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OBSERVATIONS.

PROHIBITED CONTENTS.

Length,|

Breadth or Depth

Length & Girth Combd.

LIMIT OF SZE.

Customs Declaration

RATES OF POSTAGE.-PARCEL POST.-Continuied

HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

c. ft. in. ft. in.]

3.90 3 0

4.50 3 6 6 0

ассам-

Each parcel for the United States 'must he panied by an in- voice which must| he certified by U.S.| Councilif the value of the parcel ex- ceeds $200,

Parcels may be accepted for any places in Uruguay 3,60 3 6 6 0 C° it addressees ar claim range to [them at the nearest Įdelivery office.

3,90 3 0 6 0 0 4-

Detailed parti-| culars of the con- tents and exact weight of parcels must be entered on the Customs Declaration. Ase- parate declaration|

for each parcel. must be prepared No more than twenty kilogram- mes of goods of one sort may be imported by one addressee in single mail. the conditions of transit involve numerous tran-

In addition to those articles which are specified in Postal Guide, Rules 210 and 215, as excluded from transmissiou by Foreign and Colenial Post, the undermentioned articles aro prohibited from importation iuto the United States :-- Letters, eatables, ox-hides, pri- son-made wares wines, spi rits, cigars, and cigarettes in quantity numbering less than 3,000. Opium containing lega thau 9 per cent. of morphine.

Letters, liquids or semi-li- quids, orchilla or litmus and its derivatives, plants or living purts of plants, grapes, game, gold or silver coins (except ancient coins intended for col. lections, which ara admitted up to the number of 10 per parcel).

Letters, cocoanut oil, starch, indigo, cocoa, coffee, syrup, honey, dried and salted meat, salt, sarsparilla roots, silver, nickel and copper coins, dies for coining, cigarette paper, cigarettes of all sorts and ma- chines for making them and empty cigarette boxes or packets unless addressed to the National Cigarette Factory,and (via France) gold, silver, jew- ellery, &c.

As As regards plums, sardines, &c., via France, see France.

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Transmission of dutiable articles is prohibited except by shipments parcels Parcels Post; articles

should be

very

any

which contravene this regula- strongly packed.tiou are confiscated. If packed in paper

only they cannot

jbe accepted.

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RATES OF TOSTAGE ON PARCELS NOT EXCEEDING

DESTINATION,

ROUTE

OF

TRANSMISSION,

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

|/10 108./11

lbs. 11 lbs.

Via

40

$ C. $ c.

5

$

boken

City, Brooklyn, Io- and Jersey

London

1.90

2.50

2.90

3.50

City only. (b) All

other places.

:

Uruguay Canelones,

Durazno, Florida,

Fray-Bentos,

cedes, Minas, Monte-

Video,

Paysandu,

Saito, Sau José

Mer-

1.60

2.00

United States of Ame- rica.-(a) New York

Venezuela

2.60

:

3.25

: