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No. 4646-May 25, 1878.]
POSTAL: BATES. [Subjoined we givp the postal rates now in force for transmission of corro spondence to all parts of the world, Detailed rules affecting the transmis sion of packets, parcels, &c., will be found annexed, together with a number of miscellaneons and useful notices.]
The conditions are as follows
Ist. The publication must consist wholly or in great part of political or other news, or of articles relating thereto, or to other
{ unen tople, with or without advertize-
ments, men ja
2nd. It must be published in numbers at intervals of not more than 31 days, and must be printed on a sheet or cheats 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 publication at the top of every Hongkong Rates of Postage, ubsequent page; and this regulation applies
to Tables of Contents and Indices
(Revised Nov. 9th, 1877.)
In the following Statements and Tables the Rates are given in dents, and are, for Letters, per half ounce, for Books and Patterns, per two ounces,
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, lithographs ilustra-
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 aide.
PRIMA OKORIS THE CHINA MATE,
y lo such a manner that they may be readily opened or In the case of seeds, &o, for the United States of America, Holland, Greece, Portugal and its possessions, and and its possessions, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, la bags, entirely closed, pro- vided such closed bags are transparent, so
to ezable, the Officers of the Fost Office readily to satisfy themselves, as to the nature of the contenite
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 France 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
Indian Correspondence. **** Unpaid Letters are not received for the Indian Mail Packets.
the Straits, India, Ceylon, and Aden is com The Pro-payment of correspondence for pulsory by whatever opportunity it is forwarded.
Registration to Bangkok. Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General for Sism has been good enough to make arrangements by means of which correspon maual charge of a cente. dence can be Registered to Bangkok, at the
Soldiers and Sailors Letters. Privates in H. M. Army or Navy, Non- commissioned Officers Army Schoolmas ters (not superintending or First Class) or Schoolmistresses may sand half-ounce letters to the United Kingdom via Southampton
Geveral Postal Union or being probably 1 shout to do so, it is necessary that the following rules be strictly observed.
registared or unregistered, can be received No Letter or Packet, whether to be for Pestage if it contains gold or silver money, jewels, precious articles, or anything that, as a general rule, is liable to Customs duties
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POST OFFICE NOTICE. Unclaimed Correspondence,
May 24, 1878.
Lets Faps-
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2 This Regulation prohibits the sending
00. of Patterns of dutiable articles, unless the Addison, Rob. 1 quantity sent be zo small as to make the Adwanda Coran
A. Foo sample of no value, perasa
5. The limits of weight allowed are 35 Alvares, P. s. follows-
Aquean, Madle. I Books and Papers-to British Offices, Arnold, J.
5 lbs.; to the Continent, ds., 2 lbs. Ayala, J. 1. Patterns to British Offices, & lbs. if with Barnes, Mr
out intrinsic value; to the Continent, 20, 8 oznaka
1. Mrs Dr, 1.
4. The following articlos cannot bo sont by Post at all: Glass, Liquids, Gunpowder, Boldreich, K.
Bolich,
offensive or injurious to persons dealing with them.
PARCELS The public is reminded that, Burrows, Hon- la China and Japan, there is no such thing as Parcel Post. Much trouble and disap Bury, A
aro charged as double, treble, do, as the supplement must in every case be published / and spun silk, as well as coloured and Brindisi by British Packet for three-pence. | or, whatever is dangerons to the-Mails, or Brandisi, Simon 1' ́ case may be, but such papers or packets of papers may be sent at Book Rate. Two Newspapera must not be folded together as one, nor must anything whatever be inserted except bona fide Supplements. Printed matter may, however, be enclosed, if the whole be paid at Book Bato. Prices Cue rent may be paid either as Newspapers or
Booka
N.B. 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 Aden), Janiu, Egypt, Labuan, Mauritius, Gey-
chelles, Jamaica, Trinidad, British Guiana,
and Bermuda, with all French, Danish, Netherlands, Portuguese, and Spanish Oo lonies.
