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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

obtain an acknowledgment of its delivery on paying a fee of 10 cents as well as the registration fee, in advayce. He can also obtain an acknowledgment if he applies after posting and pays 10 cents. The name and address of the sender must be left at the Post Office at which the article is registered. For enquiries as to the delivery of registered articles a fee of 10 cents must be paid, unless it can be shown that there is reason to suppose the article has been lost.

CONDITIONS OF REGISTRATION

187.--No article addressed to initials or to a fictitious name can be registered. The prohibition, however, does not extend to articles addressed to the care of a person or firm.

188.-Every letter presented for registration must be enclosed in a strong en velope securely fastened.

189. It is prohibited to send to a country of the Postal Union any registered article marked on the outside with the declared value of the contents unless it is insured (see Rule 195). Postmasters are instructed to refuse to receive articles which are so marked.

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190.--Registered articles must be prepaid as regards both postage and registration fee. 191.-Articles to be registered must be given to a angent of the Post Office and a receipt obtained for them; they should on no account be dropped into a letter box or given to a Postman to be registered

192.--As it is forbidden to send coin, jewellery, or precious articles through the post to those countries of the Postal Union the names of which are marked with an asterisk in Rule 154, no letters or packets addressed to those countries and containing such articles can be accepted for registration.

193.--Letters or packets cotnaining coin for any of the British colonies not in the Postal Union can be registered; and if they are posted without being registered they are treated iu the same manner as local letters under similar circumstances.

INDEMNITY FOR LOSS

194.--Expect in cases beyond control (r.g., fire, tempest, shipwreck, earthquake, war, &c.) the Hongkong Postal Administration and the Postal Administration of all countries and colonies included in the Postal Union undertake to pay an indemnity of 50 francs when it is proved to their satisfaction that a letter or packet duly admitted to Registration has been entirely lost while in their custody. Countries, colonies, dependencies, and Postal Agencies not included in the Postal Union are under no obligation to pay such Compensation or indemnity, nor do Administrations comprised in the Union undertake to pay compensation in any case other than of the loss of the entire letter or packet.

INSURANCE OF LETTERS

195.-Letters containing paper money, or documents, etc., on which a value has been declared, may be sent from Hongkong to any of the following places, insured to the amount of the declared value:-

Algeria.

Annam.

Argentine Republic.

Austria-Hungary.

Azores.

Belgium.

Bosnia.

British Guiana.

British Somaliland.

British Postal Agencie sin

China. Bulgaria.

Cameroons (Duala and Vic-

toria only). Canary Islands.

Ceylon. * Chili.

Cochin China.

Crete (Caedia, Canea, and

Retimo). Dahomey (Agoué, Carnot- ville, Cotonou, Dogba, Great Popo, Porto Novo, Sagou, Savalou, Whydah, and Zagnanado only). Danish West Indies (St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix). Denmark (including) the

Faroe Islands, Greenland | and Iceland). Egypt.

Cape Verde Islands (San-

tiagoand St.Vincent only) §

Falkland Islands France.

French Congo (Libreville

and Loango only). French Guiana. French Guinea. Gaboon. Gambia.

Germany.

German East Africa. German New Guinea. Guadeloupe. Herzegovina. Holland. India.

Antofogasta, Arica, Caldera, Chillan, Concepcion, Copiapó, Coquimbo, Curicó, Iquique, Linares, Pisagua, Punat Aranas, Rancagua, Santiago, San Fernando, Serena, Tacna, Talar, Talcahuana, Taltal, Valdivia and Valparaiso only 1 The amount to be insured is limited to 50l. 8 Letters for places in the Soudan can be insured as far as Wady Halfa or Suakim only. Bagamoyo, Dar-es-salanı, Kilwa, Lindi, Mitcindami, Mohorro, Pangani, Sanadai, and Tanga,