Directory_and_Chronicle_1904 — Page 490

HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

PARS.

PARS.

PARS.

Offres

1 !

Registration and Compensa-

Exceptional Conditions

160

Business Hours

2-3

tion

90-101

Holidays

Articles not allowed to be

Letters, etc., irregularly

marked value

161

Deliveries

5-6

sent by post

162-103

Latters to or from Soldiers,

Pillar Boxes

Redirection and Interception 104-111

etc.

162-163

Private PoJES

8.12

Poste Restante

112-116

Post Cards

164-166

Postage Stamps, Post Cards,

Undelivered Correspondence 117-121

Printed and Commercial

Wrappers and Envelopes.

13-15

Articles of value

122

Papers

187-177

Despat h

16-20

Miscellaneous..

122-131

Patterns and Samples

178-185

Local Postage Rates

27

Local Money Orders and

Prohibited Articles

186-187

Letter

28-30

Postal Rates

132-144

Registration

188-198

Printed master-newspapers.

37-44

Postal Notes

145-155

Insurance of letters

199

Book Packets

45-52

Countries comprised in Pos-

General Regulations

200-240

Commercial Papers

53-62

tal Union..

158

General

241-242

Pattern-

03-71

Foreign Postage Rates

157

Parcels Post

243

Prices Current Circulars

72-75

Unpaid and Partially Paid

Foreign Money Orders..

244-252

Post Cards

76-80

Letters

159

Imperial Postal Orders

263-258

Local Parcel Post..

81-89

Letters for Russia..

159

General

259

OFFICES.

1.-The Head Office for British Postal business in China is in the city of Victoria, Hongkong, with branch office at Kowloon. There is a Post Office also at Shanghai, and Agencies at the following places, viz :-

Canton. Hoihow, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Hankow, Liu Kung-tau and Chefoo.

BUSINESS HOURS.

2.-The General Post Office is open for the transaction of public business on week days from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Sundays and Helidays from 8 to 9 a.m. In the event of a contract mail arriving after the ordinary business hours, the office is opened for the delivery of correspondence as soon as possible after the mails have been laaded and sorted, and will be kept open for one hour thereafter.

3.-The Branch Office is open from 7.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. on ordinary days, and from 8 to 9 a.m. on Sundays and Holidays.

HOLIDAYS.

4.—Sundays and all Public and Government Holidays and observed as Post Office Holidays, except as notified in the foregoing paragraph, and except the departure of a contract mail happens to be fixed for a Public or Government Holiday, when the Office will be kept open for the pupose of despatch the mails.

DELIVERIES.

5.-In districts Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13 and 15 deliveries will be made at 8 p.m., 10 p.m., noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and 6 p.m. on ordinary days.

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