A packet containing two or more news papers is not chargeable with a higher rate of postage than would be chargeable on a book peaket of the same weight.
insufficiently paid, is treated as an unpaid or insufficiently paid book packet of the same weight
twisted silk, may be sent to Germany. Hongkong stamps will prepay this class of The rule which forbids the transmission correspondencs exactly the same as Imperial
Stampa through the Post of any article likely to injure the contents of the Mail Bage 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 Articles such as
sent to its destination,
Soldiers and Sailors' 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 lettera are allowed
2. If from a Soldier or Sailor, his clam of doctiption must be stated in full or
ment, or Ship, &o., in full
If to a Soldier or Bailor, his glass or description must be stated in full, with name of Regiment, or Ship, da, in full
pointment is caused by persistent attempta Busk & Co., G, J.1. to send small valuable trifles through the Cape, Chas. Poat, Fans, Curios, Articles of Dress, Caurisalo, A. Fancy Work, and similar presents are con- China, Susan tinually being rebused, the goders having Clark, Capt. W.
Collins
A newspaper posted unpaid, or a packet the following have been occasionally posted the toltor, and the commanding Officer often spent more in Postage than would
and have been as unfit for the Post, viz: Metal boxes, porcs Tain and Obins, fruit, vegetabies, bunches of flowers, cuttings of plants, spurs, knives, scissors, needles, pins, pieces of machinery, sharp pointed instruments, samples of metals, samples of ore, samples in glass bottlen, pieces of glass, acts of various kinds, curry combs, copper and steel en- graving plates, and confectionery of all
The postage must be prepald either by an adhesive stamp, or by the use of a stamped
wrapper,
No newspaper can now be sent through the past a second time for the original postage. For each transmission a fresh postage is required.
kinds.
Such articles an scissors, knives, rasota, forks, steal pens, nails, keys, watch machi-
But not Warrant Officers, ria, Assistant Engineer, Gunner, Boatswain, or Carpenter.
Communication with Batavia. The Netherlands India Packets leave
countries, not in the Union are: the Auk wafor, sealing was, postage stamp, or ore, provided that they be paoked and ↑ arrival of the outward. P. & 0. Mail from
tralasian Group, British North America, Africa (except French, &o., Colonies), and
Central America.
Letters,
Postage to Union Countries.
Registration, Newspapers,
General Rates, by any, route-
13 cents per o
8 conta, 2 cents each. Books and Patterns, 4 cents per 2oz...
Exceptional rater, to the United King. dom and Union Countries served through the United Kingdom via Brindisi only:➡ Letters,
16 cents per 02.
8 cents.
Registration, Newspapers,
4 cents each. Books and Patterns, 'cents per 2 oz.
There is no charge on redirected corre spondence within the Postal Union.
Postage to Non-Union Countries.
Via San Fio 8.Hampton Vis Prancisco.
Every newspaper must be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not be fastened, whether by means of gum, otherwise) or in a cover entirely open at guarded in so secure a manner as to afford both ends, no as to admit of easy removal complete protection to the contents of the for examination. If this rule be infringed mail bags and to the Officers of the Post the newspaper is treated as a letter, Office, while at the same time they may be Every newspaper must be so folded, as easily examined, may be sent as samples to to admit of the title being readily in the following countries, but to these alone; |vik, the Azores, Belgium, Cape de Verd spooted.
A newspaper or packet of newspapers lalande, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Hol which contains any enclosure except supland, Madeira, Moldavia, Norway, Portu plements is charged as a letter, unions the gal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United enclosure be such as might be sent at the States, Wallachia, and the British Colonies, book rate of postage, and the entire packet Indiga cannot be sent to any place abroad. be sufficiently prepaid as a book packet, in the Azores, Cape de Vard Islands, France, A packet of patterns or samples sent to which case it is allowed to pass,
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 inches in width or depth.
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Europe.
The French Packts for Batavia wait at Singapore for the Packet from China and ran fortnightly.
It follows that, to forward Correnpen dance to Batavis with the least delay, the following are the best opportunities ---
In the S.W. Monsoon.
The English Mail. The French Mall. In the N.E, Monsoon,
A Private Steamer a few days before the
English Mail,
The French Mail.
Capt
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Colvile, M. D. Conceição T. da 1 Davidge, I Davis, I. E. Earle, W. E.
Anne Visot Ebington, Gardner, G. J. 2
No refund can be made on such paresla of the value of Stampa obliterated before the nature of the contenta was discovered.
PATTERNS.-Some difficulty is experienced in obtaining a general understanding of what is a Pattern. It is a bond fide sample of goods which the sender has for sale, or of goods which he wishes to order. It is Fox, Mrs. to conslet of the smallest possible quantity compatible with shewing what the goods are, and must have no intrinsic value.
sums of money to or from this Colony and To provide means of remitting mall between the Ports of China and Japan, the Postmasters and Agents of this Office will in future be allowed (but not required) to purobane Hongkong Postage Stamps from
foreign residonta.
