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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

141.-Enquiry as to the disposal of a registered article will be made free of charge when the sender produces prima facie evidence that it has failed to reach the addressee. When, however, no such evidence is produced, a fee of 10 cents for an acknowledgment of delivery will be required before enquiry is instituted. No fee will be charged for enquiry when the sender has already paid for an acknowledgment of delivery.

Delivery of Registered Correspondence

142. The signature of the addressee of a registered letter is accepted by the Postmaster General and delivery effected thereon if he is satisfied that it sufficiently establishes the addressee's identity, but any further proof of identity or guarantee such as a

"chop" of a firm of standing known to the Postmaster-General and required by him shall be produced if necessary to his satisfaction.

143. A register of signatures is kept at the General Post Office where any person may register his signature on payment of a fee of $10 per annum, when personal delivery will be made on such signature at the General Post Office.

144.-Receipts for registered letters addressed to a firm must be signed with the name of some individual for that firm, and not simply with the naine of the firm itself

Insurance

145.-Letters containing paper money, or documents, etc., on which a value has been declared, may be sent from Hongkong to any of the following places, insured to the amount of the declared value:-

Aden (including Perim). Algeria.

Argentine Republic.

Azores.

Barbados.

Bermuda,

*British East Africa and

Uganda.

British Guiana. British Honduras. British North Borneo. British Somaliland (Berbera, Bulhar and Zeyla only). Burina.

Canary Islands.

Cape Verd Islands (Praia, St. Vincent & Santiago). Ceylon.

*Chili.

China:

British Agencies in China. Japanese Agencies in

China.

Corea (Chosen). Cyprus. *Dahomey.

Danish West Indies (St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix).

Denmark.

Dutch East Indies (includ- ing Java, Sumatra and Dutch Borneo, etc).

Dutch Guiana.

Egyt (including Egyptian

Sudan).

* Erithrea.

+ Falkland Islands.

¥

Fiji Islands. Formosa. France.

* French Congo. French Guiana. *French Guinea. French India.

French Indo China (An- nam, Cambodia, Cochin- China, Laos and Tonkin). French Soniali Coast

(Djibouti only). French West Indies (Guade- loupe and Martinique). Gambia.

* Gold Coast Colony (Limit

1,500 Francs). Greenland.

Grenada.

Holland.

Iceland.

India (British).

Italy.

* Ivory Coast. Jamaica.

Japan (including Japanese

Sagalien).

Leeward Islands (Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, and Tortola Virgin Islands]). Libya (Tripoli and Beng-

hazi only). Luxemburg.

* Madagascar (including Comoro Islands, Mayotte, Moheli and Anjouan or Johanna).

Macau.

Vadeira.

* Malay States (Limit 1,500

Francs).

* Mauritania. Mauritius. Monaco.

* Morocco. New Caledonia. New Foundland. Nigeria, Southern. Norway. Nossi Bé. Portugal.

* Portuguese East Africa. * Portuguese India. Portuguese Timor (Dilly

only).

*Portuguese West Africa Réunion.

Russia.

St. Helena.

St. Lucia.

St. Vincent.

* Senegal and Upper Sen-

egal and Niger. Seychelles (Victoria only). Sierra Leone (Freetown

only).

Spain (including Balearic

Islands).

Straits Settlements. Sweden.

Switzerland.

Trinidad and Tobago. Tunis.

United Kingdom.

* Insurance confined to certain places only. List of places may be seen at the Post Office.

The amount insurable is limited to Francs 1,250.