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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE.
conditions. Duties cannot be prepaid by the sender. Compensation not exceeding 20s. under any circumstances will be paid in case of loss or of damage to a parcel forwarded to, from, or through the United Kingdom.
108.—To India.—-By P. & O. and Indian Mail packet only. A declaration of Contents and Value is required. The form is supplied free.
109.-TO THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE, &c.
GERMAN PACKET Direct.
7 to 11 lb. 0 to 7 lb. | 0 to 11 lb.
Prohibited Contents.
Coins, arms, ammunition, me- dicines, plants, vines, gold, silver, jewellery, lace.
1.20 (11 lb.) | Letters. Lottery Tickets.
Letters. Coins, tobacco, vines,
plants.
1.20 (11 lb.) Letters.
BRITISH PACKET vid London.
0 to 2 lb.
2 to 7 lb.
$ c.
$
C.
Algeria and Corsica, §
1.20
1.7
Austro-Hungary.,
1.10
1.60
Azores Is.
Belgium,
Beyrout,
1,20
1.20
1.00
1.50
2.00
0.70
1.10
1.50
KONTA
Bulgaria,
1.00
1.30
Cameroons,
1.10
1.40
Congo Free State,
1.10
1.30
1.80
Constantinople,
1.00
2.20
9.80
Costa Rica,............
0.90
1.40
2.10
Danish West Indies,
0.70
1.20
1.70
Denmark,
1.10
1.60
1.20 (11 lb.)
France,
1.00
1.50
1.20 (7 lb)
French Colonies, ‡ §..
1.40
1.70
******
Germany,
1.00
1.50
Heligoland,
1.10
1.60
Holland,
1.00
1.60
2.00
Italy, (vid France) §
1.10
1.60
Luxemburg,
1.00
1.50
2.00
Madeira,
1.00
1.00
A
Norway,
1.00
1.50
2.00
Portugal, (vid Lisbon),
0.90
0.90
Republic of Columbia,.
0.90
1.40
2.10
Servia,
0.00
1.10
*** A
Smyrna,
1.00
2.20
3.80
***
Spain, 8
1.00
1.00
Sweden,
1.60
Switzerland, (via France).....
1.10
1.70 1.80
1.50 (7 lb.) 1.20 (11 lb.)
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Letters. Fire-arms, tobacco. Letters, Lottery tickets, coins,
arms, ammunition, tobacco, plauts, vines, drugs.
Letters.
Letters. Arms. Letters.
Letters. Lottery tickets and
prospectuses.
Letters, Arms, ammunition, tobacco, plants, vines, gold, silver, jewellery, lace.
1.10 (11 lb.) | Letters. Plants with roots, vines or parts of vines, no- cialistic books, raga.
1.20 (11 Ib.) Letters.
•
Letters, tobacco, vines or parts|
of vines, arms, chemical com- pounds, raga.
1.20 (11 lb.)| Letters.
Letters, Coins, tobacco, vines,
plants,
1.50 (11 lb.) Letters.
160 (7 lb.) | Letters, Coins, tobacco, vines,
plants.
Letters, Arme, ammunition,
liquids.
Letters, Vines.
Letters, Materials for gunpow- der, planta, arms, tobacco.
Arms, ammunition,]
1.40 (7 lb.) Letters.
§ Parcels must not exceed 2 ft. in length, or 4 ft. in length and girth combined.
books, maps, plants, rosaries,] relics, plants.
Letters. ~ Gold, silver, drugs, Letters.
↑ Diego Suarez, French Guiana, Gaudeloupe, Martinique. Mayotte, New Caledonia, Nossi Bé, Réunion,
8. Marie de Madagascar, Senegal, Tripoli, Tunis.
** Parcela not exceeding 6 lb. in weight can be sent at the same rates to the Austrian and French Post
Offices in Turkey, information as to which can be had on application.
110.-Parcels must not exceed 2 feet in length, breadth, or depth. Those intended for the German Packet must be so directed.
111.-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.
112. A small charge, not exceeding six cents, may be made for Custom House purposes on delivery of the parcel. Except Customs dues, this is the only charge the addressee will have to pay. 113.-GENERAL RULES.-Parcels must be posted before 3 p.m. on the working day next before the departure of the Packet.
114.-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.