1911 — Page 66

RATES OF POSTAGE,-PARCEL POST,-Continued.

RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS NOT EXCEEDING

LIMITS OF SIZE.

or Depth

Brendt b

Length,

qizuar

Customs

Declaration.

& Girth

Combid,

ROUTE OF

DESTINATION.

TRANS-

MISSION.

1 2 3

6 4 5

7 R 9 10 11 lb. lbs. lbs. Ihs. lbs. Ihs. lbs. lbs. The. Iba. Ibs.

Fin.

C.

c. c. c. c.] $ c.8 c. $ c. $ c. 3 c. c. ft. in. ft. in.

New Guinea, German

New Zealand. (Including Fanning Island and Cook Islands, aml Danger (Pukapuka). Manabiki, Palmerston

(Avarum),

Penrhyn (Tongareva), Raksanga, Savage (Niue) and Suwarrow Islands

Nicaragua

Nigeria, Northern

Nigeria, Southern

Norway

Do.

Direct.

:

.

:

:

Torres

Straits

1.20

Sydney,

1,00

London.

1.60

:

1.80

2.00

2.60

:

:

:

1.75 3 6 6 0

A

2.40 3 6 6 0

A

3.00 2

4 0

A

3.66 3 0

6 0

A

ÜBSERVATIONS.

Prohibited Contents.

(A 64 )

Parcels exceeding 5 lb. in weight, 2 feet in length, or 1 foot in breadth or depth, are only delivered at places to which there is regular communication by railway, coach, or steamer. Nu compensation is given for loss or damage of parcels containing liquids, semi-liquids, perishable or fragile articles or in respect of loss or damage of unin sured parcels or their contents.

Parcels are accepted for Corinto, San Juan del Sur, Managua, Leon, Chinandega, Ocutal, Somoto, Mat- agalpa, Jinotega, Granada, Juigalpa, Masaya, Rivas and Jinotepe.

If the value of goods contained in a parcel or in several parcels sent by the same mail by one sender for the same addressee exceeds 50 plastres (or 10) the declaration must be certified by a Nicaraguan Consul. Parcels must be sealed and strongly packed,

The conveyance of parcels to places in Northern Nigeria is at the risk of the addressees, who also have to pay on delivery additional charges for inland conveyance.

A

Express delivery is confined to Christiani, Bergen, Drammen, Drontheim Fredrikstad, Skien, and Stavanger.

Do.

Parcels must be packed in strong wooden boxes, in metal boxes or in a leather cover- ing; parcels packed in paper or card board will not be Laccepted.

Letters; opium (except for medical pur- poses); arms and ammunition (except for personal use of non-natives) raunot be imported except with the written permission of the authorities,

Letters, rags, worn clothing. spirits, vine cuttings, coin of any British Possession not up to standard, and opium in any form suitable for smoking. Tobacco in any form is only admissible when sent as a present, or as a sample; and the addressee must be able to prove that these conditions have been complied with in each case.

Letters: liquids or substances easily liquefiable; alcohol; telegraphie anil telephonic apparatus ; arios, parts of firearms,

Arms, ammunition, lead, intoxicating liquors, leaf tobacco, salt, substances which easily liquefy, unless enclosed in hermetically sealed receptacles.

Salt; substances which easily liquefy, unless enclosed in hermetically sealed receptacles.

Letters, pharmaceutical preparations un- less addressed to persous authorized by law to buy, sell or receive such articles.

Do.

Do.

2.20

3.50

4.80 3 6

6 0

C2

1.00

2.00

3.00 3 6 6 0

:

:

:

:

**********- Gorman Packet

Do,

TOROKKEN...

Siberia.

...

1.00

1.00

:

:

:

:

2.00)

1.70

:

:

:

:

3,00 3

6 6 0

A

2.40 3

6 6 0 CI

2.50 3

66 0

C 2

8.80 2 0

4 0

C 4