Between Hongkong and Shanghai, or Hongkong and Yokohama, however, in either direction, Money Orders must be waed.
The Stamps tendered for sale must not exceed $25 in value, must be pericetly clean, in good condition, and in strips of at least two, as no separate Stamps will be purchased. They must be presented per sobally or accompanied by a note.
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Léta, Papa.”
Kennett, Mr1 regd. Koon, W. K.
Lestió, Mrs
Harrry
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Le Laem, Ph. Lim Yan Ya Toyal
Tinskiel,
Lopez G5
Low
Thin Yesu 1
Maceo ở Co., 1.Messrs
Macdonald, Capt. 1 Mackey, Mrs Macpherson,{/ 11
Maly Gordon
McGrath, R. MaMoskau, J. Monogante, A.A. Meridinga, A. Nicholls; Jaa,"
Perpetuo, BEA Pinahan, F. Rawson, Monar. Rizzardial, Vittoria
Exilio E. Rosado, Ealalia Maria de Laz Royal Bank
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1 Rozario, P. P. do?
Go Lam Tian Graves, Miss A, Î Gray, Anny Gregg
Hudson, MrsA.J.1 Grill, Emilía Harvey, S. Hanby, Sergeant 1. Jackson, Mrs O. 1 John, Wong Chuni..... Kazori, K. S.
Keston, M.
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Shearer, James 1 Shugio, H
Simani, F
Sin Mow
Slater, 4
A. T. Smith, Heer
L. J.
To Wo Tierney, W. H. Thiel, John F.A.1 wellings, B.
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Wilby, J. H. Williams, Arthur 2 Williams, A, 0, 1.
Williams & Kennedy Wingrove, G. R-1
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For Märchent Ships.
Lots, Pape.
3
Aberrey Albyn's Iele Annie M. Small 1 Annie Lorway 4
Ariel Arista
Benefactor Caller Ou
A newspaper which has any letter, or any communication of the nature of a letter,
The Post Office is not, by law, responsible writtes in it or upon its cover, is charged
for any loss or inconvenienes which may as an unpaid or insufficiently paid letter.
arise from the non-delivery, mis-sending,
The Postmaster or Agent may postpone Astarte No pauket of newspapers may be above
or mis-delivery of any letter, book, or other purchasing if his public funde in hand are Autors lbs in weight, nor above two feet in
postal packet (even if the packet be re- not sufficient, and he will refuse to purchase Balarry length, one foot in width, nor ons in depth,
To provide the greatest possible facilities gistered); nor is the Post Offles responsible in any cass which appears doubtful or Banian A book-packet may contain any number for posting Correspondence for Europe, for any injury which a packet may sustain suspicions. He is allowed to charge a Belle of Oregon
Commission of one per cent on all Stamps during its transmission, W. Africa, Falkland Islands, Lagoa of separate books or other publications de, up to the latest moment before the
To guard against such injury all postal purchased.. Gold Coast, Liberia, Blerra Leone, Gambla, (including printed or lithographed letters), departure of the French Packets, arrange-packets which are likely to suffer from Letters containing Stamps should be Cape Verd Islands -
photographs (when not on glass or in cases ments have been made for receiving at the stamping or from great pressure should be Registered, and the Stamps should be containing glass or any like substance), Post Office late letters except those to placed in strong dovers; and even with this secured from observation. or Marsellies. Brindisi drawings, prints, or maps, and any quantity and through Australia from 11.10 AM. to precaution no fragile article should be sent of paper, or any other substance in ordinary 11.30 4. Each letter must bear a late fee through the Post. It should be remembered
that every packet has to be handled several During the N.E. Monsoon, the Charterem uss for writing or printing upon, and the of 18 cents extra postage. books or other publications, prints, maps, The above arrangement is intended to times; that it is exposed to considerable and Agents of sailing ships for Manila, Se., may be either printed, written, en-meet occasional emergencies, and not for pressure and friction in the mall bag and Saigon and Bangkok are requested to give of graved, lithographed, or plain, or any the regular posting of extensive correspon that, whenever the bag baa in the course of notice to the Post Office of the departures mixture of these. Further, all lögitimate deuce. Should it be found, therefore, that its transmission to be transferred by means of such ships. binding, mounting, or covering of a book, large and unmanageable numbers of letters of the railway apparatus, the risk of injury No correspondence will be forwarded by Elvatico. None, &c., or of a portion thereof, is allowed, aro habitually thrown upon the Department is much increased.
