No. 4599-MARCH 30, 1878.).
POSTAL RATES. [Subjoined we give the postal rates now in force for transmission of corre spondence to all parts of the world. Detailed rules affecting the transmis sion of packets, parcels, dc., will be found annoxed, together with a number of miscellaneous and tissful notices.]
Hongkong Rates of Postage.
(Revised Now, 9th, 1877.)
In the following Statements and Tables the Rates are given in cents, and are, for Letters, per half ounce, for Books and Patterna, per two ounces,
Newspapers over four ounces in weight are charged as doable, treble, &c., as the case may be, but such papera or packets of papers may be sent at Book Rate. Two Newspapers must not be folded together as one, nor must anything whatever be inserted except bona fide Supplements. Frlated matter may, however, be enclosed, if the whole be paid at Book Rate, Prices Cur rent may be paid olther as Newspapers or Books,
N.R. means No Registration,
Countries of the Postal Union. The Union may be taken to comprise Europe, the United States, Brazil, India (including Ceylon, the Straits, and Adon), Japan, Egypt, Labuan, Mauritias, Sey- shelles, Jamaica, Trinidad, British Guiana, and Bermuda, with all French, Danish, Netherlands, Portuguese, and Spanish Co. lonies.
THE CHINA MAIL.......
2nd. It must be published in numbers at as to enable the Officers of the Post Office correspondenos exagtly the same an Imperial Intervals of not more than 31 days, and readily to satisfy themselves as to the must be printed on a sheet or sheets un-nature of the contents stitched.
Srd. The fall 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 publication at the top of every subsequent page; 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 piece or pieces of paper, unstitched; or wholly or in part of engravings, prints, or lithographs illustra tive of articles in the newspaper. The
published | supplement must in every case with the newspaper, and must have the title and date of publication of the newspaper printed at the top of every page; or, fit consists of engravings, prints, or lithographs, at the top of every sheet or side.
A packet containing two or more news- papers is not chargeable with a higher rate of postage than would be chargeable on a book packet of the same wolght.
A newspaper posted unpaid, or a packet of newspapers posted either unpaid or Insufficiently paid, is treated as an unpaid or insuficiently paid book packet of the same weight
The postage must be prepaid either by an adhesive stamp, or by the use of a stamped wrapper.
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the post second time for the original No newspaper can now be sent through postage. For each transmission a fresh postage is required.
Every newspaper must be posted either without a cover in which caso it must not be fastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, scaling waz, postage stamp, or otherwise) or in a cover entirely open at both ends, so as to admit of easy removal for examination. If this rule infringed the newspaper is treated as a letter.
Every newspaper must be so folded, as to admit of the title being readily in
Countries nor in the Union,The obtef countries not in the Union are: the Aus tralasian Group, British North Amertspected. Africa (except "French, a, Colonies), and
Central America
Portage to Union Countries, General Rates, by any route
Letters,
Registration,
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 number, and the price of the articles.
Samples of intrinsic value must not be sent to any foreign country except United States; and in the case of Franco samples of elder down, raw or thread silk, woollen or goats hair thread, vanilla, saffron, carmine, or iainglass, are considered to fall under this rule if they weigh more than three ounces; and up to this weight raw and spun atik, as well as coloured and twisted silk, may be sent to Germany.
The rule which forbids the transmission
tarough the Post of any article likely to injure the contents of the Mail Bags or Boxes, or the person of any Officer 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 sa the following have been occasionally posted as Patterns, and have been detained as unfit for the Post, viz: Metal boxes, poroe- lata and Chine, fruit, vegetables, bunches of flowers, cuttings of plants, spars, knives, scissors, needles, pine, pieces of machinery, sharp pointed instruments, samples of metala, samples of ore, samples in glasa bottles, places of glass, aolds of various graving plates, and confectionery of all kinds, curry combe, copper and steel en- kinds.
Buch articles as scissors, knives, razon, forks, stool pens, naila, keys, watch machi- mary, metal tubing, pieces of metal or ore, provided that they be packed and guarded in no secure a manner as to afford complete protection to the contents of the mail bags and to the Officers of the Post Office, while at the same time they may be easily examined, may be sant at samples to the following countries, but to these alone; viz., the Azores, Belgium, Cape de Verd Islands, Denmark, Egypt, Germany. Hol A newspapor or packet of newspapers land, Madeira, Moldavia, Norway, Portu which contains any enclosure except up-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 be sufficiently prepaid as a book packet, in the Azores, Cape de Verd Islands, France, Madeira, Portugal, or by French packet to Turkey, Syria, or Egypt, must not exceed 18 inches in length, width, or depth; a packet to any other place abroad must not exceed 24 inches in length or 12 laches in width or depth.
which case it is allowed to pass.
