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Passengers will have to pay to the Egyptian Transit Company 16s. per cwt. for the conveyance through Egypt (for first class passengers) of all baggage exceeding 2 cwt., and (for children, servants, and 2d class passengers) of all exceeding 1 cwt. No package of baggage should exceed 80lb. in weight. The dimensions most convenient for transporting across the desert on the camels, and therefore strongly recommended, are, length 2 feet 3 in., breadth 1 foot 2 in., depth 1 foot 2 inches.
All heavy or bulky baggage must be shipped on the day previous to sailing. Passengers taking articles of merchandise in their baggage will incur the risk of seizure by the customs authorities in Egypt; and as the allowance of baggage is on a liberal scale, and the freight on parcels moderate, it is hoped that none will convey parcels or packages belonging to other persons, to the prejudice of the Company's interests.
The Company do not hold themselves liable for damage or loss of baggage, nor for delays arising from accident, from extraordinary or unavoidable cir- cumstances, or from the employment of the vessels in H. M. mail service.
N.B. Passengers not proceeding after securing berths, to forfeit half passage
money.
Hongkong, October 20th, 1846.
HENRY GRIBBLE, H. C. S. Superintendent Bombay and China department.
RATES OF FREIGHT.
Rates of freight for Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Steamers from Hongkong, including half per cent Egyptian transit duty on cargo shipped to Malta or England.
Description
of goods.
Rate to
Measurement goods, per ton of 40
cubic feet
Measuring 1 foot & under, pr. parcel Do. above 1 ft. not exce❜g 2, do.
Do.
2
19
Do.
3
19
"
Jewelry, Musk," and
valuable articles of
How charged. England.
Madras, Malta. Suez. Calcutta, Ceylon. Straits
Bombay.
$
}
120
105 85.00
40.00 30.00 20.00*
5
5
8
""
}
4.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 7 5.50 4.00 3, do. At the rate specified 4.75
3.25
2.75
4.00
3.00
*9
4, do.
per ton.
5.00 4.50
4.00
S Ad valorem
3 3 2.50
2.25 2.00
1.00
1.50 1.25
.75+
do. do.
•
per Measurement as above.
:} =
3.00 2.50
1.50
do. do.
3.00 2.50
1.50
do. do.
1.00 .75
.50
do. do.
.90
a similar description per cent. Treasure, gold or silver do. do.
Silk Piece Goods,
Quicksilver,
Gold Leaf,.
China Cash,
•
Gold and silver bullion from China to Southampton, 3 per cent.
Payment to be made in Spanish Dollars.
* Goods shipped to England or Malta must be packed in non-susceptible covering as wood, tarpaulin, &c., and the value and contents declared at time of shipment.
† A reduction of half per cent allowed on Gold. The within mentioned rates to the Straits, Ceylon, and India, apply only to the period from November 1st to March 31st
Hongkong, October 20th, 1846.
Henry GribBLE, H. C. S. Superintendent Bombay and China department.
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