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Terms and Conditions for the Conveyance of

PACKAGES AND PARCELS

Viâ SOUTHAMPTON.

Parcels must be delivered at the Company's Offices before two o'clock, three days prior to the departure of each Steamer; if sent later, an extra charge will be made.

Contents and Value must be declared at the time of Booking. A wrong descrip- tion of contents or false declaration of value shall release the Company from all responsibility in case of loss, seizure, or detention, and the Goods shall be charged double freight on the real value, which freight shall be paid previous to delivery. (See Caution, following page.)

The Company reserve to themselves the right of charging by weight or value; and will not be accountable for any damage arising through insufficiency of address or packing.

All charges must be paid in England, for which Parcel Tickets will be given specifying particulars of risk. Parcels are to be applied for to the Company's Agents at the Port of Delivery.

Jewellery, WATCHES, AND OTHER VALUABLES must be sealed over tape, in countersunk holes, and above £50 value are charged at the following rates, which include risk in transit :-Gibraltar, 1 per cent.; Malta, 1 per cent.; Port Said and Suez, 24 per cent.; Aden, 21 per cent.; Bombay, Galle, Madras and Calcutta, 2 per cent.; Penang and Singapore, 23 per cent.; Hong Kong and Australia, 31 per cent.; Shanghai, 34 per cent. ; and Yokohama, 38 per cent.

PARCEL RATES.

Parcels not taken on value will be charged as follows :-

To Port Said, Suez, Aden, Bombay, Galle,

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Madras or Calcuṭta ..........

Is. per lb. or fraction of a lb.

Is. 3d, ditto.

ditto

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To Straits, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Yokohama,

or Australia

To Gibraltar and Malta

25. to under lbs.

{Above that weight 2d. per lb.

And a further charge, when the Company take risks upon themselves, viz. :— Gibraltar, 75. 6d. per cent.; Malta, Port Said and Suez, 12s. 6d. per cent. ; Aden, 175. 62. per cent.; Bombay, Ceylon, Madras and Calcutta, 22s. 6d. per cent.; Penang and Singapore, 255. per cent.; Hong Kong and Australia, 30s. per cent.; Shanghai, 32s. 6d. per cent. ; and Yokohama, 40s. per cent. Mini- mum charge, 25. 9d.

Government B/L Stamp (6d) charged on all Packages valued at upwards of £1, or where the freight exceeds 55.

Cargo and Parcels conveyed at Through Rates to all Ports in India, &c., touched at by the Steamers of the British India and Netherlands India Steam Navigation Companies; also to Ports in New Zealand, under arrangement with the Contractors for the Local Mail Service between Melbourne and New Zealand, at a proportionate increase of Freight. Packages measuring one cubic foot and upwards must be packed in wooden cases, iron-hooped at each end.

Packages exceeding three cubic feet, or 50 lbs. weight, are charged at Cargo rates, if sent direct to the Victoria Docks (Town Receiving Office, Upper East Smithfield), on or before the Thursday previous to the Steamer's departure, but advices of contents and value must be sent to the Company's Offices; or, if more convenient to Shippers, Cargo Packages can be received at Leadenhall Street, E. C., on payment of 55 extra on each package.

The Port of Delivery must be distinctly marked on every Package.

Parcels will not be received after 2 o'clock on Saturdays.

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