12 cents per ca.
8 cente. Newspapers,
2 cents each.
A newspaper which has any latter, or say Books and Patterns, 4 cents per 2 oz. communication of the nature of a letter, 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 onlys--
No packet of newspapers may be abore 5 lbs. in weight, nor above two feet in Letters,
16 cents per of
length, one foot in width, nor one in depth. Registration,
8 cents. Newspapers,
4 cents each. Books and Patterns, 6 cents per 2.05,
There is no charge on redirected currs. spondence within the Postal Union.
Portags to Non-Union Countries, W. Africa, Falkland Islande, Lagos, Gold Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Cape Verd Jalande-
Lettera, Registration,
Via San Via S. Fampion Via
A book-packet lay contain any number of separate books or other publicatione (including printed or lithographed letters), photographs (when not on glass or in cases containing glass or any like substance), drawings, prints, or maps, and any quantity of paper, or any other substance in ordinary use for writing or printing upon; and the books or other publications, prints, maps, do., may be either printed, written, en- graved, lithographed, or plain, or any Francina, or Maradise. Brindia mixture of these. Further, all legitimato binding, mounting, or covering of a book, dro, or of a portion thereof, is allowed, whether such binding, de be loose or attached; as also rollern in the base of priate or maps, markers (whether of paper or otherwise) in the case of books, pens or pencils in the case of pocket-books, ka, None. and, in short, whatever is necessary for the safe transmission of such articles, or usually appertains thereto; but the binding, rollers, dre, must not be sent as a separate packet.
Circulars,ie., letters which are intend. ed for transmission in identical terms to several persons, and the whole or the greater part of which is printed, engraved, or lithographed,-may also be sent by book post.
22
26
13
12
Newspapers,
6
Books & Patterns,
Aspinwall, Panama :—
8
10
Letters,
Registration,
18
34 None. None.
4
38
8
Newspapers,
10
Books & Patterns, 6
Canada, Vancouver, Prince Edward's In- land, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
But a book-packet may not contain any latter, or communication of the nature of a letter (whether separate or otherwise), None. unless it be a circular-lotter or be wholly printed; nor any enclosure sealed or in any way alosed against inspection; nor any other enclosure not allowed by Rule 3. this rule be infringed, the entire packet in oharged as a lotter.
Letters
12*
10
20
Registration,
8
13
12
Newspapers,
2+
B
Books & Patteras, 4*
8
Balisman, Hay!!:-
Lettera,
14
34
38
**Registration,
Моде
None.
Newspapers,
4
4
6
Books & Patterns, 6
8
10
Bolivia, Chill, Ecuador, and Peru :—
Letters,
30
46
60
Newspapers,
6
6
8
Books & Patterns, 14
10
12
* Registration,
12
Моде
Hawaiian Kingdom
Letters,
Registration,
16 None.
Newspapers,
16 None. 4
Books & Patterns, &
B
W. Indies, (except as
above)
None.
20
If
A book-packet may be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not be fastened, whether by means of guma, wafer, sealing wax, postage stamp, or otherwise), or in a cover entirely open at None. both ends, so as to admit of the contents being easily withdrawn for examination; 8 otherwise it is treated as a letter. For the greater security of the contente, however, It may be tied at the ends with string;
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Soldiers and
Stamps sellors' letters are, however, charged as ordinary letters if they do not conform to the following regulations -
1. Not to exceed half an ounce. No double letters are allowell, ju
2. If from a Sokler or Sailor, his olas or description must be stated in full on the letter, and the commanding Officer must sign his name, with name of Regi- ment, or Ship, dd, in full
8. If to a Soldier or Sailor, his class or description must be stated in fall, with name of Regiment, or Ship, do, in full,
Communication with Batavia. .... The Netherlands India Fackets leave Singapore fortnightly, and are fitted to the arrival of the outward P. & Q, Hail from Europe.
The French Paokta for Batavio walk at Singapore for the Packet from China and run fortnightly.
