No. 5062-SEPTEMBER 27, 1870.)
POSTAL BATES.
THE CRINA MAIL.
of flowers, outtings of plants, spurs, knives, by British Packet, for one penny; or viê Brindisi by British Packet for three-pence, scissors, needles, pins, pieces of machinery, metals, samples of ore, samples in glass correspondence exactly the same as Imperial
Stampe. bottles, pieces of glaes, acide of various
Boldiers' and Sailors' letters aro,'however, Post. kirde, curry combs, copper and steel on-
charged as, ordinary letters if they do not graving plates, and confectionery of all kinds.
conform to the following regulations
1. Not to exceed half an ounce, No double letters are allowed.
PARCELE. The public is reminded that, there is no such thing as Parcel Post
pointment is caused by persistent attempts to send small valuable trifles through the Fans, Carios, Articles of Dresa Fancy Work, and similar presents are con- tinually being refused, the sonders having often spent more in Postage than would No bare paid the freight by seamor. refund can be made on such parcels of the value of Stamps obliterated bofore the nature of the contents was discovered.
3rd. The full title and date of publication muat be printed at the top of the first page, Bibjoined we give the postal rates and the whole or part of the title and the sharp pointed instrumenta, samples of Hongkong stampa will prepay this class of to Europe, &c. Much troublo and disap
date of publication at the top of every now in force for transmission of corro-subsequent page; and this regulation applies spondence to all parts of the world, to Tables of Oontents and Indices,
4th. A supplement must consist wholly Detailed rules affecting the transmisor in great part of matter like that of a
Such articles as scissors, knives, razors, sion of packets, parcels, &c., will be newspaper, or of advertisements, printed
on a sheet or sheets, or a piece or pieces of forks, steel pens, nails, keys, watch machi found annexed, together with a number paper, unstitched; or wholly or in part of nery, metal tubing, places of metal or engravings, prints, or lithographs Illustra-ore, provided that they be packed and of miscellaneous and useful notices.]
tive of articles in the newspaper. The guarded in so secure a manner as to afford aupplement must in every case be published complete protection to the contents of the with the newspaper, and must have the mail bags and to the Officers of the Post title and date of publication of the newspaper Office, while at the same time they may be priated at the top of every page; or, if it easily examined, may be sent as samples. consists of engravinge, prints, or lithographs, Indigo cannot be sent to any place. at the top of every abeet or side,
Hongkong Rates of Postage.
(Revised April 4th, 1879.) In the following Statements and Tables the Rates are given in cents, and aro, for Letters, per half ounce, for Books and Patteros, per two ounces,
Newspapers over four ounces in weight are ebarged as double, treblo, &c., as the case may be, but such papers or packets of
papers may be sent at Book Rate. Two Newspapers must not be folded together aa one, nor must anything whatever be inserted Printed except bona fide Supplements. matter may, however, be exclosed, if the whole be paid at Book Rate, Prices Our rent may be paid either as Newspapers or Books
A packet containing two or more news- not chargeable with a higher rate papers of postage than would be chargeable 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 either without a cover (in which caso it must not be fastened, whether by mesos of gum, wafer, sealing wax, postage stamp, or otherwise) or in a cover ontirely 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 ao folded, as to admit of the title being readily in-
Commercial Papers signlly such papers as, though Written by Hand, do; not bear the character of an actual or personal corresposted. spondence, such as luvoices, deeds, copied music, dro. Any of them in a Book Packet expose it, to the higher charges stated be low.
The sender of any Registered Article may accompany it with a Return Receipt on paying an extra fee of 4 cents.
The limit of weight for Books and Com- mercial Papers to Foreign Post Offices is 4 lbs. Patterns for such offices are limited to 8 ounces, and must not exceed these dimensions: 8 inches by 4 inches by 2 inches,
N.R. means No Registration.
B
Countries of the Postal Union.
The Union may be taken to comprise Europe, most foreign possessions in Asia, Japan, W. Africa, Egypt, Mauritius, all N. America, Mexico, Salvador, Chill, Brazil, Pere, The Argentine Republie, Jamaica, Trinidad, Guiana, Honduras, Bermuda, Labuan, with all Danish, French, Netherlands, Portuguese and Spanish Colonies.
