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CHINESE POST OFFICES-TARIFF OF POSTAGE

2o. Between other provinces and Kweichow: at rates applicable between the province

concerned and Szechwan plus the rate between Szechwan and Kweichow.

A Return Receipt may be obtained on payment of an additional fee of 7 cents for all Domestic places except Mongolia and Sinkiang, in which case the fee is 10 cents.

11. INSURED PARCELS.-Domestic Parcels may be insured at a limited number of Offices against a Domestic Insurance fee of cent per dollar or fraction thereof (minimum fee, 5 cents) of the amount insured, except to or from Offices in Szechwan, when the fee is 2 cents per dollar or fraction thereof (minimum fee, 10 cents). Parcels containing goldware, silverware, jewellery, or precious stones must be insured. The limit of insurance is $500, except to and from Szechwan, which is $50 (for down-river Parcels posted at Chungking or Wanhsien, the limit is $500). Such Parcels are accepted only for certain Post Offices that are connected by steamer or railway transport (vide "Postal Guide," Part II: "List of Post Offices," Indication No. 1).

12. TRADE CHARGE PARCELS.-Parcels taxed with Trade Charges are accepted for transmission between Domestic Parcel Insurance Offices on payment of a fee of 2 per cent. on the amount to be collected. The limit of Trade Charge to be collected is $500, except to and from Szechwan, which is $50.

2.- FOREIGN COUNTRIES

(Weight and size must conform with the Rules of the Country Concerned.)

1.-UNION: TARIFF VI. (Union Rates).-Mail Matter to or from countries in the Postal

Union,

2.-JAPAN, ETC.: TARIFF VII.-Mail matter to or from Japan, Korea, the Leased Territory of Kwantung, and Tsingtau.

For Packets containing seeds of agricultural products the rate of postage is 1. cent per 112 grammes or fraction thereof, up to 1,120 grammes.

Exception: -Mail matter posted in Sinkiang, Mongolia, and Tibet for Japan, Korea, the Leased Territory of Kwantung, and Tsingtau is charged postage according to Tariff VI. 3.-HONGKONG, ETC.: TARIFF VIII.-Mail Matter to and from Hongkong, Liukungtao (Weihaiwei, British Leased Territory), and Macao.

Exceptions:

(a.) Letters and Postcards posted in Sinkiang, Mongolia, and Tibet for Hongkong, Liukungtao (Weihaiwei, British Leased Territory), and Macao, and vice versa, are charged postage according to Union rates (Tariff VI).

(b.) While Mail Matter and Parcels for the island of Liukungtao (Weihaiwei, British Leased Territory) are subject to the rates given under Tariff VIII, it is to be noted that Mail Matter and Parcels for the Chinese City of Weihaiwei are subject

to the Domestic Tariff II.

These Tariffs frank International Mail Matter prepaid at Union rates (VI) or at specially arranged rates (VII, VIII) to or from any place in China where a Chinese Post Office exists; but a tax equal to the Domestic rate of postage (Tariff V.) is collected from the addressees for each article distributed on Printed Papers of all kinds-Newspapers, Books, and Printed Matter- received from Hongkong, Liukungtao (Weihaiwei, British Leased Territory), Japan, Korea, Leased Territory of Kwantung, and Tsingtau, and addressed to places in Mongolia, Sinkiang

and Tibet.

4.-INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID MAIL MATTER.-Articles arriving from abroad insufficiently franked will be forwarded to destination, but double the deficiency in Union postage or the special rate of postage for Japan, Korea, Leased Territory of Kwantung, Tsingtau, Hongkong, Liukungtao (Weihaiwei, British Leased Territory), and Macao will be collected from the addressee on delivery. The amount due will be assessed in every case by a Chinese Post Office and indicated in postage-due stamps affixed on the cover; refusal to acquit the postage due so indicated will be equivalent to refusing the article.

5.—INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS MAIL MATTER is accepted for a limited number of foreign countries, a list of which may be seen at any Domestic Express Delivery Office, The Post Office only issues receipts for International Express Delivery articles if they are registered.

6.- INTERNATIONAL PARCELS.

(a.) International Parcels from establishments belonging to Category A ("Postal Guide." Part II: "List of Post Offices," Indication No. 7- Offices exchanging Parcels under Union regulations) pay postage according to the International Parcel Tariff.