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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

LOCAL POSTAGE RATES.

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31. The term "Local" used in these rules shall mean and include all correspond- ence posted in Hongkong and the adjacent territories belonging to Hongkong, as well as extending to the following places in China at which there are British Postal Agencies, viz., Hoihow, Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Shanghai, Hankow, Liu Kung Tau, and Chefoo.

It shall not, however, be taken to include and apply to correspondence sent to the Imperial Chinese Post Offices in China, to the Portuguese possession of Macao, or to the German possession at Kiaochow.

LETTERS,

32. In Hongkong and its dependencies and from Hongkong. and its dependencies to Canton or Macao.

Not exceeding oz.

in weight, 2 cents. For every addi-

tional oz., 2 cents.

For Chinese Postal Hong packets the rate is 4 cents per oz. To all other places mentioned in Paragraph 31, 4 cents per oz. 33.-A letter posted unpaid is chargeable on delivery with double postage; if insufficiently paid, with double the deficiency.

34.-No letter may exceed 2 feet in length, I foot in width, or I foot in depth, unless it be sent to or from a Government Office.

35.-Letters upon public business must be franked by the official sending them with his name and office on the lower left-hand corner of the cover. The several Public Officers and Heads of Departments specified below are entitled to this privilege :—

The Private Secretary to H.E. TheGovernor,

The Chief Justice.

The Colonial Secretary.

The Attorney General.

The Assistant Colonial Secretary.

The Puisne Judge.

The Chief Clerk, Colonial Secretarys' Office. The Colonial Treasurer.

The Local Auditor.

The Director of Public Works.

The Assistant Director of Public Works. The Registrar General.

The Assistant Registrar General. The Postmaster General.

The Assistant Postinaster General. The Harbour Master.

The Assistant Harbour Master. The Principal Civil Medical Officers. The Government Medical Officers. The Registrar of the Supreme Court. The Deputy Registrars of the Supreme

Court.

The Captain Superintendent of Police. The Deputy Superintendent of Police. The Assistant Superintendent of Police. The Chief Inspector of Police. The Police Magistrates.

The Crown Solicitor.

The Director of the Observatory.

The First Assistant to the Director of the

Observatory,

The Superintendent, Botanical and Af-

forestation Department.

The Inspector of Schools.

The Head Master of Queen's College.

The Head Masters of Government Schools. The Land Officer and Official Receiver.

The Assistant Land Officer.

The Registrar of the Land Court.

The Medical Officer of Health.

The Assistant Medical Officers of Health.

The Secretary, Sanitary Board.

The Deputy Superintendent, Victoria Gaol. The First Clerk to the Magistrate,

Address to be complete.

36.-Addresses should be as complete as possible in order to facilitate delivery. In order that, in the event of the letter becoming from any cause undeliverable, it may be returned to the writer unopened, it is recommended that the sender's name and address be also superscribed on the cover.

Unpaid Letters; Loose Letters.

37.-The general rule as to insufficiently paid letters is to double the deficient postage. Nothing can be sent wholly unpaid except letters.

38. Consignees' letters, being privileged by law, need not be sent to the Post Office at all, but if they are sent they are liable to ordinary rates of postage.