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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND SEPTEMBER, 1894.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 353.

831

The following Regulations are published pursuant to Section 10 of The Post Office Ordinance, 1887: :-

PEAK PARCEL POST.

Regulations made by the Governor, pursuant to Section 10 of "The Post Office Ordinance, 1887.”

Limit of weight and size.

Rate of postage.

Hours of business.

Conditions of postage.

Method of posting.

Precaution.

Address.

Receipts.

Parcels may be refused.

Declaration of contents.

Prohibited contents.

Do.

Parcels at sender's risk.

Disposal of undelivered parcels.

Power to delay parcels.

Definition of

Peak."

Parcels from Europe.

Date.

1. Parcels not exceeding 11 tbs, in weight, 3 ft. 6 in. in length, or 6 ft. in length and girth combined will be received at the General Post Office, Victoria, for transmis- sion to and delivery at the Peak, and at the upper terminus of the Hongkong High Level Tramways Company, Limited, for transmission to and delivery in Victoria.

2. A uniform charge of 5 cents per parcel will be made.

3. Parcels for the Peak will be received at the General Post Office every day (Sundays and Holidays excepted) between 10 A.M. and 2.30 P.M., will be conveyed to the Peak by the 3.30 P.M. tram and will be delivered (when possible) the same day.

Parcels from the Peak for Victoria will be received at the upper terminus of the Hongkong High Level Tramways Company, Limited, every day (Sundays and Holidays excepted) between 8.45 A.M. and 9.45 A.M., will be conveyed to Victoria by the 10 A.M. tram and will be delivered (when possible) the same day.

4. No parcel will be accepted for transmission by Peak Parcel Post unless the postage is prepaid by means of ordinary adhesive postage stamps which must be affixed by the sender himself.

5. Parcels for the Peak must be taken into the General Post Office and handed in over the registration counter facing Queen's Road. Parcels from the Peak must be handed in at the Office at the upper terminus of the Hongkong High Level Tramways Company, Limited.

6. It is advisable that parcels should bear the words "Peak Parcel Post."

7. The full address of a parcel must be clearly written on the outer wrapper. If a "tie-on" label is used, the address must be written on the cover as well.

8. A receipt will be given for each parcel handed in.

9. The Postmaster General may refuse to receive any parcel.

10. The Posmaster General may require a declaration of the contents of any parcel. 11. Parcels containing anything explosive or any living creature will not be accepted.

12. No parcels containing fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, butter, ice, eggs or other market produce will be accepted.

13. All parcels accepted for the Peak Parcel Post shall be at sender's risk, and the Postmaster General shall not be liable to make good any claim arising out of the con- veyance of a parcel sent by the Peak Parcel Post.

14. In order to facilitate the return of parcels which cannot be delivered, it is most desirable that the name and address of the sender should appear on the outside of every parcel. If a parcel which cannot be delivered bears on the cover the name and address of the sender, the sender will be notified that the parcel cannot be delivered, and, upon presenting the original receipt at the General Post Office, will have the parcel returned to him. If an undelivered parcel does not bear on the cover the name and address of the sender, no attempt will be made to trace the sender, but the parcel will be advertised in two consecutive issues of the Hongkong Government Gazette, and if not claimed within one month of the last advertisement, will be dealt with in such manner as the Post- master General may direct.

15. The Postmaster General shall have power to delay parcels when it is necessary to do so in order to secure the due despatch or distribution of mails.

16. The word “Peak in these regulations embraces the whole of the Peak District with the exception of that portion known as Magazine Gap; and the interpretation of the term "Peak" shall be in the absolute discretion of the Postmaster General.

17. Parcels which arrive from Europe or elsewhere by Parcel Post and are addressed to the Peak, will not be transmitted by Peak Parcel Post except upon the conditions set forth above.

18. These regulations will come into force from and after the 1st day of October, 1894.

By Command,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th September, 1894.