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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

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levied by the United States Government under the title of "Sample Office Fee" or "Storage Fee" on every parcel entering the Country. (c) The postal charges must be prepaid by means of stamps affixed to the cover of the parcel. It is open to the sender:-(1) To prepay in the same way the non-postal charges other than Customs duties. (2) While prepaying. the charges specified under heading (1) to assume responsibility for the Customs charges, so that the parcel may be delivered free of cost to the recipient. In this case it will be necessary to proceed in the manner described in Rule 170. This arrangement ensures a speedier conveyance, since ordinary parcels will remain at the New York Custom House until the addressees have remitted thither the amount of duty and other charges upon them. The charges not prepaid by the sender will be collected from the addressee.

(d) The sender may, without extra charge, direct that a parcel be sent through the New York Custom House in bond, for Customs Examination at any of the "United States Ports of Entry," or Inland Custom Houses, of which a list is appended. This arrangement also does away with the delay at New York referred to in the preceding paragraph, but, on the other hand, the addressees will have to make arrangements for the delivery of parcels so treated after they have been cleared at the Custom House of the Inland Port of Entry. The sender of a parcel intended to be forwarded in bond must mark it plainly "In bond to.........

...," naming the Inland Port of Entry chosen, and the same words must also appear in the same handwriting on the Customs declaration which accompanies the parcel.

(e) The non-adhesive form of Customs declaration must be used. Two copies are required. If the parcel is to be sent in bond to an Inland Port of Entry it must be endorsed as directed in para d. Moreover, if the value of the goods contained in the parcel exceeds $100 (Gold) or £20 10s. the declaration must be made before a United States Consul on forms supplied by him.

(ƒ) The following are the United States Ports of Entry:-

Albany, N. Y.

Astoria, Ore. Atlanta, Ga. Baltimore, Md. Bangor, Me. Bath, Me.

Boston, Mass. Bridgeport, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Burlington, Vt. Calais, Me. Charleston, S. L. Chicago, Ill. Cincinnati, O.

Cleveland, O.

Columbus, O. Council Bluffs, Ia. Denver, Col. Des Moines, Ia. Detroit, Mich. Dubuque, Ia. Duluth, Minn. Dunkirk, N. Y. Durham, N. O,

Durango, Col.

Eastport, Me.

Eagle Pass, Texas.

El Paso, Texas

Enfield, Conn. Erie, Pa. Evansville, Ind. Everett, Wash. Fall River, Mass. Galveston, Texas. Gladstone, Mich. Grand Haven, Mich. Grand Rapids, Mich. Green Bay, Wis. Hartford, Conn. Indianapolis, Ind, Jacksonville, Fla. Kansas City, Mo. Key West, Fla. Knoxville, Tenn. Leadville, Cal, Lincoln, Neb. Los Angeles, Cal. Louisville, Ky. Laredo, Texas. Marquette, Mich. Memphis, Tenn. Middletown, Conn. Milwaukee, Wis.

Minneapolis, Minn.

Mobile, Ala. Nashville, Tenn. New Bedford, Mass. Nogaless, Ariz. Newport, R. I. Newark, N. J. New Haven, Conn. New Orleans, Ia. New York, N. Y. Newport News, V. Newfolk, Va. Oakland, Cal. Ocala, Fla. Ogdensburg, N. Y. Omaha, Neb. Philadelphia, Pa. Pittsburg, Pa. Portland, Me. Portland, Ore. Port Huron, Mich. Portsmouth, N. H. Port Townsend, Wash. Providence, R. I, Pueblo, Col. Richmond, Va. Rochester, N. Y. Saginaw, Mich.

Sandusky, O.

San Antonio, Texas. San Diego, Cal. San Francisco, Cal. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Savannah, Ga.

Syracuse, N. T. Seattle, Wash. Sioux City, Ia.

South Manchester, Conn. Springfield, Mass.

St. Augustine, Fla. St. Joseph, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Paul, Minn. Tacoma, Wash. Tampa, Fla. Titusville, Pa. Toledo, O. Vanceboro', Me. Vernon, Conn. Washington, D. C. Wilmington, Del. Wilmington, N. C. Worcester, Mass.

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174.-When Parcels are posted to be sent via San Francisco or to the Philippines:

(a) The contents of all such Parcels must be specially declared, and must if over

$200 in value be accompanied with a U.S. Consular invoice.

(b) The weight limit must not exceed 11 tbs.

(c) Parcels must not be sealed.

(d) Parcels cannot be registered or insured and no compensation is payable

should any such be lost or damaged when forwarded by this route.

Delivery of Parcels

175.-In Hongkong parcels are not, like letters, delivered at the residences of the addressees. Notice of the arrival of a parcel is sent to the addressee, who must then claim the parcel at the Post Office where it is lying.