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RATES OF POSTAGE-PARCEL POST.-Continued

RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS NOT EXCEEDING

LIMIT OF SIZE,

OBSERVATIONS.

PROHIBITED CONTENTE.

1 lb. 2 lbs. 3 lbs. 4 lbs. 5 lbs. 6 lbs. 7 lbs. 8 lbs. 9 lbs. 10 lbs. 11 lbs.

HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

and Zomba,

2.70 2 ft. x 2 ft. x 21t. 2.00

3.00 { Same as Ascen-

sion.

www

Same as Argen- Limit of weight tine.

Vis

$ c.

Austria-Hungary, Do.,

London, German Packet

$ c. $ c.

1.30

C.

G

C.

$ c.

2.10

Do.

Bahamas,

Barbados,

London.

1.00

2.00

Brazil.

Rio de Janeiro,

Recife),

2.50

Pernambuco (San

31

:

:

3.20

not exceeding 64 lbs.

Salvador], and....

Bahia only

British Bechuana-

39

0.85

land,

1.30 1.75

2.60 3.05 3.50

$.95 4.80

5.25

5.70 6.15

Same as Ascen-

sion.

Bechuanaland

Pro-

tectorate and Rho-

**

1.45 2.50

3.55 5.00 6.05 7.10

8.15

9.60 10.65 11.70 12.75

Do.

desia,

Belgium,

Do.

1.15

1.80

"

'German Packet.

Do.

Bermuda.

London.

Beyrouth,

Do..

Bolivia,

Bosnia,Herzegovina, Sandschak, & Novi Bazaar,

British South Af rica:-

1. Cape Colony & Natal (including Zululand),.....

2- Orange River Co-

lony, Transvaal,

British Central Af->

rica, Protectorate, S

Egypt

London.

;

:

:

:

:

1.00

1.00

...

:

:

1.30

2.90

1.45

:.

:

:

...

:

2.00

2.00

2.301

3.55

2.15

:

:

2.55 Same as Austria. 2.00

3.00 Same as Ascen-

Bion.

6 lbs. (3 kilos)

::

Magazines an Newpapers cannot be for- warded by Parcel post.

Letters, lottery tickets, plants with roots, rags.

Rags,Shoddy disused and filthy clothing and bedding.

Do.

Letters, specie, bullion, gold dust, nuggets, ostrich fea- thers, tobacco stalks, essences of tobacco, tea, coffee, or chicory, parts of vine, plants, bulbs, roots.

Letters, plants, arms, coins, rags, saccharine.

Letters, leaf tobacco, salt, plants, foreign coins, lottery tickets, and firearms. Books, magazines, and Newspapers should not be sent by Parcel Post.

Letters, tobacco leaf, firearms, rags, lottery tickets, foreign coins, salt, plants.

3.00

Do.

3.30

Do.

Limit 6 lbs.

64 lbs. (3 kilos)

2.85 Same as Austria.

Letters, lottery tickets, plants.

Same as Argen-Limit weight of Letters, arms.

tine.

0.85

1.75

"

1.30

3.05

2.60,

3.50

3.05

4.80

5.25

5.70

6.15 Same as Ascen-j

Same as Bechuanaland.

sion.

1.00

1.60

2.20

3.20 3.80 4.40

5.00 6.00

6.60

7.201

7,80

Do.

Do.

Insurance

con-

fined to parcela]

1.60

2.60

:

:.

FF.

1÷.

3.60

Do.

for: - Blantyre,

Do.

Fort Johnston

ROUTE

DESTINATION.

OF

TRANSMISSION.

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