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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 31, 1915.

No. 568.

Order made by the Governor-in-Council under Section 9 of the Post Office Ordinance; 1900; (Ordinance No. 6 of 1900), on the 30th December, 1915.

It is hereby notified that on and after the 1st January next the rates of postage and insurance fees to be collected on parcels will be as follows.

A. G. M. Fletcher, Clerk of Councils.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

30th December, 1915.

RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS.

Limit

of

Each

PLACE OF DESTINATION. ROUTE.

Not exceeding :-

In-

addi-

First

sured

tional

value.

lb.

Ib. up

to

3 lb. 7 lb. 11 lb.'

11 lb.

Viâ.

$ c. $ . $ c. $ c. $ c.

£

Abyssinia (Ethiopia)..

[Adis-Ababa, Dire-Da- wa, and Harrar only.]

Aden. 2.10 2.50! 2.95

Aden (including Perim)...

Direct.

0.60 1.20 1.80

Afghanistan

Calcutta. 0.60 1.20 1.80

Algeria

Londou. 1.20 1,80 2.40

Do.

Siberia.

:

3.50

Annam (see French Indo-

China)

Antigua (see Leeward

Islands)

Argentine Republic*

Ascension*

:

:

:

·

London. 1.60 2.60 3,60

1.00 2.00 3.00

Australia:

[Commonwealth, i.e., States of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Aus- tralia, Papua(British New Guinea) and Norfolk Islands.]... J

Austria-Hungary*

Torres Straits.

:

:

:

:

:

:

120

:

120

.60

.30

1

23

20

:

น

50

35

Do.

Do.

London and Germany.

1.20 1.80 2,40

2.00

3,00

Germa Packet.

Siberia.

:

120

120

120

*Parcels for Europe, etc., sent by the Overland Routes (viâ Brindisi by British Packets and vid Naples by the German Packets) are charged sixty cents per parcel in addition to the ordinary rates of postage.