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Act of Colonial

Legislature or other Authority under which

levied.

SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.

RATES OF POSTAGE.

HONGKONG AND BRITISH POST OFFICES AT SHANGHAI, AMOY, CANTON, CHEFOO, FOOCHOW,

HANKOW, HOIHOW, LIUKUNGTAU (WEIHAIWEI), NINGPÓ, SWATOW AND TIENTSIN,

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Letters $

Not cx- ceeding 1 oz. or 20 grammes, Cents.

Registration

Fec.

Return Receipt

for

Registered Articles.

Each additional oz, or 20 grammes. Conta

Single Reply Post l'ost Cards Cards each. each.

Books, News- papers, Prices

*

Current,

tc., per2oz.

Cents. Cents.

Cents.

Cents.

UNION COUNTRIES, (except as below),

10

6

4

8

2

*

10

Cents. 10

United Kingdom,.

Aden.

Ascension,

Australia,

Bahamas,

Malta,

Mauritius.

Commercial

Papers.

Samples.

Barbados,

Basutoland,

Bechuanaland,

Bechuanaland

Protectorate. Bermudas,

British Central

Africa,

British East Africa, British Guiana, British Honduras, British New Guinea, British North Borneo, British Somaliland, Caicos Is.,

Canada,

Cape Colony,

Cayman Is.,

Ceylon,

Cyprus,

Natal including Zulnland, Newfoundland,

New Zealand Including Cook (or Hervey) 19, Danger (Pukajuka), Manahiki, Palmerston (Avarna), l'enrhyn (Tongareva), Baka- anga, Savage (Niue) and Suwarrow, Nigeria (Northern) in- cluding Borgu, iddu, Lokoju, &c,

Nigeria (Southern) in- cluding Akassa, Asaba,

Benin, Bonny, Brass,

Barutu, Calabar, De-

gaino, Egwanga, For-

cados, Idah, Onitsha,

Opobo, Supele, Warri, &c.,

Norfolk Is.,

Egypt including the Orange River Colony,

Sondan,

Falkland Is.,

Fanning Island,

Fiji Is.,

Gambia,

*Gibraltar.

Gold Coast Colony, India (British).

including Chandernagore, Karikal, Mahé,

Yanami,

Pondicherry, and

Jumaica,

Johore,

Labuan,

Lagos,

Rhodesia (Southern),

St. Helena,

Sarawak,

Seychelles,

Sierra Leone,

Straits Settlements,

Tobago,

Transvaal

Swaziland,

Trinidad,

Including

Tristan d'Acunha,

Turks Island,

Uganda,

Windward Is., viz.:-

Grenadines, Grenada,

St. Lucia, and St. Vincent,

Leeward Is., viz: Zanzibar,

Antigua, Domini.

ca, Montserrat,

Nevis, St. Kitts

& Virgin Is..

Malay States (Feder-

ated), viz.: Negri Sembilan, Pahang, l'erak, & Selangor,

llongkong and British Post Offices at Shanghai, Amoy, tanton, Chefoo, Foochow, Hankow, Hoihow, Liukungtau, Ningpo, Swatow and Tientsin, (between Hongkong and Canton the rate for Letters is 2 cents per § oz.), Macao, (from Hongkong and Canton) Do. (from all other British Post

Oilices in China)

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NON-UNION COUNTRIES:-

Abyssinia, (a)

Afghanistan, (b)

Arabia, (Hejaz and Yamen),

10 (c)

Banks Island,

10 (c)

China, (Chinese l'ost Offices), (d).. Ellice Islands,

4 †

Friendly (or Tonga) Islands,

10 (c) 10

G

4

1

2 (3 oz.)

4 (1 oz.

10 (

G

8

4 (0)

x zz x W

8

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10 (c)

6

Gilbert Islands,

Laraiche,

Morocco, (except Arcila, Casablanca,

El-ksar-cl-kbir. Fez, Marrakesch, Mazagon, Mcquinez, Mogador, Rabat, Safii, Tangier and Tetuan, at each of which places the British P. O. or French l'. 0. or German 1. O. or Spanish P. V. maintains an Agency under l'ostal Union Regulations),

10(c)

G

New Hebrides, Sta. Cruz Islands,

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Solomon Islands,

Rhodesia (N.E. & N.W.),

10 (c)

10

6

8

G

Other parts,

10 (0)

8

2

Local Delivery,

2

2

2 *

10

10

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10

10

10 (in)

10

-; -;

10

10

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10

Same as for Books, except that the lowest charge is 10 cents.

Same as for Books, except that the lowest charge is 4 cents.

10

10 (in)

*

10

10

10

Ordinance 6 of 1900.

(a) The prepaid postage carries letters and post cards to destination, but other articles only as far as the Abyssinian frontier. The delivery of registered articles

for Abyssinin can be eflected only at the Poste Restante at Jibufl; they must be addressed "Poste Restante, Jibouti”.

Hongkong postage stamps are valid for the payment of postage on correspondence for Afghanistan as far as the Indian Frontier only; for the transit thence to destination additional postage is payable to the Afghan authorities.

) Correspondence should bear the sender's name on the cover 10 avoid detention by the Ameer's agent at Peshawar.

(c) Prepayment of postage is compulsory,

d) The foreign Post Omees in China are included in the Postal Union,

(in) Registration is incomplete, not extending beyotul Port of Arrival,

Single Newspapers to the following British Possessions atul foreign countries are accepted at the special rate of 2 cents per 4 ez, or fraction thereof, viz.: --- Australia,Ceylon,India, Netherlands India, Sium, Canada, Coren, Japan, New Zealand, Strait Settlements, China, Formosa, Macao, Philippines, Timor and Hongkong (from Agencies).

For Chinese Postal Hong packets the rate is i cents per juz.

§. The unit of weight for Letters from the British Post Offices at Shanghai, Amoy, Canton, Chefon, Foochow, Hankow, Holhow, Nirgpo, Swatow and Tientsin is 20

grammes instead of 1 cz.

The quit of weight from Liukungtau is the same as that from Hongkong, pamely, Lez.