1054 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH DECEMBER, 1892.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
POSTAGE.
Το
LIMIT OF
WEIGHT.
First
Each
LIMIT OF Size.
PROHIBITED Contents.
Subsequent
Hongkong, China, Siam,
lb.
S=
11
lb. lb.
cents. cents.
5
5
2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft.
Opium.
Japan, Corea,..
5
Cochin-China, Cambodge, Tonking, Annam,
11
5
10 10
10 10
5
5
Do. Do.
Straits Settlements, Burmah, Ceylon, India, 11
15
15
Do.
Explosive matter, letters, li-
quids, opium.
Do., and not smaller than | Opium.
3 in. by 2 in., by 2 in.
British North Borneo,...
11
5
5
3 ft. 6 in. long, or 6 ft. in greatest
length and girth combined.
Malta,
.(Direct),...
11
20
Gibraltar,
..Do........
United Kingdom, viâ
Gibraltar only,.
11
Africa, West Coast, T
(viâ London),
11
Ascension,.
..do.........
Bahamas,
.....do......................
Bermuda,..
.do.......
11
British Bechuanaland,
.do..........
7
22 939 93
20
20
20
25
20
40
35
35
40
35
40
35
55
22 38 38
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
30
Do.
Do.
Do.
50
Do.
British Guiana,
.do.......
11
40
British Honduras,.
..do........ 11
35
Cape Town,
..do..... 11
40
Cape Colony,
.do........ 11
45
Cyprus,
..do......... 11
45
Fiji,
.do........ 11
45
Mombasa, Lamu, (Br. E. Africa),.....do.,..........
45
Natal,
..............do.......
7
New Hebrides,
..do........ 11
New Zealand,
11
Newfoundland,
New South Wales,.
Queensland,
do........ 11 .(viâ Ceylon), 11 (viâ London),
11
St. Helena, Tristan d'Acunha, ......do.,......
11
Tangier,
11 35
Tasmania,
Transvaal,
South Australia,
..do.,................ 11 ..do.,. .(viâ Ceylon),
11
Victoria (Australia),
..do.......] 11
Western Australia,
Port Darwin,
..do........ .(Direct),.......
11
Windward and Leeward Is.,†
Barbados, Trinidad,...... f
(viâ London),
11
Canada,
...do...................... 7
Jamaica, Turks' Is.,
11
Mexico,
..do.........
11
9 39 999 99 8 9 98933 9388 389
30
35
25
45
60
40
40
30
45
35
40
55
30
30
30
30
35
∞ ∞ & & & & & & *** * * 10 AND 832 &
Do.
Arms.
Tobacco, except for personal use,
copyright books.
Specie or ostrich feathers. Dangerous articles, liquids (unless se- curely packed), contraband articles. Letters, jewellery, gold, silver. Letters, Squids (unless securely packed) speede, bullion, gold-dust, nuggets, os- trich feathers, tobacco stalks, extracts or essences of coffee, tea, chicory, or to- baeco, fruit, planta, cuttings, bulbs or
roots. Counterfeit
money, dutiable articles, spirits, cigara, snuff, tobacco, opium, ganje, charas, chang, cannabis indies.
30
Do.
Do.
Letters, plants, nuggets, tobacco,
tea.
40
Do.
Do.
Do.
Coins, tobacco.
45
Do.
Letters, dangerous articles, li-
quids.
30
Do.
40
Do.
Letters, gold, silver, ostrich
feathers, fire-arms.
40
Do.
Letters. liquids (unless securely
40
Do.
30
Do.
******
30
Do.
packed).
Letters, perishable goods, li-
quids.
Letters.
40
Do.
Letters, liquids (unless securely pack.
ed), tobacco, spirits, opium.
30
Do.
Books copyright in the United
Kingdom.
30
Do.
Arms, munitions of war, to-
40
Do.
bacco, opium pipes.
Letters.
Same as British Bechuanaland.
50
Do.
30
Do.
Letters.
30
Do.
Letters, vines, opium, spirits,
tobacco.
30
Do.
Letters.
30
Do.
Letters.
30
Do.
40
35
2 ft. by 1 ft., by 1 ft.
Liquids (unless securely packed), oleo-
margarine, butterine, books copy- right in Canada.
40
35
2 ft. long, or 4 ft. in length
Letters.
and girth combined..
45
35
Do.
Letters, liquids, lottery tickets,
circulars.
And Indian Offices, viz.: Aden, Bagdad, Bander Abas, Busrah, Bushire, Guadar, Jask, Kashmir, Lings, Muscat, Zanzibar. Acera, Bathhurst, Cape Coast Castle, Lagos, Quittah, Sierra Leone.
+ Antigas, Montserrat, & Kita, Nevis, Dominica, Virgin Is., Grenada, S. Lucia, S. Vincent, Tobago.
1. To the UNITED KINGDOM AND PLACES BEYOND.-Parcels are forwarded by P. & O. packet only, and arrive in London about eight days later than the Mail. No further charge is made on delivery except for Customs Dues.
Duties in the United Kingdom. 6/0 per lb.
Cigars,
Tea,
Duties cannot be prepaid by the sender.
6d. per lb.
2.-Compensation not exceeding £1 under any circumstances will be paid in case of loss of or damage to a Parcel forwarded to, from or through the United Kingdom.
3. TO INDIA.-By P. & O. and Indian Mail packets only.
4.-TO AUSTRALIA.-By P. & O. packet viâ Ceylon only, except Port Darwin Direct. 5.-Parcels for the United Kingdom and India may be insured at the following rates:-
$ 25,... 50,
.fee $0.20
0.40
75,..
0.60
多多
$100,......
..fee $0.80
125,.....
1.00
29
150,..........
1.20
""
175,............ 99 1.40
GENERAL POST OFFICE, HONGKONG, 1st December, 1892.
$200,.
.fee $1.60
225,
1.80
250,..
2.00
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