OOP I.
503.
1.
Memorandum.
The Hongkong Post Office will land fros
any arriving ship the bags of mail matter placed on board by any Office of the Chinese Imperial Post. As to such correspondence as is directed to Hongkong, it will arcange far its delivery to its addressess, while as to that which is destined for transmission to Chinese Ports, that will be placed on board the first available vessels proceeding to them, addressed to the respective Imperial Post Offices.
3.
Imperial Post Office mail matter is to be sorted by parts at the originating post office, and the mail for sach port of destination is to be placed in a separate closed mail bag addressed to the Imperial Post Office there. These alased bags,intended for transhipment in dongkong, must be placed in a covering bag addressed to the Postmaster-General. Bags for several ports may be placed in the same outer covering.
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The Hongkong Postmaster-General aben ship- ping Imperial Post Office Mails will address them direct to the Imperial Post Office at destination not through the Consular representative if there is one there. The Imperial Post Office will send on board the steamer and take direct delivery of then.
4.
Bach shipment of mails from the Hongkong Post Office will be accompanied by a "letter bill" on accompanying form. Mails from Imperial Post Offices to Hongkong will be.ac- companied by a letter bill the form of which will be the same for all Imperial Post Offices. This bill will be enclosed ia one of the bags. Receipts for mails received will be given by all Offices.
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The Hongkong Post Office will deliver to addresses in the Colony frea of charge all mail matter sent to it trom Imperial Post Offices. The Imperial Post Offices at all the ports of China will similarly distribute locally all mail matter originally sent from Hongkong.
3.
The Hongkong Government Post Office will place the mail bags for the Imperial Post Office, Shanghai, on board the sail vessels of the several nationalities exactly in the same way as it will on the vessels of private shipping companies being by the law of the Colony entitled so to do; but they will be liable to such charge for oarriage as may be arranged between the Post Offices and companies concerned, whether these Foreign Powers on whose vesaals they are shipped will make
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