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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

(c) Gold or silver bullion, precious stones, jewellery and other precious articles to place where their transmission is forbidden (see paragraph 91). (d) Any articles the importation of which is prohibited is the country of

destination.

94.Neither morey nor any other article of value ought to be sent by post except in a registered postal packet, and in the case of money by means of a Post Office Money Order or of a Postal Order duly filled up with the name of the payee. Any person who sends money or any other articles of value otherwise runs the risk of losing his property and the Post Office declines all responsibility for such, and will make on enquiries into alleged losses of such letters.

95. The importation into Hongkong through the Post Office of any lottery ticket or advertisement of any lottery, or of any letter, post-card or circular concerning any lottery, is prohibited. The Postmaster-General may seize all such lottery tickets and letters, post-cards or circulars concerning a lottery and cause the same to be returned to the Post Office at which they were posted.

96.-The Postmaster-General may seize and destroy all seditious publications. 97.-Nothing sent through the post inay contain an enclosure which is directed to a nanie and an address different from the name and address borne on the cover, and which is enclosed with the intention of evading postage. Any such forbidden enclosure, if observed, is liable to be taken out and forwarded to the addressee charged with separate postage at the prepaid rate. (But see "Postal Hong packets" under Appendix II.).

98. It is forbidden to forward by post any Post-card having thereon any word' marks or designs of an indecent, obscene or grossly offensive character. Any such shall be stopped and dealt with by the Postmaster-General as the circumstances of the case may require.

Poste Restante

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99.--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." The Public are requested to note carefully the rate governing the Poste Restante.

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

101.-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.:-

Local letters for 1 month Foreign

2 months

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Letters for steamers

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for 3 months sailing vessels,, 4

102.- 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.

103. All persons applying for letters at the Poste Restante must furnish the particulars required to ensure proper delivery, and must sign the register. If the addressee does not apply in person, his messenger must be furnished with the required information and must produce a written authority to receive the correspondence. If a foreigner, the applicant must produce his passport or other credentials.

Re-direction

104.-Letters, post cards, newspapers 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 addressees 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. In cases, however, where a letter is re-directed to any place and bears Postage Stamps insufficient to pay the postage from the Office of origin to the said