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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
Suburban Districts.
Clearances: 9.30 a.m., 0.30 p.m., 5.30 p.m.
Victoria, junction of Robinson and Bonham Roads.
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Victoria, East Point, junction of Percival Street and Praya.
.....West Point, near No. 7 Police Station.
Kowloon and Peak District, Clearances : noon and 4 p.m. Kowloon, near Wharf and Godowns.
Magazine Gap, at the Gap.
.Peak District, at Victoria Gap.
Peak District, at Mount Kellett, near "Myrtlebank."
Peak District, at Junction of Mount Gough Road with road
to Aberdeen West of Government Villas.
6............Peak District, at Plantation Road, at junction of roads between Rural Building Lots 14 and 27.
There is also a Letter Box fixed in the Charge Room at Tsim Sha-tsui Police Station. Letters containing any article of value should not be posted in these boxes, but should be registered at the General Post Office.
Persons posting in these boxes may cancel their stamps by writing the date across
them.
POSTAGE STAMPS.
7-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
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50 cents.
1 dollar.
2 dollars.
3
99
5
99
Post Cards-
1 cent.
3 cents.
6 cents with reply paid.
8.-The Postmasters and Agents are allowed (but not required) to purchase Hong. kong Postage Stamps from foreign residents.
9.-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.
10.-The Postmaster or Agent is allowed to charge a commission of one per cent. on all stamps purchased.
11.-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.
12.-Correspondence will not be stamped at the Post Office and charged to a boxholder's account, except as provided by paragraph 14.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
13. Rates of Postage in Hongkong and at British Post Offices in China :-
Between Hongkong, Canton and Macao, } (b.)
and for local delivery
To China (or from China to Hongkong)..(b.)“
RETURN RECEIPT FOR REGISTERED ARTICLE,
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LETTERS PER OZ.
POST CARDS, EACH.
BOOKS & PATTERNS PER 2 OZ.
NEWS' PRS. & PRICES CURRENT, EACH. (α.)
REGIS. TRATION. (c.)
cents.
cents.
centa.
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cents,
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1
2
2
5
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11
Cochin-China
Corea
91
Japan
North Borneo
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Philippine Islands
** Straits Settlements
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Cape Colony
To all other places
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290
20
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(a.) Not to exceed 4 oz. in weight (Prices Current, 2 oz.), otherwise the rate is per 4 oz. for newspapers, and per
2 oz. for other printed matter.
(b.) Prepayment is compulsory.
(c.) See paragraph 104 under this head.
(d.) Cannot be sent to Countries not in the Postal Union,
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