parcels must not exceed 2 feet in length, breadth, or depth. Those intended for the German Packet must be so directed.
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. GENERAL RULES.-Parcels must be posted before 3 p.m. on the working day next before the departure of the Packet.
113.-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. Declarations of Contents must be complete and accurate. Everything in the Parcel should be entered. False declarations expose the Parcel to the risk of confiscation.