HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
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230.-Compensation for a parcel lost or damaged in the Post will not exceed the amount of the actual loss or damage,
damage, and no compensation at all will be paid for a parcel containing any prohibited article, or for a parcel which has been delivered with- out external trace of injury and has been accepted without remarks by the addressee; nor does it follow as a matter of course that compensation will be given when loss or damage arises from tempest, shipwreck, earthquake, war, or other causes beyond control. No claim for compensation will be admitted if made more than a year after the parcel was posted. The sender has the first claim to any compensation which may be payable, but he may waive his claim in favour of the addressee.
231.-No legal liability to give compensation in respect of any parcel for which an insurance fee has been paid attaches to the Postmaster-General, either personally or in his official capacity. The final decision upon all questions of compensation rests with the Postal Administration of the country in which the loss or damage has taken place.
232.-The insurance system also applies to parcels from the places mentioned in Rule 220, but parcels to or from other places abroad cannot be insured.
233.-Any insurance effected contrary to the foregoing Regulations is invalid.
GENERAL.
234. Where not repugnant to the foregoing Rules, the General Regulations of the Local Parcel Post apply to Foreign Parcels.
235.-Parcels must be posted before 3 p.m. on the working day next before the departure of the packet.
236.—To the United Kingdom and British Colonies, &c. :—
TO
Hongkong, China, Siam
Japan, Corea
Cochin-China, Cambodge, Tonkin, An-
nam
Straits Settlements
POSTAGE.
LIMIT OF
WEIGHT
First
Each subse.
LIMIT OF BIZE.
PROHIBITED CONTENTS.
lb.
¡quent
lb.
SH
lb.
$ c.
cente.
11
10
5
2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft.
5
20
20
Do.
Opium. Letters are prohi- bited in H'kong & China.
Do.
11
10
5
Do.
Not over 8 lb.
50
Over 3 lb. but
$1.00
do.
not over 7 lb. ...
Over 7 lb. but $1.50
not over 11 lb...
on
11
25
25
India, Ceylon,* Burmalı,' Aden, Zanzibar, Indian Post Offices Persian Gulf and in Turkish Arabiat Insurance not available...
British North Bornen, Labuan (via Sing-}
apore).
Malta
Gibraltar
Not over 3 lb.... Over 3 lb. but
́Do., and not smaller than 3 in, by 2 in., by 2 in.
3 ft. 6 in. long, or 61 ft. in greatest length and girth combined
not over 7 lb.....
Over 7 lb. but
not over il lb...
do.
11
30
25
do.
11
30
25
Do. Do
Not over 3 lb....
50
United Kingdom,* við Gibraltar only
Over 3 lb. but not over 7 lb. ..
$1.00
Do.
Over 7 lb. but $1.50
not over II Jb..
Ascension*
.(via London)
11
80
50
Do.
Bahamas*
do.
65
55
Do,
Bechuanaland, British
do.
55
Do.
ET
5625
Bechuanaland Protectorate
do.
71.60 1.50
Do.
983
887
Bermuda
do.
11
00
Do.
British Central Africa
do.
7 1.00
90
Do.
British Guiana*
do.
11
65
50
Do.
British Honduras
do.
11
00
50
Do.
British New Guinea
do.
11 1.10 50
Do.
|(2lbs.)|
Canada.......
.(vià Vancouver) 11
40
25 2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft.
*Parcels to these countries may be insured.
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Explosive matter,letters,li-j
quids, opium, gold, silver.
Letters, opium
Opium.
Explosive matter, letters,
liquids, opium.
Arms,
T'bacco, except for personal use, copyright books. Specie, ostrich feathers.
Letters, specie, bullion,gold dust, nuggets, ostrich, feathers, tobacco stalks, essences of tobacco, tea,| coffee, orchicory, parts of vine, plants, 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, cannabis indica.
Letters, liquids (unless se- curely packed), tobacco, spirits, opium, Oleomargarine, butterine.
‡Bagdad, Bahrain, Bander Abas, Busrah, Bushire, Guadur, Jask, Linga, Mohanımerah, Muscat.
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