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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
111*-Each Parcel must be sealed in such a way as to render it impossible that it should be opened without detection. The sender must supply a declaration of the nature, value, and net weight of the contents, and of the gross weight of the Parcel.
112-A small charge, not exceeding six cents, may be made for Custom House purposes on the delivery of the parcel. Except Customs dues, this is the only charge the addressee will have to pay.
113.-GENERAL RULES.-Parcels must be posted before 3 p.m. on the working day next before the departure of the packet. A receipt will be given for each. A declara- tion of contents and value is required, except for places the names of which are printed in italics. The form is supplied free. Parcels may be sealed, but any Parcel, even though sealed, is liable to be opened for examination. Dangerous or perishable goods, opium, articles likely to injure the mails, liquids (unless securely packed), and fragile packages are prohibited. No parcel must exceed $250 in value. A Parcel may contain a letter to the same address as that of the Parcel itself (except in cases where enclosure of letters is prohibited) or another Parcel to that address, but no other enclosure. Declarations of Contents must be complete and accurate. Everything in the Parcel should be entered. False declarations expose the Parcel to the risk of confiscation.
MONEY ORDERS.
[Office Hours (Sundays and holidays excepted) 10 to 4, Saturdays 10 to 1, but the office is open from 10 to 5 on the working day next before any mail for Europe, which leaves at noon.]
[Money orders cannot be issued or cashed on mail mornings, when closing mails for Europe. until noon.]
114.-Money Orders are issued at Hongkong and Shanghai at current rates of exchange on the following countries and places:-
Canada,
China Ports (IIoihow, Can-
ton, Swatow, Amoy: Foo-
chow, Ningpo, Hankow, and Shanghai.
Ceylon.
Hawaii (Sandwich Islands). British India (including
FOREIGN COUNTRIES :—
Austria-Hungry. Belgium.
AFRICA.
Bulgaria,
Chili.
Denmark (including Ice-
land and Faroe Islands). Danish West Indies.
Egypt.
BRITISH COLONIES.
Cyprus.
Falkland Islands.
Gibraltar.
Malta.
Newfoundland.
British Bechuanaland.
Cape Colony.
Gambia,
AFRICA.
Burmah and the Agen- cies of the Indian Post Office in the Persian Gulf).
Japan Ports (Nagasaki, Osaka, Hiogo, Kobe, Kioti, Yokohama and Hakodate).
Drawn through France, with Algeria. German Empire (including Heligoland and the Ca- meroons). Holland,
Italy (with Agencies at
Tripoli, Assab and Mas- sowah).
Norway.
·Gold Coast Colony.
Lagos.
Mauritius
Natal.
St. Helena. Seychelles.
Sierra Leone
Mombasa, Lamu.
WEST INDIES.
New South Wales. New Zealand.
British North Borneo. Queensland.
Siam (Bangkok only). South Australia.
London Office.
Orange Free States. Portugal (including Ma- deira and the Azores). Roumania. Sweden. Switzerland.
Transvaal. Tunis,
Antigua
Bahamas.
Barbadoes, Bermuda.
British Guiana, British Honduras. Dominica.
Straits Settlements (Singa- pore, Penang and Ma- lacca). Tasmania. United Kingdom. Victoria.
United States of America.
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FOREIGN CITIES AND
Smyrna.
WEST INDIES.
TOWNS :-
Constantinople.
Adrianople.
Beyrout.
Salonica.
Panama.
Tangier.
Grenada,
Jamaica. Montserrat.
Nevis.
St. Kitts. St. Lucia.
St. Vincent. Tobago. Trinidad. Turks' Islands,
115.-Orders on the Countries drawn through the London Post Office are paid less the following discount, for which the remitter should allow. All such Orders must be expressed in British currency:--
For sums not exceeding £2......
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13
15
exceeding £2 but not exceeding £5..
15
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£5 £7
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..3d. .......6d. £ 7... ..........9d. £10....... .....ls. Od.
116. The commission charged is as follows (according to the currency the Order is drawn in):-
(a.) For sums not exceeding :-£1, 10 cts.; £2, 20 cts.; £3, 30 cts.; £4, 40 cts.; £5, 50 cts.; £6, 60 cts.; £7, 70 cts.; £8, 80 cts.; £9, 90 cts.; £10, $1.00.
(.) Up to $10, or 20 rupees, 20 cts.; $25, or 50 rupees, 10 cts.; $35, or 70 rupees, 60 cts.: $50, or 100 rupees, 80 cts.; 150 rupees, $1.00.
117.-No Order must exceed £10 or $50 (unless drawn on India, when 150 Rupees is
the limit).
Paragraphs 111 and 112 refer to Paragraph 109,
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