Countries NOT in the Union.-Tho chief countries not in the Union are the Aus tralasian Group.
Postage to Union. Countries. General Rates, by any route Lettere,
Poat Cards,
Registration, Newspapers, Books and Patterns, Commercial Papers,
8 cents per eZu
8 conts each.
8 conta.
2 cents each.
2 cents per 2 oz. 6 cents por 4 oz. Exceptional rates, to the United King- dom and Union Countries served through the United Kingdom via Brindisi only:—
12 cents per oz.
Letters,
Post Cards, Registration, Newspapers,
5 cents each.
8 cents.
4 cents each.
A newspaper or packet of newspapers which contains any enclosure except sup- plemente is charged as a letter, unless the onclosure 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 ita cover, is charged as an unpaid or inaufficiently paid letter.
No packet of newspapers may be above 5 lbs. in weight, nor above two feet in length, one foot in width, nur one in dopth.
A book-packet may contain any number of separate books or other publications
(including printed or lithographed letters), photographs (when not on glass or in cases containing glass or any like substance), drawings, 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, mapa, &o, may be either printed, written, en- Araved, lithographed, or plain, or any mixture of these. Further, all legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of a book, &o, or of a portion thereof, is allowed, whether such binding, de. be loose or attached; as also rollers in the case of prints or maps, markers (whether of paper or otherwise) in the case of books, peus or pencils in the case of pocket-books, &o, and, in short, whatever is necessary for the safe transmission of such articles, or usually appertains thereto; but the binding, rollora, &c. must not be sant as a separate packet.
Circulars,-i.e., letters which are intend. ed for transmission in identical terms to several persone, and the whole or the greater part of which is printed, engraved, or lithographed,-may also be sent by
book post.
:
But a book-packet may not contain any letter, or communication of the nature of a Books and Patterns, 4 cents per 2 oz.
lotter (whether separate or otherwise), Commercial Papers, 8 cents par 4 oz.
unless it be a circular-letter or be wholly There is no charge on redirected eorre-printed; nor any enclosure sealed or in any way closed against inspection. If this rule be infringed, the entire packet is | charged as a letter,
spondence within the Postal Union,
Postage to Non-Union Countries, Aspinwall (N.x.), Babawas, Guatemala (3.E.), Hayti (N..), New Granada (N.), Panama (..), and Venezuela (N.R.):--
Vic San Vis 8.Hompton Via Francisco, er Marseilles. Brindisi
Letters, Registration, None. Newspapera, Books & Patterns, 6
13
30
31
8
8
4
4
6
8
A book-packet may be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not be fastened, whether by means of gum, Wafer, sealing waz, pestage 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, Bolivia, Costa Rica (N.R.), Ecuador it may be tied at the ends with string (N.B.), Nicaragua (K.R.):-
Postmasters being authorised to cut the string in such caser, although if they do so they must again tie up the packet,
No book-packet may be above 5 lbs. None, 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.
Letters,
20
-80-
Newspapers,
4
4
Books & Pattern", 12
6
Registration,
8
None.
Hawaiian Kingdom :—
Letters,
12
12
Registration,
Newspapers,
None. 4*
None.
4
6
Books & Patteṛur, 6*
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When, owing to a great and snusual influx of letters, books, etc., the transmis slon or delivery of the letters would be W. Indies (except as above), Paraguay, delayed if the whole mail were dealt with Traguay.:-
without distinction, hook-packets may be Letters,
kept back till the next despatch or delivery,
Newspapers,
Books & Patterns,
Registration,
30
34
4
6
8
8
8
to British & Union ) West Indies only, I
Australis, New Zealand, Tasmanis, Fiji, Natal, Cape, St. Helena, Ascension.
Letters, by Contract Packet 24; by Pri- vate Ship 12, Registration, 8; Newspapers, 2; Books and Patterns, 4.
* A small extra charge is made on delivery.
LOCAL AND TOWN POSTIGE.
Letters
Registration. Newspapera.
Within any Town or Settle-
ment, or between Hongkong, Canton, and Macao, in either direction,.......
Between any other two of the following places (through a British Office) viz-:--Hong- kong, Macao, Ports of China and Japan, Bangkok, Cochin
282
Bks, & Ptins.
