HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE.
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73.-Letters for a firm will not be intercepted without the written authority of that firm. 74.-Correspondence from the Continent for Northern Ports by French packet cannot be intercepted, nor can that for Yokohama by any Mail.
75.-No request is acted on for more than three months, at the end of which time the correspondence resumes its usual course.
Postage Stamps.
76.-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.
6
10
20
#3
"
30 "
50 cents.
1 Dollar.
2 Dollars.
3
23
Post Cards-
1 cent. 3 cents.
77.-Postmasters and Agents are allowed (but not required) to purchase Hongkong Postage Stamps from foreign residents.
78.-The 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.
79.-The Postmaster or Agent is allowed to charge a commission of one per cent. on all stamps purchased.
80.-Boxholders are at liberty to mark their Postage Stamps on the back or face, or by perforation so as to prevent their being stolen. It the mark be on the face, it must be such as not to interfere with the clean appearance of the stamp.
81.-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 100).
Money Orders.
82.-Money Orders are issued at Hongkong and Shanghai on the following countries and
places:-
Amoy.
*Belgium.
*Azores Is.
*Bermuda.
*Canada.
Canton.
*Cape Colony.
Ceylon.
†(Constantinople).
*Cyprus.
*Denmark.
*Egypt.
*Falkland Is.
Foochow.
*Gambia.
*Germany. *Gibraltar. *Gold Coast.
Hankow. Hawaii.
Hoihow. *Holland.
*Honduras (Br.)
Hongkong. *Iceland.
India.
*Italy.
Japan.
*Lagos.
Madeira.
*Malta. *Mauritius.
*Natal.
*Newfoundland.
New South Wales. *New Zealand.
Ningpo.
North Borneo. *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).
83.-Orders 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, and cannot be drawn for any smaller sum than 6d.
in):
84.-The commission charged is as follows (according to the currency the Order is drawn
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.
85.—No Order must exceed £10 or $50 (unless drawn on India, when 150 Rupees is the limit), nor will more than two such Orders be issued to the same person, in favour of the same payee, by the same mail.
86.-Money Orders on the United Kingdom for even sums not exceeding £5 are granted by means of Postal Notes, as to which see below.
87.-Sums not exceeding $50 may be remitted between the Ports of China by means of Postage stamps, subject to a charge of one per cent. for cashing them, or Money Orders can be granted at Hongkong or Shanghai on Ports where there are Agencies of the Hongkong Post Office. Postal Notes.
88.-POSTAL NOTES of the values named below, payable within three months at any Post Office in the United Kingdom, or at Constantinople, can be obtained at Hongkong or at any
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