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POST-OFFICE NOTICES.
English Mail.
Previous Day :-
5 P.M., Money Order Office closes.
6 P.M., Post-office closes except the Night Box, which remains open all night. Day of Departure :—
7 A.M., Post-office opens for sale of Stamps, Registry of Letters, and Posting
of all correspondence.
10 A.M., Post-office closes except for Late Letters. Registry of Letters ceases. 10.15 A.M., Letters may be posted with Late Fee of 18 cents extra Postage, until
11 A.M., when the Post-office closes entirely.
11.30 ▲.M., Letters (but Letters only) addressed to the United Kingdom via Brindisi or to Singapore may be posted on board the Packet. Late Fee, 48 cents extra postage.
11.50 A.M., Mail is finally closed.
Previous Day :-
Post-office closes except the Night Box,
FRENCH MAIL. 5 P.M., Money Order Office closes.
which remains open all night.
Day of Departure :-
7 A.M., Post-office opens for sale of Stamps, Registry of Letters, and Posting:
of all correspondence.
10 A.M., Registry of Letters ceases.
11 A.M., Post-office closes, except for Late Letters.
11.10 A.M., Letters (but Letters only) addressed to the United Kingdom, Saigon. Singapore, or the Continent of Europe may be posted with Late Fee of 18 cents extra postage, until
11.30. A.M., when the Post-office closes entirely.
Day of Departure :-
AMERICAN MAIL.
2 P.M., Registry of Letters ceases (Registration fee, 8 cents.)
2.30 P.M., Post-office closes.
2.30 P.M., Correspondence may be posted on board the Packet with Late Fee of
12 cents extra Postage, until
2.50 P.M., when the mail is finally closed.
Prepayment is compulsory, and correspondence must be specially directed either Via San Francisco, or Per U. S. Packet, or with the steamer's name.
Letters, &c., can be posted for Canada, the West Indies, and other places named below, if sufficient American stamps are added to prepay them from San Francisco to destination. American Stam; s are sold at this Office.
The charge for Registry is 8 cents in Hongkong Stamps, and 10 cents in U.S. Stamps, to those places only the names of which are printed in Italics. To all the ot her places named correspondence cannot be Registered through, but only to San Francisco (8 cents).
The following are the charges on Correspondence thus sent:-
Canada, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, Vancouver's Island, Bahamas, Nassau, New Providence.
Aspinwall, Bermuda, Bogota, Carthagena, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Fiji, Greenland, Jamaica, New Granada, Nicaragua, Panama, West Indies.....
Hawaii, Newfoundland..
Guatemala, Mexico, Salvador, Venezuela..
Belize, Greytown, Guiana, Honduras, Martinique, Santa Martha, Turk's Island...
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PIR HALF OUNCE.
Hongkong tampa U.8. Stamps
cents.
8
cents.
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8
5
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6
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10
8
13
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