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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE.
80.-Requests of a complicated nature cannot be entertained.
81.-Correspondence directed to care of boxholders in Hongkong must, without exception, be delivered as addressed.
82. Every request is understood to refer to letters only; papers will not be intercepted unless special reasons be shewn to the satisfaction of the Postmaster General.
83. There is no charge for re-di ection of paid Union correspondence§ to Union Countries. 84.-Th marine officers are not allowed to deliver correspondence at Singapore.
85.--Letters for a firm will not be intercepted without the written authority of that firm. 86. Correspondence from the Continent for Northern Ports by French packet cannot be intercepted, nor can that for Yokohama by any Mail.
87.-No request is acted on for more than three months, at the end of which time the correspondence resumes its usual course.
Postage Stamps.
88.-Hongkong Postage Stamps of the following values can be purchased and are available at any British Post Office or Agency in Hongkong or China :---
2 cents.
5
10
20
30
**
25
"
50 cents.
1 Dollar.
2 Dollars. 3
Post Cards-
1 cent. 3 cents.
89.--Postmasters and Agents are allowed (but not required) to purchase Hongkong Postage Stamps from foreign residents.
90.-Thé Stamps tendered for sale must not exceed $50 in value, must be perfectly clean, and in good condition. They must be presented personally or accompanied by a note.
91.-The Postmaster or Agent is allowed to charge a commission of one per cent, on all stamps purchased.
92.-Boxholders are at liberty to mark their Postage Stamps on the back or face, or by perforation, so as to prevent their being stolen. If the mark be on the face, it must be such as not to interfere with the clean appearance of the stamp.
93.-Correspondence will not be stamped at the Post Office and charged to a boxholder's account, except as provided by the Local Postage regulations (see paragraph 124c).
Money Orders.
94.-Money Orders are issued at Hongkong and Shanghai on the following countries and
places :-
Amoy.
*Azores Is.
*Belgium.
*Bermuda.
*Canada.
Canton.
*Cape Colony.
Ceylon.
+Constantinople).
*Cyprus.
*Denmark.
*Egypt.
Falkland Is.
Foochow.
1France.
*Gambia
*Germany.
+(Gibraltar).
†Goa.
*Gold Coast.
Hankow.
Hawaii.
Hoihow.
*Holland.
*Honduras (Br.)
Hongkong. *Iceland.
India.
*Italy.
Japan.
*Lagos.
Luxemburg.
*Madeira,
*Mauritius.
*Natal.
*Newfoundland.
North Borneo.
New South Wales. Ningpo.
*Norway.
Port Darwin.
*Portugal.
Queensland,
*S. Helena. *Seychelles.
Shanghai.
*Sierra Leone.
South Australia.
Straits Settlements.
Swatow.
*Sweden,
*Switzerland.
Tasmania.
UNITED KINGDOM. *United States.
Victoria.
Western Australia. *West Indies (British,
Danish, and Dutch).
95. Orlers on the Countries marked * are forwarded through the London Post Office, and are paid less a small discount of about 2d. in the £1, for which the remitter should allow. All such orders must be expressed in British currency. Orders on the places marked ‡ are forwarded through the Indian Post Office; the amounts of such Orders must be expressed in Dollars.
96.-The commission charged is as follows (according to the currency the Order is drawn
In)
Up to £2, or $10, or Up to £5, or $25, or Up to £7, or $35, or
20 Rupees,
50 Rupees,
70 Rupees,
150 Rupees,
Up to £10, or $50, or 100 Rupees,
Up to
0.20 cents.
0.40 cents.
0.60 cents.
0.80 cents.
$1.00.
9.-No Order must exceed £10 or $50 (unless drawn on India, when 150 Rupees is the limit), ¡il more than two such Orders be issued to the same person, in favour of the same payee, by the same mail.
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Union correspondence means that exchanged between any two countries of the Postal Union. The above rule does not apply to Local correspondence the original payment on which was not sufficient for the second transit. Thus a letter from Amoy to Hongkong, paid 5 cents only and redirected to Paris, would be liable to a further charge. ↑ Small remittances can be made to these places by means of Postal Notes,
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