It follows that, to forward Correspon donce to Batavia with the least delay, the following are the best 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.
for any loss or inconvenience which may The Post Office is not, by law, responsible arise from the non-delivery, min-sending, or mis-delivery of any letter, book, or other pestal packet (even if the packet be re- gistered); nor is the Post Office responsible for any injury which a packet may sustain during its transmission,
To guard against such injury all postal packets which are likely to suffer from stamping or from great pressure should be placed in strong covers and even with this precaution 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 friction in the wall bag; and that, whenever the bag has in the course of
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as Parcel Post. Much trouble and disap to send small valuable trifles through, the Gollins, Capt. pointment is caused by persistent attempts Clark,
Post Fans, Curios, Articles of "Dress, Fancy Work, and similar presents are con Colliver, Capt. 1 tinually being refused, the senders having Dantra, R. B. often spent more in Postage than would Davidge, Mra E. 1 have paid the freight by ateamer. No Duchesne, Mons, 1 refund can be made on sich parcale of the Edward, Jan. value of Stamps obliterated before the nature of the contents was discovered.
PATTRINS-Some difficulty is experienced in obtaining a general understanding of what is a Pattern. It is a bona fide sample of goods which the sender has for sale, or of goods which he wishes to order. It is to consist of the smallest possible quantity compatible with shewing what the goods are, and must have nò intrinsic value.
To provido means of remitting small sums of money to or from this Colony and between the Forts of China and Japan, the Postmasters and Agents of this Office will in future be allowed (but not required) to purchase Hongkong Postage Stamps from foreign residents,
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Koterey R. Ford, A. Gardner, C. J. 2 Goldart, Hov. E. 2 Gilkienn, W. P. 1. Graves, Miss A. 1
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Poulsen, H. Price, Mrs G. Robortaan, Capt. B Rosenthal, P. Rozario, P. P. do 1
Sardo, Monar. I Seymour,
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Smith, Charles I Smith, Kour Smith, ม. 3:
Harria,
Harju, Capt, W. I. Harrie, A. B.
Capt. 1 Bawkius, Capt. 1 Hen Quang Yung 1 Holam, E. Housego,, Lug, Gung Between Hongkong and Shanghal, or Irwin, Dr. Hongkong and Yokohama, however, in Kennett, Br either direction, Money-Orders must be Koon, W. K.
used.
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Tirofilie, Monir. I Tong
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For Merchant Ships.
The Stamps tendered for sale must not exceed $25 in value, must be perfectly clean, in good condition, and in strips of at
sonally or accompanied by a note. purchased, They must be presented per And least two, no separate" Stamps "will be
Aborney Annie Lorway The Postipastor or Agent may postpone Antipodes purchasing if his pablle funds in hand are Banian not sufficient, and he will refuse to purchase in any case which appears doubtful or suspicious. He is allowed to charge à Commission of one per cent on all 'Stamps purchased.
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Beparty, s.5. Benefactor Bianca Fortica 2
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θα Carnatio Letters containing Stamps should be Ceylon Registered, and the Stamps should be Cha secured from observation.
During the N.E. Monsoon, the Charterers and Agents of aniling ships for Manila, Saigon and Bangkok are requested to give of such ships.
Killarney, Bis
regd.Ladoren
Lady Penrhyn Large*** Laura R.
Burnham
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Lombardian Loweswater
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Charón Wattana 1 City of Aberdeen City o Clary
Creswell Dag, B.6. Devana. Eastern Isles,a,a, 1 Elizabeth Ostel 2 Elizabeth Chilis 2
A packet of patterns or samples sent to its transmission to be transferred by means notice to the Post Office of the departures Chaplin 2-
„Rom
To provide the greatest possible facilities for posting Corrispondence for Europe, da, up to the latent moment before the departure of the French Packets, arrange- menta have been made for receiving at the Post Office late letters except those to and through Australia-from 11.16 A.M. to 11.30 A.M.” Each letter must bear a late fee of 18 cents extra postage.
The above arrangement is intended to meet occasional emergencios, and not for the regular posting of extensive correspon dense. Should it be found, therefore, that large and unmanageable numbers of letters are habitually thrown upon the Department at the last moment, a heavier late fee will be imposed.
A similar supplementary Mall will be made up for Shanghal by the English and French Contract Steamers, the late letters bolag 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
follows -
Leave Hongkong by
French Packet,...Sept. 15, Nov. 29. Leave Batavia...........Oct. 1. Dec. 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.
