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DESTINATION.

RATES OF POSTAGE.-PARCEL POST.-Continued

PROHIBITED CONTENTS.

HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

3.30 Same as Austria.|

Insuranco con-i fined to parcels for Benguels,i Boloma, Ca-: benda,Loands,} Mossamedes,| Novo Redondo, Praia,S.Thomé, & St. Vincent. Insurance con. flued to parcels| for Lourenco| Marques, Mo. zambique, Qui-| limane, Chiude & Inhambane] Insurance con- fined to parcels

Letters, coins, paper money payable to bearer, postage stamps, medicine (unless ac- companied by the prescrip- tion), plants.

Do.

3.90

Do.

2.70

Do.

:

***

Do.

1.85

Do.

for Nova Goa

4.20

Do.

Do.

Do.

0.75

Do.

Do.

...

RATES OF Fostage on PARCELS NOT EXCEEDING

ROUTE

or TRANSMISSION.

Limit or Szx,

OBSERVATIONS.

1 lb. 2 lbs. 3 lbs. ¦ 4 lbs. | 5 lbs. | 6 lbs. 7 lbs. 8 18.0 lbs.

|101

lbs. 11 lbs.

$ c.

8 c. • C.

* c.

Cre

Ca

1.00

2.00

:

Portuguese West Af-, rica:-(Cape Verde

Via

and Gaines, St.

London

Thome, Principe & Angola)

Portuguese Africa,

East)

Madeira,.

:

:

:..

Calcutta.

London.

Direct.

Portuguese India,

Timor (Dilly)

Ma*ao,

Bangoon (See

mah).

Bur-

Rhodesia (See Bec

hnanalaud Protec-

torate)

Roumania,

2.50

1.30

:

1.05

......

2.80

0.25

London.

German Packet.

Do.,

Russia, (incuding Finland & certain places in Trans- caspia, Asiatic

Russia)

London.

:

1.75

:

3.20

:

:..

:.

2.00

1.45

...

3.50

0.50

:

:

2.45

:

:

:

:

:

:

1.75

2.45

:

:

:

:

:

:

O

Parcels for Rou- mania must be packed in wood, tin,] canvas,

linen

similar

material and

not merely in

paper Or cardboard.

Letters, tobacco, plants, arms, ammunition, playing cards, Rumanian bronze money. patent medicines, worn used linen, rags, hair of every kind.

Same patent

as for

Roumania.

or

Letters, tobacco, plants (except seeds and dry roots), arms, ammunition, bronze coins, medicines, plants, objects from which liquids of fat exudes, Russian coins or small value, gold or silver articles, not up to the proper standard, lottery tickets, wooden pipe stems, playing cards.

Arms, air-guns, saltpetre. Poisons (except under special licence).

3.15

Same as Austria.

or

2.40

Do.

3.15)

Do.

2.40

8.25 8.95

Do.

Same as Ascen-

sion.

Do.

...

2.35

Do.

:

4.55 5.25 5.95

...

:

1.95

6.85 7.55

...

Russia,

German Packet.

Samoa,

Sydney.

1.55

2.25

2.05

3.85

British,

Somaliland

Berbera, Bulhar

Aden.

:

:

1.55

and Zaida

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