No. 4587-MALON 16, 1878.]
POSTAL BATES. [Subjoined we give the postal rates Bow in force for transmission of corra. spondence to all parts of the world, Detailed rules affcuting the transmis sion of packets, parcels, &c., will be found annexed, together with a number of miscellaneous and useful notices]
2nd. It must be published in numbers at intervals of not more than 31 days, and must be printed on a sheet or sheets un
stitched.
3rd. The full title and date of publication must be printed at the top of the first page, and the whole or part of the title and the date of pablikation at the top of every subsequent pago; and this regulation applies to Tables of Contents and Indices
4th. A supplement must consist wholly or in great part of matter like that of a newspaper, or of advertisements, printed on a sheet or sheets, or a plece or pieces of Hongkong Bates of Postage. paper, unstitched; or wholly or in part of
engravings, prints, or lithographs illustra tive of articles in the newspaper. The supplement must in every case be published with the newspaper, and must have the title and date of publication of the newspaper printed at the top of every page; or, if it consists of engravings, prints, or lithographs, at the top of every sheet or side.
(Revised Nov, 0th, 1877.)
In the following Statements and Tables the Rates are given in cents, and are, for Letters, per half ounce, for Books and Patterns, per two ounces.
Newspapers over four ounces in weight are charged as double, treble, &c., as the case may be, bat auch papers or packets of papers may be sent at Book Rate. Two Newspapers must not be folded together as one, nor must anything whatever be insorted except bona fide Supplements. Printed matter may, however, be enclosed, if the whole be paid at Book Rate, Prices Our rent may be paid either as Newspapera or Booke
N.. means No Registration.
lonics.
:
A packet containing two or more new papers is not chargeable with a higher rate of postage than would be chargeable on a book packet of the same weight.
A newspaper posted unpaid, or a packet of newspapers posted either unpaid or insufficiently paid, is treated as an unpaid or insufficiently paid book packet of the same weight
The postage must be prepaid aither by an adhesive stamp, or by the use of a stamped
wrapper.
No newspaper can now be sent through the post a second time for the original postage. For each transmission & fresh postage is required.
THE CHINA MAIL.
1as to sunble the Officers of the Post Office | correspondencs ezabtly the same as Imperialas Parcel Post. Much trouble and disap|
readily to satisfy themselves as to the Stampa. nature of the contents,
There must be no writing or printing upon or in any packet except the address of the person for whom it is intended, the address of the sender, a trade mark or saberlo of intrinsic value must not be
and the price of the articles:
sent to any foreign country except United States; and in the case of France samples of elder down, raw or thread silk, woollen or goats bair thread, vanilla, saffron, carmine, or lainglass, are considered to fall under this rule if they weigh more than three ounces; and up to this weight raw and spun silk, as well as coloured and twisted silk, may be sent to Germany.
The rate which forbids the transmission tarough the Post of any article likely to fijure the contents of the Mail Bags or Boxes, or the person of any Offloor of the Post Office is, of course, applicable to the Pattern Post, and a packet containing any. thing of the kind will be stopped, and not, sent to its destination, Articles such as the following have been occasionally posted as Patterns, and have been detained as unfit for the Post, viz: Metal boxes, porce lain and China, fruit, vegetables, banches of flowers, cuttings of plants, spurs, knives, scissors, needles, pius, pieces of machinery, sharp pointed instrumente, samples of metals, samples of ore, samples in glass bottles, pieces of glass, actds of various kinds, ourry combs, copper and steel on- graving plates, and confectionery of all kinds.
Countries of the Postal Union.
Such articles as scissors, knives, razors, The Union may be taken to comprise Europe, the United States, Brazil, India ihont a cover in which case it must not nery, metal tubing, pieces of metal or Every newspaper must be posted either forks, stoel pens, nails, keys, watch machi (including Ceylon, the Straite, and Aden), be fastened, whether by means of gum, ore, provided that they be packed and Japan, Egypt, Labuan, Mauritius, Sey-wafer, sealing wax, postage stamp, or guarded in so secure manner as to afford cholies, Jamaica, Trinidad, British Guiana, otherwise) or in a cover entirely open at complete protection to the contents of the and Bermuda, with all French, Danlah, both ends, so as to admit of easy removal mail bags end to the Officers of the Post Netherlands, Portuguese, and Spanish Co- for examination. If this rule be infringed Office, while at the same time they may be Countries wor in the Union,-The chief the newspaper is treated as a letter. easily examined, may be sent as samples to Every newspaper must be so folded, as the following countries, but to these alone; countries not in the Union are: the Aus-
to admit of the title being readily in.vis, the Azores, Belgium, Capa de Verd spected.
