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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

EXCEPTIONAL TREATMENT of Printed MATTER IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES

173.-The following countries accord exceptional treatment to certain articles of printed matter:-

Description of Article and Treatment.

Country.

Australia

Austro-Hungary..

Canada

Belgium

Italy

Portugal

India

Spain

Republic of Columbia Uruguay

United States..........

Venezuela

Foreign newspapers received from Tax of 2 Kreuzer

Advertising pamphlets and circulars.

Liable to Cus- { toms Duty.

other counties.

..Advertising pamphlets and

.Certain printed papers.

fon thedelivery.

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Liable to Cus-

circulars.toms duty.

Books if sent to any one person or

any considerable extent.

...Bound books.

..All articles under this head with the exception of printed books and newspapers.

All articles under this head.

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Except those for the personal use of the addressees all articles under this head.

Except newspapers and periodicals, photographs and printed papers other than books intended for personal use and not for sale; or books, &c., more than 20 years old. All books except unbound books re-

lating to service, art, or drafts.

PATTERNS AND SAMPLES

Subject to Cus-

toms luty.

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Prohibited.

174.--The use of the Sample Post is restricted to (a) bond file trade samples of merchandise without saleable value, and () natural history specimens, dried or preserved animals and plants, geological specimens, and scientific specimens generally when sent for no commercial purpose, keys sent singly, fresh flowers, tubes of serum and pathological specimens rendered innocuous by their mode of preparation and packing. Packets containing goods for sale or consigned in execution of an order (however small the quantity), or articles sent by one private individual to another, which are not actually trade samples or scientific specimens cannot be forwarded by sample post.

RATE OF POstage

175.--The rate of postage to be prepaid in Hongkong and the British Postal Agencies in China is 2 cents per 2 oz., except that the lowest charge is 4 cents, for which sum, however, a weight of 4 oz, may be sent. If not fully prepaid, double the deficiency will be charged on delivery. On insufficiently paid packets of samples from places abroad a charge will be levied not exceeding 8 cents up to 4 oz. and 4 cents per 2 oz. for heavier weights. In- sufficiently paid packets of samples from places abroad are charged double the deficiency,

LIMITS OF SIZE AND WEIGHT

178.-The limit of weight for packets of patterns or samples for the United Kingdom British colonies or possessions except Australia or for non-union countries is 5 lb., but for foreign countries in the Postal Union the limit is 12 oz.

177.--A packet of patterns or sample sent to the United Kingdom or any British colony or possession or non-union country must not exceel 2 feet in length by 1 foot in width or depth, but to any foreign place comprised in the Postal Union a packet must not exceed 12 inches in length, 8 in width, or 4 in depth, unless it be in the form of a roll, in which case the limit of size is 12 inches in length and 6 inches in diameter.

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