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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

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2. The sender must

(a.) Write, on the cover of the parcel, his name and permanent address, the amount in British currency of the Trade Charge in figures and words, and the name of the office on which the Money Order or Postal Order is to be drawn.

These particulars may be written on the back of the parcel if there is not

room for them to be written clearly on the front.

No erasure or alteration of the Entry of the money is allowed.

An incorrect

entry must be completely obliterated and a fresh Entry made; (5.) Fill up a Request Form (to be obtained at the Post Office) which includes the prescribed declaration that the parcel is sent in fulfilment of an Order;

(c) Prepay the special fee, by affixing 10 cents in postage stamps to the Re- quest Form. The ordinary postage and other charges must, of course, also be prepaid.

3. He must then hand in the parcel at the Post Office, where he will receive certificate of posting, which he will be required to give up when he presents the money order or postal order to be cashed. (See Section IV.)

HII DELIVERY

1. Parcels bearing Trade Charges will be kept at the General Post Office to be called for, notice of arrival being sent to the addressee.

2. A C. O. D. parcel will not be given up to or be allowed to be opened by the addressee until the amount of the Trade Charge and any other charges due have been paid. But the addressee will see from the Entry on the parcel the name and address of the sender, who (see above Section I. para. (e)) must have sent the parcel in fulfilment of an order.

3. If after a reasonable time the parcel is not called for, a Second notce will be sent to the addressee. In the absence of instructions after the second notice, the parcel will be kept for 30 days, exclusive of the day of arrival, and if not called for in the interval, will be treated as undeliverable.

A receipt will be given for the Trade Charge collected.

5. Cheques will not be accepted in payment of Trade Charges.

6. In no case will a Trade Charge, once paid, be refunded to the addressee.

IV. PAYMENT OF MONEY ORDER (OR POSTAL ORDER) TO SENDER OF PARCEL.

The sender of a parcel on which a Trade Charge has been collected will receive in a closed envelope the Money Order or Postal Örder representing the amount, less the deductions referred to in Section I. para. (d.) When ashing the order, he must produce at the paying office the Certificate of Posting (see Section II. para. 3) which was given to him when he haird in the parcel. The Certificate must be given to the Postmaster when the Order is paid.

V. INCIDENTAL SERVICES

1. Parcels on which Trade Charges are to be collected will, in other respects than those above specified, be treated like other parcels as regards registration insurance and compensation

2. When a Trade Charge has been collected, the Post Office undertakes responsi- bility for the due remittance of the amount to the sender of the parcel.

GENERAL

256.As full information regarding articles that can and can not be sent by Post is published, under the proper heads, in the "Postal Guide," no application will be entertained for the refund of the value of postage stamps on correspondence which is dis- covered, after the postage labels have been obliterated, to contain any prohibited article, or which exceeds the limit of weight, or which for any other reason cannot be for- warded and has consequently to be returned to the sender, and any loss resulting from a non-observance of the Rules by the sender of an article must be borne by him.