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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.

Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which

levied.

RATES OF POSTAGE. T

Letters.

Books,

Single Reply

News-

TO

Not ex- ceeding 1 0%.

Each additional

02.

Post

Post Cards Cards each. each.

рарета,

Prices

Current,

&c., per2oz.

Registration

*91મ

Return

Receipt

for

Registered Articles.

Cents.

UNION COUNTRIES, (except as below),

10

Cents.

6

Cents. Cents.

Centa. Cents.

Cents.

8

2.

10

10

United Kingdom,

Adea (Including

Grenada,

India (Iiritish),

Commercial

suzt[r[

Samples.

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

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

Ordinance 6 of 1900.

Perini).

Antigna,

Ascension,

Australia,

Babamas,

Barbados,

Basutoland,

Bechuanaland,

Berinda.

British East Africa,

British Guiana,

British Honduras,

British New Guinea

(Papun),

British North

Borneo,

British Somaliland,

Bmnei,

Cairns Is

Canada.

Cayman Is.,

Ceylon,

Cook (or Hervey)

18..

Cyprus,

Doininica, Egypt.

Egyptian Soudan, Falkland Islands, Fanning Islands, Fiji Islands, Gambia,

Gibraltar.

Gilbert and Ellice

Islands,

Gold Count Colony,

including

Chandernagore,

Guadur, Karika), Mahd.

Pondicherry, and

Yanam,

Jamaica,

Labuan,

Lagos,

Malny States,

Malta

Manriting and

dependencies,

Montserrat,

Nevis,

Newfoundland,

New Zealand,

Nigerts.

Norfolk Island,

Rhodesia (Southern),

St. Helena,

St. Kitts,

St. Lucia,

St. Vincent.

Sarawak,

Seychelles.

Sierra Leone,

Sylomón Is. (British).

South Africa, Union of, Straits Settlements, Tobago

Trinidad,

Tristan d'Acuntin,

Turks Islands, Ugamla.

Virgin Islands, Zanzibar,

China, (a) (Chinese Post Offices), ex- cluding offices named below,...

Canton, Fatshan, Chan Chuen

and Whampos, ..

Wei Hai Wei (Liu Kung Tau and Port Edward) and British Postal Agencies at Shanghai, Amoy, Che- foo, Foochow. Hankow, Hoihow, Ningpo, Swatow and Tientsin, Canton (British Agency).

Macno,

NON-UNION COUNTRIES

Afghanistan, (6)

Arabia, (Hejaz and Yemen).... Bahrein (Persian Gulf) and Muxent,. Morocco, except Alcazar, Arcila, Casablanca, Fez, Lamche, Mar- rakesh, Mazagan, Mequinez, Moga- dor, Rabat, Saffi. Tangier and Tetuan, at each of which places British, French, German or Spanish P. Q.'s maintains an agency under Postal Union Regulatious............. Nyasaland Protectorate & Rhodesia

(Northern),.

Solomon Islands (German),

4 t

叻

2*

10

10

010

10

10

(+ (} oz.)†' 4 (3 oz.)†,

2 (4 oz.)† 2 (3 oz.)†

2

2⭑

4 t

2

2.

10

10

2 (4 oz.)†

2 (oz.)†

J

4 (c)

10 (c)

+

191

2

***

8

2

10

10

10(@)

6

Tonga (Friendly) Islands,

---------

LOCAL DELIVERY,

***

10(e)

6

2

2

2

8

15 00 00

8

2

2

A ลลล

2*

10

10

***

29

10

92

10

(a) The foreign Post Offices in China are included in the Postal Union.

(6) Correspondence should bear the sender's numem the cover to avold detention by the Ameer's agent at Peshawar. Hongkong postage stamps are valid for the payment on correspondence for Alghanistan ag for as the Indian Frontier only; for the transit thence to destination additional postage is payable to the Afghan authorities.

(4) Prepayment of postage is compulsory.

Newspapers published in Hongkong and placed singly to the following places lare accepted at the special rate of 2 cents per 4 os. or fraction thereof, vis:- Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Clúna, Coren, Formom, India, Japan, Macuo, Netherlands India, New Zealand, Philippines, Siam, &traits Settlements, Timor and Walted Kingdom.

† For Chinese Postal Hong Packets the rate is à cents per à us. Pre-payment of postage on Postal Hong Packets is compulsory.

¶ For Rates of Postage on Parcels see the current Postal Guide pages 58 to 141 inclusive.