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Rates of Freight.
Rates of freight per 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.
How charged.
Measurement goods, per ton of 40
cubic feet. ...
Measuring 1 foot and under, parcel
Do. above 1 foot, not over 2, do.
Do. Do.
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2
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3
Jewelry, Musk, and
valuable articles of a
Ad valorem
per cent.
England. Malta. Bues.
Madras,
Calcutta, Ceylon. Straks, Boulay,
$ $ $ S
} 144,00 108,00 85,00 40,00 30,00 20,00
5,00 4,00 3,00 2,50 2,00
7,00
5,50 4,00
3,25 2,75
3, do.
At the rate 4,75
4,00 3.00
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4, do.
specified per ton 5,00
4,50 4,00
3,00
3,00 2,50 2,25
2,00 1,00
similar description
2,25
2,25
2.00 1,00
0,75
0,50
Silk to England, per ton of 40 cubic feet Silk Piece Goods,
96
96
..do. do.
$125
125
125 3,00
2,50
1,50
Quicksilver, Ad valorem per cent
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3,00
2,50
1,50
Gold Leaf,
..do. do.
1,00 .75
50
China Cash..
...per pecul
0.90
Treasure, gold and silver do, do.
Copper to India, $1.50 per pecul.
The within mentioned rates to England apply only to shipments exceeding in value $960; for those under that value, the following charges will be made, viz
On Gold and silver, in sums not exceeding. On Sums from $240 to.
On On
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480 to.. 720 to..
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8210, 5 per cent 3480, 4 per cent
720, 34 960, 3
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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 Eng- land at $1,50, $2,00, and $2.75 each; all above that measurement, at the following graduated scale, including all charges to Southampton, except Transit Duty, on packages exceeding $20 value.
4 Inches (cubic) $3,50 5 Inches (cubic) $3,75
3 Inches (cubic) $3,00
2
4,00
7
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5,11 6,50
10"
"
1 Foot
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4,33 8 5,50 11
4,66
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6,00
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, $6.75.
For every additional cubic inch measurement, 50 cents will be charged; and if the package weighs more that 2016. to the cubic foot, an additional 25 cents per pound will be charged for the additional weight. This is applicable to general cargo consisting of small packages which might per Tariff be taken at parcel rates.
Parcels not to exceed 100tb, weight, or 5 cubic feet measurement-All packages under 5 cubic feet will be charged at parcel rates.
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, tarpaahin, &c., and the value and contents declared at time of shipment.
EXTRACT FROM A CIRCULAR.
RESPECTING PACKING AND SHIPPING GOODS FOR England, By the P. and O. St. Nov. Co's Steamers.
The managing Directors have issued instructions to the Agents in India and China to afford every possible facility to the shippers of goods by this Company's vessels, with an anxious desire that such conveyance shall be made advantageously available.
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