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RATES OF Postage on Parcels not Exceeding

ROUTE OF

DESTINATION.

TRANS-

MISSION.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1b. lbs. Ibs. lbs. | lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs.

9

10

11

lbs. lbs. lbs.

Breadth

or Depth

Length,

Length

& Girth

Combd.

Customs

LIMITS OF SIZE.

Declaration.

Via.

£ $ at c. $ c. § o. § c.]$ c.

$ o. $ c. $ c. ft. in. ft, in.

OBSERVATIONS.

Promisited CONTENTS.

(A 43 )

Abyssinia (Ethiopia).

Aden.

Aden (including Perim)..

Direct.

DAY

Afghanistan....

Algoria

Do.

Anonim(are Frênch Indo Chinu}

Antigua....

Argentine Republic

Ascension

Austrulin :-

[Commonwealth,

.:

2.00

2.40

0.60

1.20

Calcutta.

0.60

1.20

London.

1.45

Siberia.

London.

+

2

:

:

1.00

1.60

A

1.00

:

:

:

:

:

2.80 2 0 4 0

A

1.80 3 6 6 0

1.80 8 6 6 0

2.10

2.75 2

C2

2.001

2.60

2.00

-

:

:

1:

3.40 2

***

3.00 3

66 0

A

3.60 2 § +

C 1

3.00 3

6

60 A

-

States of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tus- maoin, Victoria, mud Western

Torres

Straits.

50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00 5.50 36

6 0

Australia,

Payan (British New

Guinea) and Norfolk Islands]

·

Parela men on an excredlog 2 leet in length are admitted if their other dimensions are small.

The service extends to Adis- Ababa, Dire-Dawa, and Harrar only. Parcels are liable to a charge for delivery.

No compensation is given for the slamage of marble models, collee- tious of butterflies, moths, and other exceptionally fragile articles.

Pareels must be addressed to the care of an agent of the sender at Peshawur who must arrange for their onward transmission and pre- pay the postage to the Amder's agent. They must be securely packed and sealed. No respon- sibility is taken after delivery to the sender's agent at Peshawur.

Every package of plums, pruser-" ved vegetables, or sardines must bear the name of the country of origin in raiser or sunken letters The cover of the parcel must also bear the name.

Parcels must be packed in strong wooden boxes, in 'metal boxes, or in a leather covering: parcels packed in paper or card board will not be accepted.

KKKKKK

Parcels for the Argentine Re- public are subject to a fiscal charge under the National Stamp Act.

No parcel may excevrl $50K) in vatuc.

Delivery of parcels is con fined to places having com- munication by rail or coneli with the principal LOWEEN, Addressees of parcels ad- dressed to pluces having no such communication are in- formed by letter of the place where the parcels await delivery.

Articles of gold or silver and other precious articles; coins; arms and ammunitions, except with the au- thority of the Abyssinian Government,

Letters, opinu, cocaine, arms and am-

munition.

Letters, foreign brauze coina,' arms and am- munition of war, medicives (the omponents of which are not antell), parts of the vine, vegetable compost, earth, manure, plants, bulbs or vegetables unless accompanied by a phylloxera certificate.

Do.

(Same as Leeward Islands),

Letters, vine, plants, gold, silver and jewellery

of exceptional value.

Specie, ostrich feathers.

Letters; opinin; vines or eattings: hop extracts or substitutes; horns; hoofs raga i second-hand clothing; toba 200, cigars, cigarettes and snuff, unless bons-file samples or for the ormonal use of the addressee, who must disfy the Colonial Custome authorities as to the fucts.

The importation of plants, fruits and spirits is subject to special restric- tions, and the widres-evs of parcels containing these articles must make arrangements with the local authonties for delivery.

§ Parcels which do not measure more than 8 mcles in depth or breath may be as much as 3 feet 3 inches in length.

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