For 2 oz
2
ea
China, Tonquin, and the Phi
Hppines, by Private Ship,..... 482
Between the above by Con
2
tract Mail,
2
Any publication fulfilling the conditions hereafter named can pass ass newspaper.
The conditions are as follows:- 1st. 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 advertise menta.
2nd. It must be published in numbers at intervals of not more than 81 days, and must be printed on a sheet or sheats an stitched.
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 more use as a pattern; and the quantity of any material sent ostensibly as a pattern must not be so great that it can fairly be considered as having on this ground an intrinsic value,
To provide the greatest possible faollitlen for posting Correspondence for Europe, &o., up to the latest moment before the departure of the French Packets, arrange- port bave been made for receiving at the Post Office late letters-except those to and through Australia-from 11.10 AM, to
of 18 cents extra postage. 11.30 A.. Each letter must bear a late fee
Pattern and Sample Post to colonies and foreign countries is restricted to boná fide trade patterns or s.mples of merchandise. Goods seat for sale, ur in execution of an order (however small the quantity may be), or any articles sent by one private indivi dual to another, which are not actual pat- terus or samples, are not admissible.
Patterns or samples, when practicable, must be sent in covers open at the ends, and in such a manner as to be eaay of examination. Samples of seeds, drugs, "and such like art oles, which cannot be sent in covers of this kind,-butench articles only, -may be posted enclosed in boxes, or bags of linen or other material, fastoned in such
closed, provided such clcsed bags are trans-
A similar supplementary Mail is made up for Shanghai by the English and French Contract Steamers, the late letters being receivedfrom 10 minutes after, up to half an hour after the time of closing, The late foe is also 18 cents. *
Miscellaneous Notices.
Local Delivery.
1. All correspondence posted before 5 p.m. on any week day for addresses in Victoria will be delivered the same day, and goneraily within two hours, unless the delivery should be retarded by the Contract Mails.
2. Invitations, &, can generally be delivered within Victoria at the private houses of the addressees rather than at places of business, if a wish to that effect Ee expressed by the sender, otherwise all correspondence is invariably delivered at the nearest place of business. (See Postal Guide, par. 103.)
3. Boxholders who dosire to send Circu-
lars, Dividend Warrants, Invitations, Cards, c, all of the same weight, to addresser in Hongkong, Bangkok, or the Ports of China and Japan, may deliver them to the Fost Office unstamped, the postage being then charged to the ouder's account. batch must consist of at least ten.
Each
4. Boxholders may also send Patterna to the same places in the satoe way. En- velopes containing Patterns may be wholly closed
the nature of the contenta be frat exhibited or stated to the Postmaster General, as he may consider necessary, and approved by him. Printed Circulars may be inserted in Buch Pattern Packets,
Local Parcel Fest.
1. Small Parcels may be sent by Post between any of the British Post Chices in China or Japan, as well as to Macao, Pak- hoi, Singapore, Penang, and Malacca, They must not exceed the following dimen. sions, 2 feet long, 1 foot broad, 1 foot deep, nor weigh more than 5lbs. The postage will be 20 cents per lb., which will include Registration. The parcels may be wholly closed if they bear this special endorse- ment, PARCEL, CONTAINING NO LETTER, but any parcel may be opened by direction of the Postmaster General.,
2. The following cannot be transmitted : Parcels insufliciently packed or protected, or liable to be crashed (an bandboxes, &c.) Glass, Liquids, Explosive substances, Matches, ludigo, Dyestuffs, Ice, Meat, Fish, Game, Fruit, Vegetables, or whatever is dangerous to the Mails, or likely to be- come offensive or injurious in transit.
3. Parcels will as a general rule be for warded by Private Ship, not by Contract Mail Packet. The Fost Office reserves the right of selecting the opportunity for trans- mission, and of delaying delivery in case the number of parcels is such as to retard
other correspondence. No responsibility is accopted with regard to any parcel, but the system of Registration will secure the senders against any but a very remote pro. bability of loss.
4. The public are cautioned not to con- found these facilities with a Parcel Post to Europe, &c, which does not exist,
2. If from a Soldier or Sallor, his class or description must be stated in full on the latter, and the commanding Officer must alga his name, with name of Regi mont, or Ship, &o., in full.
