HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE.
CONTENTS.
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Ofoes...
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Forbidden Articles.........................
XXIV
Business hours
III
Requests
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Prices Current and Circulars XXVII Post Cards
Holidays
XII
Complaints
XXIV
Registration
XXVII
Deliveries
III
Private Boxes
XXV
Miscellaneou8........................................................... XXVIII
Pillar Boxes....
XXI
Poste Restante
XXV
Parcel Post.................................. XXVIII
Postage Stamps
XXII
Letters
XXV
Money Orders...
XXXI
Rates of Postage
XXII
Newspapers
XXVI
Postal Notes
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Mail Routes..
XXIII
Books
XXVI
Mail Time Tables
XXII
Patterns
XXVI
OFFICES.
1.-The Head Office for British Postal business in China is at Hongkong; there is a Post Office also at Shanghai, and Agencies at the following places :-
Canton, Hoihow, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo and Hankow.
BUSINESS HOURS.
2.--The General Post Office is open for the transaction of public business on Week days from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Sundays and Holidays from 8 to 9 a.m. In the event of a contract mail arriving after the ordinary business hours, the office is opened for the delivery of correspondence as soon as possible after the mails have been landed, and will be kept open for one hour.
HOLIDAYS.
3.-Sundays and all Public and Government Holidays are observed as Post Office Holidays, except as notified in the foregoing paragraph, and except the departure of a contract mail happens to be fixed for a Public or Government Holiday, when the Office will be kept open for the purpose of despatching the mail.
DELIVERIES.
4.-The following are the hours at which delivery of correspondence takes place from the General Post Office :-
In Town, 8 a.m., 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m.
In the Suburbs, 9 a.m., noon, 5 p.m.
At Kowloon and the Peak, noon, 4 p.m.
On Sundays and Holidays deliveries are effected at 9 a.m. in the town and suburbs. There is no Sunday delivery at Kowloon or the Peak.
Contract mails are, however, delivered as soon as possible after arrival. The ordinary deliveries may be retarded by the contract mails.
To Shipping.
5.-As a general rule correspondence for shipping in harbour is delivered to the agents, but if desired it will be delivered on board at noon and 4 p.m.
PILLAR BOXES.
6.-Pillar Letter Boxes have been placed at the following localities and are cleared daily at the following hours, except on Sundays and Holidays:-
Town District.
From Ship Street to Bonham Strand West and up to level of Robinson Road.
Clearances: 8.30 a.m., 10.30 a.m., 0.30 p.m., 2.30 p.m., 4.30 p.m.
7......... Victoria, junction of Queen's Road East and Arsenal Street. 8............Victoria, near the Harbour Master's Office.
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Victoria, junction of Albany, Robinson and Garden Roads. Victoria, junction of Seymour and Castle Roads.
..Victoria, junction of Old Bailey and Caine Road.
Suburban Districts.
Clearances: 9.30 a.m., 0.30 p.m., 5.30 p.m.
Victoria, junction of Robinson and Bonham Roads. Victoria, East Point, junction of Percival Street and Praya. 14..........West Point, near No. 7 Police Station.
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Kowloon and Peak District. Clearances: noon and 4 p.m.
Pillar Box No. 1............Kowloon, near Wharf and Godowns.
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