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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 15, 1936.

No. 438

Hong Kong.

Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of the Post Office Ordinance, 1926, Ordinance No. 7 of 1926, on the 22nd April, 1936.

The regulations made by the Governor in Council under the Post Office Ordinance of 1926 and set forth in Government Notification No. 118 in the Gazette of the 26th February, 1932, are hereby amended as follows with effect as from 1st June, 1936.

Amendment.

Delete Regulation Numbers 1 and 2 and substitute

1. The following rates of postage shall be charged on letters (other than postcards) addressed to the following destinations:-

Destination.

Places in the Colony

United Kingdom and British

possessions and protectorates via Suez and the Pacific...

via Siberia

China

Macao

Foreign countries generally

Rate of Postage.

4 cents for each ounce or part

of an ounce.

15 cents for the first ounce and 10 cents for each additional ounce or part of an ounce.

25 cents for the first ounce and 15 cents for each additional ounce or part of an ounce.

5 cents for each ounce or part

of an ounce.

25 cents for the first ounce and 15 cents for each additional ounce or part of an ounce.

2. The following rates of postage shall be charged on postcards addressed to the following destinations:--

Destination.

Places in the Colony

United Kingdom and British

possessions and protectorates via Suez and the Pacific ...

via Siberia

China

Rate of Postage.

2 cents.

10 cents.

15 cents.

2 cents.

Macao

Foreign countries generally

15 cents.

Government Notification No. 475 published in the Gazette of 22nd June, 1934, is hereby cancelled.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

22nd April, 1936.

R. A. D. FORREST,

Clerk of Councils.

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