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No. 4712-August 10, 1878.]

POSTAL BATES. [Subjoined wo give the postal rates now in farco 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 miscellaneous and useful notices.]

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 publication at the top of every aubsequent page; and this regulation applies

to Tables of Contents and Indices.

4th. A supplement must consist wholly or in great part of mattor like that of newapaper, or of advertisements, printed on a sheet or shee, or a piece or pieces of paper, uzetitabed; or wholly or in part of engravings, prints, or lithographs illustra- tive of articles in the newspaper. The

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 angravings, prints, or lithographe, at the top of every sheet or side.

Hongkong Bates of Postage. supplement must in every cas be published

(Revised June 7th, 1878.) In the following Statemente and Tables the Rates are given in cents, and are, for Letters, per hatf dunce, for Books and Patterns, per two ounces,

Newspapers over four ounces in weight are charged as double, treble, &c., an the case may be, but such papers or packets of papers may be sent at Book Rate, Two Newspaper 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 Rate. Prices Our ront may be paid either as Newspapers or Books

N.R. meats No Registration.

Countries of the Postal. Union, The Union may be taken to comprise Europe, the United States, Canada, Brazil, India (including Ceylon, the Straits, and Aden), Japan, Egypt, Labuan, Mauritius, Seychelles, Jamaica, Trinidad, British Gusza, and Bermuda, with all French, Danish, Netherlands, Portuguese, and Spanish Colonies.

Countries nor in the Union-The chief Countries not in the Union are; the Aus tralasiau Group, Africa (except French, &o, Colonies), Newfoundland and Central Ame ̈rica.

Postage to Union Countries,

General Rates, by any route :- Letters,

12 cents per oz. Registration,

$ canta. Newspapers,

2 cents each. Books and Patterns, 4 cents per 2 oz.

Exceptional rates, to the United King dom sud Union Countries served through the United Kingdom vis Brindisi only:- Letters,

16 cents per oz. Registration,

8 cents. Newspapers,

4 coats each. Books and Patterns, 6 cents per 2 oz.

There is no charge on redirected spondence within the Postal Union.

A packet containing two more news papers is not chargeable with a higher rate of postage than would be abafgeable on a book packet of the same weight.

The postage must be prepaid either by an adhesive stamp, or by the use of a stamped wrapper.

Every newspaper must be posted elthor without a cover (in which case it must not be fastened, whether by means of gum, water, sealing was, 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 be infringed the newspaper is treated as a letter.

Every newspaper must be so folded, as to admit of the title being readily in- spected.

A newspaper or packet of newspapers which comains any enclosure except sup- plements is charged as a letter, unless the enclosure be such as might be sent at the book rate of postage, and the entire packet be sufficiently prepaid as a book packet, in which case it is allowed to pass,

A newspaper which has any letter, or any communication of the nature of a letter, written in it or upon its cover, is charged as en uupaid or insufficiently paid letter.

No-packet of newspapers may be above 5 lbs, in weight, nor above two feet lu length, one foot in width, nor one in depth.

TYR CHINA MAIL.

the following have been orcasionally posted ag Patterns, and have been detained as unfit for the Post, viz: Metal boxes, porch lain and China, fruit, vegetables, bunches of flowers, cuttings of plants, apars, knives, scissors, noodles, plus, pieces of machinery, sharp pointed instruments, samples of metale, samples of ore, enmples in glass bottles, pieces of glass, acids of various kinds, curry combs, copper and steel en graving plates, and confectionery of all kinds."

Such articles as scissors, knives, razors, forks, steel pens, naila, keya, watch machi- ore, provided that they be packed and nory, metal tubing, piecos of metal or

guarded in so secure a manner as to afford complete protection to the contents of the mail baga and to the Officers of the Fost Office, while at the same time they may be easily examined, may be sent as samples, Indigo cannot be sent to any place.

