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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

116.-Except as indicated in the foregoing Tables parcels must not exceed 2 feet in length, breadth, or depth. Those intended for the German packet must be so directed. 117-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.

118*.-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.

119.-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 $500 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. Parcels containing coin, watches, jewellery, or any article of gold or silver, cannot be sent to the United Kingdom, or to any Foreign Country, or British Possession included in the insurance system, unless they are insured for at least part of their value. 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.]

120-Money Orders are issued at Hongkong and Shanghai at current rates of exchange on the following countries and places:-

Canada.

China Ports (Hoihow, Can- ton, Swatow, Amoy; Foo- chow, Ningpo, Hankow, and Shanghai. Ceylon.

Hawaii (San lwich Islands). British India (including Burmah and the Agen-

BRITISH COLONIES. Cyprus.

Falkland Islands, Gibraltar.

Malta.

Newfoundland.

Prince Edward Island.

Western Australia.

A PRICA.

British Bechuanaland.

Cape Colony.

Gambia.

Gold Coast.

Lagos.

Lamu

Mashonaland.

Matabeleland.

Mauritius

Mombasa.

Natal,

St. Helena.

Seychelles.

Sierra Leone

Zululand.

WEST INDIES.

Antigua.

Bahamas.

cies of the Indian Post Office in the Persian Gulf).

Japan Ports (Nagasaki, Ko- be, Osaka, Kioto, Yoko- hamna, Tokio, Akamagase- ki(Shimonoseki)Aomori,

Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Kanazawa, Kumamoto,

Drawn through

Barbacoes. Bermuda. British Guiana. British Honduras. Dominica.

Grenada.

Jamaica.

Montserrat,

Nevis,

St. Kitts.

St. Lucia.

St. Vincent.

Tobago.

Trinidad.

Turks' Islands.

FOREIGN COUNTRIES:-

Austria. Belgium. Bosnia. Bulgaria.

Cameroons and Togo.

Chili.

Congo Free State (Banana,

Boma and Matadi.

Denmark, with Faroe Isds. Danish West Indies.

Nagano, Nagoya,Niigata, Sapporo, Sendai, Ta- dotsu, and Utsunomiya). New South Wales. New Zealand.

British North Borneo (Sandakan, Kudat and Labuan. Queensland. London Office.

Dutch East Indies. Egypt.

France, with Algeria. German Empire.

German East African Pro-

tectorate.

Herzegovina.

Holland,

Hungary, Iceland.

Italy (with offices on the Red Sea and at Tripoli). Luxemburg.

New Guinea (German Pro-

tectorate of). Norway.

Orange Free States,

Portugal (including Ma- deira and the Azores). Roumania.

Salvador.

Sweden.

Switzerland. Transvaal.

Tunis.

Uruguay.

Siam (Bangkok only). South Australia.

Straits Settlements (Singa-

pore, Penang and Ma lacca).

Tasmania.

United Kingdom.

Victoria

United States of America,

FOREIGN CITIES AND

TOWNS :-

Adrianople. Beyrout.

Constantinople.

Panama.

Salonica,

Sinyrna.

Tangier.

ASIA MINOR AND LEVANT. Candia.

Canea (Khania, La Cande), Chios (Khios).

Ihirazzo. Jaffn

Jerusalem.

Kaifa (Coiffa).

Kerassonde (Kéressoun).

Mitylene.

Prevesa,

Retimo.

Rhodes.

Sumisoun.

[doz).

Sunti Quaranta (Seran- Trepizond (Trapezunt). Valonia.

121.—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.

exceeding £2 but not exceeding £5..

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15. on.

Paragraphs 117 and 115 refer to Paragraph 115.

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