HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
FORBIDDEN ARTICLES, ENCLOSURES, &c.
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203.-No article which is inadmissible by the Local Parcel Post (see Rule 87) may be sent by the Foreign Parcel Post, nor any enclosure which bears an address different from that placed on the cover of the parcel.
204.-No letter, even if addressed in the same way as the parcel in which it is enclosed, may be sent in a parcel addressed to any Foreign Country or to Australia, British Central Africa, Cape Colony, Natal and other parts of South Africa, Fiji, Ja- maica, Mauritius, New Zealand, Seychelles, Straits Settlements and Trinidad. Parcels for other British possessions may contain a letter for the addressee, but packets of letters must not be sent by Parcel Post to any place abroad. An invoice in an open envelope, giving simply particulars of the goods contained in the parcel, may be enclosed in any parcel.
205. Further, no parcel is admissible which contains base or counterfeit coin, articles infringing trademark or copyright laws, any article or substance liable to become offensive or injurious through natural decay during the time ordinarily occupied in transmission (for example, butter, &c., addressed to a tropical or subtropical country, or having to pass through the tropics in course of transmission, unless enclosed in a hermetically sealed tin), or any article or substance specially prohibited from im- portation into the country or colony to which the parcel is addressed. For a list of such special prohibitions, see Table of Postage, &c. (Rule 236). The Post Office can accept no responsibility for the correctness and completeness of this list, although efforts are made to secure accuracy.
206.—It is pointed out that many perishable articles, even though in good condition at the time of posting, may become offensive and worthless owing to the length of the journey, although delivered in proper course of post.
207.-Parcels for Ascension, St. Helena, South and Central Africa, and uninsured parcels for Egypt and Zanzibar, may not exceed £50 in value, and parcels for Straits Settlements exceeding the value of $50 must be insured.
208.—Parcels containing coin, any article of gold or silver, or any article of value, cannot be sent by Parcel Post to the United Kingdom, any Foreign country or British possession included in the insurance system (for list of such places see Rule 220), unless they are insured for at least part of their value, and are packed and sealed in accordance with the special regulations given in Rules 224-226.
PACKING ANd Sealing.
209.-The rules as regards articles which require to be packed with special care (see Rules 87 and 88) must be observed in the case of Foreign and Colonial parcels. More careful and substantial packing is necessary for such parcels than for local parcels, owing to the much greater distance over which, as a rule, the former have to be conveyed, the very different conditions of transit, and the influences of climate. This is a consideration which must necessarily be taken into account in dealing with claims for compensation. Parcels for Greece, Persia, Roumania and Russia must be packed in some material stronger than paper or cardboard.
210.-For parcels containing liquids and substances which easily liquefy the following method should be adopted :-Two receptacles should be used, and between the inner one, which contains the liquid, and the outer one, which should be of wood or metal, space should be left all round, and this space should be filled with bran, sawdust, or other absorbent material.
211. Further, a parcel for a Foreign Country must be so sealed by the sender that it cannot be opened without breaking the seals or leaving an obvious trace of violation, The seals must bear the impression of a private mark of the sender.
212.-As to the packing and sealing of insured parcels, see Rule 224.
DELIVERY OF PARCELS,
213.-In Hongkong parcels are not, like letters, delivered at the residences of the addressees. Notice of the arrival of a parcel is sent to the addressee, who must then claim the parcel at the Post Office where it is lying.
214.-In Belgium, France and Spain parcels are delivered by the Railway Com- panies and not by the Post Office, and parcels intended to be called for should be addressed, not to a Poste Restante in those countries, but to a Railway Station (en gare). RE-DIRECTION AND RETURN OF PARCELS.
215.-Parcels arriving in this Colony and re-directed from one address to another in the Colony are treated and charged under the regulations which govern the treatment and charge of re-directed parcels by the Local Parcel Post. (See Rule 107.)
216.-A parcel which is returned or re-directed from one country to another is. charged the full postage.
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