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RATES OF POSTAGE.-PARCEL POST.-Continued

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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS NOT EXCEEDING

ROUTR

LIMIT OF SIZE,

DESTINATION.

OF TRANSMISSION.

OBSERVATIONS.

PROHIBITED CONTENTS.

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

Via

$ c.

$ c

sc.

$ c

land,

Austria-Hungary

Do.,

Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil.-Rio de Janei- ro (including Petro- polis), Pernambuco

and Babia only

British

Bechuana-

Bechuanaland

tectorate and Rho-

London. German Packet

1.40

$ c.!

2.15

$ c

$ 0.

+

2.85 2.00 $

Same as Ascen

sion.

London.

1.00

2,00

3.00,

Do.

2.50

"

E

:

3.20

not exceeding 6 lbs.

Same as Argen- Limit of weight

tine.

64 lbs. (3 kilos)

Pro-

desis.

Belgium,

Do.

Bermuda

Beyrouth,

Do.,

Bolivia,

Bosnia, Herzegovina, Sandschak, & Novi Bazaar

British South Africa:- 1. Cape Colony, includ

ing Basutoland, Be- chuanaland (except Protectorate), Fingo- land, Griqualand, East and West, Kaffraria, Pondoland, Tembu- land and Walfish Bay. 2. Natal (including Zululand) and Amatongaland.

3. Orange River Col- ony, Transvaal Swaziland.

London.

D

Egypt

London.

•

+11

·

=

1.45

2.50

3.55

1.00

German Packet.

0.85 1.30 1.75 2.00 3.05 3.50 3.95 4.80 5.25 5.701 6.15

5.00 6.05 7.10 8.15 9.00 10.65 11.70 12.75

Same as Ascen-

sion.

No parcel may exceed $500 in value

1.70

2.40

Do.

Do.

2,00

Do.

1.00

:

:..

1.00

1.30

2.501

1.45

:

4.

:

:

2.00

2.00

2.30

:

:

2.00

2.15

*

Limit 64 lbs.

:

3.00 Same as Ascen sion.

3.00

3.30

Do.

Do.

Magazines and News. papers cannot be forwarded by Par- cel post.

Same as Argen Limit weight of

Letters, lottery tickets, plants

with roots, rags.

Rags,shoddy,disused and filthy

clothing and bedding.

Letter, Arm, Ammunitions

Coins

Letters, specie, bullion, golddust,

nuggets, ostrich feathers, to- bacco stalks, essences of tobac- co, tea, coffee, or chicory, parts

of vine, plants, bulbs, roots. Letters, plants, arms, coins,

rags, saccharine. Letters, leaf tobacco, salt, plants, foreign coins, lottery tickets, and firearms. Books, zines, and Newspapers should not be sent by Parcel Post. Letters, tobacco leaf, firearms, rags, lottery tickets, foreign coins, salt, plants.

tine.

64 lbs. (3 kilos)

}

2.85 Same as Ascension

Letters, arms,

maga-

Letters, lottery tickets, plants.

0.85

1.30

1.75

2.00 3.05

3.50

3.95 4.80 5.25

5.70

8.15

Do.

ル

No parcel may

exceed $500

value.

Same as Bechuanaland.

1.00

1.60

2.20 3.20 3.80 4.40

5.00 6.00 0.00 7.20 7.30

10.

!

4. Nyassaland Pro-

tectorate.

:

1.60

44

2.60

3.00

Do.

Do.

Insurance confined to

parcels for ---

Blantyre, Chiromo, Fort Johnston and

Zomba.

Do.