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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
42.-The limits of size for packets of printed papers addressed to the United Kingdom, British Colonies or Possessions or to Non-Union countries are 2 feet in length by 1 foot in width or depth; to foreign countries in the Postal Union packets must not exceed 18 inches in any direction. If in the form of a roll the limits of size in either case are 30 inches in length and 4 inches diameter. The limits of weight are 5 lbs. for the United Kingdom, British colonies or possessions, and for any Non-Union countries, and 4 lbs. for foreign countries in the Postal Union.
43.--Postage on printed papers must be prepaid at least partly; packets of Printed Papers which are not prepaid at least partly or which are not made up in such manner as to admit of an easy examination of the contents, or which exceed the limits of weight and size fixed by paragraph 42, or which in any other respect do not fulfil the conditions laid down in the preceding paragraphs will not be for- warded.
44.-Literature embossed for the use of the blind may be transmitted at the rate of 2 cents per 1lb. or fraction thereof. The maximum weight for this class of matter is 6 lbs.
45-Printed papers may be forwarded to any where at 2 cents per 2 oz.
Newspapers Published in Hongkong
46.-Newspapers published in Hongkong and posted singly to the following places are accepted at the special rate of 2 cents per 4 oz. or fraction thereof, viz.:-Australia, Canada, Ceylon, China, Corea, Formosa, India, Japan, Macao, Netherlands India, New Zealand, Philippine Islands, Siam, Straits Settlements, Timor and United Kingdom.
47.-A bundle of newspapers may be prepaid at so much each (and each one must count, however small), or the whole may be paid at the rate for Printed Papers.
48.-Two newspapers must not be folded together as one if intended for trans- mission at the single rate, nor must anything whatever be inserted except bond-fide supplements of the same paper and same date. Printed matter may, however, be enclosed if the whole be paid at the rate for Printed Papers.
Circulars
49. A circular is a communication of which copies are addressed in identical terms, or nearly so, to a number of persons. It may be either written or printed, or partly written and partly printed.
50-Dividend Warrants, Invitations, Cards, Patterns, Bills, Almanacs, &c., are also included under the head of Circulars when intended for addresses in Hongkong or Ports of China at which British Postal Agencies are established only and when posted in batches of not less than ten of uniform size and weight (such weight not to exceed 2 ounces) and prepaid in stamps at the 1 cent rate. Such circulars should be delivered to an officer of the Post Office.
51.-Circulars when posted singly or addressed to places other than Hongkong or the British Post Office Agencies in China must be prepaid 2 cents each in stamps. 52.-A bundle of circulars may be paid for at the rate for Printed Papers. 53.-Prices Current or Circulars in closed envelopes with the corners cut off, or with notched ends, will be taxed and forwarded as letters.
54.-Addresses must be complete, that is to say: on such covers as are not addressed to heads of houses, the addressee's residence or place of business must be added.
55.-Circulars arriving in such large quantities as to retard the delivery of the mails are allowed to stand over till there is time to deal with them.
56. Circulars should be tied in bundles, with all the addresses in one direction, and should be posted as early as possible, so as to secure due despatch.
57.-The following countries accord exceptional treatment to certain articles of printed matter :-
Country.
Australia
Austria
Description of Article and Treatment. ..Advertising pamphlets and circulars {
..Foreign newspapers received from
other countries
Liable to Cus-
toms Duty. Tax of 2 Kreuzer
on delivery.
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