Islands, Denmark, Egypt, Germany Hol- A nowapaper or packet of newspapers land, Madeira, Moldavia, Norway, Portu. which contains any auslosure excopt aup-gal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United plements is charged as a letter, unless the States, Wallachia, and the British Colonies, enclosure be such as might be sent at the Indigo cannot be sent to any place abroad, book rate of postage, and the entire packet A packet of patterns or samples sent to be sufficiently prepaid as a book packet, in the Azores, Cape de Verd Islands, France, which case it is allowed to pass.
Madeira, Portugal, or by French pasuket, A newspaper which has any letter, or any to Turkey, Syria, or Egypt, must, not
depth; a packet to any other place abroad must not exceed 24 inches in length or 12 inches in width or depth,
tralasian Group, British North America, Afrion (except French, &c., Colonies), and Central America
Postage to Union Countries. General Bates, by any route :-
13 cents per oz.
8 cents.
Letters,
Registration,
Newspapers,
App-ed byte Sofdiors' and Sailors' letters are, however, akarged as ordinary letters if they do not conform to the following regulations---
1. Not to exceed half an ounce. No double lotters are allowed. or description must be stated in fall on 2. If from a Soldier or Sailor, his class
the letter, and the commanding Ofheer must sign his name, with name of Rogi- meat, or Ship, &o, in full."
3. Ji to a Soldier or Sailor, his class or 'description must be stated in full, with
name of Regiment, or Ship, &c, in full..
Communication with Batavia.
The Netherlands India Packets leave Singapore fortnightly, and are fitted to the arrival of the outward P. & O, Mail from Europe, 1994 Sony
The French Packta for Batavia wait at Singaporo for the Packet from China and rau fortnightly.
It follows that, to forward Correapon- dence to Batavia with the least delay, the following are the beat opportunities :----
in the S.W. Monsoon.
...The English Mail.
The French Mail,
In the N.E. Monsoon.
A Private Steamer a few days before the
English Mail.
The French Mail,
E. F.
Lela Papa,
&
1
pointment is caused by persistent attempia Collins, Capt. to send small valuable trifler through the Post. Fans, Curios, Articles of Dress, Colliver, Capt. Fancy Work, and similar presents are con Crovat, Philip L. 1
Dantra, R. B. tinually being refused, the senders having
î often spent more in Postage than would Davidge, Mrs L have paid the freight by steamer.
No Dackesne, Mons. 1
Evans, E.: refund can be made on such parcels of the M
Fox, Mrs value of Stamps obliterated before the French, Hon. nature of the contents was discovered. Gardner, G. J. 2 PATTERNE-Some difficulty is experienced Geldert, Rev. E. 1 in obtaining a general understanding of Gibson, Edward 1 what is a Pattern. It is a bond fide sample Gilinisan, W. P. 1 Wm. 1 of goods which the aendor has for sale, or Hampton,
It is Harris Capt of goode which he wishes, to order. compatible with showing what the goods Harvey, Capt. to constat of the smallest possible quantity. Hartjo, Capt. W.1
are, and must have no intrinsic value.
To provide means of romitting small eums of money to or from this Colony and between the Forts of China and Japan, the Postmasters and Agents of this Oflice will in future he allowed (but not required) to purchase Hongkong Postage Staings from foreign residents.
Pembroke, F. Poulsen, H Robertson,
Lets. Papai
E Iparos?
I
Rosenthal, P. Roeselet, J. Sarda, Moner. 1
1
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Scott, Mra
Emmeline
1
Key.
Juo.
Tymbally
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2
Blater, A. T.. Smith,
Charles -Smith, Heer
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Hawkins, Capt. 1. Smith, B.
