HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
(.) The weight limit must not exceed 4 lbs. 6 ozs. (c.) Parcels must not be sealed.
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Parcels cannot be registered or insured and no compensation is payable should any such be lost or damaged when forwarded by this route. 202.-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 :-
THE UNITED KINGDOM
Customs charges are at the rate of 25 cents per lb. for Tea and $2.50 per lb. for Cigars (gross weight of parcel). On receipt of account from the London Office any balance of deposit made by the sender will be refunded.
BRITISH POSSESSIONS
Natal.
Nevis.
St. Kitts. St. Lucia.
Tobago
Tortola
Seychelles.
St. Vincent (West Indies).
Sierra Leone.
FOREIGN Countries
Antigua.
Barbados,
Dominica.
Falkland Islands.
Lagos.
Malta.
Cape Colony
Gambia.
Mauritius.
Cyprus.
Grenada.
Montserrat.
Algeria.
Belgium,
Denmark.
French Congo.
Germany.
Guadeloupe.
Holland.
Ivory Coast.
Italy.
Austria-Hungary. France.
Comoro Islands. French Guiana. Dahomey.
French Quines.
Luxemburg.
Madagascar.
Martinique.
Montenegro.
New Caledonia.
Norway.
Obock.
Reunion.
Switzerland. Tahiti. United States.
Senegal.
Sweden.
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.
203.--No article may be sent by the Local or Foreign Parcel Post, with any enclosure which bears an address different from that placed on the cover of the parcel.
201.--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, Jamaica, 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.
205. Further, no parcel is admissible which contains base or counterfeit coin, articles infringing trademark or copyright laws, any article or substance liable to become offensive or injurious through natural decay during the time ordinarily occupied in transmission (for example, butter, &c., addressed to a tropical or subtropical country, or having to pass through the tropics in course of transmission, unless enclosed in a hermetically sealed tin), or any article or substance specially prohibited from im- portation into the country or colony to which the parcel is addressed. For a list of such special prohibitions, see Table of Postage, &c. The Post Office can accept no responsibility for the correctness and completeness of this list, although efforts are made to secure accuracy.
206.-It is pointed out that many perishable articles, even though in good condition at the time of posting, may become offensive and worthless owing to the length of the journey, although delivered in proper course of post.
207.- Parcels for Ascension, St. Helena, South and Central Africa, and uninsured parcels for Egypt and Zanzibar, may not exceed £50 in value, and parcels for Straits Settlements exceeding the value of $50 must be insured.
208.- Parcels containing coin, any article of gold or silver, or any article of value, cannot be sent by Parcel Post to the United Kingdom, any Foreign country or British possession included in the insurance system (for list of such places see Rule 222), unless they are insured for at least part of their value, and are packed and sealed in accordance with the special regulations given in Rules 227-230.
PACKING And Sealing
209.-The rules as regards articles which require to be packed with special care (see Rules 85 and 86) must be observed in the case of Foreign and Colonial parcels. More
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