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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

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The sender of a parcel intended to be forwarded in bond must mark it plainly "In bond to...

naming the Inland Port of Entry chosen, and the same words must also appear in the same handwriting on the Customs declaration which accompanies the parcel.

CUSTOMS DECLARATIONS.

(e.) The non-adhesive form of Customs declaration must be used. Two copies are required. If the parcel is to be sent in bond to an Inland Port of Entry, it must be endorsed as directed in para. d. Moreover, if the value of the goods contained in the parcel exceeds $100 (Gold) or £20. 10%. the declaration must be made before a United States Consul on forms supplied by him. (4) The following are the United States Ports of Entry :-

Albany, N. Y.

Astoria, Che.

Atlanta, Ga.

Baltimore, Md.

Bangor, Me.

Bath, Me.

Boston, Mass. Bridgeport, X. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Burlington, Vt. Calais, Me.

Charleston, S. C. Chicago, Ill.

Cincinnati, O.

Cleveland, 0.

Columbus, 0. Council Bluffs, Ia. Denver, Col. Des Moines, la. Detroit, Mich. Dubuque, Im. Duluth, Minn. Dunkirk, N. Y. Durham, N. C. Durango, Col.

Eastport, Me.

Eagle Pass, Texas.

El Paso, Texas. Enfield, Conn. Erie, Pa. Evansville, Ind. Everett, Wash. Fall River, Mass. Galveston, Texas. Gladstone, Mich. Grand Haven, Mich. Grand Rapids, Mich. Green Bay, Wis. Hartford, Conn. Indianapolis, Ind. Jacksonville, Fla. Kansas City, Mo. Key West, Fla. Knoxville, Tenn. Leadville, Cal. Lincoln, Neb. Los Angeles, Cal. Louisville, Ky. Laredo Texas, Marquette, Mich. Memphis, Tenn. Middletown, Conn. Milwaukee, Wis.

Minneapolis, Minn.

Mobile, Ala, Nashville, Tenn. New Bedford, Mass. Nogales, Ariz. Newport, R. I. Newark, N. J. New Haven, Conn. New Orleans, la. New York, N. Y. Newport News, Va. Newfolk, Va. Oakland, Cal. Ocala Fla. Ogdensburg, N. Y. Ginaha, Neb. Philadephia, Pa, Pittsburg, Pa. Portland, Me. Portlan 1, Ore. Port Huron, Mich. Purtsmouth, N. H. Port Townsend, Wash. Providence, R. L. Pueblo, Col.

Richmond, Va.

Rochester, N. Y.

Saginaw, Mich.

Sandusky, O.

San Antonio, Texas. San Diego, Cal. San Francisco, Cal. Sault Ste Marie, Mich Savannh, Ga.

Syracuse, N. Y. Seattle, Wash. Sioux City, Ia.

South Manchester, Conn. Springfield, Mass.

St. Augustine, Fla. St. Joseph, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Paul, Minn. Tacoma, Wash. Tampa, Fla. Titusville, Pa. Toledo, O. Vanceboro', Me. Vernon, Conn. Washington, D. C. Wilmington, Del. Wilmington, N. C. Worcester, Mass.

206.-Arrangements have been made whereby persons sending parcels to the under- mentioned countries and places can take upon themselves the payment of the Customs- and other charges ordinarily payable by the addressees:

FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

Algeria.

Denniark.

Austria-Hungary. France.

Belgium.

French Congo.

Germany. Guadeloupe. Holland.

Luxemburg.

Madagascar.

Norway. Obock.

Martinique,

Comoro Islands.

French Guiana.

Dahoney.

French Guinea.

Ivory Coast. Italy.

Montenegro.

Réunion. Senegal.

Switzerland. Tahiti. United States.

New Caledonia.

Sweden.

BRITISH

POSSESSIONS

Antigua.

Barbados.

Dominica.

Lagos.

Falkland Islands.

Malta.

St. Kitts.

St. Lucia.

Cape Colony

Gambia.

Grenada.

Mauritius. Montserrat.

Cyprus.

Natal.

Nevis,

Seychelles. Sierra Leone.

Tobago. Tortoda:

The United Kingdom

St. Vincent (West Indies).

The sender must pay a fee of 25 cents, must sign an undertaking to pay on demand the amount due, and must make a deposit on account of the charges at the rate of 25 per cent. of the value of the parcel. A final settlement will take place as soon as the amount of the charges due has been ascertained from the country of destination. Parcels intended to be sent under these arrangements must be handed in at the General Post Office.

FORBIDDEN ARTICLES, ENCLOSURES, &c.

207.--No article which is inadmissible by the Local Parcel Post (see Rule 6) 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.

208.-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, Trinidad, the United States. 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.