Hon
Holan
Yung 1
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& G. 8 Thede, Heinrich 1 Thomas, F. F. 1 1.reg.Thornton, Thos. 1 regd.
1
Holler, Frederico 1 Ing, Gung Roon, W. K. Konnett, Mr Liu, Mandarin Machado, Crna Macpherson,
Dr. Gordon
Between Hongkong and Shanghal, or Maher, J, M. Hongkong and Tokohama, however, in either direction, Money Orders must be
used.
Banion
1 regd. Tirofile, Monsr. 1
Hing
Monsa
1 regd,
1
5 Wah Tan
1 regd.
***** Alfonsa
For Merchant Ships.
Leta. Papa.
Large
1 regd.Laughing Wan 1
Laura R
1 tegd. Burnham Leer
con Crespo
21 Lombardian
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Batavia Benarty, 8.8. Benefactor Caller Ou Covatio
Cazion
2.
2
1 Madeline
Chandoa Charon Wattans.1 Chi City of Aberdeen Creswell
2
1
8
The Stamps tondered for sale must not exceed $25 in value, must be perfectly Abernoy
Anazi clean, in good condition, and in strips of at least two, is no separate Stampa will be The Post Office is not, by law, responsible purchased. They must be presented per for any loss or inconvenience which may onally
nota. accompanied by arise from the non-delivery, mis-sending,
The Postmaster or Agent may postpone postal packet (even if the packet be re-not sufficient, and he will refuse to purchase C de mis delivery of any letter, book, or other purchasing if his public funds in hand are gistered); nor is the Post Office responsible in any case which appears doubtful or for any injury which a packet may sustata suspicions. He is allowed to charge during its transmission.
To guard against such injury all postal purchased.
Commission of one per cent on all Stampa packets which are likely to suffer from stamping or from great pressure should be placed in strong covers; and even with this précaution no fragile article should be sent through the Post. It should be remembered that every packet has to be handled several times; that it is, exposed to considerable pressure and then in bas mane bo i aud that, whenever the bag has in the course of its transmission to be transferred by means of the railway apparatus, the risk of injury is much increased...
No information can be given respecting
Letters containing Stamps should be Registered, and the Stamps should be secured from observation.
and agents of sailing ships for Manila, During the N.H. Monsoon, the Charterers Saigon and Bangkok are requested to give notice to the Post Office of the departures of such ships.
No correspondence will be forwarded by
directed.
Clarn
Eastern Isles,se. 1 Elizabeth Chins '1 Elizabeth Ostel
Moggie Dongina
Mars
Martha Jackson
∙1. Mecca, B.R.
Merse
Momy, e.. ...Paracco
Peruvian
1
Chaplin
2
E. M. Young Empresa Emily Enid Explor Esplorador
With of Tay...
communication of the nature of a letter, exceed 18 inches in length, width, or lettera which 'pass through &, Post Offailing vesaol but such as is specially so patrick, 8.5, 1
2 cents each. Books and Patterns, 4 cents per 2 oz.
Exceptional rates, to the United King-written in it or upon its cover, is charged dom and Union Countries served through as an unpaid or insufficiently paid letter, the United Kingdom via Brindisi only:-
No packet of newspapers tuay be above 5 lbs. in weight, nor above two feet in Letters,
16 cents per oz `length, one foot in width, nor one in depth.
8 cents. 4 cents each. Books and Patterns, 6 cents per 2 oz.
There is no charge on redirected corro. spondence within the Postal Union,
Registration, Newspapers,
Postage to Non-Union Countries. W. Africa, Falkland Islands, Legos, Gold Coast, Láberin, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Cape Verd Islandą :-
Via San Via Hampton Via
A book-paçket may contain any number of separate books or other publications (including printed or lithographed letters), photographs (when not on glass or in cases containing glass or any like substance), drawings, printo, or maps, and any quantity of paper, or any other substance in ordinary une for writing or printing upon; and the books or other publications, prints, maps, &c, may be either printed, written, on graved, lithographed, or plain, or any Francisco. er Musstílies. Brinda mixture of these. Further, all legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of a book, do., or of a portion thereof, is allowed, whether such binding, &o, be loose or attached; an also rollers in the case of prints or maps, markers (whether of paper or otherwise) in the case of booke, pens or pencils in the case of pocket-books, do, and, in short, whatever is necessary for the safe transmission of such articles, or usually appertains thereto; but the binding, rollen, Canada, Vancouver, Prince Edward's Is.. must not be sent as a separate packet,
