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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
(d) Printers' proofs may be corrected in manuscript; additions which relate to accuracy, form and printing may be made, and in case of want of space additional sheets may be used; the author's manuscript may be enclosed printers' errors in other printed documents may be corrected and figures may be inserted or corrected in prices current, tenders for advertise- ments, trade circulars, prospectuses and stock and share lists.
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(e) Books, papers, music, photographs, engravings and Christmas and New Year's cards may have a dedication inscribed on them, and the invoice relating to them may be enclosed.
(f) In forms of order or subscription for books printed on cards the works
required or offered may be indicated in manuscript.
(9) To cuttings from newspapers and periodical publications may be added in manuscript or by a mechanical process the title, date, number and address of the publication from which the article is extracted.
58.-Besides these articles there are some others which are admitted, though not really printed matter, as, for instance, manuscript intended for the press (when sent with the proofs of the same), papers impressed for the use of the blind, albums contain- ing photographs, and card-board drawing models stamped in relief.
59.-The limits of size for packets addressed to the United Kingdom, British colonies or possessions or to non-Union countries or colonies are 2 feet in length by I foot in width or depth; but to foreign countries in the Postal Union the length is limited to 18 inches. If in the form of a roll the limits of size in either case are 30 inches in length and 4 inches in diameter. The limits of weight are 5 lb. for the United Kingdom, British colonies or possessions, and for any non-union countries or colonies, and 4 lb. for foreign countries in the Postal Union.
60.-Printed papers and commercial papers may be posted either without a cover (in which case they must be fastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, sealing wax, postage stamp or otherwise), or in any ordinary letter envelope left wholly unfastened, or in any other cover, or upon rollers entirely open at both ends, or between boards so as to admit of the contents being easily withdrawn for examination. For the greater security of the contents, however, the packets may be tied at the ends with string, but the string must be easy to unfasten.
61.-The following countries accord exceptional treatment to certain articles of printed matter:--
Country.
Australia
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Austro-Hungary...
Canada
Belgium
Italy
Portugal India
...
Spain
Republic of Columbia Uruguay
United States
Venezuela
Description of Article of Treatment.
.Advertising pamphlets and circulars. Foreign newspapers received from
other countries.
.Advertising pamphlets and circulars.{
Certain printed papers.
..Books if sent to any one person or
any considerable extent.
Bound books.
..All articles under this head with the exception of printed books and newspapers.
All articles under this head.
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Except those for the personal use of the addressees all articles under this head.
.Except newspapers and periodicals, photographs and printed papers other than books intended for personal use and not for sale; or books, etc., more than 20 years old .All books except unbound books re- lating to service, art, or crafts.
Liable to Cus-
toms Duty. Tax of 2 Kreuzer on the delivery. Liable to Cus-
toms duty. Subject to Cus-
toms duty.
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*}Prohibited.
62.-For special rates for newspapers published in Hongkong see Appendix II.
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