To provide the greatest possible facilities for posting Correspondence for Europe, do, up to the latest moment before the departure of the French Fackets, arrange- ments have been made for receiving at the Post Office late letters-cacept those to and, through Australia-from 11.10 M. to 11.30 AM. Each letter must boar a late foe of 18 cents extra postage.

The above arrangement is intended to meet 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 last moment, a heavier late fee will be imposed.

A similar supplementary. Mail will be made up for bhanghai by the English and Fronch Contract Steamers, the late lettora being received from 10 minutes after, up to half an hour after the time of oloaing. The late fee will also be 18 celta,

Miscellaneous Notices,

Local Delivery,

1. All correspondenos posted before 5 p.m. on any week day for addresses in Victoria will be delivered the same day, and generally within two hours, unless the delivery should be retarded by the Contract Mails.

2. Invitations, &, can generally be delivered within. Victoria at the private house of the addrensees rather than at places of business, if a wish to that effect be expressed by the sender, otherwise all correspondence la invariably delivered at the nearest place of business. (See Festal Guide, par. 108,)

B. Hoxholders who desire to send Cirou. lara, Dividend Warrants, Invitations, Cards, &o, all of the same weight, to addresses in Hongkong, Bangkok, or the Forts of China and Japan, may deliver them to the Post Office unstamped, the postage being then charged to the sender's account. batch must consist of at least ten

A book-packet may contain any number of separato books or other publications (including printed or lithographed. letters), photographs (when not on glass or in cases containing glass or any like subatanoe), drawings, prints, or wape, 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, &o., may be either printed, written, an graved, lithographed, or plain, or any mixture of these. Further, all legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of a book, correde, or of a portion thereof, is allowed, whether such binding, &c. be loose or attushed; a alto rollers in the case of prints or maps, markers (whether of paper or otherwise) in the case of books, pens or 4. Boxholders may also send Patterns peucila in the case of pocket-books, do, to the same places in the same way. En- sud, in short, whatever is necessary for the velepon containing Patterns may be wholly safe tranemission of such articles, or usually elosed if the nature of the contents be first Via San Viu 8. Hampton Vis

spportains thereto; but the binding, rollere, exhibited or atated. to the Postmaster Francisco, or Marseilles. Brindato, must not be sent as a separate packet,

General, ne he may consider necessary, and Circulars,Le, letters which are intond-approved by him Printed Circulare may ad for transmission in identical terms to be inserted in such Pattern Packets, several persons, and the whole or the greater part of which is printed, engraved, book post. or lithographed, may also be sent by

Postage to Non-Union Countries. W. Africa, Falkland Islands, Lagos, Gold Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Cape Verd Islands

Letters,

Registration,

Newspapers,

Books & Patterna, -

Aspinwall (F.B.), Bahamas, Guatemala (N.), Hayti (N.K.), Mexico (R) ranama (..), Salvador (.E.), and Venezuela (..)- Letters,

31 Registration, None. 12 Метерареть,

Books & Patterns, 6

. 12

Bolivia, Chili, Ecuador, and Peru :-

Letters,

Newspapers,

راید

None.

Books & Patterns, 1

Registration, 12

None Hawaiian Kingdom (N..), Newfound land:-

Letters,

Registration,

Newspapers,

16.

Books & Patterns, 8*

W. Indies, (except as above) Costa Rica, Honduras, Monte Video, New Granada, and Nicaragus:~~~

Lottorn,

Newspapers,

Books & Patterne,

Registration

to British & Union'

West Indies only,

Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Fiji, Natal, Cape, St. Helena, Ascension.»

Letters, by Dontract Packet 34; by Pris, Vats Ship 12, Registration, 12; Newspapers, 21-Books and Patterns, 4

* A small extra charge is made on delivery.

But a book-packet may not contain any letter, or communication of the nature of a letter (whether separate or otherwise), nolesa it be a circular-letter or be wholly priated; nor any enclosure sealed or in any If this way closed against inspection. rule be infringed, the entire packet is charged as a letter.

