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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 10, 1941.

Building, Hong Kong, together with a memorandum plainly written containing in block characters the name (Christian name first) and full address of the sender. A married woman should give her own as well as her husband's initials.

5. When the communication is handed to the Chief Censor payment of $2.00 must be made, which fee will cover,

(1) The postage of one envelope containing one com- munication to the neutral country.

(2) Postage from the neutral country to the enemy country.

(3) In case a reply is sent from the correspondent in the enemy country, the fee also includes postage from the neutral country to Messrs. Cook's Head Office, but not to Hong Kong. The reply will be sent by surface mail from London to Hong Kong, and the cost of this transmission will be collected from the addressce in Hong Kong by the General Post Office.

(4) Letters exceeding one ounce in weight will be subject to an additional charge.

(5) Thos. Cook & Son, Ltd., undertake this transaction at the sole risk in all respects of the party requiring their services, and on the express understanding that no action will lie against them by reason of any act or default on their part or on the part of any person or agent employed by them.

(6) Communications for Prisoners of War (i.e., British and Allied Naval, Military and Air Force prisoners and civilian internees) must not be sent under the foregoing arrangement, but forwarded in accordance with the regulations to be obtained at the General Post Office.

(7) The above charges are based in all cases upon trans- mission of the correspondence by surface mail. If it is desired to make use of the air mail service the following extra charges will be payable :

Air carriage from Hong Kong to London

(as far as available)

$1.00 per half ounce or part thereof.

Air carriage from London to Lisbon ...$0.50 per half ounce or part thereof.

6. Business letters and letters containing directions about property or money matters must not be sent by the methods detailed above, but should be handed unsealed to the Intel- ligence Officer (Economic Warfare), 2nd Floor, General Post Office Building.

7. Letters under this scheme may not cover remittances, directly or indirectly, to enemy territory, for which a licence of the Trading with the Enemy Branch is necessary.

Parcels cannot be dealt with under the foregoing scheme.