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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
FOREIGN POSTAGE RATES
155.-The Rate of Postage to be prepaid in Hongkong on letters for all Foreign. Countries and other British possessions is shown in the attached table :-
TO
1 oz.
each.
Oz.
Books, Not ex-
Single Reply Newsp's Regis- Receipt Each ad- Post Post Prices reeding ditional Cards, Cards, current,
tration each. etc., per Fee.
Return
for
Regis- tered
2 oz.
Articles.
cents,
10
cents. cente.
0
cents.
cents.
8
2
centa.
10
cents.
10
UNION COUNTRIES (except as below).
United Kingdom
Aden, Ascension, Australia, Bahamas, Bar- bados, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Ber- mudas, British Central Africa, British East. Africa, British Guiana, British Honduras, British New Guinea, British North Borneo,| British Somaliland, Caicos Is., Canada, Cape| Colony, Cayman Is., Ceylon, Cyprus, Egypt (including the Soudan), Falkland Islands, Fanning Island, Fiji Islands, Gambia, Gibraltar, GoldCoast Colony, India (British),| including Bahrain, Chandernagore, Guadur, Karikal, Mahé, Muscat, Pondicherry, and Yanam; Jamaica, Johore, Labuan, Lagos, Leeward Islands, viz. :—Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts and Virgin Islands; Malay States (Federated) viz.:— Kelantan, Kedah, Pertis, Tringganu Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, and Sel angor; Malta, Mauritius, Natal, including Zululand Newfoundland, New Zealand, including Cook (or Hervey) Islands, Danger (Pukapuka), Manahiki, Palmerston (Ava- rua), Penrhyn (Tongarera), Rakanaga, Savage (Niue) and Suwarrow; Nigeria (Northern), including Borgu, Idda, Lokoja, etc.; Nigeria (Southern), including Akassa, Asaba Benin, Bonny, Brass, Burutu, Calabar, Degama, Egwanga, Forcados, Idah, Onitsha, Opobo, Sapele, Warri, etc.; Nor- folk Islands, Orange River Colony, Rhodesia (Southern), St. Helena, Sarewak, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Straits Settlements, Tobago, Transvaal, including Swaziland; Trinidad, Tristan d'Acunha, Turks Island, Uganda, Windward Islands, viz. :— Grenadines, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Zanzibar. Linkungtau and British Post Offices at Shanghai, Amoy, Chefoo, Foochow, Hankow, Hoihor, Ningpo, Swatow and Tientsin
Canton includi g Chinese Post Offices at Fat-
shan, Chan Chuen and Whainpoa)
Macao...
NON-UNION Countries :----
Afghanistan (a).
Arabia (Hejaz and Yamen)
Banks Islands.
China (Chinese Post Offices), (4) from Hong.
kong and Liusungtau only
Ellice Islands.
Friendly (or Tonga) Islands Gilbert Islands
4+
ft
1
|2() oz.) †|2(§ oz.)†|
2(oz.)12 oz.)+
4 (e)
10 (c) 10 (c)
6
|4 (3 nz) †4(3 oz.)+
10 (c) 10
t
10 (c)
Morocco (except Arcila, Casablanca, Elksarel- kbir, Fez, Laraiche, Marrakesch, Mazagon, Mequinez, Mogador, Rabat, Saffi, Tangier and Tetuan, at each of which places the British Post Office or French Post Office -10 je) or German Post Office or Spanish Post Office] maintains an Agency under the Postal Union Regulations)
New Hebrides, Sta. Cruz Is., Solomon Is. Rhodesia (N. E. and N. W.).. Local Delivery,
99*
10 (c)
10
2
N
00
8
2 *
10
10
2
2
19
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100.00
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10
10
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10 (ix)
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10
10
1818 11
10
10
2
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192
10
10
199
10
10
Same as for Books, except that the lowest charge is 10 cents for commercial papers, and 4 cents for samples.
Hongkong
(a) Correspondence should bear the sender's name on the cover to avoid detention by the Ameer's agent at Peshawur. postage stamps are valid for the payment on correspondence for Afghanistan as far as the Indian Frontier only; for the transit thence to destination additional postaze is payable to the Afghan authorities. (8) The foreign Post Offices in China are included in the Poutat Union. (e) Prepayinent of postage is compulsory, (in) Registration is incomplete, not extending beyond Port of Arrival, "Single Newspapers to the following British Possessions and foreign countries are accepted at the special rate of 2 cents per 4 oz. or fraction thereof, víz. :—Austrália, Ceylon, India, Netherlands India, Siam, Canada, Corea, Japan, New Zealand, Straits Settlements, China, Formosa, Macao, Philip- pines, and Timor. † Por Chinese Postal Hong Packets the rate is 4 cents per os. Pré-payment of postage on Postal Hong Packets in com- pulsory.
Commercial
Papers and|
Bamples.
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