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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS NOT EXCEEDING

ROUTE

LIMIT of Size,

OBSERVATIONS.

Prohibited Contents.

DESTINATION.

OP

TRANSMISSION.

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

Austria-Hungary

Do.,

Via

London. German Packet

8 c.

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1.30

2.10

•

2.70 | 2 ft. x 2ft. x 2t. 2.00

Bahamas,

London.

1.00

2.00

...

Barbados,

Brazil.

3.00 {

Do.

Same as Ascen-|

sion,

Rio de Janeiro,

Recife),

2.50

3,20

:

not exceeding 64 lbs.inc.

Same as Argen. Limit of weight

Letters, lottery tickets, plauts with roots, rags.

Bags, shoddy disused and Ithy clothing and bedding.

Do.

t} lbs. (3 kilos)

Pernambuco (San

Salvador), and..

Babia only

British Bechuana.

0.85

11

1.30 1.75 2.60 3,05 3,50 3.95] 4.80 5.25 5.70)

6.15

Same » Ascen-

sjon.

land.

Bechuanaland Pro-

tectorate and Rho-

1.45

2.50

3.55,

5.00 6.05) 7.10

8.151

9.60 10,65; 11.70| 12.75,

Du.

*

desia,

1.15

1.80

*

...

Belgium,

Do.

"

German l'acket,|

:

::

2.55

2.00

Same as Austria.

Do.

:

Bermuda,

London.

1.00

...

2.00

:.

E

Beyrouth,

Do.,

Bolivia,

Bosnia, Herzegovina, Sandschak, & Novi Bazaar, and ama- tongaland British South Africa:: 1. Cape Colony & Natal (including Zululand), and Amatongaland Orange River Co- lony, Transvaal,

British Central Af-?

*

Egypt

London.

1.00

1.30

...

:

:

2.00

:

:

...

:

:.

...

0.30

3.55

1.45

2.15

...

...

:

:

3.00 Same as Asceu-

■ion.

3.00)

:

3.30

Du.

Do.

•

Limit | 63 lbs.

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

Sume us Argen- ( Limit weight of|

tine.

2.65 Same as Austria.

(0) lbs. (3 kilos)|

Letters, specic, bullion, gold dust, Duggets, ostrich fea- thers, tobacco stalks, essences of tobacco, tea, coffee, or chicory, parts of vine, plauts, bulbs, roots.

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

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

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

Letters, arms.

Letters, lottery tickets, plants.

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rica, Protectorate, S

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0.85

1.30

1.76

2.00 3.05

8.50 3.95 4.80 5.25

5.70

6.15

Same as Ascen- ⚫ion.

-

1.00

1.60

2.20 8.20

3,80

4.40;

5.00

6.00

6.60

7.20

7.30

Do.

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Same as Bechuanaland.

Do.

Insurance con-

fined t› parcels|

1.60

:

:

8.80

10.

2.80]

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