COPY.
From the Postmaster-General,
Hongkong,
D
To the Postmaster,
Shanghai.
C.0.
34229
RECO (Pro 14 SEP 03)
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Hongkong, Sth. August, 1908.
His Excellency the Governor has heard that the
consignee of a registered packet passing through the Imperial
Chinese Fost Office stated when called in to pay duty that if it
had gone through the British or German Post Office no duty
would have been charged and that on the Customs Authorities
making enquiries you stated that this was correct.
Please let me know by return what the facts are
and what you informed the Customs on the subject:- (1) as re-
gards registered articles (2) as regards parcels.
What has been the practice as regards registered
articles.
Postmaster-General, Hong kong.
(Sd.) L. A. M. Johnston.
I know nothing about the case to which reference
is made. No. enquiry has been rade to me by the Customs Authori- ties. When there is reason to believe that a registered cover contains dutiable articles (such as pearls, of which a large quantity are received from India under registered cover) the receipt for the cover is handed to the addressee with instruc- tions to declare contents of cover at the Custors House. On the receipt being returned signed and bearing the Customs stamp the
cover is delivered.
This practice was instituted at the request of the Customs Authorities, I believe, who found that the mails
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