HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE.
395
102.—Addresses must be complete. That is to say, on such covers as are not addressed to heads of houses, the addressee's residence or place of business must be added. If this be not done the correspondence will be returned to be fully addressed.
Rates of Postage.
103.-Rates of Postage in Hongkong, and at British Post Offices in China :----
NEWS- PAPERS &
Between Hongkong, Canton and Macao.} (e.)
and for local del very
To China or from China to Hongkong........(c.).)
LETTERS FER OZ.
POST CARDS,
BOOKS, PATTERNS, & cox- MERCIAL
BACH.
PAPERS. PER 2 OZ.
PRICKB CURRENT, BACK.
REGIS-
TEATION.
RETURN RECKIPT FOR EKGISTERED ARTICLE.
(a.)
(6.)
cents.
cente.
centa.
cents.
cents.
cente.
2
1
B
Cochin-Chins,
"
Cores,
D
Japan,
1
n
Philippine Islands
رم
(6.)
Siam direct
(d.),
29
Tonquin
To Australia
VIA TORRES STRAITS.
10
"
New Zealand
CANNOT
10
Tasmania... Fiji
(c)
10
BB BENT.
NOT ISSUED,
VIA CEYLON
25
CANNOT
To Natal and Cape Colony.....................................
...(c.).
25
BB
10
NOT ISSUED.
SENT.
10
3
10
(.)
(ب)
To all other places.........................
(a.) COMMERCIAL PAPERS are documents wholly or partly written by band, not being letters, such as Invoices,
Deeds, Copied Music, &c. All packets of and under 4 oz. weight are charged 5 cents esch.
(b.) REGISTRATION IN CHINA extends to Huihow, Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Shanghai, and Hankow only. (c) Prepayment is compulsory.
(d.) Letters for Siam vid Singapore, 10 cents per h∙lf ounce.
(e) Not to exceed 4 oz. in weight, otherwise the rate is per 4 oz. for newspapers, and per 2 os. for other printed matter. (f.) Cannot be sent to Countries not in the Postal Union,
Parcel Post.
104.-A Receipt will be given for each Parcel.
105.
M
-To the United Kingdom and British Colonies, &c.
TO
LIMIT
OF
WEIGHT,
}POSTAGE PER Ib.
LIMIT OF SIZE.
PROHIBITED CONTENTS.
ib.
cents.
Hongkong, China, Japan, Corea, Siam,...
11
2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft.
India,
Straits Settlements, Burmah, Ceylon,}
11
15
Malta.....
.(Direct)...
11
Gibraltar
do.
11
United Kingdom, vid Gibraltar only...
11
25
222
20
20
Ascension.......
.(viå London)
11
Bahamas Is.
do.
11
British Guiana
do.
11
British Hondursa,
do.
#1
Cape Colony......
do.
7.
Cyprus
do.
Egypt.
do.
Natal
do.
7
Newfoundland
do.
11
Bt. Helena........
do.
11
Tangier
do.
11
8 88 2 8888288
Do.
do., and not smaller than 3 in. by in., by 2 in.
3 ft. 6 in. long, or 8 ft. in greatest length and girth combined.
Arms.
Tobacco, except for per
[sonal use. Copyright [Books.
8pecie or ostrich feathers.
Opium. Do.
S
Do.
Do.
50
Do.
Do.
Letters.
55
Do.
Coins, Tobacco.
Do.
Letters, Arms and Am-
70
Do.
70
Do.
50
Do.
50
Do.
[munition.
Letters, gold or silver, [ostrich feathers,
Books copyright in the [United Kingdom, Arms, munitions of war, [Tobacco, Opium pipes.
Barbados, Trinidad
Canada
Jamaica
Windward and Leeward Io.,t} do.
11
do.
do.
11
8 28
50
Do.
70
2 ft. by 1 ft. by 1 ft.
50
3 ft. long, or 4 ft, in length
and girth combined,
Letters.
To Cape Town itself. 11 lb.
† Antigus, Montserrat, S. Kitta, Nevis, Dominics, Virgin Is.; Grenada, 8. Lucia, 8. Vincent, Tobago. ↑ And Indian (Offiwer, vis: Aden, Bagdad, Bunder Abas, Busrah, Bushire, Guadar, Jaak, Kashmir,
Linga, Muscat, Zanzibar.
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