23
For the present the correspondence can
only be paid to Batavia, from which place it may possibly be forwarded without far- ther charge.
· Meils 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 mail will be delivered free by this Office, and that all paid cor respondance sent to Manila in the maile
Rica, Guatemala, Monte Video, New Postmasters being authorised to out the should be delivered free there.
Granada, and Venezuela-
Letters,
28
34
98
Newspapers,
6
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6
Books & Patterns, 14
R
10
Registration
A
8
14
to British & Union) West Indies only, I
Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Fiji (F.), Natal, Cape, St. Helena, Ascen-
Letters, by Contract Packet 24; by Pri. wate Ship 12, Registration, 13; Newspapers, 2; Books and Patterns,
• A small extra charge is made on delivery. + Cannot be sent via San Francisco.
LOBAL AND TOWN POSTAOR,
Lotter
Registration.
Newspapers
Bka, & Pilns.
Per Zos
Within any Town or Settle- nt, or between Hongkong, inton, and Macao, in either Fection.....
282 2 Between any other two of the following places (through
■ British Office) viz. :—Hong-
ong, Macao, Forts of Okina
id Japan, Bangkok, Baigon,
id the Philippines, by Pri
ste Ship, amicum 487 2
| Between the above by. Con-||
Fract Mall,
Any publication fulfilling the conditions kereafter named can pass as a newspaper.
The conditions are an follows 1st. The publication must consist wholly In great part of political or other news, of articles relating thereto, or to other arrent topics, with or without advertise..
string in such cases, although if they do so they must again tie up the packet.
No book-packet may be above 5 lbs,
Article IX of the Postal Treaty of Berne provides that "Neither the senders nor the addressoss of letters and other postal
of the railway apparatus, the risk of injury is much increased.
No information can be given respecting
latters which pass through a Post Office except to the persons to whom they are addressed; and In no other way in official information of a private character allowed to be made public. A Postmaster may, however, give an address if he has no reason to belleve that the person whoso address it le 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 ite destipation sccording to the address, oven though a request to such effect be written thereon.
Postmastera are not bound to give change, nor are they authorised to demand change; and when money le paid at a Post Office, whether as change or otherwise, no question ae to its right amount, goodness, or weight can be entertained after it has been removed from the counter.
Postmasters are not bound to weigh any letters or other packets for the public, but they may do sol their duty be not thereby impeded.
The practice of sealing letters passing to and from the Fast and West Indies, and other countries with hot filmates, with wax (except such as in specially prepared), is attended with much inconvenience, and frequently with serious thjury, not only to the letters so sealed, but to the other lettore In the mail, from the melting of the war 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.
The registration of a packet makes its transmission much more secure, insemnch as, under ordinary circumstances, a regis tered packet can be traced through its whole course; and thus the loss of a registered packet is a very rate occurrence. Neverthe- less large sums of money or other articles of great value should not be sent through the post, even if the packet be registered; as the machinary of the Department is not arranged with a view to such transmission. By law, the Font Office la not responsible for the safe delivery of registered packets; though any officer who may neglect his duty on this point will be called to strict account. Seat In unregistered letters, valu- able articles are exposed to risk, and offer & and the Department cannot in any way undertake the safe conveyance of such
therefore, which contain coin, and all and letters which contain watches or jewellery, even though they be posted without registration, are treated as register ed, and charged on delivery with a double registration fee of eightpence in addition to the ordinary postage and any such lettera which cannot be registered in time to be forwarded by the Mall for which they are posted are detained for the next despatch, Even if the letter do notcontain any article of intrinsic value, It should, if it be very important, be registered.
No correspondence will be forwarded by Empress sailing vessel but such as is specially so Explotador directed.