A book packet may be posted either without a cover fin which case it must not bo fastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, sealing wax, postage stamp, or otherwise), or in a cover entirely open at both ends, 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 ends with string; Postmasters being authorised to eat the string in such cases, although if they do Bo they must again tie up the packet.

Local Parcel Post.

Kaph

1. Small Parcels may be sent by Post between any of the British Fost Offices in China or Japan, as well as to Macao, Pak- boi, Singapore, Penang, and. Malacca. They must not exceed the following dimen- sions, 2 feet long, 1 foot broad, I foot deep, nor weigh more than lbs. The postage will be 20 cents per lby which will include Registration. The parcels may be wholly closed if they bear this special ondoras. ment, PARCEL, CONTAINING NO LETTKE, but any parcel may be opened by direction of the Postmaster General.

2. The following cannot be transmitted : Parcels insufficiently packed or protected, o.) Glass, Liquids, Explosive substances, or liable to be crushed (as bandboxes, Matches, Indigo, Dyestuff, Ice, Meat, Fish, Game, Fruit, Vegetables, or whatever la dangorous to the Mails, or likely to ba come offensive or injurious in transit.

Parcels will as a general rule be for warded by Private Ship, not by Contract Mail Packet, The Post Office reserves the No book-packet may be above 5 lbs.right of selecting the opportunity for trans- in weight, Lor above 24 inches in length, mieston, and of delaying delivery in case 12 inches in width, or 12 Inches in depth, the number of parcels is such as to retard unless it be sent to or from one of the other correspondence. No responsibility Government offices.

le accepted with regard to any parcel, but When, owing to a great and auusup the system of Registration will secure the influx of letters, books, ie, the transmis-senders against any but a very remote pro- alon or delivery of the letters would be bability of long. without distinction, book packets may be found these facilities with a Parcel Post to delayed if the whole mail were dealt with

4. The public are cautioned nos to con- kept back till the next despatch or delivery. Europe, &c., which does not exist,

PATTERNS.

Soldiers, and Sailors' Letters. Privates in H. M. Army or Navy, Non- commissioned Officers, Army Schoolmas tere (not superintending or First Class) or Schoolmistresses may send half-ounce letters to the United Kingdom via Southampton by British Packet, for one pozny; or via Brindisi by British Packet for three-pence. Hongkong atamps will prepay this class of correspondence exactly the same as Imperial Stampt.

Soldiers' and Sailors' letters are, however, charged as ordinary letters if they do not conform to the following regulations double letters are allowed.

1. Not to exceed half an ounce. No 2. If from a Soldier or Sallor, his class or description roust, be stated in full on the letter, and the commanding Officer must sign his name, with name of Regi- ment, or Ship, &o, in full.

3. If to a Soldier or Sailor, his class or description must be stated in full, with name of Regiment, or Ship, do, in full.

Engineer, Gunner, Boatswain, or Carpenter.

But at Warrant Officers, viz., Assistant

Communication with Batavia.

The Netherlands India Packets leave Singapore fortnightly, and are fitted to the al of the outward F. &-0. Mail from Europe.

The French Packte for Batavin wait at Singapore for the Facket from China and run fortnightly.

Patterna to British Ofices, 5lbs, if with-

out intrinsic value; to the Continent, &c., 8 oz.

POST OFFICE NOTICE. Unclaimed Correspondence, August 9, 1873,

Lėta. Tape

Jahnson, Tom 1 JRonilho, F. M. 1

Late, Paps.

Justor, Alejandro 1 regd.

1 regd.

Kenton, M. 1

regủ, Làc

Kos Tray

Kee Shing & Co. 1

by Post at all: Glass, Liquids, Gunpowder, 4. The following articles cannot be sont Matches, Candies, Soap, Indigo, Dys-atoffa, or whatever is dangerous to the Mails, or naive or injurious to persons dealing with them.

