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OBSERVATIONS.

ft. iu. ft. in.

RATES OF POSTAGE-PARCEL POST.-Continued

RATES OF PORTAGE ON Parcels sọt Exceeding

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

LIMIT OF SIZE

Length, Breadth

or Depth

Girth Combd.İ

Declaration.

Customs

Length

$

$

$

PROHIBITED CONTENTS

580

HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

Portugal

To

London

German Packet

Siberia

:

1.30

2.00

2.70 3 6

2.652

6 0

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3.75 2 0

Parcels to be de-: livered at Lisbon ¡to person on board! |ship should not be, jsent l'arcel

by

Post.

Parcels must beji packed in strong wooden boxes, in Juietal boxes, or in

40 C a leather covering:|

parcels packed in papero card board will not be ac cepted.

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manu-

Letters, tobacco, factured or unmanufactured, living plants or parts of plants (except bulbs or seeds) unless accompanied by a proper

certificate that the district from which they are sent is free from phylloxera, either sporadic or epidemic; un- stamped playing cards, manu- scripts (except bound com. mercial books or the minutes of a Society or Company, or invoices relating to the con- tents of the parcel foreign products bearing trade marks in contravention of existing laws; books contravening the Portuguese copyright laws; articles bearing the Red Cross sign, unless addressed to the Red Soceity at Lisbon; medi- cine (unless accompanied by the prescription); coin; un- obliterated postage or other stamps or stamped paper; bank notes, promissory notes and all orders for the payment of money to bearer can only be sent in insured parcels. Å parcel may not consist of two or more packages tied to- gether.

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* Parcels containing umbrellas, sticks, maps, plans, or similar articles, will be accepted up to a maximum of 3 feet 3 inches (1 metre) in length, provided they do not exceed 7} inches (20 centimetres) in breadth or thickness.

ROUTE

DESTINATION.

OF

TRANSMISSION.

Via