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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
115.-To the Continent of Europe and Foreign Countries-continued.
BRITISH Packet, rid London,
GERMAN Packet. Direct.
To
0 to 2 lb.
2 to 7 lb.
7 to 11 lb. 0 to 7 lb. 0 to 11 lb.
$ c.
$ c.
$ c.
C.
$ c.
Portuguese West Africa :—
Bolama, in Guinea,
2.20
3.00
3.80
Ambriz, Benguela, Caben-
da, Loanda, Mossamedes,
2,60
3.40
4.20
and St. Thomas,
Roumania*
2.00
2.80
3.60
Salvador
2.70
4.10
5.60
Servia*
2.00
2.80
3.60
Seychelles T
1.90
2.80
3.60
Smyrna*
1.00
1.90
2.80
Spain ...
1.80
2.60
2.30
Sweden*
1.50
2.70
2.40
Switzerland (tid France)"
1.70
2.50
3.40
Do. (vid Belgium)*.
1.90
2.70
3.60
Turkey (French PostOffices)§
2.10
2.90
3.70
Venezeula§
2.80
3.60
....
2.00
PROHIBITED Contents.
Letters, dangerous articles, liquids (unless securely packed.)
Letters, tobacco, plants (ex- cept seeds and dried roots), arīns, ammunition, bronze coins, patent medicines. Letters.
Letters, vines.
Letters, gold, silver, jewel-
lery.
Letters, materials for gun- powder, plants, armis," to- bacco.
Letters, arms, ammunition, maps, missals, plants, rosa- ries, relics, gold, silver, jewellery.
Letters, gold, silver, drugs.
Letters, plants, alcohol. Letters, tobacco, fire-arms. Letters, dangerous articles, liquids (unless securely packed), cocoanut oil, brandy, cotton, starch, in- digo, sugar, cocoa, coffee, syrup of sugar or honey, salt-meat, match-sticks, salt, sarsaparilla, coins, dies for making coins, arms, lead, saltpetre.
§ Parcels must not exceed 2 ft. in length, or 4 ft. in length and girth combined. T Parcels must not exceed 3 ft. 3 inches in length, or 6 feet in greatest length and girth combined. * Parcels to these countries may be insured.
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.]
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