Abriso, Generall

G. de PARCELS.-The public is reminded that,

Abduchaban in China and Japan, there is no such thing Chorodhura 1 regd. Kazori, K. S.. an Parcel Pout, Much trouble and disep Allen, Samuel 1 pointment is caused by persistent attempts Alveres, P. S. y to send small valuable trifles through the Aky Mypan Post, Fane, Carios, Articles of Dress, Antoine, Bionsr

Mattoi Tanoy Work, and similar presents are con tinually being refused, the senders having Atak Mypan often spent more in Postage than wonki Ayoon

No Ballin, Capt.. bare paid the freight by a camer. retard can be made on such parcele of the Barker, value of Stamps obliterated before themes, MI

Barrett, G. nature of the contents was discovered.

Barrue, Mours. 1 PATTERNS.-Some difficulty is experienced Rennett, G. A. 2 in obtaining a general anderending of Blanchard, Y. T. 2 what is a Pattern. It is a bond fide sample Botelho, Balbins I

rietta

Lopez, Susa Bt.G.2

Lo Yan Ting, Mrs

1 regd Lewo, Robert-1 1 regd. Lynch, Rickard 1

Mackay, Muallam

Duncan Marshall, F. J... I May, Miss (Opera MoAlecitin, Mermings, A

Goy.) 3.

Walter

of goods which the sender has for sale, or Burrows, Hen. H.

меня.

of goods which he wishes to order. It is to consist of the smallest possible quantity Butcher, J. B. 1 bk. compatible with shewing what the goods are, and must have no intrinsic value.

W. S. 1 Cafter, Cassipini, E. Chcing Loong Chine, Susan

& 00.

& Co., Менига

Mulit, Joseph

arke, D. Parkin, J. H. Pembroke, Frank 1

-1

-I

1 Piton, Capt,

Colvile, M.-D. Congtoon, Mrs I Conison, A.0.M.I Cit

& Co

Quintin

To provide means of remitting stall suras of money to or from this Colony and between the Forts of China and Japan, the Postmasters and Agents of this Ufice will in future be allowed (but not required) to Meaera donte to Batavia with the least delay, the foreign residents.

It follows that, to forward Correspon-purchase Hongkong Postage Stamps from following are the best opportunities ---

Between Hongkong and Shanghal, or Hongkong and Yokohama, however, in either direction, Money-Orders must be

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

used.

The Stampe tendered for sale must not exceed $25 in value, must be perfectly clean, in good condition, and in atrips of at least two, as no separate Stamps will be parobased. They must be prosented per- conally or accompanied by a note,

The Post Office is not, by law, responsible for any loss or inconvenience which may arise from the non-delivery, mis-sending, The Postmaster or Agent may postpone or mis-delivery of any letter, book, or other purchasing if his public funds in hand are postal packet (even if the paoket be re-not sufficient, and he will refuse to purchase gistered); nor is the Post Office responsible in any case which appears doubtful or for any injury which a packet may sustain suspicions. he is allowed to charge a during its transmission.

Commission of one per cent on all Stampa purchased.

Lotters containing Stamps should be Registered, and the Stampe should be secured from observation.

To guard against such injury all postal packets which are likely to suffer from atamping 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 considerablo pressure and friction in the mall bag; and 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 which pass through a Post Office except to the persons to whom they are addressed; and in no other way is official information of a private character allowed to be made public. A Postmaster may, however, give an address if he has no reason to believe that the person whose address it is would disapprovo of his doing to

Postmasters are not allowed to return any lottor or other packet to the writer or sender, or to any one else, or to delay forwarding it to its destination according to the address, 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, goudness, or weight can be entertained after It has been removed

from the counter.

Postmasters are not bound to weigh any lotters or other packets for the public, but they may do so ff their duty be not thereby impeded.

During the N.E, Monsoon, the Charterers and Agents of sailing ships for Mania, Saigon and Bangkok are requested to give notice to the Post Office of the departures of such ships.

No correspondence will be forwarded by sailing vessel but such as is specially so directed,

Davis, Dering, Geo. Dhite, Moner. Devlin, II. Donaldson, T. i Drew, 3. B. Dzew, John E. I Engel, Eduard 1 Eving, Mr

W. 5.8

by Capt.

