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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

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176.—In Belgium, France and Spain parcels are delivered by the Railway Com- panies and not by the Post Office, and parcels intended to be called for should be addressed, not to a Poste Restante in those countries, but to a Railway Station (en gare). 177. In the United States parcels are not in all cases delivered at the houses of the recipients. They will, however, be delivered at all places with the delivery of any Express Company of the United States, and when they are not delivered, a notice of their arrival will be sent to the addressees, who must then arrange to obtain them at the point where they are lying.

178.-Parcels cannot be redirected free of charge as is the case with letters. The accrued charges must be paid by the addressee on receipt of the parcel.

179.-Parcels which for any reason cannot be delivered lie at the office of destina- tion until the senders' wishes as to their disposal are forthcoming. If the sender wishes the parcel to be returned to him be must pay fresh postage.

180.-Parcels may be addressed "to be called for" to any Post Office at which letters similarly addressed may be received and under the same general regulations, and will be detained at such offices for a period of three weeks. If not then claimed such parcels will be returned to the Returned Branch of the General Post Office and notice of the fact will be forwarded to the senders, to whom delivery will be made on payment of the postage due for the return of the parcels.

181. In default of proper application and payment of the charges due, undelivered parcels are liable to be finally disposed of three months after the date of their return to the General Post Office. If, however, during this period or during the period of reten- tion at a Post Office the contents of a parcel become or are likely to become worthless chrough natural decay, or are found to be offensive or injurious, they are liable to be disposed of forthwith.

Insurance of Parcels

182.-Insurance of Parcels may be effected between Hongkong, the United Kingdom and the undermentioned British Possessions and Foreign Countries:-

Aden

do.

Ascension (via London) Bahanias Barbados

do.

Bermuda do.

United Kingdom and British Possessions

§ Cyprus (via London) Falkland Islands (as far as Stanley only-via London)

Gambia (via London) Gibraltar

Jamaica Lagos

(via London) Leeward Islands Malay States Malta

Mauritius

Seychelles

St. Helena (via London) Sierra Leone

do.

||Sts. Settlements, Direct Tobago (via London) Trinidad

do.

EFFE

British East Africa:-

Kilindini, Mombassa Laum only (via

London) BritishGuiana, via L’don. British Son-liland Burmah(via Calcutta) Ceylon (Direct)

Algeria

Austria-Hungary Azores and Madeira Belgium Beyrouth

Bosnia-Herzegovina Cameroons and Togo Cape Verde Island' Chili

Gold Coast Colony(Axim, Sekondi, Tarkwa, Ac- cra, Ada, Cape Coast Castle, Kwitte, Salt- pond and Winneba- via London) India (via Calcutta)

Newfoundland(via L’don.) New Zealand (via London) Nigeria (Southern-via

London)

Nyasaland Protectorate Salonica Sarawak

Foreign Countries

Danish West Indies Denmark

Dutch East Indies Dutch Guiana Dutch West Indies Ecuador Egypt

Iceland

* Italy Ivory Coast Japan Karafuto Kiaochau Liberia Luxemburg

United Kingdom (via

Gibraltar) Windward Islands -

Grenada,

and

St.

Vincent (via L'don.)

do.

St. Lucia Zanzibar (via Calcutta)

Portuguese India Portuguese West Africa Réunion Roumania Russia (in Asia) Russia including Finland)

FELE

China

Erithrea Faroe Islands Formosa

China(Japanese Post Offices) France

Constantinople

Corea (via Japan)

Corsica Crete

Dahomey'

French Guiana

French Guinea

French Somali Coast French West Indies

Germany Holland

Macao Madagascar

Senegal Servia Smyrna Sweden

Manchuria (Japanese Post Switzerland (via France)

Offices) Montenegro New Caledonia Norway Portugal

Portuguese East Africa

183. For insurance rates on parcels see Appendix V.

Tripoli

Tunis

(via Belgium)

Turkey United States

184.--The fee, which is for registration and insurance, must be prepaid by means of postage stamps, which must be handed in with the parcel to be affixed to the certificate of posting. The stamps must not be affixed to the parcel. A certificate of posting must always be obtained by the sender of an insured parcel.

$ No compensation is given for the loss in Cyprus of parcels containing watches or jewellery. Insurance confined to parcels for Malacca, Penang, Province Wellesley, and Singapore.

*No compensation is given for the damage in Italy of fragile or perishable parcels or parcels containing liquid. Adrianople, Caifa (Haifo), Candia, Canea, Cavalla, Dardanelles, Dedeagh, Durazzo, Gallipoli, Ineboli, Jaffa, Janina, Jerusalem, Keresun, Lagos, Mytilene, Prevesa, Retimo, Rhodes, Salonica, Samsoun, San Giovanni di Medua, Santi Quaranta, Scio, Trebizond, Valona, Vathi,