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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE-OBSERVATIONS

16.-Limit of weight 6 lbs. Parcels addressed to Poste Restante are not admitted.

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17.-Insurance confined to Entebbe, Jinga, Kampala, Kisumu, Lamu, Mombasa, Nairobi, and Nakuru. parcels are conveyed in British East Africa in ordinary mail bags, and, to prevent injury, should be very strongly packed. Waterproof covers should be used for parcels intended for places beyond the services of Uganda Railway. No compensation is paid in respect of loss of damage of uninsured parcels or their contents.

18.-Express delivery only in Georgetown and New Amsterdam.

19.—Insurance confined to Beaufort, Jesselton, Kudat, Lahaddatu, Papar Sandakan, Tawao, Tenom and Weston.

20.-Parcels must be sealed with some special impress of the sender and packed in wood, tin, canvas, linen, or similar material aud not merely in paper or cardboard. To expedite the passage through the Customs, parcels for Bulgaria may be accompanied by an invoice, the address label and each copy of the customs declaration being marked "Facture inclusé," to iudicate that an invoice is sent.

21. No compensation is paid in respect of loss or damage of parcels or their contents.

22.-Insurance confined to St. Vincent aud Praia (Island of Santiago).

23. No compensation is given for the loss or damage of parcels containing liquids, or for the damage of glass, eggs, collections of butterflies or articles of a fragile or perishable nature.

24.—Insured parcels for Chili are delivered only at the following offices:-Ancud, Antofagasta, Arica, Caldera, Chillán, Concepcion, Coquimbo, Curicó, Iquique, La Serena, Linares, Los Andes, Pisagua, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Rancagua, San Felipe, San Fernando, Santiago, Tacna, Talca, Talcahuano, Valdivia and Vsl- paraiso. Parcels must be packed with strong materials preferably in tin boxes. Parcels packed in paper only cannot be accepted. If an insured parcel be addressed to any other Post Office in Chili, the addressee has to claim it at the nearest of the offices above named.

25.-Parcels destined for offices that are not connected by railway or by steamer, the limit of weight 6 pounds. Parcels, however, containing umbrellas, walking.sticks, charts, plauts and such articles, may be sent up to a limit of 3 ft. 3. in. in length and 8 in, broad or thick. Insurance confined to principal places only. A list of places may be seeu at the Post Office.

25a. Same as Japan.

26. The conditions of transitin Colombia are exceptional; and to prevent injury parcels should be strongly packed. 27. The exact weight of each parcel should be entered on the Customs Declaration. In order to facilitate passage through the Customs, parcels should be accom- panied by a duplicate of the original invoice or a detailed list of the contents, signed by the sender, in addition to the Despatch Note and Customs Declaration.

28.-Aitutaki, Atiu, Hervey (Manu i), Mangaia, Mitiaro, Parry (Mauke) and Raratonga.

29.-Parcels may be accepted for any place in Cuba, bnt if the post office of the place of destination is not auth- orised to deal with parcels the addressees must claim them at the nearest delivery office.

30.-A separate despatch note and 2 Customs Declarations must be prepared for each parcel.

31-Parcels are delivered at the following places:- Famegusta, Head Quarters Camp, Kyrenia, Larnacs, Limassol, Nicosia, Palemedia, Papho, and Troodos.

32.- No compensation is given for the loss in Cyprus of parcels containing watches or jewellery.

33. The service extends to Abomey, Abomey-Cal vi, Adjohon, Agoue, Allada, Athieme, Bohicon, Bopa, Carimama, Carnotville, Cotonou, Djougou, Grand Popo, Guéné, Kandi, Kétou, Kouandé, Nikki, Whydah (Ouidah) Paouignau, Parahoué, Parakau, Porto Novo, ` Sakètè, Savalou, Savé and Zagnanado, Parcels for other places are also accepted hut must be claimed at one of the places specified above. Parcels addressed to places other than Bassila and Cotonou are liable to a charge for delivery.

34.-Insurance is confined to parcels addressed to Abomey, Aboney-Calavi, Adjohon, Agone, Allada, Athiẻmé, Cotonou, Grand Popo, Nikke, Whydal (Ouidah) Porto Nuovo, Savalou and Zagnanado, Bohicou Bopa and Sakété.

35.-No compensation is paid in respect of loss or damage of parcels or their contents. Customs Declarations must be prepared with great care. The nature and the

value of the contents must be indicated in detail, and the quantity and number of articles enclosed must be stated. Generic terms of description must not be used.

