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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

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

DESTINATION

ROUTE

OF TRANSMISSION

RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS NOT EXCEEDING

1 lb. 12 lb. 3 lb. 4 lb. 5 lb.)

c.8 c.

10 15 20 25

18 c.

Hongkong, China & Siam

Direct

Japan and Formosa............

Do.

20

40

ૐ

30

LIMIT OF

MOKYMAUR]

|

LIMIT OF SIZE

United Kingdom... via Gibraltar

801.00

I

| 2 ft. x 1 ft., x1 ft.

50 50

50 1.00 1.00 1200|

Aden

via Calcutta

25 50 751.00 1.25 1200)

Argentine Republic

via London 1.50 1.50 1.50 2.50 2.50|

-

Ascension

Do.

85 85 95 1.70 1.70 500

AustralasianColonies:-

New Zealand New South Wales In- cluding Lord Howe and Norfolk Island New Zealand Queensland

Do.

3 ft. 6 in. long, or 6 ft. in greatest length & girth combined

Do..

and not

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PROHIBITED Contents

Opium. Letters are prohi-

bited in Hongkong and] China,

Letters, opium

Coin or bullion over £5 in value or 8 ozs. in weight. Letters; explosive and dangerous articles; for- eign reprints of British. Copyright works; Acety- lene; base or counterfeit coin; fictitious stamps] and any die, plate or material for making such] stamps; extracts, es- sences or other concen- trations ofcoffee.chicory, tea or tobacco; indecent; or obscene prints, books, pictures or other articles; snuffwork,tobaccostalks, tobacco stalk flour; arti- cles infringing the law as to the marking of mer chandize; foreign prison- made goods; saccharin,, & substances of a like na- ture or use, such as saxin, &e.trags, shoddy,disused and filthy clothing and bedding and liveanimals, (except bees in properly constructed cases). To- bacco, including cigars, cigarrettes, and snuff, is admitted if declared, but is subject to a fine in ad- dition to the duty. Gold and silver plate, import- ed as merchandise, imust be assayed, and is not admitted if below the proper standard,

smaller than 3] { Opium. in, x2 in. x 2 in.

2 ft.in lengthor (Letters, vine plants, gold,

ft. in length and girth combined! (Same as United

Kingdom

Do.

85

85 851.70 1.70 200

DO.

via Torres Sta.

do. & Sydney

50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50

Do.

via Torres Sts.

Tasmania.

do. & Sydney

Victoria

Western Australia

do. &Brisbane do. & Sydney)

silver, fewellery.

Specie, ostrich feathers. /Letters.

New South Wales.- Tobac-

co (except samples ad-i dressed to a manufac- turer or dealer), opium. ↑ New Zealand.—Tobacco.

Queensland, Tobacco (un-

less for the personal usef of the addressec), grapes, vinecuttings,coffeeplants or seeds, spirits (except perfumed or medicinal). Tasmania.- - Tobacco (ex- cept in quantities not exceeding 5lb. for the personal use of the ad dressee or as bona fide samples). Victoria. Coin, opium, spirits (except perfumed or medicinal or bona fide samples), vines or vine cuttings.

Western Australia.

Coin, gold or silver bullion, ap- ples, pears, quinces,

[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.]

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