Correspondence for the West Indies (except those belonging to the Postal Union, the Bahamas, and Hayti), for Costa Rica, Honduras, Monte 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 Shanghal and Yokohama also issue on Hongkong and vice versÙM
2.-Small suzes may be remitted between the other Ports by means of Postage Stamps
1
10
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Firth of Tay Flodden. 5.5, 1 Florance
Nightingale Forest Bell Garmor 2 General Caulfield 2 George Crashow 6 Harbinger 4 Harriet Armitage) Hawksbury Heurik Heen Hears 5. Sanford 1 Иску Hermana
Hopeful Hosea, 2.d. Ionian
Irene
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James Shepherd 2 Jessie McDonald I Jessie Jameson 1
Audacious
3.-Many Money Orders are supplied to residents at the smaller Forts in this way. An application for an order is filled up, and in enolosed with a stamped, directed, and unsealed onvelope to the Postmaster st the nearest fanaing office. The application must be accompanied with the full amount Macpie (including commission) In elisque, postage stamps, or other equivalent of cash, and a little margin should be left for variations of exchange. The Foatmaster issues the order, sends it on in the envelope, and returna the change, if any, by firat oppor tunity, with a receipt for the latter, if it wore to be registered, as it always should be. Care should be taken to sond. those applications in time, as the Money Order Offices clone 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 he drawn at the current rate of the dayt 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, £3............ 36 £7..... 54 £10.......... 72 Local Money Orders.
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15
23
Up to $25.15 cents.
50............80 1 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 name) but the name of the Payee need not are crossed). It can then be paid only through & Bank, and may afterwards be
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
18 inches in width, or 12 inches in depth, in the Country of Origin, or fo that of Destination, any tax or daty other than " Government offices..
specially crossed to any Bank.
7.-No order can be paid till the Payee
unless it be sent to or from one of the the recognized rates levied (in the case of packets. All inland or colonial letters be given if the order be crossed (an cheques ·
When, owing to a great and Bnusual paid correspondenos) by the despatching Influx of letters, books, dre, the transmle. Office. It is hoped that any extra charge, sion or delivery of the letters would be or apparently extra charge, will at once be delayed if the whole nail were dealt with brought to the notice of the proper kept back till the next despatch or delivery, without distinction, book paskets may be authorities, in either Colony.
The limit of size for a book-packet addressed to any place abroad is 24 Inches in length and 14 inches in width or depth.
PATTERNS.
They must not be of intrinsic value, This rule excludes all articles of a saleable nature, and indeed whatever may have a value of its own, apart from its mere use 58 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 ground an intrin. sio value.
letters sent ontside the mails. Then will The above does not apply in any to loose Always be charged on arrival in Hongkong and probably the Manila Office will adopt
the same sourse.
Complaints are sometimes ressived 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, dro., had been sent loose.
Any Foreign stamps on loose corre» spondence are obliterated in this Office,
Indian Correspondence. Unpaid Letters are not received for the Indian Mail Fackets.
The Pre-payment of correspondence for the Strafts, India, Ceylon, and Aden is com pulsory by whatever opportunity it is forwarded.
Registration to Bangkok,
Pattern and Sample Fest to colonies and foreign countries is restricted to bond fide trade patterns or ramples of merchandise, Goods sent for sale, or in execution of an order (however small the quantity may be),. or any ertioles next by ons private indivi, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General dual to another, which are not netual for Siam has been good enough to make patterns or samples, are not admissible. arrangements by means of which correspon
Patterns or samples, when practicable, dence can be Registered to Bengkok, at the must be sent in covers open at the ends, usual charge of 8 genta and in stich a manner as to be easy of examination. But samples of seeds, druge, Boldiers and Sailors Letters, and such like articles, which cannot be sent
Privates in EL. M. Army or Navy, Non- in covers of this kind, but such articles commissioned Officers, Army Schoolmas-- only, may be posted enclosed in boxes, or fart (not superintending or First Class) or bage of limen, of other material, fastened Schoolmistresses may send half-ounce letters in such a manner that they may be readily to the United Kingdom vid Southampton opened, or, in the care of seeds, do, for by British Packet, for one penny, or vit the United States of America, Holland, Briadiel by British Facket for three-pence, and its possessions, Belgium, Denmark, Hongkong stamps will prepay this class of Greece, Portugal and its possessions, and Britzerland, Li bags entirely closed, pro- vided, such ploted bags are transparent, to
↑ But not Warral Officers, við,, Assistauš. Engines), Gruner, Boatsunia, or Carpenter,
Most countries to which Hongkong for wards Correspondence having joined the General Postal Union or being probably about to do so, it is necessary that the following rules be strictly observed.
have signed it in the proper place. An order can be transferred to another office. on payment of an additional commission. In case of loss of an order, necessity for stopping payment, or the like, application should be made to the nearest Money: Order Office for instructions,
8.--If the order be not presented within six months an additional commission will be charged; if not within twelve months, the money will be forfeited. When the order is once paid no further clalım saiz be entertained.