whether such binding, a. be loose or at the last moment, a heavier late fee will
be imposed. attached; as also rollers in the case of prints or mapa, markers (whether of paper made up for Shanghai by the English and A similar supplementary Mail will be or otherwise) in the case of books, pens or pencils in the case of pocket-books, do, French Contract Steamers, the late lettera and, in short, whatever is necessary for the being received from 10 minutes after, up safe transmission of such articles, or usually to half an hour after the time of closing appertains thereto; but the binding, rollers, The late fee will also be 18 cents.
Registration,
Letters,
Нетерирате,
Books & Patterns,
Aspinwall, Panama J
Letters,
Registration,
12
4+55
6-65
18
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38
None,
4
None.
Books & Patterns, 6
* 8
6 10
Newspapers,
Canada, Vancouver, Prince Edward's Is land, New, Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
Leiter,
Begistration,
Newspapere,
Books & Patterns, 4*
Bahamas, Hayti:-
Lattery, Registration, Newspapers,
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Books & Patterns 6
16
20
12
12
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34
38
None.
6
8
10
Bolivia, Chili, Ecuador, and Peru:-
Letters,
46
60
Newspapers,
€
6
8
Books & Patterns, 14.
10
12
Registration,
12
None.
16
20
Hawaiian Kingdom -- Lettera,
16 Registration, None, Nóne. Newspapers, 4 Books & Patterns, 8
do. must not be sent as a separate packet,
Circulars, ie, letters which are intend-
Miscellaneous Notices,
Local Parcel Post.
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directed.
Jolin P. Brown
fangshaw, an. I
2 Largs
·· Laura R.*
Burnham Leon Crespo
1: Lombardian
MeaCallum More & Madelian Magdata Maggie Douglas I
1 Maid of Judah
Mezcla, 5.5 Merse
1 Mikado
4 Moss Glen
1 Netherton
1 Oreide
1.2
Orange Grove Faraoca Parment
Carmelita. & Ida 1
has.
Eleanor
Car Carnatic Car Carricks Cashmere Catherine Charger Charon Wattana 1
City of Aberdinen Cosmet
2
Marden
1
L. Pearson 1.
Elizabeth Chilis 8
1
Eme
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2 Prim, 9.8.
Emprese
1
Empreza Explorador Firth of Tay
Bail
No information can be given respecting sailing vessel but such as is specially go letters which pass through a Post Office addressed; and in no other way is official except to the persons to whom they are Information of a private character allowed
Flodden to be made pubile, A Postmaster may, Money Order Begulations.
Forward Ho however, give an address if he has no reason
Freeman Clark to believe that the person whose address it dom are issued at Hongkong, Shanghai mêl 1.-Money Orders on the United King-
Golden
Spur 18 would disapprove of his doing so.
Columbia Yokohama. Shanghai and Yokohama also Harriet Armitage 1 Postmasters are not allowed to return any issue on Hongkong and vice versa.
Hawkesbury letter or other packet to the writer or sender, or to any one else, or to delay forwarding the other Ports by means of Postage Hermann
2.-Small sums may be remitted between Henry S. Sanford It to its destination according to the address,
Stamps.
Hindostan even though a request to much effect be written thereon.
3-Many Money Orders are supplied to Hopeful
Humboldt Postmasters are not bound to give change, An application for an order is filled up. Imbros, 1.8.
residenta at the smaller Ports in this way. Hylton Castle nor are they authorised to demand change; and is enclosed with a stamped, directed, and when money is paid at a Post Office, and unsealed envelope to the Postmaster at
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ed for transmission in identical termà to None. Beveral persons, and the whole or the
1. Small Parcels may be sent by Post greater part of which is printed, engraved, between any of the British Post Offices in or lithographed, may also be sent by Chins or Japan, as well as to Macao, Pak- book poat
hoi,Singapore, Penang, and Malacca. But a book-packet may not contain any They must not exceed the following dimen- letter, or communication of the nature of a sions, 2 feet long, 1 foot broad, 1 foot deep, letter (whether separate or otherwise),
will be 20 cents per lb., which will include None. printed; nor any enclosure sealed or in any Registration. The parcels may be wholly way closed against inspection; nor any closed if they bear this special endorse other enclosure not allowed by Rule 3. Itment, PARCEL CONTAINING NO LETTER, but this rule be infringed, the entire packet any parcel may be opened by direction of None,is charged as a letter.
