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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

as terisk in rule 156, no letter or packets addressed to those countries and containing. such articles can be accepted for registration.

197.-Letters or packets containing coin for any of the British colonies not in the postal union can be registered, and if they are posted without being registered they are treated in the same manner as local letters under similar circumstances.

INDEMNITY FOR LOSS.

198.--Except in cases beyond control (i.e., fire, tempest, shipwreck, earthquake, war, &c.) the Hongkong Postal Administration will, as provided for in local Rule No. 96, grant compensation for the loss of a registered letter if lost whilst in its custody up to a maximum of $10. No compensation will, however, be paid for the loss of anything enclosed in an uninsured registered letter, provided the letter itself is delivered,. or for the damage of anything enclosed in such letter, or for any expense arising directly or indirectly from delay in transit.

INSURANCE OF LETTERS.

199.----Letters containing paper money, &c., on which a value has been declared may be sent from Hongkong to any of the following places, insured to the amount of the declared value:

Algeria.

Azores.

Annam.

Argentine Republic

Austria Hungary,

Belgium.

Bosnia.

British Guiana.

Bulgaria.

Cameroons (Duala and Vic-

toria only).

Canary Islands.

Cape Verde Islands (San-

St. Vincent

tiago and St.

only).

Ceylon.

* Chili.

Cochin China.

Crete (Candia, Canea, and

Retimo).

Dahomey (Agoué, Carnot- ville, Cotonon, Dogba. Great Popo, Porto Novo, Sagou, Savalou, Whydah, and Zagnanado only). Danish West Indies (St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix).

Demark (including

the

Faroe Islands, Greenland

and Iceland).

Egypt.

France.

Falkland Islands.

French Congo (Libreville

and Lango only).

French Guiana.

French Guinea.

+

Gaboon.

iambia.

Germany.

German East Africa.

Guadeloupe.

Herzegovina.

Holland.

India.

Italian East Africa (Assab

and Massowah only).

Italy.

Ivory Coast.

Jamaica.

Japan.

Jibouti.

Lagos.

Leeward Islands (Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat,

Nevis, St. Kitts, and the Virgin Islands). Luxemburg. Madagascar (Antananarivo, Diégo Suarez, Majunga, Ste. Marie de Madagas- car, Tamatave only). Madeira.

Malta.

Martinique. Mayotte.

Morocco (Casablanca, Maza- gan, Mogador, Saffi, and Tangier only). New Caledonia. Newfoundland.

Norway.

Nossi Bé.

Portugal.

Portuguese East Africa

(Lorenzo Marques, Mo- zambique, and Quilimane only).

Portuguese West Africa (Benguela, Loanda, Mos- samedes, Bolama and St. Thomé only).

Réunion.

Roumania.

Russia.

St. Helena.

Senegal (Daker, Goree, Ru- fisque, St. Louis, Thyes, and Tivaouane only). Servia.

Spain (including the Ba-

learic Islands).

Straits Settlements.

Sweden.

Switzerland.

Tonquin.

Trinidad.

Tripoli (Italian Post Office).. Tunis.

Turkey (Beyrout, Caifa or Haifa Cavalla, Chios.

(Scio), Constantinople, Dardanelles, Dedeagatch (Dedeagh), Durazzo, Jaffa,. Jerusalem, Kerassonde (Keresun), Mytilene, Pre- vesa, Rhodes, Salonica, Samsoun, San Giovanni di Medua, Santi Qua ranta, Scutari d'Albanie, Smyrna, Trebizond, Valo- na, Vathy only).

Antofogasta, Arica, Caldera, Chillan, Concepcion, Copiapó, Cequimbo, Curicó, Iquique, Linares, Pisagua, Punta Arenas, Rancagua, Santiago, Sau Fernando, Serena, Tacna, Talar, Talcahuana, Taltal, Valdivia and Valparaiso only.

The amount to be insured is limited to 50%.

§ Letters for places in the Soudan can be insured as far as Wady Halfa or Suakin only.

|| Bagamoyo Dar-es-salam, Kilwa, Lindi, Mitcindami, Mohorro, Pangani, Saadani, and Tanga.