HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
236.-Parcels Post.-Rates of Postage, &c.:-Continued
DESTINATION
ROUTK
OF TRANSMISSION
RATES OF POSTAGE ON | PARCELS ON EXCEEDING
Ib. 2 lb. 3 lb. 4 lb. 5 lb.
LINIT OF
INSURANCK,
LIMIT OF SIZE
PROHIBITED CONTENTS
Port Darwin
South Australia Austria Hungary
Do.
Bahamas
Barbados.
Direct
via Ceylon via London
(Same as United
Kingdom
Do.
2 ft. x 2 ft., x 2ft.
c.$ c.& c. c. c.
30: 60 90:1,20 1.50
1.001.00 1.60:2,00 2.50 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.70 1.70 120)
·
35 85 85 1.70 1.70
500 1200,
Same as United
Kingdom
>
Do.
¡2.10 2.10 2.10|2.70 2.70|
Do.
German Packet 1.70|1.70 1.701.70 1.70 1200
via London
Brazil, (Rio de Janeiro
(Recife)Pernambuco
Letters.
Do,
Letters, Lottery tickets.
and (S. Salvador) Bahia only)
Do.
65 1.20 1.75 2.30 2.85
I
―
Do.
Do
(Letters,specie, bullion,gold;
dust, nuggets, ostrich feathers, tobacco stalks, essences of tobacco, tea, coffee,orchicory, parts of vine, plants, bulbs, roots,
Do.
Same as Austria Letters, plants, arms, coins.
British Bechuanaland....
Bechuanaland
Pro-
tectorate.
Belgium
Do.
Bermuda..
Do.
1.60 3.10 4.60 6.10,7.60
Do.
1.00 1.00 1.00 1,50|1.50|1901| German Packet 1.70 1.70 1.70|1.70|1.70/1200||
via London
120
85 85 85 1,70 1.70|
Beyrouth
Do.
Do. via Egypt
200
1.30 1.30.2.30 2 30|2,30
Same as United
Kingdom
via London
Do.
(2.50 2.50 2.50 3.00 3,00|
1.25.1.25 1.25 1.85 1.85,1200
Same as Argentine; Same as Austria
(except Abercorn,
Fife,
Do.
1.00 1,90 2.80 3.70 4.60
Fort Jameson and
(Same as United
Kingdom
Fort Young)
Do. East Africa
1200
Do. Guinea
Do.
85 85 851.70 1.70|1200|
Do.
via Singapore)
10 15
20 25 301
Same as United, Kingdom
Do.
Bolivia..
Bosnia-Herzegovina and Novi Bazar....
British Central Africa)
Kalungwici,
Do. Honduras
British New Quiana
British North Borneo
Labuan and Sarawak
Bulgaria
via Queensland 1.10 1.10 1.00 2.10|2.60
Burmah
Canada..
Cape Colony
Caroline, Marian and
Palaos Islands
or Direct
via London [1.60 1.60 1.00| 2.20| 2.20|1200)
1
Same as Austria Same as Aden Same as H'kong (Same as United!
Kingdom
Do.
25 50 50 1.00 1.001200) Same as I'kong 12.25 2.25 2.25 2.75 2.75 200 Same as Argentine
via Singapore via Vancouver
via London
25 50 75 1.00) 1,25) 40 65
|90|1.15 1.40| 6: 1.20; 1.75 2.36|2.83|
Ceylon...
Do.
Direct
1.85 1.85 1.85 2.4") 2.40||
Chili.
via London
Columbia, Republic of
Do.
| 3.40, 1.40 1.40) 2.20|2.20
Do.
1.60 1.901.002.202.20
and}
Do.
Do.
1.50, 1.50 1.50 2.60 2.00
Do.
Do.
Do.
Congo Free State *.
Constantinople
Smyrna
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Danish West Indies..
Denmark, Faroe Isl.
and Iceland
Do.
Dutch East Indies
85 85 85 1.40 1.4020)
Same as United Kingdom
Same as Argentine
Same as United
Kingdom
Do.
Do.
Do.
Same as Austria
Same as Argentine
85 85 85 1.70 1.70 500 (1.40) 1.40) 1.40|3.20| |2.20| 200 '1.10 1.10 1.10′1.70 1.70|1200 German Packet 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.701200)
via Loudon .1.85 1.35 1.86 1.40 2.40
1
5402.40
Letters, leaf tobacco, salt,|
plants, foreigu coins, lot- tery tickets,and firearms. Books, magazines, and newspapers should not be sent by Parcel Post. Letters and Arms.
Letters, lottery tickets,
plants.
}Letters.
Poisonons drugs.
Dutiable articles, spirits,|
opiumi, ganje, charas, bhang, cannabis indica.
Sanie as Queensland.
(Explosive matter, letters,
liquids, opium.
Letters.
Opium.
Oleomargarine, Butterine. Same as British Bechuana-
land.
Opium.
Letters, plants, arms andi
implements of war, arti- cles injurious to health. Letters,
arms, ainmuni- tions.
Letters.
Same as Beyrouth.
Letters, arus, azumunition. Letters.
Letters.
Letters, lottery tickets, { prospectuses, almanacks. ( Letters, opium, arms, salt, coffee, plants, and seeds.
• 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 6 lb., an abbreviation rendered necessary through want of space.]
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