8. If to a Soldier or Sailor, his class or description must be stated in full, with name of Regiment or Ship, &c., in full.
POST OFFICE NOTICE."
Unclaimed, Correspondence, September 26, 1879.
Lete. Pap.
Arderm, H. M. 1 Azavedo, João
R. de Bainbridge, Rev. 1 Baller, Mrs Barker, G. Beaton, J. Bellanoiva, A. Borcklehurst, Septimus
Lets, Tap.
1
Massoy, Mr Mathor, H. L. 1 MeCartee, Dr. McDonald, D. N.
1.bk.
B
MeKane,
1
1
Archibald
2. Moran, B.
1
1
Morton & Co.,
Mcasrs
Murphy, P. Nicolas, SorDiego 1 O'Brien, Timothy 1
PATTERNS.—Some difficulty is experienced in obtaining a general understanding of what is a Fatters. It is a bond fide sample Bossert, Albert 1 of goods which the sender has for sale, or Botta, Mohar. of goods which bo wishes to order. It is Bourbon, Chas. 1 card Palmeira, Dolores 1 to consist of the smallest possible quantity Boyle, E. 1 Mails for the United Kingdom, dc, by compatible with shewing what the goods Bratsberg, Old
are, and must have no intrinsic value.
French Packet.
Under instructions from the London Post Office, the Mails for the United King dom which have hitherto been forwarded via Marseilles, will henceforth be forwarded vid Naples, as it is understood that a galu of twelve hours results from the adoption
of this route...
As it would be extremely inconvenient to divide the mail, and no practical advantage would result from doing so, all correspond- ence intended for the United Kingdom by French Packet will be sent via Naples, even though marked via Marseilles.
To provide means of remitting small
between the Ports of China and Japan, the sums of money to or from this Colony and Postmasters and Agents of this Office will in future be allowed (but not required) to purchase Hongkong Postage Stamps from foreign residents.
Between Hongkong and Shanghai, or Hongkong and Yokohama, however, in either direction, Money-Orders must be used.
The Stamps tendered for sale must not An impression appears to prevall that exceed $50 in value, must be perfectly correspondence for the Mediterranean sta clean, in good condition, and in strips of at tions, Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, the Levant, least two, an no separate Stamps will be Turkey, do, can be forwarded only by purchased. They must be presented per British Packet. It can be forwarded alsoonally or accompanied by a vote, by French Packet, and if so forwarded
The Postmaster or Agent may postpone generally arrives a week earlier than if it
purchasing if his public funde in hand are had been detained for the British Mail
not sufficient, and he will refuse to purchase in any case which appears doubtful or He is allowed to charge a auspicious. Commission of one per cent on all Stamps purchased.
The Post Office is not, by law, responsible for any loss or inconvenience which may ariae from the non-delivery, mis-sending, or mis-delivery of any letter, book, or other postal packet (oven 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 seroral times; that it is exposed to considerable pressure and friction in the mail 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 persous 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 disapprove of his doing 50.
Postmasters are not allowed to return any letter or other packet to the writer or sender, or to any one else, or to delay forwarding it to its destination according to the 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, 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 so if their duty be not thereby impeded.
The practice of sealing letters passing to and from the East and West Indies, and other countries with hot climates, with wax (except anch as is specially prepared), is attended with much inconvenience, and
frequently wi b serious injury, not only to the lottors so sealed but to the other letters in the mail, from the melting of the wax and adhesion of the letters to each other. The public are therefore recommended, in all
auch cases, to use either wafers fr 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, inasmuch
Oluf 0.3 Brinlow, John 1 Brown, John J. 1 Bryant, C. J. Buchanan, Wm.
Engineer
Percy, Wm. Jos. 1
1
1 Phillips, R. M, 1 Plantero,Sr.Juan 1 Quon-Yee-Geo 1 regd. Quong Wong 1 regd.
Ginon Kaoast, Monsr. J.1
Renouf, C. E. 1
Retuesi, C. N. 1.
1
Rizzo, Sigr. G. I
Badden, W. R. Batter, S. E. Ching (Seaman) 1 Colby, Mra Comish, Robb, 1
B.C.S.