Letters,
20
Registration,
12
12
Newspapers,
4
6
Books & Patterns,
8
10
Aspinwall, Panama :—-
Letters,
Registration,
Newspapers,
18 None.
4
Books & Patterns, 6
34 None.
8
28 None,
6 10
Circulars,-ie, letters which are intend-
land, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotised for transmission in identical terms to
09
Letters,
12*:
16
20
Registration,
8
19
12
Newspapers,
2*
4
6
Books & Patterns, 4*
+
8
Bahamas, Bayti -
Letters,
14
34
Registration,
None.
Newspapers,
None, 4
38 None.
Books & Patterns, 6
8
10
Bolivia, Chili, Ecuador, and Peru :-
Lettors,
30
46
Newspapers,
6
6
8
Books & Pattern", 14
10
12
Registration, 12
None,
Nona.
Hawaiian Kingdom --
Letters,
16
16
20
Registration,
Менарарега,
None. Noao.
4
4
Books & Patterns, $
0
8
W. Indies, (except as above)
Granada, and Venezuela;—
Letters,
26
34
33
Newspapers,
6
4
A
Books & Patternr, 14
8
10
Registration
to British & Union |
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several persons, and the whole or the greater part of which is printed, engraved, or lithographed,may also be sent by book post.
But a book packet may not contain any letter, or communication of the nature of a letter (whether separate or otherwise), unless it be a circular-letter or be wholly printed; nor any enclosure sealed or in any way alosed against inspection; nor any other enclosure not allowed by Rule 3. If this rule be infringed, the entire packet is charged as a latter.
A book-packet may be posted either without a cover (in which caso it must not be fastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, sealing wax, postage stamp, or otherwise), or in a cover entirely open at Nou. both onde, so as to admit of the contents being easily withdrawn for examination; otherwise it is treated as a letter, For the greater security of the contents, however, it may be tied at the ende with string; Postmasters being authorised to cut the string in such cases, although if they do so they must again tie up the packet.
No book-parket may be above 5 lbs.
Costs Rica, Guatemala, Monte Video, New
12
Wart Indies only,
Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Fiji (Na), Natal, Cape, St. Helena, Assen
aion.
Latters, by Contract Packet 24; by Pri. vate Ship 12, Registration, 12; Newspapers, 2; Books and Patterns, 4,
A small extra charge is made on delivery, + Cannot be sent via San Francleco.
LODAL AND TOWN POSTAGE.
Within any Town or Settle- ment, or between Hongkong, Canton, and Magne, in either direction,casty,
Between any other two of the following places (through a British Office) viz.-Hong kong, Macao, Ports of China and Japan, Bangkok, Saigon, and the Philippines, by Pri tate Ship.....................
Between the above by Con- tract Molly
Bis, & Fitne..
Letters
Registration.
Newspapers
fer & cz.
282 2
1821 0
34.
To provide the greatest possible facilities; for posting Correspondence for Europe, &c., up to the latest moment before the departure of the French Packets, arrange- ments have been made for receiving at the Post Office late lettere-except those to and through Australia--from 11,10 AM. to 1190 A.M. Each letter must bear a late fee of 18 cents extra postage.
The above arrangement is intended to mest occasional emergencies, and not for the regular posting of extensive correspon dence. Should it be found, therefore, that large and unmanageable numbers of letters are habitually thrown upon the Department at the laat moment, a heavier late fee will be imposed.
A similar supplementary Mail will be made up for Shanghai by the English and French Contract Steamers, the late letters being received from 10 minutes after, up to half an hour after the time of closing. The late fee will also be 18 cents.
