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HONG KONG POSTAL GUIDE

"CASH ON DELIVERY" SERVICE

1. Nature of the System

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198--The Postmaster-General undertakes, on certain conditions, to collect from the addressee the value of an article sent by post and to remit it to the sender by Money Order or Postal Order.

(a) The Service applies to parcels (uninsured or insured) only sent from Hong- kong to the United Kingdom, Straits Settlements and Gibraltar and

vice versa.

(b) The amount to be collected under the C. O. D. System is called the "Trade

Charge."

(c) The Trade Charge on any parcel may not exceed £20.

(d) A special fee of 10 cents is charged on every parcel bearing a Trade Charge posted in the Colony; and, in addition, a fee will be charged in the United Kingdom for the delivery service.

The delivery fees to be charged in the United Kingdom on such parcels when

received from Hongkong are as follows:-

When the Trade Charge does not exceed £ 5...

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3. d.

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does exceed £ 5 but not £10...

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£15... £20... 1 0

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£10 £15

The fee due to the office of posting must be paid with the other postal charges; but the amount of the fee due to the office of delivery will be deducted, with the commission on the Money Order or Postal Order by which the remittance is made, from the amount paid by the addressee.

(e) The sender of a parcel on which a Trade Charge is to be collected will be required to sign a declaration that the parcel is sent in fulfilment of an order from the addressee.

(ƒ) The sender may arrange under certain conditions for the Trade Charge on a parcel to be reduced or cancelled. For this purpose the Cer- tificate of Posting must be produced at the office at which the packet was posted, where full information can be obtained. A fee of 20 cents will be charged in connection with applications for reducing or can- celling a Trade Charge.

II. Posting

1. Parcels on which Trade Charges are to be collected are accepted at the General Post Office, Hongkong, only.

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.

An incorrect

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

entry must be completely obliterated and a fresh entry made. (b) 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. (e) Prepay the special fee by affixing 10 cents in postage stamps to the Request 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 a 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.)

III. Delivery

1. Parcels bearing Trade Charges will be kept at the General Post Office to be called for, notice of its 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 1 para. e) must have sent the parcel - in fulfilment of an order.

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