Condey, Charles 1 Cook, Capt. A. B. 5 Daniels, Thos.
Ches.
Engel, S. Innes, Joho
Gayor, May Gundinger,
Gardner & Co.
I
1
1
Roza, Filomena I Rushbrook, A. Sun Yik
Santos, Marcelino1 Shang Wan Chong1 regd. Sherwood; Mr
Siddons, Miss
I
Saidie Silva, Josa F'co. 1 Sing Get
3
Smith, Thes. F. 2 1
Sohelkely, T.
Sonenblick, J. M. 1 Sorab, J.
1 Stanford, B. R. 2 bks.
Stoat, Dr.
Tan Beng Tok 6
19 Tau Fak Chua 1
Franzisca Grinter, Walter 1 Grossberger & Co.2 ragd. Haas, Alexander 1 Habel, Fenn Handley, ELR. Ili Chaen Joo Ho Liong
hon Bee Cliong 1 Hlovelorn,
1 Taylor, W. Kerr
1
1 1
Thorso, M. M. 1 'Trannack, Rev.
4
Van Erenit, F. B. 1
1 card Vernon, II.,
Kong Wol Sing 1 regd. (Opera Co) †
Indemnity for the Loss of a Registered Latur.Kunspfor, Monst. 1
The following Regulations as to the Indemnity to be paid in certain cases on the lean of Registered correspondence have been made by His Excellency the Governor under Ordinance 10 of 1876, Section XII.
The Post Office is not legally responsible for the safe delivery of Registered corres pondence, but henceforth it will be pre pared to make good the contents of such correspondence lost while passing through the Post, to the extent of $10, in certain cases, provided :—
1. That the sender duly observed all the conditions of Itegistration require.
2. That the letter was securely enclosed in a reasonably strong envelope.
3. That application was made to the Postmaster General of Hongkong im mediately the loss was discovered, the envelope being invariably forwarded with Buch application unless it also is leat.
4., That the Postmaster General is Batis-
fied that the loss occurred whilst the corres- pondence was in the custody of the British Portal administration in China, that it was not caused by any fault on the part of the sender, by destruction by fire, or shipwreck, nor by the disko.caty or negligence of any person uot in the employment of the. Hongkong Post Office.
65. No compensation can be paid for mere damage to tragile articles such as portraits, watchve, handsomely bound books, &a, which reach their destination, although in a broken or deteriorated condition,
Money Order Regulations. 1.-Money Orders on the United King dom and the Straits Settlements are issued at Hongkong, Shanghai and Yokohama, Shanghai and Yokohama also issue on Hongkong and vice versa.
3-Small sams may be remitted between the other Forts by means of Postage Stampe
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Kuipers, T. II, Leonard, Clarence2- Lofholm, N. Lone, J. Lumley, J. Marques,Augustol
1
I
2 Woodlief, Mins (1
Lilla
Iparcel
$
Worthington, L.
I
1
Yam Kow
1
Zairo, Monsr, 1
Detained for Postage.
Koo Kum, shop
G. Y. M, G, A, Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
Alexa
$1 letter 24 cents to pay.
For Merchant Ships.
Alexander. Newton
Augusto.
Beandthe
Belle of Oregon 5 Bellouer
Belted Will
Lancashire Witch1 Largs
Lots, Pap.
Leta. Pap
Abbey Comper Ada
Hibernis Ropeful
1
1
Adam M. Simpson Albyn's Islo
7
1 Jano Avery.
Janet.
1
.
2
Jessie Jamieson · 1
John C. Munro 1
1
2
Jales Dufaurs
Alico
1
Julia A. Brown I
Annie Weston
1
Knisow-
1
1
Karo, 8.5.
2
Aurora Ban Lea Batllor
Kim Yong Tye 1
B
Lily (yacht)
Loter
1
Marthe Davis
1
1
1
3
1
1
Callao
.. I
Nehemiah Gibson4
Candace
1
1.
Canton
1
N. Boynton
1 regà.
Carry Wymun Celestial, s.8. Ceplou Charity
2,
N. Peudelton
1
1 Orinoso
1
2
Patterdale, s.8,2 Irg, 1
10
Pegasus, B.6.
