181 THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 26, 1932.
For mails other than parcels
made up in Hong Kong
For parcels originating in
Hong Kong or transit parcels.
10 cents per lb. or
fraction of a lb.
5 cents per parcel.
17. The fee for the return of a postal packet under section 11 of the Ordinance shall be 1 payable in stamps.
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18. The fee for a private box shall be $20 or $10 per year (ending on the 31st December), or $2 or $1 a month according to the size of the box. The fees are payable in advance. If the fee is not paid, the box may be closed. deposit of $2 must be made for the use of the key: on the return of the key the deposit will be refunded.
No person shall without the authority of the Postmaster General make or cause to be made any duplicate key of any private box.
19. The fee for a certificate of posting shall be I cent for each packet posted. It shall be payable in advance by means of a 1 cent postage stamp affixed to the certificate.
20. The fee for the reception of mail matter shall be > for a year or part of a year. The certificate shall lapse on the 31st December of the year in which it was issued, "unles renewed.
21.(1) The registration fee shall be 20 cents for each postal packet and the fee for an acknowledgment of the receip! by the addressee of any registered post packet shall be 10 cents
(2) The registration fee, and the postage on a registered packet, must be prepaid.
22. Unregistered postal packets found to contain bank notes, used or unused postage stamps, cheques payable to bearer, or uncrossed postal orders or postal notes, shall be subject to compulsory registration and shall be charged at registration fee of forty cents for each such packet.
23.--(1) For Cash on Delivery parcels a special fee will be collected for any "Trade Charge", at the rate of 10 cents for each $10, or fraction of $10, and, in addition, a posting fee of 20 cents will be levied on each parcel so posted.
(2) The trade charge on any one parcel shall not exceed £10 (or $200 in the case of Macao).
(3) The cash on delivery fee, and the postage, must be prepaid on every cash on delivery parcel.
(4) In this regulation, "trade charge" means the amount to be collected on delivery.
24.—(1) Local money orders (limit $400 Hong Kong Currency) will be issued payable in Hong Kong and Macao. Commission shall be charged at the rate of 1 cent per dollar or part of a dollar, with a minimum charge of 5 cents.
(2) Foreign money orders will be issued at rates of exchange fixed by the Postmaster General from time to time.
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