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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
PARCEL POST.
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108.—To the United Kingdom and Places beyond.-Parcels are forwarded by P. & O. packet only, and arrive in London about eight days later than the mail. No further charge is made on delivery except for Customs dues.
Cigars....
Duties in the United 1. «¿dom. .50 per lb.
Tea.. Duties cannot be prepaid by the sender.
.4d. per lb.
109.-Indemnity, not exceeding £1 under any circumstances, will be paid in case of loss of or damage to a Parcel forwarded to, from, or through the United Kingdom.
110.-To India.-By P. & O. and Indian Mail packets only. Insured Parcels by Indian Mail packets only.
11.-Parcels for the United Kingdom and all the countries marked with an asterisk (*) may be insured at the following rates:--
$120 $240
$360.
fee 20 cents
11
30 40
2480. $500,
fee 50 cente
60
112-Parcels addressed to Holland, Italy (via Belgium), or Montenegro cannot be insured for more than $400, or to the Azores, Beyrout, Constantinople, Finland, France, Italy (via France), Madeira, Portugal, Roumania, Servia, Smyrna, or Switzerland (via France) for more than $200.
113.-The rates of postage are indicated in the following tables. 114.—To the United Kingdom and British Colonies, &c. :—
TO
POSTAGE.
LIMIT OF
WEIGHT
EACH
FIRST Subse-
lb. quent
lb.
LIMIT OF BIZE.
PROHIBITED CONTENTH,
398 2
བཊྛཡཾ ཡུ
lb. 8 c.
10
conta.
5
20
20
2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft.
Do.
Opium.
10
5
Do.
Do.
Explosive matter, letters,
liquids, opium.
Do., and not smaller
11
15
15
by 2 in.
than 3 in. by 2 in.,
(3 ft. 6 in. long, or 6
ft. in greatest length
and girth combined
Do.
Opium.
Hongkong, Chine, diam
Japis, Corea, Formosa
Cochin-China, Cambodge, Tonkin, An- )
Dem
Straits Bettlements, Ceylon, India," Bur- mah," Aden," Zanzibar," Indian Post Ofices on Persian Gulf, and in Turkish Arabia”.
British North Borneo, Labuan (direct).. 11
Malta Gibralter
do.
11
do.
11
United Kingdom,* vid Gibraltar only
11
Ascension
(viä London) 11
Bahamas”
do.
11
Bechuanaland, British
do.
11
2 859 838
10
30
30
40
65
60
*** 833
Do.
Do.
50
Do.
56
Do.
55
Do.
Bechuanaland Protectorate
do.
7 1.80 |1.50
Do.
Bermuds
British Central Africa
British Guiana”
British Honduras
British New Guines
Colony
Cypres
Pilkad Islands*
Do. Do.
2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft. 3 ft. 6 in. long, or 6 ft. in greatest length and girth combined.)
Arma.
Tbacco, except for personal
use, copyright books. Specie or ostrich feathers.
Letters, specie, bullion,gold!
dust, nuggets, ostrich feathers, tobacco stalks, essences of tobacco, tea, coffee, or chicory, parts of vine, planta, bulbs, roots.
Letters, specie, bullion,gold dust, nuggets, ostrich feathers, tobacco stalks, essences of tobacco, tea, coffee, or chicory, parts of vine, plants, bulbs, roots.
Letters.
Dutiable articles, spirits, opium, ganje, charas, bhang, cannrbis indica.
Letters liquids (unless se- curely packed), tobacco, spirits, opium. Oleomargarine, butterine. Letters, specie, bullion,gold
dust, nuggets, ostrich feather, tobacco stalks, essences of tobacco, tea, coffee, or chicory, parts of vine, plants, bulbs, roots. Coins, tobacco.
៖៖៖
do.
11
60
do.
do.
7 1.00 11
88%
889
55
Do.
50
Do. Do.
88
do.
do.
==
11
60
1.10 (2lbs.)
88
50
(viaVancouver) (via London)
11
40 25
11
6C
*8
55
do. do.
28
75
35
60
**
Do.
55
Do.
¡Panels to these countries may be insured.
Bagdad, Bahrain, Bander Abas, Busrah, Bushire, Guadur, Jask, Lings, Mohammerah, Muscat
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