36.-Parcels are only forwarded by the China and Japan Line steameis.

37. Parcels for places other than Albina, Coronie, Paramaribo, and Nieuw-Nickeric are liable to a charge on delivery.

38. Insurance confined to parcels for Curaçao.

39.-Parcels. are accepted for all places in Ecnador. The International Service is, however, only undertaken by the Post Offices at Ambato, Azogues, Babahoyo, Bahia-de-Caraquez, Cuenca, Esmeraldas, Gnaranda, Gnayaquil, Ibarra, Latacunga, Loja, Machala, Port- oviejo, Quito, Riobamba and Tulcan. Insurance confined to Bahia-de-Caraquez, Guayaquil and Quito.

40.-The contcuts and value of parcels for Egypt must be described in detail by the senders, either on the relative declaration form, or, preferably, on a note euclosed in the parcel. In the latter case a general description of the contents should appear on the declara- tion form, which should be marked Particulars enclosed." The limit of insurance for parcels for the Soudan is £20. Insurance in the Soudan is confined to the following places, viz. :—Abn Hamed, Atbara, Berber, Bor, Debba, Dongola, Duem, El Damer, El Obeid, Geili, Geteina, Halfa (Wadi Halfa), Kareima, Kawa, Khandat, Khartoum, Khartoum North, Kodok, Korti, Kosti, Malakal, Melut, Merowe, Mongalla, Number Six Souden, Omdurman, Port Soudan, Rejaf, Renk, Sei nar, Shendi, Shercik, Sinkat, Suakin, Taufikia (Soudan), Wad-Medain, Zeidah. Uninsured parcels must not exceed £5 in value. Wau is admitted to the parcel scrvice during June and July only, and Gambela from June 1 to November 1.. 41.-Parcels for other places in Erithrea are retained at one of the towns mentioned in Col. 1. The ad- dressees are advised, and upon application and payment of the Customs charges, &c., the parcels are forwarded to the Post Office nearest the place of destination. the case of parcels for other places in Erithrea insured for more than £4 (100 lire) the addressee must accept the responsibility for their safe transmission beyond one of these towns.

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42. Parcels can be insured as far as Stanley only. 43.-Parcels are forwarded from New Zealand by first opportunity.

44.-Parcels are delivered by the Railway Companies and not by the Post Office; and parcels intended to be called for should be addressed not to a Poste Restante but to a Railway Station (En Gare). There are exceptions in case of certain places distant from a railway. To expedite delivery, detailed particulars of the contents of parcels should be given on the Customs Declarations, including a statement of the net weight, and in the case of hats, gloves, boots, &c., the number of articles or pairs sent. Every package of plums, preserved vegetables or sardines must bear the name of tlie country of origin in raised or sunken letters. The cover of the parcel must also bear the name. Boxes of sardines over 2 lbs. 3 oz. in weight are not admitted.

45. The service extends to Cayeune and Saint Laurent- du-Maroni. Parcels for other places are accepted, but must be claimed at one of those offices.

46.-Insurance confined to parcels for Bissikrima, Boffa, Boké, Conakry, Dabola, Dubréka, Kindia, Kourossa and Mamou. Parcels addressed to places other than Conakry are liable to a further charge on delivery.

47. The service extends to Atuana and Taiohaé (Mar- quesas Islands); Borabora, Huahine and Raiatea (Leeward Islands); Fakarava, Hao, Rangiroa and Raroia (Tou- amotou); Manga Reva. (Gambier Group); Moorca and Tahiti (Society Islands); Raivavaé, Rapa, Rimatara, Rurutu and Tubuai (Tubuai Group).

48.-Parcels for places other than Djibouti must be claimed at Djibouti.

49.-Parcels for all places in Martinique are accepted' but a charge is made for conveyance from Port de France, the port of disembarkation. The delivery of parcels for places in Guadeloupe other than Basse-Terre and Pointe-a- Pitre give rise to a charge which is collected from addressees.

49u.-Parcels must be very strongly packed. 50.—Parcels are accepted for all places, but in some cases a charge is made for conveyance from the port of disembarkation.

51.-To Luderitzbucht and Swakopmund the dimen sions are the same as Inland Parcel Post Charges, which are collected from the addressees and made for the onward conveyance of parcels from Luderitzbuoht and Swakopmund to other places in the Protectorate:

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