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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

236.-Parcels Post.-Rates of Postage, &c.:-Continued

DESTINATION

ROITE OF TRANSMISSION

! RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS ON EXCEEDING

LIMI OF

INSURANCE

LIMIT OF SIZE

PROHIBITED CONTENTS

:

85 85 85 1.70 1.70 20

Congo Free State ¶¶....

Do.

1 lb. 2 lb. 3 lb. 4 lb. 5 lb.

8 c. c. 3 c. c. c. 1.60 1.00 1.60 2.202.20

Constantinople...

Do.

Costa Rica...

Do.

1.50 1.50 1.50 2.60 2.60

Cyprus

Do.

Danish West Indies..

Dc.

Do.

Denmark, Faroe Isl.}

Iceland

Do.

Dutch East Indies

Dutch Guinea

Dutch West Indies

Egypt

Erithria

Fiji Islands

85 85 85 1.70 1.70 50 |1,40 1.40 1.40|2,20|2.20|| 20

1.10 1.10 1.10 1.70|1.70 120 German Packet 1.70 1.70 1.70|1.70|1.70|

via London

2.30 2.30 2.30 2.90 2.00

11

F

Same as Argentine

Same as United Kingdom

Do.

Do.

Do.

Same as Austria

Same as Argentine

Do.

Same as United Kingdom

Letters.

Same as Beyrouth,

Letters, arms, ammunition. Coins, tobacco.

Letters.

{Letters, lottery tickets,

prospectuses, almanacks.

Letters, opium, arms, salt,

coffee, plants or seeds.

Letters.

Letters, arms, ammuni-

tion, liquids.

Do.

Direct

2.10 2.10 2.10 2.70 2.70|

80 80 1.50 1.50 1.50|

t

Letters,

tobacco,

via London

1.99 1.901.90 2.50 2.50

-

Same as Argentine

८

pounds.

Same as United

-

via London

85 25

Kingdom Do.

Letters.

Arnis.

plants, chemical com-

Falkland Islands

France..

Do.

FRENCH COLONIES :- Algeria and Corsica

Obock, Senegal, Tunis Tahiti..

via Torres, Sts. 70 1.40 2.10 2.80 3.50

and Sydney

Do.

85 1.70 1.70) 50

1.00 1.00 1.00 1,55|1.5*| 20 |>

German Packet, 1.70, 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70

Same as Austria

via London

Do.

Do

Do.

11.25 1.25 1.251.75 1.75 20 11.50 1.50 1 50 2.05 2.05 20

3.10 3.10 3.10 3.70 3.70 1.40 1.40 1.40) 2.00 2.00

Same as Argen-|

tine

Keu-

St. Pierre & Miquelon Madagascar,

nion, Comoro Isl., Cayenue, Daho- mey, Ivory Coast,

́Letters,armis, ammunition, melicines, tobacco, for- eign bronze coins, plants, jewellery, lace, gold, sil-

ver.

Same as France.

Guadeloupe Mar-

Do.

∙1.90 1.90 1.90 2.50 2,50|

Do.

tinique, French

Congo and French Guiana

New Caledonia

Do.

2.40 2.40 2.40 3,00|3.00]

Annam, Combodia,

!

Cochin China and Tonkin

Direct

10 15 20 25 30

Same as H'kong

Gambia and Gold

via London

Coast Colony

Germany

Do.

GERMAN COLONIES :—

Cameroons, Togo- land, Little Popo and Lome.

German East Africa,' German New German

Guinea,

South West Africa

85 85

Do.

85 86 85 1.50 1.50 120|1 German Packet 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50|

1

85:1.70 1.70 120

7

Same as Austria

Gibraltar....

Greece

Guatemala

(Guate-

mala City and San

via Vancouver 75 1.30 1.85 2.40 2.95

via London 85 85 851.50 1,50 40 German Packet 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70

Same as Argentine

Same as United Letters, liquids, corrosive

Kingdom

Same as Kongkong| Letters, opium.

Jose only)..

Hawaiian Islands

Holland

Do.

Honduras, State of

via London

.....

1.40 1.40 1-40 2.20 2.20-

7

India

via Tuticorin or Calcutta

25

50 75.1.0

πότε 1.25 120

|

Same as Austria | Letters.

(Same as United

Kingdoni

Same as Aden

}Letters.

Opium.

Parcels for the Lower Congo are also liable to a charge of 1 franc, and parcels for the Upper Congo of 10 francs .on delivery.

[The maximum weight of parcels is 11 lb. Rates are only given above for parcels up to 5 lb., an abbreviation rendered necessary through want of space.]

via London

1.50 1.50 1.50 2.05 2.05 120

Do.

Do.

1.9) 1.00 1.90, 2.50 2.50)

Direct

via London

50 50 50 1.00 1.00 (1.50, 1.50 1.50 2.05 2.05

(Same as United >

—

F

7 Kingdom

Arms.

Jag

Letters, tobacco, plants,salt.

Do.

2.10 2.10 2.10 3.35 3.35|

¿

Bustances, poisons.

(Same as United,

Kingdom

Letters, gold, silver,

jewellery etc.

Explosive matter. letters,

liquids, opuim.

opuim. gold,{ silver.

Letters, plants with roots,] vines or part of vines, socialistic books.

Letters, liquids.

Same as Argentine Letters,