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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND SEPTEMBER, 1894.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.- No. 360.

The following is published.

By Command,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.

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

PARCEL POST TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THE PRINCIPAL

COUNTRIES OF EUROPE.

Insurance against Loss or Damage.

It is hereby notified that on and after the 1st October, 1894, Parcels by Parcel Post addressed to any place in the United Kingdom or the principal countries of Europe will be accepted for insurance at the General Post Office and its Agencies in China upon the terms and conditions following:-

Terms and Conditions of Insurance.

1. "Parcel" means packet or parcel posted as a parcel and addressed to any place in the United Kingdom or the principal countries of Europe in accordance with the Regulations for the time being in force in the Colony for the transmission of parcels by Post.

2. No parcel shall be insured for a sum exceeding $500.

3. No indemnity for loss or damage whatever will be given in respect of any parcel which contains any article or thing prohibited by the Regulations for the time being in force for the trans- mission of parcels by Post.

4. If any article of pecuniary value enclosed in or forming part of a parcel be lost or damaged whilst in the custody of the Postmaster General, the Postmaster General may pay to any person or persons who may, in his opinion, establish a reasonable claim to indemnity (having regard to the nature of the article, the care with which it was packed, and other circumstances) such sum as he may think just but in accordance with the following scale:-

SCALE OF FEES AND INDEMNITY,

When, in addition to the Postage, there has been paid to the Postmaster General or his agent an Insurance fee of-

The Postmaster General may give indem- nity for loss or damage to an amount not exceeding the sum of-

cents.

20

30

40

50

60

120

240

360

480

500

5. In order that a parcel may be accepted for Insurance its contents must be securely packed and enclosed in a reasonably strong case, wrapper or cover securely fastened and of a nature calculated to preserve the contents from loss or damage in the post.

6. The sender should enter on the cover of every insured parcel the amount for which it is insured which must in no case be more than its real value. Every parcel for insurance must also be sealed, so that it cannot be opened without either breaking the seals or leaving an obvious trace of violation. It is desirable that the seals should bear the impression of some private mark of the sender.

7. Upon payment of the fee specified in the Scale of Fees and Indemnity, the sender of a parcel shall be entitled to a Certificate of Insurance or to a receipt for the amount paid in such form as the Postmaster General may prescribe.