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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

Islands, Uganda, Virgin Islands, Zanzibar, and in the United Kingdom, and at the Agencies of the British Post Office at Ascension, Beyrout, Constantinople, Panama, Salonica, Smyrna, Casablanea, Fez, Larache, Mazagan, Mogador, Rabat, Saffi, Tangier and Tetuan, can be obtained at Hongkong or at any British Post Office in China at prices, which include Commission, and vary with the rate of Exchnage :-

-/6, 1/-, 1/6, 2/6, 5/-, 10/-, 10/6, 20/-

250.-The purchaser of any Postal Order must fill in the payee's name before parting with it. He may also fill in the name of the office where payment is to be made. If this is not done the order is payable (within three months) anywhere in the United Kingdom or in the countries named above.

251.-Any Postal Order may be crossed to a Bank, and in such case payment will only be made through a Banker.

252.-Postal Orders should always be forwarded in registered covers. If this precau- tion is not taken no enquiries whatever will be made as to the loss or alleged loss of any such order.

253.-Postal Orders issued in the United Kingdom and above places are payable in Hongkong and at any of the British Postal Agencies in China.

254. Any regulation in force in the United Kingdom governing the issue and pay- ment of Postal Orders there should to taken to apply to the Imperial Postal Orders issued and paid in Hongkong and at the British Postal Agencies in China.

"CASH ON Delivery" SERVICE

1. NATURE OF THE SYSTEM

255.-The Postmaster General undertakes, on certain conditions, to collect from the addressee the value of an article sent by post and to remit it to the sender by Money Order or Postal Order.

(a.) The Service applies to parcels (uninsured or insured) only sent from Hong-

kong to the United Kingdom and vice versa.

(6.) The amount to be collected under the C. O. D. System is called the "Trade

Charge"

(c.) The Tra le Charge on any parcel may not exceed £20.

(d.) A special fee of 10 cents is charged on every parcel bearing a Trade Charge posted in the Colony; and in addition, a fee will be charged in the United Kingdom for the delivery service.

The delivery fees to be charged in the United Kingdom on such parcels when

received from Hongkong are as follows:-

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The fee due to the office of posting must be paid with the other postal charges; but the amount of the fee due to the office of delivery will be deducted, with the commission on the Money Order or Postal Order by which the remittance is made, from the amount paid by the addressee. (e.) The sender of a parcel on which a Trade Charge is to be collected will be required to sign a declaration that the parcel is sent in fulfilment of an order from the addressee.

(f.) The sender may arrange under certain conditions for the Trade Charge on a parcel to be reduced or cancelled. For this purpose the Cer- tificate of Posting must be produced at the office at which the packet was posted, where full information can be obtained. A fee of 20 cents will be charged in connection with applications for reducing or can- celling a Trade Charge.

II POSTING

1. Parcels on which Trade Charges are to be collected are accepted at the General Post Office, Hongkong only.