the Postmaster General. A book-packet may be posted either 2. The following cannot be transmitted: without a cover (in which case it must not Parcals insufficiently packed or protected, be fastened, whether by means of gum, or liable to be crushed (es. bandboxes, wafer; sealing wax, postage stamp, or &c.) Glass, Liquids, Explosive substances, otherwise), or in a cover entirely open at Matches, Indigo, Dyestuffs, Ioe, Meat, both ends, so as to admit of the contents Fish, Game, Fruit, Vegetables, or whatever being easily withdrawn for examination is dangerous to the Mails, or likely to be otherwise it in treated as a letter. For the come offensive or injurious in transit. greater security of the contents, however,
unleas it be a cironlar-letter or, be wholly or weigh more than 6lbs. The postage whether as change or otherwise, no question the nearest issuing office. The application
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W. Indies, (ezanept as above) Costa Bica, Guatemala, Monta Video,t New Granada,† and Venezuela :- Letters,
Newspapers,
Books & Patterns, Registration
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34
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14.
8
10.
8
to British & Union 12 West Indies only,
Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Fiji (H.), Natal Cape, St. Helena, Ascen
sion.
11
Letters, by Contract Packet 24; by Pri- rate Ship 12, Registration, 12; Newspapers, 3; Books and Patterns, 4.
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A small extra charge is made on delivery. → Cannot be sent via San Francisco.
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6. Parcels will as a general rule be for
from the counter,
Treze
as to its right amount, goodness, or weight must be accompanied with the full amount can be entertained after it has been removed (including commission) in cheque, postage stamps, or other equivalent of cash, and a letters or other packets for the public, but of exchange. The Fostmaster issues the Modeste Postmasters are not bound to weigh any little margin should be left for variations Falcon they may do so if their duty be not thereby order, sends it on in the envelope, and tochan Impeded.
returns the change, if any, by first oppor tunity, with a receipt for the letter, if it The practice of sealing letters passing to ware to be registered, as it always abould and from the East and West Indies, and be. Care should be taken to send these other countries with hot climates, with wax | applications in time, as the Money Order (except such as is specially prepared), is Offices core some hour before the depar attended with much inconvenience, and tures of the malla
4. No order must exceed £10, or in
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It may be tied at the ends with string; warded by Private Ship, not by Contract frequently with serious injury, not only to dude any fraction of a penny. Orders will · |
the letters so sealed but to the other letters
public are therefore recommended, in all to advise their correspondents in the coun auch cases, to use either wafers or gum, and
advice arrived.
Postmasters being authorised to cut the Mall Packet. The Post Office reserves the in the mail, from the melting of the war and be drawn at the current rate of the dayt they must again tie up the packet. string in such cases, although if they do so right of selecting the opportunity for transadhesion of the letters to each other. The and paid at the rate of the day when the
No book-parket may be above 5 lbs. in weight, nor above 24 inches in length, 12 inches in width, or 12 Inches in depth, unless it be sent to or from one of the
Government offices.
mission, and of delaying delivery in case the number of parcels is much sa to, retard other correspondence. No responsibility is accepted with regard to any parcel, but the system of Registration will secure the senders against any but a very remote pro- bability of loan.
tries reforzad to, to do the same val
When, owing to a great and unusual
The registration of a packet makes Its influx of letters, books, &c., the transmis. 4. The public are cautioned not to con transmission much more secure, inasmuch sion or delivery of the letters would be found there facilities with a Parcel Post to, under ordinary circumstances, a regis delayed if the whole mail were dealt with Europs, &c., which does not exist, without distinction, book packets may be kept back till the next despatch or delivery.
Correspondence for the West Indies (except those belonging to the Postal
The limit of size for a book pisket Union, the Bahamas, and Hayti), for Conta Biss, Honduras, Monte Video, New addressed to any place abroad is 24 Inches Granada, Paraguay, and Uruguay can no in length and 17 Inches in width or depth. longer be sent við Ban Francioso,
LOCAL AND TOWN POSTAGE.
Letters
Registration.
Newspapers.
