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RATES OF POSTAGE-PARCEL POST.--Continued

RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS xor ExcerDIG

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2 lbs. 3 lbs.) 4 lbs, 5 lbs, 8 lbs. | 7 lbs. 8 lbs. 9 lbs. 10 lbs. 11 lbs.

Limits ofSIZE

Length. Breadth or Depth Length,

Customs Declaration

Combd.

& Girth

JUESTINATION.

ROUTE

OF

TRANSMISSION,

1 lb.

ș c. Σ c.

Via

Portuguese

West.

Africa (Provinces of Angola, Guine», St.)

London

1.90

Thomé, and

Prin-

vipe)

2.80

3,30

OBSERVATIO“.

PROHIBITED CONTENTS.

64.92

HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

ft. in.i

3.70 Y

5.20

6.20

2 0 1 0

in.

Insurance confined!. to parcels for Ben-; guela, Bolama, Ca- C1 binda, Loanda, 'Mossamedes, Novo Redondo, .St Thomé.

The service ex- tends to La Poiute' des Galets, Saint, ¡Denis, Saint Paul, and Saint Pierre.| Parcels for other' ¡places must bel claimed at one off, these offices.

A charge of 18,, for] Stamp duty, clearau. ce, &c., is levied for every dutiable parcel eutering Southern Rhodesia, Ke, and aj similar fee on all par. feels entering N. E.andj N. W. Rhodesia. The

address of parcels fir} Rhodesia must indi- cate whether the place! [of destination is in] Southern, North-wes tem or North Easterni Rhodesia. Parcels for North-Eastern Rhode- sia shoud be strong; ly packed, and should bave an outer wrapper] of a aterproof paper or

CROVAS,

Cardboard boxes should not be used. When extraj [protection is neces--| [sary, articles should' be packed in woodenj boxes. The procedure, necessary to secure ai rebate off'ustoms duty Jon British goods is the Įsame 43 for Capel Colony.

Same as Portugal, with the exception of tobacco, which is not prohibited.

Same as France.

Same as Cape Colony.

Southern Rhodesia: Plants are subject to special conditions and can only be imported by special permission of the Sec. retary for Agriculture, Salis. bury, Rhodesia.

North Eastern Rbodesia: Seeds and lants must be ac- } companied by a certificate of origin.

Réunion

Adex

1.40

1.80

2.201

2.00.

:

2.80

:

2.70

:

:

3.60

:

:

:

:

4.13

:

:

:

:

:

Parcels containing umbrellas sticks, maps, plans, (229 entimetres in breadth or thicknest,

or similar articles, will be accepted up to a maxinuum of 3 ft. 3in.(1 metre) in length, provided they do not exceed 7¡ins.

Rhodesia :-

4. Southern

B. North-Western.

C. North-Eastern

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