Capt.

Go Lain Tjan I Grubel, Mrs Amanda anon, Wm.

"Hemptiune,

Maurice Bonis, Mr Honsego, Mr Hules, Arthur 1. Hunby, Sergeant Jackson, Frank E. Jengason,

}

Gustav Jn. John, Wong Chual

Pogson,

Friostman, Amanid Rawson, Moner. Hita, Molencia

Rooho, Jobs1

Rodrigues, Eyan, Capt.

Sauconi, Ealancen, Monar, Sams, Shaik, Hostan1 red.

F. B.

Hajee

Silverlock, Walter

Smith, John Talpey, Cap. Frd."

Thiol, 0.

Thiel, John F. A. 1 "Thornton, Miss J.1 Tierney, W. H. 1 Tongei, (Chino) Tackey, Joseph 1 Jas, Jr. 1 Ward, Miss Hattiel

Walsh,

A. C. 1

1 Wing Lee, Mess, 1

Woodville, E. Woodward, Mr

Young, T., Mr

For Merchant Ships.

Letu. Paps. Albyn's Isle 2 -Large" Alexandra 1&1 regd. Laura R Alice

2 Burnham Amboto, 5.8. 1 regd Laurall America Адрів M. Smill 1 Arista

The Stamp Office boing now provided Astarte with a 3 cont die, Books of Receipts, Rent Are Collectors' books, &c, can be stamped Balcarry

Aurort beforehand in the same manner as Cheque Books. Looge receipt forms can also be stamped if required.

Money Order Begulations.

dom and the Straits Settlements are issued --Money Orders on the United King at Hongkong, Shanghai and Yokohama. Shanghai and Yokohama also issue on Hongkong and vice versa. →

3.-Small sume may be remitted between the other Ports by means of Postage Stamps.

Leta.Pepe.

Leon Crespo

Lizzie Perry

Lombardian

Lord Macaulay 3

Banion. Barbara Taylor 1 Bertha Murion Carnatic Cashmere Chale

Challenge Chandos

Charger

City o

Comet Corona

Mabol Clark

1. MacCallum More 2.

Magdals

Maid of Judch 4

Maritime Union 8 Mary Fraser

is Mare

1 Motrosa

Nyassa Oceanic

1 Orange

Palestine

of Aberdeen

2 Farucca

1 Paulino

Cosmo

Countess of Erro14 Davina Drumelog Eliza Perry Empire Express Enid Erminia Eskurt

Grove

Farme pio

Fresto

Preemite, 5.5.

1 Print, 8.8.

Turonid, 5.5.

Rhoda

2 River Lagan

Hoosa Valdt

Rosebud

Porto Wott

3-Many Money Orders are applied to residents at the smaller Ports in this way. An application for an order* is filled up, and is onclosed with a stamped, directed, Faiwan, 8.5. and unsealed envelope to the Postmaster at the nearest isang office. The application Francia.B. Fay 2 Fitz Patrick, 5.5.2 must be accompanied with the full amount Freeman Clark finalading commission) in cheque, postage Globe stamps, or other equivalent of cash, and a tunga, s.s. little margin should be left for variations Hail Columbia

The practice of seating letters passing to and from the East and West Indies, and other countries with hot climates, with wax (except such as is specially prepared), is attended with much inconvenience, and frequently with serious injury, not only to the letters so sealed but to the other letters of exchange. The Postmaster issues the Harlaway In the mail, from the melting of the wax and order, neads it on in the envelope, and adhesion of the letters to each other. The returns the change, any, by first oppor- public are therefore recommended, in siltunity, with a receipt for the latter, if it Hawkesbury such cases, to use either wafers or gun, and were to be registered, as it always should ei, s.8. to advise their correspondents in the conn- be. Care should be taken to send these trios referred to, to do the same.

applications in time, as the Money Order

Henry S. Sanford Offices close some hours before the depar-bernian tares of the maila,

The commission is as follows :-

Orders on the United Kingdom. Up to £... 18 conta.