Miscellaneous Notices,
There will be communication with Aus- tralia via Batavia and Port Darwin, as follow
Leave Hongkong by
19
French Packet,...Sept. 15. Nov, 20. Leave Batavia, Oct. 1. Deq. 13. Due at Port Darwin,..Oct. 12. Dec. 24.
1878. Sydney,.........Oct. 31, Jan. 12, Melbourne,....Nov. 6. Jan, 18, Adelaide........Nov. 12. Jan. 24. For the present the correspondence can only be paid to Batavia, from which place it may possibly be forwarded without fur ther charge.
Mails exchanged with Manila and Saigon.
The Philippine Islands being now admit- ted into the General Postal Union, it fol- lows that all paid correspondence received from Manila in the mails will be delivered free by this Office, and that all paid cor respondence sent to Manila in the mails should be delivered free there.
Artiolo JX of the Postal Treaty of Berne provides that "Neither the sendere nor the addressees of letters and other postal
except to the persons to whom they are addressed; and in no other way la official information of a private character allowed to be made public. A Postmaster may, however, give an address 1' he has no reason to believe that the person whose address it is would disapprove of his doing so,
Postmasters are not allowed to return any letter or other packet to the writer or sender, or to any one else, or to delay forwarding. it to its destination according to the addrees, even though a request to such effect be written thereon,
Postmasters are not bound to give change, nor are they authorised to demand change; and when money is paid at a Post Office, whether as change or otherwise, no question as to its right amount, goodness, or weight can be entertained after it has been removed from the counter, sevg
Postmasters are not bound to weigh any letters or other packets for the public, but they may do so if their duty be not thereby impeded.
The practice of soiling letters passing to and from the East and West Indies, and other countries with hot climates, with wax (except such as in specially prepared), is attended with much fuconvenience, and frequently with serious injury,, not only to the letters to sealed but to the other letters In the mail, from the melting of the wax and adhesion of the letters to each other. The public are therefore recommended, in all such cases, to use either wafers or gum, and to advise their correspondents in the coun- tries referred to, to do the same.
.....
Correspondence for the West Indies (except there belonging to the Postal Union, the Bahamas, and Hayti), for Costa Rica, Honduras, Moate Video, New Granada, Paraguay, and Uruguay can no longer be sent via San Francisco.
Money Order Regulations. 1.-Money Orders on the United King. dom are issued at Hongkong, Shanghai and Yokohama, Shanghai and Yokohama also issue on Hongkong and vice versa.
2.-Small sums may be remitted between the other Porta by means of Postage Stamps.
Florence Bailey 1 Garmouth General Caulfield 2. George Crashow 6 Harbinger Harriot Arwitage 1 Hawkesbury Henry S, Sanford 1
Hermann. Hopeful Hosca, 8.8. Hylton Castle...
Irene
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Phacton
Runddland Candlel
Riga, 8.971 Roderick Hay
...S... Moad
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Sarah Nicholson
Sir H
Harry Parkesd
Sophia Sophie D. Staghvand 'St. Elmo Store Dealer Strathmore
****Syringe 2 Tail Long
Thi Watts
Taunton ...The
Tuli Twilight Undaunted
Victory Walls Castle.
3 Victoria
James Shepherd 2 Jessie Jameson 1 | Jewie McDonald 1
Ladoron 2 trg. Toutai, 8.5, Lady Penrhyn 4
For H. M. Ships.
Lets. For
21.Lapwing
1
Letu. Page,
.3.. Victor Emanuel 6 ..1. 1.
Books, etc. without Covers.
Alphabet.
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, Art of Building,
8.-Many Money Orders are supplied to Audacious residents at the smaller Ports in this way. Curlew An application for an order* is filled up, Growler. and is enclosed with a stamped, directed, and unsealed envelope to the Postmaster at the nearest issuing office. The application must be accompanied with the full amount (including commission) in cheque, postage stampe, or other equivalent of cach, and a little margin should be left for variations of exchange. The Postmastor issues the order, sends it on in the envelope, and returns the change, if any, by first oppor- tunity, with a receipt for the letter, if it were to be registered, as it always should be. Care should be taken to send these applications in time, as the Money Order Offices close some hours before the depar- tures of the mails,
4-No order must exceed £10, or in- clude any fraction of a penny. Orders will be drawn at the current rate of the day! and paid at the rate of the day when the
advice arrived,
The commission is as follows
Orders on the United Kingdom. Up to £2....... 18 cents. £5............ 36 £T.....
