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LIST OF THE RATES OF POSTAGE CHARGEABLE ON A SINGLE LETTER, AND ON A NEWSPAPER, BETWEEN HONGKONG AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES, OR BRITISH COLONIES, WHEN FORWarded við SOUTHAMPTON.
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On a | A news-
Countries to which prepayment in Hongkong is compulsory. letter.
Brazil...
.....
Buenos Ayres and Monte Video.
Spain,
Canary Islands........
Mexico, New Granada, and Cuba
Portugal, Madeira, and the Azores..... FOREIGN WEST INDIES, Viz:-Gaudaloupe, Martinique, Hayti, Porto Rico, St. Croix, St. Eustatius, St. Martin and St. Thomas, United States of America,
Chili, Peru, and Honduras....... Portugal and Spain, via Gibraltar. Baden....
Wurtemburg.
Saxony
Bavaria..
Sweden......
Sardinia and Southern Italy.
paper.
s. d
under 1 oz.
3
3
"" 19
99
""
"}
**
47
19
"
19
"1
19
19 139 09 09 Co ca,
7
Letterrate
5
"1
3
2
11
3
1
*1
2 8
01
2
7
11 "3
2
3
11
8
""
**
2 0
91
19
t 10
11 19
under † oz.
1
9
10
11
11
2
3
19
2 8
11
"" 11
2 10
$9
-01
10
11
"1
Free.
5
"9
22
ท
}
t
0
19 **
12
"
"
++
3
11
"
CO CO 20
0
3
0
4d.
0
2d.
1 0
Id.
39 ""
C
0
4
1d.
** 19
*
Austria and Austrian Dominions
The East Indies, Singapore, Penang, Aden, under dez
and Suez.
Venezuela.
Valparaiso and Callao.....
Panama
a...
The Continent of Europe viá Marseilles, Bata-
via, and Alexandria......
The five consular ports in China, Macao,
Manila, and New Zealand,
British Colonies and foreign countries to which prepayment
Russia..
Prussia Deumark..
is optional.
Hanover, the Duchy of Brunswick, and Lubec. The Duchy of Oldenburg.............
1.4544
Canada, New Brunswick, Prince Edward's le. Nova Scotia (port and town of Halifax ex- cepted), Jamaiea (port and town of Kingston excepted), and Berbice Newfoundland, Bermuda, port and town of Ha- Hfax in Nova Scotia, British West Indies, in- cluding port & town of Kingston in Jamaica Holland and Heligoland..
Breinen and Hamburg
Belgium..
France.....
Malta.....
Gibraltar.....
Ceylon...
Letter rate
under 1 oz.
2 7
2
19
""
99
under & oz.
""
1
6
2
2
Free.
"1
2
2
0
1 8
"1
19
under 402.
..
2: 0
js
E-10
under § oz.
1
5
-29
† 10
"
"
#
1 0
** 39 ་་
21
t o 2་0
0
The United Kingdom, við Southampton, prepayment óptional. Charge upon a letter not exceeding 4 ounce..
do.
do. Lounce.
do. Letters and Newspapers for the United Kingdom vid Mar. seilles cannot be prepaid in Hongkong.
* The British Rate is chargeable on every half oz., but the Foreign Rate is chargeable on a Letter under 1 oz. in weight, and additional Rate must be charged for each 1 oz.
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