£10....... +2 Local Money Orders (including Straits Bettlements),

Up to $25.........16 cents.

6039;

Harritan

Obenr, 8.8.

Helen

Robt. Henderson 13

Sacramonto

2 Sea Guli, s.5.

Senta

Shaught Levin

Southern Cross Stadt Harlem

Star of India

Strathenra

2 Strathmore

Supreme

2 Tui Watts

Tapc- The

Thomas Bell Tronbridge

Twilight Verona

1 Wandering Jew 2 William Manson 1 W. E. Gladstans regd.

1 Yerman, s..

Julia P. Brown

Lady Penrhyn

For H. M. Ships.

Lets. Exp.

Growler.

Lets, Paşt Victor Emanuel

Books, etc. without Covera

The registration of a packet makes ita.No order must exceed £10, or in Ham

Keteper Humboldt transmission much more secure, inasmuch clude any fraction of a penny.

Orders will Imbros, 8.s. as, under ordinary circumstances, a regis. be drawn at the current rate of the dayt

Invincible tered packet can be traced through its whole and paid at the rate of the day when the Irigo Irene course; and thus the loss of a registered advico arrived. packet is a very rare occurrence, averthe Mails exchanged with Manila and Saigon.

Tese large sums of money or other articles The Philippine Islands being now admit of great value should not be sent through They mart not be of intrinsic value, ted into the General Postal Union, it fol- the post, even if the packet be registered; as This rule excludes all articles of a saleable lows that all paid correspondence received the machinery of the Department is not nature, and indeed whatever may have from Manila in the male will be delivered arranged with a view to such transcalesfion. s value of its own, apart from Ita mere use free by this Office, and that all paid cor- By law, the Post Office le not responsible Correspondence for the West Indies as a pattern; and the quantity of any respondence sent to Mails in the mails for the safe delivery of registered packets (except those belonging to the Postal material sent ostensibly as a pattern must should be delivered free thera.

though any officer who may negloot his Union, the Bahamas, and Hayti), for Corta not be so great that it can fairly be con provides that "Neither the senders nor the secount,

Article IX of the Postal Treaty of Berne duty on this point will be called to striot Rice, Honduras, Moate Video, New sidered as having on this ground an intrin- addressees of letters and other postal able articles are exposed to risk, and offer a Sent in unregistered lettere, vala. Granada, Paraguay, and Uruguay can no sio value. longer be sout vié San Francisco.

Pattern and Bample Post to colonies and packets shall be called upon to pay, either temptation which ought not to be created; foreign countries is restricted to bond fide in the Country of Origin, or in that of and the Department cannot in any way trade patterns or samples of merchandise. Destination, any tax or duty other than" undertake the safe conveyance of such Gooda nent for sale, or in execution of an the recognised rates levied (in the care of packets. All inland or colonial letters, order (however small the quantity may be), paid correspondenc) by the despatching therefore, which contain colu, and all or any articles sont by one private indivi- Office. It is hoped that any extra charge, Inland letters which contain watches or

-Names must be given in full (except dual to another, which are not actusi or apparently extra charge, will at once be jewellery, oven though they be posted when there is more than one Christian patterns or samples, are not admissible.

brought to the notios of the proper without registration, are treated as register name) but the name of the Payes need not Patterns or samples, when practicable, authorities, in either Colony, must be sent in covers open at the ends,

the ordinary postage; and any such letters through a Bank, and may afterwards be registration fee of eightpence in addition to are crossed). It can then be paid only and in such a manner an to be easy of

which cannot be registered in time to be specially crossed to any Bank, examination. and such like articles, which oannot be sent Samples of seeds, drugs,

forwarded by the Mail for which they are 7.--No order can be paid till the Payee posted are detained for the next despatch, have signed it in the proper place, An in covers of this kind--but much articles

Even If the letter do not contain any article order san ba transferred to another office bags of linen or other material, ‚faatébed extra charges on correspondence exchanged of intrinsic value, it should, if it be very on payment of an additional commission. only,may be posted enclosed in boxes, or in such a manner that they may be readily believed it would be found in all caces that

important, be registered, opened or, in the case of aeedo, &ois bags entirely closed, provided such closed the letters, &, had been sent loose.