23
£10.....73
*
Local Money Orders. Up to $25..............15 cents. 50........30
"
52
5.-Lists of Money Order Offices in the United Kingdom may be consulted at Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yokohama,
6-Names must be given in full (expect
The registration of a packet makes it transmission mach more secure, Insamuch 28, under ordinary circumstances, a regis tered packat can be traced through its whole course; and thus the loss of a registered packet is a very rare occurrence, Nevertho- leas large sums of money or other articles of great value should not be sont through the post, even if the packet be registered; as the machinery of the Department is not arranged with a view to ench transmission, By law, the Post Office is not responsible for the safe delivery of registered packets; though any officer who may neglect bis duty on this point will be called to strict secount. Sent in unregistered letters, valu. able articles are exposed to rink, and offer a
and the Department cannot in say way undertake the safe conveyance of such name) but the name of the Payes need not packets. All Inland or colonial letters, be given if the order be crossed (as cheques therefore, which contain coin, and all are crossed). It can then be paid only Inland letters which contain watches or through a Bank, and may afterwards be jewellery, even though they be posted specially crossed to any Bank. without registration, are treated as register 7.No order can be paid till the Payee ad, and charged on delivery with a double have signed it in the proper place. An registration fee of sightpence in addition to order can be transferred to another office the ordinary postage and any such letters on payment of an additional commission. which cannot be registered in time to be In one of loss of an order, necessity for forwarded by the Mail for which they are stopping payment, or the like, application posted are detained for the next despatch, should be made to the nearest Money Even if the letter do not contain any artists Order Ofles for instructions. of intrinsic value, it should, if it be very important, be registered,
in weight, nor above 24 Inches in length, packets shall be called upon to pay, either temptation which ought not to be created when there is more than one Christian
Government offices.
12 inches in width, or 12 Inches in depth, unless it be sant to or from one of the Whon, owing to a great and unusual influx of letters, books, do, the transisis elon or delivery of the letters would be delayed if the whole mall were dealt with without distinction, book-packets may be kept back till the next despatch or delivery, The limit of size for a book-packet addressed to any place abroad is 24 Inches in length and 12 inches in width or depth.'
PATTERNS.
They must not be of intrinsie vaine. This rule excludes all articles of a saleable naturs, and indeed whatever may, hava a value of its own, apart from its mere use sa a pattern; and the quantity of any material sent ostensibly as a pattern must not be so great that it can fairly be con- sidered as having on this gound an intrin. Bio value.
in the Country of Origin, or in that of Destination, any tax or duty other than " the recognised rates levied (in the case of paid correspondeno) by the despatching Office. It is hoped that any extra charge, or apparently extra charge, will at once be brought to the noise of the proper. authorities, in either Colony,
letters sent outside the mails. These will The above does not apply in any to loose always be charged on arrival in Hongkong and probably the Mazils Office will adopt
the same coursB..
Complaints are sometimes received of extra charges on correspondence exchanged between this Colony and Saigon, but it is believed it would be found in all cases that the letters, do, had been sent loose,
Any Foreign stamps on loose corre spondence are obliterated in this Office.
Indian Correspondente Unpaid Letters are not received for the Indian Mail Packets,
Most countries to which Hongkong for warda Correspondence having feined the General Pontal Union of being probably about to do so, if is necessary that the following rules be strictly observed.
1. No Lotter or Packet, whether to bay registered or naregistered, can be received jewels, precious articles, or anything that, as a general rule, is liable to Customs duties,
The Fre-payment of correspondence for Pattern and Sample Post to colonies and the Straits, India, Ceylon, and Aden is comfor Postage If it contains gold orellvermoney foreign countries is restricted to bond fide pulsory by whatever opportunity It is trade patterns or tamples of merchandise, | forwarded.