Per 20
Bks, & Pitus
Within any Town or Settle- ment, or between Hongkong, Canton, and Macac, in either directionaba 2 829
Between any other twe off
the following places (through
a British Office). TIE-Hong
kong, Macao, Forts of China
and Japan, Bangkok, Saigon,
FATTERNS.
Maite exchanged with Manila and Saigon,
The Philippine Jelands being now admits ted into the General Fostal Union, it fol- lows that all paid correspondence received from Manila in the maile will delivered free by this Office, and that all paid cot respondence sent to Maails in the mats should be delivered free there.
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The commission fa as follows S
Orders on the United Kingdom, Up to £. 18 cante. £86 £7............54
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$3
£1072 »
Local Money Orders,
Up to $25.15 cents.
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5-Lists of Money Order Offers in the United Kingdom may be consulted at Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yokohama.
8-Names must be given in full (expect when there is more than one Christian mate) but the name of the Payee need not be given if the order be crossed (as obeques are crossed). It can then be paid only through Bank, and may afterwards be specially grossed to any Bank.
7-No order can be paid till the Payee
tered packet can be traced through its whole course and thus the loss of a registered packet is a very rare cocurrence, Neverthe less large sums of money or other articles of great vains should not be sent through the post, even if the packet be registered as the machinery of the Department is not arranged with a view to such transmission, By law, the Post Office le not responsible for the safe delivery of registered packets They must not be of Intrinals value,
though any officer who may neglect hi This rule excludes all articles of a saleable Article 12 of the Postal Treaty of Berne duty on this point will be called to strict nature, and indeed whatever may have provides that Neither the senders nor the account. Sent In unregistered lettere, ala & value of its own, apart from Its mare use addressees of letters and other postal able articles are exposed to risk, and offer as a pattern; and the quantity of any packets shall be called upon to pay, either temptation which ought not to be created material sent ostensibly as a pastorn must in the Country of Origin, or in that of and the Department cannot in any way not be so great that it can fairly be con Destination, any tax or duty other than" undertake the safe conveyance of such sidered as having on this ground an intrin the recognised rates levied (in the case of packets. All inland or colonial letters, sie vaina.
paid correspondence) by the despatching therefore, which contain coin, and all Pattern and Sample Post to colonies and Office. It is hoped that any extra charge, inland letters which contain watabos of foreign countries is restricted to bond file or apparently extra charge, will at once be jewellery, arm Lough they be posted trade patterns or samples of merchandise brought to the notice of the proper without registration, are treated an registar six months an additional commission will Goods sent for sale, or in execution of an authorities, in either Colony,
The above does not apply in any to loossed, and charged on delivery with a double be charged; if not within twelve months, order (however small the quantity may be), or any articles sent by one private indivi, letters sent outside the malla. These will the ordinary postage and any such letters order is once paid no further claim can be registration fee of eightpenos in addition to the money will be forfeited. When the dital to another, which are not actum, always be charged on arrival in Hongkong which cannot be registered in time to be and probably the Manila Office will adopt forwarded by the Mail for which they are patterns or extuples, are not admisalble.
Patterns or samples, when practicable, the same course.
posted are detained for the next despatob. Even if the letter do not contain any ariele of intrinsle vaine, it should, if it be very Important, he registered.
and the Philippinee, by. Pri- vale Ship,
Papwoduired 482 2. must be sent in covers open at the enda Complaints are sometimes received of Between the above by Con-
and in such a manner as to be easy of extra charges on correspondence exchanged trapt Molly 8824
examination. But samples of seeds, druga, between this Colony and Saigon, but in and such like articles, which cannot be sent believed it would be found in mif cases that wine covers of this kind,but such articles the letters, da, bad haen sent loss. Ang publication Inlflling the conditions only,may be posted enclosed is hozes, or Any Foreign stamps on loote cofra. METONČINY DOMES SAS Por si a semipeyes, bags of limen, of other material, fastened upondence are obliterated in this Omen.
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, spessity for stopping payment, or the like, application Order Office for instructions. should be made to the nearest Money 8.If the order be not presented within
entertained.
No order bat be paid until the advise relativs to it has been received.
Made out on a printed form which is supplied
gratis.
Most countries to which Hongkong for. ] + Vidate on Shanghai eze drawn al 2 pas capi. wards. Correspondenan baring joined t premiums in all ass.
1 Pauline
Penrith St
Per Arddia
2. Philip Fitzpatrick
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Prince Amedeo
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