1
1
Pendragon
1
Penrith
1
Petrol, s.5.
14 8
8 Prima Donna
Benjamin Aymanl
Bertio Biglow:
Black Watch
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Chazmer Chinaman Choloc
City of Santi-
ago, 9.3. Clan Alpine 3.Many Money Orders are supplied to Clara
Como
1
An application for an order* is filled up, Clonrossa residents at the smaller Ports in this way. Clara Babuyan I and is enclosed with a stamped, directed, Clarn and unsealed envelope to the Postmaster at Collingham
The application Colwyn the nearest issuing office. must be accompanied with the full amount (including commission) in cheque, postage Coreo stamps, or other equivalent of cash, and a little margin should be left for variations Crossfield of exchange. The Postmaster issues the Crosstal order, sends it on in the envelope, and Dramelog returns the change, if any, by first oppor- Edith
The commission is as follows:-
Coosludar, 9.8.
Coronilla
Melbrek
Memnon
Míriam
3 Moses B. Tower 1
Nardoo
Nettie Merrymaz 2
Pilgrim
Pompero
$
Primus
Prosperity
Pym
Queen of Englandl Queen Pamis
R. M. Hayward 1 Rifleman
Rover of the Seas 5
Southern Cross
1 Sunbeam, 8.5,
Star of the South 1
Stonewall Jackson1
Strathmore
1
2
1 Sir Lancelot
2
Spartan
Arg. 4
Slaut
1
Stoveiot
+5
Nicholson
1
Sydenham
2
Syria, B.S
1
Taunton
Falcon
1
B 2
1
2 Thingvalla, s.5. 2
Undine
Vanguard
Vesuvius
Thomas Fletcher 2
1
Three Brothers 4 Tigre
3
Undaunted
1
Gauntlet Gitauilla
1
Glory
1
Victory
Golwan
1 Wero
Golwyn
1
Woollahra
Hakensdelsten,8.9.1
Hattio E. Tapley 5" Haze
Yorktown Young Slam
2
Yuen Alon
Hazel Holme Hazelhurst Helena
6'
Zephyr
9
Хойяте
1
Mails exchanged with Manila and Saigon.
The Philippine Islands being now admit- ted into the General Postal Union, it folas, under ordinary circumstances, a regis-tunity, with a receipt for the letter, if it E. M. Young lows that all paid correspondence received tered packet can be traced through its whole were to be registered, as it always should Elizabeth from Manila in the mails will be delivered course; and thus the loss of a registered be. Care should be taken to send these free by this Office, and that all paid cor- packet is a very rare occurrence. Neverthe applications in time, as the Money Order Esmeralda respondence sent to Manila in the mails lese large sums of money or other artioles Offices close somo hours before the depar- Fabius should be delivered free there.
of great value should not be sent through turon of the mails,
Ferutower, s.s. 4. No order must exceed £10, or in- Article IX of the Postal Treaty of Berne the post, even if the packet bo registered; as
Fiery Cross Orders will Forward provides that "Neither the sendors nor the the machinery of the Department is not clude any fraction of a penny. addressees of letters and other postal arranged with a view to such transmission, be drawn at the current rate of the dayt Frank Morrison 1 packets shall be called upon to pay, either By law, the Post Office is not responsible and paid at the rate of the day when the Freeman Gartwin in the Country of Origin, or in that of for the sale delivery of registered packets; advice arrived. Destination, any tax or duty other than though any officer who may neglect his the recognised rates levied (in the case of daty on this point will be called to strict paid correspondence) by the despatching account. Sent in unregistered letters, valu- Office. It is hoped that any extra charge, able articles are exposed to risk, and offer a or apparently extra charge, will at once be temptation which cught not to be created; brought to the notice of the proper and the Department cannot in any way undertake the safe conveyance of auch authorities, in either Colony.
All inland or colonial letters, packets. therefore, which contain coin, and all inland letters which contain watches or jewellery, even though they be posted without registration, are treated as registor- ed, and charged on delivery with a double registration fee of eightpence in additio. to the ordinary postage; and any such letters which cannot be registered in time to be forwarded by the Mail for which they are posted are detained for the next despatch. kven if the letter do not contain any article of intrinsic value, it should, if it be very important, be registered.
