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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

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(e) Any indecent or obscene print, painting, photograph, lithograph, engrav- ing, book, or card, or any other indecent or obscene article, or any letter, newspaper, or publication, packet or card, having thereon any words, marks, or designs, of an indecent, obscene, libellous or grossly offensive character.

(f) Opium, Morphia, Morphine and Cocaine.

102.--It is forbidden to insert în ordinary or registered correspondence consigned to

the post:-

(a) Current coin.

(b) Articles liable to Customs duty.

(c) Gold or silver bullion, precious stones, jewellery and other precious

articles.

If contrary to this rule such articles above described or any uncrossed Postal Notes, Cheques or Dividend Warrants, not payable to order, Bank Notes and Postage Stamps, used or unused, be found enclosed în unregistered correspondence when opened in the Returned Letter Office, such correspondence will be subject to Compulsory Registration and be charged with a registration fee of 20 cents.

REDIRECTION AND INTERCEPTION

103.--Letters, book packets, post cards, newspaper and book packets are not liable to additional postage for re-direction whether re-directed by an officer of the Post Office or by an agent of the addressee after delivery, provided in the latter case that the letters, &c., are re-posted not later than the day (Sundays and public holidays not being counted) after delivery, and that they do not appear to have been opened or tam- pered with. Re-directed registered letters must not be dropped into a letter box but must be handed to an officer of the Post Office to be dealt with as registered.

104.-Re-directed letters, &c., which are re-posted later than the day after delivery will be liable to charge at the prepaid rate. Any which appear to have been opened or tampered with will be chargeable as freshly posted unpaid letters or packets.

105.-Parcels are when re-directed liable to additional postage at the prepaid rate for each re-direction except when the original and corrected addresses are both within a delivery of the same Post Office.

108.--Correspondence directed to care of boxholders in Hongkong must, without exception, be delivered as addressed. The Post Office does not undertake the redirec- tion of correspondence for a person temporarily leaving home, unless the house be left uninhabited; nor does it undertake to redirect correspondence addressed to clubs, hotels, boarding-houses, lodgings, business firms, etc.

109.-Requests for the redirection or interception of correspondence must be in writing. The precise address of the correspondence must be given.

110.-No request for redirection will be acted upon for more than three months, at the end of which time the correspondence resumes its usual course.

POSTE RESTANTE

111.--All letters and other Postal packets superscribed “To be kept till called for," "To await arrival," or in any similar way, and also those addressed “Post Office," or "Hongkong" without any other address are held to fall under the head “Poste Restante."

112. When correspondence is received addressed to parties in "Hongkong" with- out a full address and no request has been received from the addressce regarding it or his name does not appear in the Directory, such correspondence will be placed in Poste Restante.

113. The Poste Restante being intended solely for the accommodation of strangers and travellers who have no permanent abode in the town, letters or other postal packets for residents must not be addressed to the Post Office to be called for, nor will letters or postal packets be kept in the Poste Restante longer than the following periods, viz.:--

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Letters for steamers for 3 months

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Local letters for 1 month International 2 months

114.- Letters or other postal packets addressed to initials or to fictitious names or to a Christian name without a surname are not taken in at the Poste Restante but are at once sent to the Returned Letter Branch for disposal.

115.-All persons applying for Poste Restante letters or other postal packets must furnish the necessary and required particulars to prevent mistakes and to ensure the delivery of the same to the persons to whom they properly belong and sign the register. If the addressee does not apply for same in person the messenger must be furnished with the required information and must have a written authority to receive them. 1f the applicant be a foreigner he must produce his passport or other evidence of identity.