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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
59.-Requests should also state whether private letters or those for the writer's firm are required, and to how many mails the request applies.
60-When the correspondence is required in Hongkong an address must be given to which it may be sent. Under no circumstances will it be delivered at the Post Office windows. If the applicant persists in applying for it instead of waiting till it is sent to him, his request will be cancelled.
161.-No notice can be taken of requests sent in after any Mail is signalled with reference to that particular Mail.
62.-Requests of a complicated nature cannot be entertained.
63.-Correspondence directed to care of boxholders in Hongkong must, without exception, be delivered as addressed.
64.-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.
65.-There is no charge for redirection of sufficiently prepaid correspondence. 66.-The marine officers are not allowed to deliver correspondence at Singapore. 67.-Letters for a firm will not be intercepted without the written authority of that firm.
68.--Correspondence from the Continent for Northern Ports by French packet cannot be intercepted, nor can that for Yokohama by any Mail.
69.-No request is acted on for more than three months, at the end of which time the correspondence resumes its usual course.
Postage Stamps.
70.-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
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10
"
20
""
50 cents.
1 Dollar.
2 Dollars.
3
99
Post Cards-
1 cent. 3 cents.
30
71.-The Postmasters and Agents are allowed (but not required) to purchase Hong kong Postage Stamps from foreign residents.
72.-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.
73 -The Postmaster or Agent is allowed to charge a commission of one per cent. on all stamps purchased.
74.-Boxholders are at liberty to mark their Postage Stamps on the back or face, or by perforation so as 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.
75.-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 92).
Money Orders.
76.-Money Orders are issued at Hongkong and Shanghai at current rates of exchange on the following countries and places:-
* Algeria. Amoy.
* Azores Is.
Bangkok. * Belgium. * Bermuda. Canada. Canton. *Cape Colony.
Ceylon. +(Constantinople). * Cyprus. * Denmark.
* Egypt. *Falkland Is.
Foochow.
* France.
* 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.
✦ By means of Postal Notes only.
*Sierra Leone.
South Australia. Straits Settlements Swatow.
* Sweden.
* Switzerland.
Tangier.
Tasmania.
UNITED KINGDOM. * United States.
Victoria.
Western Australia *West Indies British. Danish, and Dutch).
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