The above does not apply in auy to loose letters sent outside the maila, These will always be charged on arrival in Bongkong and probably the Manila Office will adopt
the same course.
Complaints are sometimes received of extra charges on correspondence exchanged between this Colony and Saigon, but it is believed it would be found in all cases that tho letters, &c., 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 Packets.
a manner that they may be readily opened; or, in the care of seeds do, in bags entirely The Pre-payment of correspondence for parent, so as to enable the Officers of the the Straits, India, Ceylon, and Aden is com. Post Office readily to satisfy themselves as pulsory by whatever opportunity it is
forwarded. to the nature of the contenta
There must be no writing or printing upon or in any packet except the address of the person for whom it is intended, the ad dress of the sender, a trade mark or num. ber, and the price of the articles.
Registration to Bangkok,
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General for Siam has been good enough to make arrangements by means of which correspon dence can be Registered to Bangkok, at the usual charge of B cente.
The role which forbids the transmission through the Post of any articole likely to Injure the contents of the Mail Bage or Boxes, or the person of any Officer of the Soldiers and Sailors Letters.. Post Office is, of course, applicable to the
Privates in H. M. Army or Navy, NoB r'attern Post; and a packet containing any commissioned Officers, Army Schoolmas thing of the kind will be stopped, and notters (not superintending or First Class) or sent to its destination. Articles such na Schoolmistresses may cond half-supce letters the following have been occasionally posted to the United Kingdom via Southampton as Patterns, and have been detained as
unfit for the Bost, viz: Metal boxer, porte. But not Warrant Officers, vix, Assistant lain and Chine, fruit, vegetables, bunches Engineer, Qaumer, Boatswain, or Carpenter,
Most countries to which Hongkong for. wards Correspondence having joined the Gentral Postal 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 uuregistered, can be received for Postageif it contains gold or silver money, jewels, precious articles, or anything that, a general rule, is liable to Customs duties.
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.
3. The limits of weight allowed are as follows
Books and Papers--to British Offic
5 lbr to the Continent, do 4 lbs Patterns to British Offices, 51be if with
out intrinsic value; to the Continent, do, Bok
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Orders on the United Kingdom, Up to £2............ 18 cents.
£5.,
36 £7............ 54 £20.......... 72 Local Money Orders (including Straits Settlements),
Up to $25............15 cents. GO............30
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5.-Liats of Money Order Offices in the United Kingdom may be consulted at Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yokohama,
Shenchi
For H. M. Ships, &c.
Lets. Pap. 1rg, 1
Lets. Pap.
Books, etc. without Covers
6.Names must be given in full (except when there is more than one Christian name) but the name of the Payee need not Amsterdammer. be given if the order be crossed (as cheques Army and Navy Gazette. are crossed). It can then be paid only Australasian Trade Review. through Bank, and may afterwards be Balatte.
Ballionist. specially crossed to any Bank,
7-No order can be paid till the Payee Chamber's Journal,
Cassel's Family Magazine. have signed it in the proper place. An Christian Wocks. on payment of an additional commission, Courier. order can be transferred to another office. Colburn's U. S. Magazine, In case of loss of an order, necessity for Dagbladet. stopping payment, or the like, application Durant & Co.'s Public Sala. should be made to the nearest Money Ekkehard. Order Office for instructions.
Evans Sous & Co.'s Price Current. B.-If the order be not presented within Familion Register, six months an additional commission will Field. be charged, if not within twelve months, Freje. the money will be forfeited. When the Gacetta de Madrid. order is once paid no further claim can be Inverness Courier.
Herman Kurons (Cards). entertained.
Iron. 9.No order can be paid until the advice relative to it has been received..
• Made out on a printed form which is supplied
gratis,
+ Local Orders on Shanghai are drawn at 9 per
cent. premium in all cases. A fixed dol lar rate for drawing on the United King doma is in force at Shangh
Law Magazine and Review.. Liverpool Weekly Maronry: Marine Verordnunge Blatt. Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. North British Agriculturist, Overland Maili
Register der Abbeldungen. Russian Fashist Payer Times (Wookly).
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