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CHINESE POST OFFICE-TARIFF OF POSTAGE

1.-DOMESTIC PLACES

LOCAL: Ta'iff I.-Applies to Mail Matter and l'arcels within Local delively radius. DOMESTIC: Tariff II.-Applies to Mail Matter and Parcels between (hinese Post Offices in China; but-

1-Letters and Postends to and from MONGO11A (Urga and Kiachta) p y double Domestic rates. 2. As regards postage to, from and within the province of DINKIANG :-

1o. All classes of Mail Matter to and from places within the province of SNKIANG are

to be fra ed at Domestic rates.

2o. All classes of Mail Matter from Sinking to places in China, and from places in China to Sinking, despatched vid Kansu, are to be ranked at double Domestic rates. 3o. All classes of Mail Matter from Sink ang to Foreign places in hina, and from Foreign places and laces in China to Sinkiang, despatched viâ Siberia, are to be franked at International rates.

3. Correspondence, Ordinary and Registered, to and from places in TIBET is to be franked at full Union rates.

4.-Parcels to and f oin places in Shensi, K nsu, Yunnan (see paragraph 5 below), Kweichow,. and Szechwan are charged double Domestic rates; but for Yangtze down-river, Parcels only, posted at the following places-Chentgu, Suifu, Kiatingfu, Taihochen, Suining Sze, Chungking,. Luchow, Hochow, Sz-, Fowchow Sze, Wanhsier, Kweichowfu, Wushan, Yünyanghsien, Kaihsien, Taringchang, Tan nghsien, aiki, and Yün-ncharg,- single (instead of double) rates will be charged. arcels for Kwanchiengize or Kirin are charged single Doniestic rates; but Parcels to, from, and between places north of these two cities are charged double Domestic rates.

5.—a cels to and from places in YUNNAN, for transmission through Hongkong and Tonkin,- pay Domestic postage as follows:-

Not exceeding 5 kilos

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$1,50

Exceeding 5 kilos but not exceedit g 10 kilos, and also cumbersome Parcels 2.60

N.B.-Paragraph 6 below des not apply to t ese Parcels.

6.-On Parcels via Hongkong to Domestic p`aces an extra 2 c nts per kilogramme (1 lbis.)· charged except in the case of paragraph 5 above.

2.- FOREIGN COUNTRIES

(Weight and size must conform with the Rules of the country concerned.)

UNION: Tariff III. (Union Rates).—Mail Matter to or from countries in the Postal Union. JAPAN, ETC. Tariff 1V.-Mail matter to and from Japan, Korea, and the Leased Te ritory of Kwantung.

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For Fackets containing se ds of agricultural roducts the rate of postage is 1 center 112: grammes or fraction thereof, up to 1,120 grammes.

HONGKONG, ETC.: Tariff V.-Mail Matter to or from Hongkong and Liukungtao (Weihaiwei), Macao, and Tsingtao (German Kiaochow).

[Exception: Letters from Canton (Fatshan, Chanchuen, and Whampoa) to Hongkong are charged 2 cents per 15 grammes.]

These Tariffs frank International Mail Matter prepaid at Union rates (III.) or at specially arranged rates (IV., V.) to and from any place in China where a Chinese Post Office exists; but a tax of 2 cents (5 centimes) for each article distributed is collected from the addressees on Printed Papers of all kinds-Newspapers, Books, Printed matter-received from foreign countries and addressed to non-steam-served places.

International Parcels from establishments belonging to Category A (Special List No. 7- Offices exchanging Parcels under Union regulations) pay postage according to, the International Parcel Tariff.

International Parcels from establishments belonging to Category B (place not included in Special List No. 7) pay the above and, in addition, Domestic postage (Tariff II), single or double (vide Section 1, 4, above), according to place of origin.

In the case of International Parcels destined to establishments belonging to Category B,. this Domestic postage is collected from addressees.