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On Gold and silver in sums not exceeding,-
On Sums from $210 to......... ·
On On
480 to.. 720 to..
$240, 5 per cent
8480, 4 per cent
720, 34 "1 960, 3
The above will be deliverable at the Company's Offices, subject to a small charge for clearing and, conveying to London.
During the S. W. monsoon, from the 1st April to the 31st of October, the Rates to India will be increased on silks and quicksilver 1 per cent, and treasure & per cent; and to Ceylon and the Straits, on Silks and Quicksilver & per cent, and on Treasure & per cent. Parcels under a Quarter of a Cubic Foot measurement will be taken through to En- gland at $1.50, $2.00, and 82.75 each; at and above that measurement, at the following graduated scale, including all charges to Southampton, except Transit Duty, on packages exceeding $20 value.
5 Inches (cubic) $3 75
3 Inches (cubic) $3.00
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4 Inches (cubic) $3,50
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4.00 5.11 10 6.50
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For every additional Cubic Inch measurement, 50 cents will be charged; and if the package weighs more than 2016. to the cubic foot, an additional 25 cents per pound will be charged for the additional weight.
Parcels not to exceed 100lb. weight, or 5 cubic feet measurement.-All packages under 5 cubic feet will be charged at parcel rates.
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All parcels will be cleared through the Custom-House at Southampton, and forward- ed to their ultimate destination by the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY, to whom the Duty with all other Charges incurred in England must be paid.
Goods shipped to England or Malta must be packed in non-susceptible coverings as wood, tarpaulin &., and the value and contents declared at time of shipment
Single Packages, when not coming under this Parcel Tariff, or for which Bills of Lading are required, will be charged to Ceylon $5,25, and to Madras. Calcutta and Bombay, $63.
TRIESTE ROUTE.
THE AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAMERS, continue to ply between ALEX- ANDRIA, and TRIESTE as under, viz.
The Direct leaving Trieste the 28th of each month arrives at Alexandria about the 2d or 3d of the following month, and starts for Trieste from Alexandria, 18 to 24 hours after the arrival there of the Indian passengers by the Calcutta Steamer, except on occasions when the latter arrives at Suez behind time.
A steamer of the same Company leaves Alexandria every alternate Thurs day for Smyrna, where it meets the steamers of the Levant Line, by means of which communication is kept up as previously through Syra with Constantino- ple, Trieste, Greece, &c,
Fares direct to Trieste, £18 including table money.
Do. via Smyrna, £13.4 without Do. Do.
Passengers intending to avail themselves of the Trieste Route, should book to Suez only.
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For further particulars apply to Messrs. WM, PUSTAU & Co., Agents at Canton and Hongkong, for the Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian Lloyd's Steam Navigation Company.
N. B. There are now so many Railroads open through Germany, that London may be reached from Trieste in 6 days with comfort, and at an ex. pense of about £10 to £12.
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