9. No order can be paid until the advice relative to it bas been received.
• Made out on a printed form which is applied
gratis,
1. No Letter or Packet, whether to be registered or unregistered, can be received for Postage if it contains gold or silver money,† jewels, precious articles, or anything that, as a general rule, is liable to Customs duties. De
2. This Regulation prohibits the sending of Patterns of dutiable articles, unless the quantity sent be so small as to make the sample of no value.⠀⠀
8. The limits of weight allowed srods follows
Books and Papers-to British Offices, 5lba to the Continent, &c., 21bs. Patterns to British Offices, 5 lbs. If with out intrinsic value; to the Continent, da Baz
4. The following articles cannot be sant
Orders on Shanghal are drawn at 2 per cent,
premium in all cases.
POST OFFICE NOTICE. Unclaimed Correspondence, March 20, 1878,
Lets. Peda.
1
1
by Post at all: Glams, Liquids, Gunpowder, Barnes & Co. {T biatches, Candles, Bosp, Indigo, Dye-studs,
LetsTape
tegd
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Latham, L. H. 1 Adwande Dorah
Lin Yan Ya Toyd1 & Co. Alibaay, A 1 regd.Las, Mandarin 1
Edwin
Machado, Crus 1 Macpherson,
Dr. Gordon Maher, M. offensive or infarious to persons dealing Bullock, T or whatever is dangerous to the Mails of Blankeng,W,1° ̈ Mahn, Henry with them, f
Manson, Thomas I But Hong Han 1 fegd.Molinary, J PASSEZE.The publia is reminded that, Burk & Co., 0, 1.1 MeLolland, Jas, 15 in China and span, there is no such thing | Campidi, W.
Mestra
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Madeline
1 Houglas. 1
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1 Mersa
of Judah 1
Messanger Mikado....
Morays Galle Mosquito Oneida
Paracca
Peruvian
Riga,
6.5,
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Roderick Bay 4.6.R. Mead
Sarah Nicholson &
Sir Hany Parkend Sophia Soplus D Staghound
St.
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Strathairly, os. Strathmore Syringe
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Tape
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Talifor Thingvalla, s.6. Talloch
Ailigram
Undaunted 3 Victoria
Vietory Tentai, e.s."
For HL M. Ships.
Lots, Pap.
Lots, Pape,
1 1 Victor Emantolu 1stí 1
Books, etc. without Covers.
Alphabet.
Art of Building.
Association of Female Workers. Buiss Bros. & Co. p.c. Birmingham Weekly Post, Bulletin Anz, Geo. Society. Büricherische Freitaga Zeitung. Catalogue
de la Literature Français Modern,
Catalogue of Steam Engines,
Contral--Blatt für das Deutsche Reich,
Dio Limant.
Die Modenwelt.
Dorf Chronik.
Dresdner Nachrichten.
Ezyress.
Glasgow Herald.
Illustrire Zeitschrift für händer ind
Yökerhunde
Iron Trado Cirentar.
Journal Amusani.
Journal de St. Petersbourg.
La
La
Gazette.
Nazione..
Le Belge.
Le Nord.
Le Propagateur.
Lennox Herald.
London Iron Trado Exchange." Monatschrift für den Orient." Nebelspalter. Newcastle Weekly Chronicle. Niederländische Bandela, &c.
Pronssiches Handelsarchin.
Revue Scientifique, &o. Rotterdamsche Courant. Sample
of Ribbons. South Pacific Times. Teviotdale Record.
The Implement Manufacturer's Review. The Jerrey Weakly Press, The Mail.
The Saturday Review, The Times Weekly Edition. The Westminster Papers. Wiener Medicinische Wochenschrift, Zeitschrift für Ethnologie.
NOTION.
THE CHINESE MAIL.
ROM and after the Chfuere New Year's FROM cortary 17, 1874) the Chinese Mail will be leaned DAILY instead of war. WEEKLY as heretofore. No change, how ever, will be made in the price of subscrip tion, which will remain at $4 per annum. The charges for advertisements are no assimilated to those of the China Mäll The unusual suocess which has attended the Chinese Mail makes is an admirable medium for advertisers.
The Conductors guarantee an Eventua circulation of one thousand sogies. It is siready the most influential native Journal published, and enjoys considerable prestige at the Ports of China and Japan, and di Singapore, Penang, Caloutta, San Franslar co and Austrália,
For terms, do address
Me OHUN ATIN, Manager.
China Mail Office,
17th February, 1874
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