LOCAL AND TOWN POSZAGE,

Within any Town or Settle maent, or between Hongkong, Canton, and Macao, in either direction,e)

Between any other two of the following places (through s British Office) viz,--Hong- kong, Macao, Forts of China and Japan, Bangkok, Saigon, and the Philippines, by Pri

vats Shipongareallucise Between the above by Con-

Lettera.

[Registration. Newspapera

Bks. & Ptina.

Per 20

82 2

brost Mailyintinianiu 8824

bags are transparent, so as to cable the Officers of the Post Ofice readily to satisfy themselves so to the nature of the cou- tents,

There must be no writing or printing

SLists of Money Order Offices in the United Kingdom may be consulted at longkong, Shanghai, and Yokobama.

The above does not apply in say to looss/ed, and charged on delivery with a double be given if the order be crossed (as cheques

letters sent outside the mails. These will always be charged on arrival in Hongkong the same source. and probably the Manila Office will adopt Complaints are sometimes received of between this, Colony and Saigon, but it is

Any Foreign stamps on loose corre spondence are obliterated in this Office.

Indian Correspondence. Indian Mail Packsta,

Unpaid Letters are not received for the

upon or in any packet except the addreas The Pre-payment of correspondents for of the person for whom it is intended, the the Straits, India, Ceylon, and Adon is com Any publication fulalling the conditions address of the sender, a trade mark or pulaoty by whatever opportunity it is

zumber, and the price of the articles.

hereafter named can paat sa a newspaper,

The conditions are as follows 11. The publication must consist wholly or in great part of political or other news, or of articles relating thereto, or to other current topics, with or without advertis.

The rule which forbids the transmission,

trough the Post of any article likely to injuts 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 Posts and a packet containing any 2nd. It must be published in numbers at thing of the kind will be stopped, and not jatorvels of not more than 31 days, and sent to its destination. Articles auch es

menta.

forwarded.

Registration to Bangkok.

Her Britannis Majesty's Consul General for Slam has been good enough to make arrangements by means of which correspon dence can be Registered to Bangkok, af the munt charge of § cents

Most countries to which Hongkong for wards Correspondence having joined the General, Fostal Union or being probably about to do so, it is necessary that the following rules be strictly observed.

1 No Letter or Packet, whether to be. registered or unregistered, can be received for Postage if it contains gold or silver money, a general rule, to Hable to Custome jewels, precious articles, or anything that,

12. 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."

doties."

8. The limits of weight allowed atomat followe

Books and Paphoto British Offices, Bibs; to the Contigent, & 8 lbg,

In case of loss of an order, necessity for topping payment, or the like, application Order Office for instructions. should be made to the nearest Money

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 blalm can be entertained, :

-No order can be paid until the advice relative to it has been received,

• Made cut on a printed forms which is supplied

gratis.

+ Local Orders on Shanghai are drawn at 2 per

cent. premia in all cases. A fixed dol jar rate for drawing on the United King. dom is in force at Shanghai.

Banhütte,

-Catalogus of Books.

Ohristian.

Cork Weekly Herald.

Delly Recorder.

Evans, Bona de Co., preales corrientes de

Drogas.

Exchange News (Russien),

Germania.

Glasgow Weekly Herald. Inverness Courier.

Journal des Consulată, Le Siście.

Linesinshire Herald. Monitear day Baier.

Nanical Megasine. Dur God shall odors.

Scotsmen.

Siberian Martankis Bank Report 1817

(Russian).

WASHING BOOKS. (In English and Chinese.) TASHERMAN'S BOOKS, for the use Wof Ladies and Gentlemen, are now Ieady at this Office. Prins, $1 endle

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