Registration to Bangkok,
2 This Regulation prohibits the bending.
Goods sent for sale, or in execution of an order (however small the quantity may be), or any artioles sent by one private indivi- Bar Britannic Majesty's Consul General of Patterns of dutiable articles, unless the for Slam has been good enough to make quantity sunt be so small as to make the arrangements by means of which correspondataple of no value. denne can be Registered to Bangkok, at the usual charge of 6 cents.
Boldiers and Ballors' Lettere.
The limits of weight allowed are at follows
six months an additional commission will be charged if not within śwelve months, the money will be forfelted, When the order is once paid no further elaim can be entertained.
8-If the order be not presented within
0.-No order can be paid until the advice relative to it has been received.
Made out on a printed form which is supplied
gratie.
Orders on Shanghat are drawn at 2 per cent.
premium in all cases.
POST OFFICE NOTICE. Unclaimed Correspondence, March 15, 1878,
Lein. Fade-
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dual to another, which are not actual patterns or samples, are not admissible.
Patterns or samples, when practicable, must be sent in cover open at the ends, and in such a manner as to be saty of
Book and Papers to British Offices, examination. But samples of seeds, drugs,
615; to the Continent; &c., iba. and such like articles, which cannot be sent
Patterns to British Offisen, 6 lbs. if with- - Adwanda Cotan Privates in H. M. Army or Navy, Non-out intrinsic value; to the Continent, in covers of this kind--but such articles commissioned Officers, Army School; 8 oz.
Alves, J. M. Any publication fulfilling the conditions only may be posted halosed in boxes, or tora (not superintending or First Class) or 4 The following articles cannot be sent Asplans, Edwis
bags of licen, of other material, fastened in such a manner that they may be readily to the United Kingdom riki Southampton opened; or, in the case of seeds, dec., for by British Packet, for one penny or vit the United States of Americs, Holland, Brindisi by British Packet for three-pence. and its possessions, Belgium, Denmark, Hongkong stamps will prepay this class of Greece, Portugal and its possessions, and Switserland, la bags entirely closed, pro- ylded such closed bags are transparent, se
hereafter used can pass as a newspaper,
The conditions are as follows -
1st. The publication must consist wholly or in great part of political or other news, er of articles relating thereto, or to other vurrent topics, with or without advertise.
vil
*But not Warrant Officers, wis, Analstani Engineer, Gunner, Bostowain, or Carpenter.
Alfred 1
Lets. Pape Man, Henry * Manon, Thomas 1 McEuary, J. 1 MeLelland, Jn. 1
AW. T. 1
Charles F. 2 Mirza Ajam,
Mirra Beider
by Post at all Glans, Liquids, Gunpowden party, Matahes, Candles, Soap, Indigo, Dye-stos,
&Co., or whatever is dangerous to the Malls, or Mesars 1 with them offensive or injurious to persons dealing Ban Hong Ean 1 regd, Moreland, L
Buck & Co., 0, 3.1 Nicholls, Jaz, PARCELS,The publia is reminded that, Campbell, W.
2. T. B In China and Japan, there is no such thing | Cluck, wi
Pelago, Jose
1 regd.
Association of Female Workers.
Belgravia.
Birmingham Weekly Post. Bulletin Am, Geo. Society.
Modozn
Catalogue de la Literature Français
of Steam Engines
Cataloguemal,
Court Dagbladot. Daily Recorder.
Telegraph.
Daily
Der Landbete Die Limriat
Der Weinländer.
Die Modenwelt.
Dort Chronik
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NOTIOR
THE CHINESE MAIL.
ROM and after the Chiness New Tuzr's F
day (February 17, 1874) the Chines Mall will be issued barzz Instead of ra WEEKLY Be heretofore. No change, how ever, will be made in the price of subscrip tion, which will remain at se per annual
The charges for advertisements ATS ZOW sssimilated to those of the¤China · ¿full, The unusual success which has attended the Chinese Mail maken At na mata sem bila medium for advertisers.
The Conductors guarantée en øyenštal circalation of one thousand voplen, Is ia already the most influential native journal published, and enjoys considerable prestige At the Port of China and Japan, and at Singapore, Penang, Caluutta, San Francia co and Australia.
For tarms, do,, addrons /
MA CHUN AYIN,
China Mail Office,
17th February, 1876
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