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RATES OF POSTAGE.-PARCEL POST.-Continued.

460

16

Letters, rags,manufactured gold or silver, drugs, arsenic, Letters, newspapers, plants in roots.

$

2.95

Same as Austria.

}

2.50

Do.

9.85

Do.

2.00

Do.

RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS NOT EXCEEDING

RATES

· LIMIT OF Size. OBSERVATIONS.

PROHIBITED CONTENTS.

DESTINATION.

OF TRANSMISSION.

1 lb.

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

A

Sweden,

Do.,

Switzerland,

Do.,

St. Lucia (Same as Leeward Island),

Transvaal, (Sec British South Africa),

Trinidad & Tobago, (Same as Leeward

Tripoli (Africa)

Via

London

German Packet London

German Packet|

$ c.

1.10

c.

1.45

**

2.15

2.15

HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

1.20

2.85

L

3.00

Do. Same as Argen- tine.

3.05

Do.

́3ft. 6 in. long or

6 ft. in greatest

1.80

girth

1.80

2.40

6 ozs.

length and

bined.

Do

Do.

com.

Parcels must be packed in such a manner as to permit of their contents being] easily inspected Note:-The Post Office of either of the contract- ing countries] will not be

Letters, arms, salt, tobacco, books, pamphlets.

Letters, forcign reprints of British copyright works, Base coins, Foreign coin other, than gold or silver, tobacco except for personal use, and Coin or Bullion over £5 in value or 8 ozs. in weight, saccharino,

responsible for Cigars. the loss of or damage to any parcels, and no indemnity can consequently be claimed by the sender or addressce eitber country.

in

Island),

London

1.45

2.15

Turkey (French and

Austrian P. O'8). S

1.60

2.30

"

***

Tunis,

1.75

2,40

***

United Kingdom,

Gibraltar.

0.60

Do.,

Overland..

Brindisi.

1.20

*

:

:.

:

United States

San Francisco

0.35 0.70

1.05 1.40

1 75

Limit 4 lbs.