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DESTINATION.

HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE- OBSERVATIONS

APPENDIX IV-PARCELS POST RATES-Continued

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1 lb.

437

2 lbs.

3 lbs.

4 lbs.

*sq[ o

6 lbs.

7 lbs.

8 lbs.

9 lbs.

10 lbs.

11 lbs.

Length, Breadth

or Depth. Length & Girth Combined.

RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS NOT EXCEEDING

| LIMIT OF

SIZE.

Customs Declaration,

OBSERVATIONS,

See para. at end of Parcels Post.

PROHIBITED Contents. See para. at end of Parcels Post.

Newfoundland

South Africa, Union of, com- prising the Provinces of:— Cape of Good Hope (in- cluding Basutoland, British Bechuanaland,Griqualand, East and West, Little Nam- aqualand, Pondoland. Port Elizabeth, St. John's River Territory, Tembuland,

Transkei, and Walfish Bay) Natal (including Echowe and

Zululand)

Orange Free State and Trans-

vaal (including Swaziland)

Via

$ c. 8 c. $ c. c. Sc. 8 c. $ c. $ c. c. 8 c. 8 c. 2 Canada 0.65 0.95 1.25 1.90 2.20 2.50 2.80 3.45 3.75 4.05 4.35 3 6 6 0

I

No. No.

A

:

110

Ceylon 0.80 1.2011.60 2.40 2.80 3.20 3.60 4.40 4.80 5.20 5.60 3 6 6 0

A 112 111

South West Africa (late Ger- London 1.(0, 1.60 2.20 3.20 3.80 4.40 5.00 6.00 6.60 7.207.80 3 6

man South West Africa)... Barbados, Bermuda, Br. Guiana, Grenada, Jamaica; Cayman, Turks and Caicos Islands. Antigua, Dom- inion, Montserrat, Nevis, St Kitts and Tortola.............. Bechuanaland Protectorate

St. Lucia, St. Vincent.

OL A

112 111

Cauada 0.65 0.95 1.25 1.00 2.202.50 2,80 3.45 .75 4.05 4.35 2 040 A

112

111

101

Ceylon 1.00 1.60 2.20 3.20 3.80 4.40 5.00 6.00 6.60 7.20 7.80 3 6 6 0

93a

111

Trinidad. Tobago and Canada 0.65 0.95 1.25 1.90 2.20 2.50 2.80 3.45 3.75 4.05 4.85 2 0 4 0 A Venezuela.....

OBSERVATIONS AND PROHIBITED CONTENTS OF PARCELS POST

OBSERVATIONS

(N.B.—The following paragraphs are numbered to correspond with Nos. in “Observation ” column in Parcel Post Tables.)

1.-Parcels are liable to a charge for delivery. 2. No compensation is given for the damage of marble models, collections of butterflies, moths, and other ex- ceptionally fragile articles.

3. Parcels must be addressed to the care of an agent of the sender at Peshawar who must arrange for their onward transmission and prepay the Postage to the Ameer's agent. They must be securely packed and sealed. No responsibility is taken after delivery to the sender's agent at Peshawar.

4. Every package of plums, preserved vegetables, or sardines must bear the name of the country of origin in raised or sunken letters. The cover of the parcel must also bear the name. Parcels are liable to a charge for delivery.

5. Parcels must be packed in strong wooden boxes, in metal boxes, or in a leather covering; parcels packed in paper or cardboard will not be accepted.

5A.-Same as France,

6.- Parcels for the Argentine Republic are subject to a fiscal charge under the National Stamp Act.

7. -No parcel may exceed $500 iu value.

8. No compensation is given for the loss or damage of parcels containing liquids, semi-liquids, perishable or fragile articles; or in respect of the loss or damage of ordinary parcels or their contents. Delivery of parcels is confined to places having communi- cation by rail or coach with the principal towns. Addressees of parcels addressed to places having no such communication are informed by letter of the place where the parcels avait delivery.

9.-The addressees of parcels containing poisons, drugs, medicines and cosmetics (except for chemists) and of parcels containing salt, tobacco, dried fruit, arti- ficially coloured articles painted or dyed with poisonous colours, arms, and parts of arms, and mixed pickles, must obtain a special licence to receive such parcels. Parcels containing plants must be carefully packed, and in such a manner that they can be easily examined.

10.-Parcels for Nassau only can be insured up to a limit of $1,200.

11.-Same as Spain. The service extends to Alayor, Alcudia, Audraitx, Ciudadela, Felanitx, Ibiza, Inca, Mahon, Manacor, Palma de Mallorca, San Francisco, Javier, Soller, Pollensa and Selva.

12. Parcels for the Lower Congo (Banana, Boma, Matadi, Ponta da Lenha, Vivi) are also liable to a charge of 1 franc, and parcels for the upper Congo (Bengala, Kukonga, Kunchassa, Kw-mouth, Leopoldville, Lutete) to a charge of 10 francs on delivery.

13.-Parcels are delivered by the Railway Company and not by the Post Office. Parcels intended to be called for should be addressed "En Gare," not "Poste Restante."

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

15.-l'arcels weighing over 7 lbs. may be sent to the following places only:-Ayo-Ayo, Aroma (Sicasica), Challapata, Cochabamba, Corocoro, Guaqui, Huanuni, La Paz, Machacamarca, Orura, Patacamaya, Poop, Potosi, Rio Mulatos, Sorasora, Tiaguaraco, Uncia, Uyuni, Viacha.