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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH DECEMBER, 1892.
PARCEL POST.
GERMAN PAcket. Direct.
1055
PROHIBITED CONTENTS,
0 to 2 tb.
2 to 7 lb. 7 to 11 b.
0 to 7 10 to 11 lb.
$ c.
$ c.
C.
$ c.
Algeria and Corsica, §......
1.20
1.70
Argentine Republic, §.
1.50
2.25
Austro-Hungary,
1.10
1.60
1.20
Letters, lottery tickets.
Azores Is.,
1.40
1.90
Belgium,
1.00
1.50
2.00
1.20
Letters.
Beyrout, **
0.90
1.60
2.30
Bosnia, Herzegovina & Novi Bazar,...
1.30
1.90
Bulgaria,
1.40
1.90
Cameroons,
1.60
2.10
Chili, §
1.90
2.40
Colombia,
1.40
2.40
3.20
Congo Free State,
1.10
1.30
1.60
Constantinople, **
0.70
1.50
2.20
Costa Rica, **
1.30
2.20
3.00
Danish West Indies,
1.20
1.90
2.70
Denmark,
1.10
1.60
1.20
**
Egypt, (Direct),
0.40
1.00
1.50
Finland, §
1.10
3.10
France,
1.00
1.50*
1.20
French Colonies, ‡ §..
1.70
2.20
French & Austrian Offices in Turkey, §
1.40
1.90
Germany,
1.00
1.50
1.10
Greek Ports, (viâ Hamburg),§|
1.20
1.40
Heligoland,
1.00
1.50
Holland,
1.00
1.50
2.00
1.20
Italy § (via France),
1.10
1.60
Luxemburg,
1.00
1.50
2.10
1.20
Letters.
Madeira,
1.15
1.90
Mauritius, **
1.20
1.90
......
Letters.
Norway,
1.00
1.50
2.00
1.50
Letters.
Portugal (via Lisbon),
1.20
1.70
1.50
Roumania,.
1.30
1.80
Samoa and Tonga,
1.70
2.80
Servia,
1.30
1.80
Seychelles, **
1.20
1.90
Smyrna, **
0.70
1.50
2.20
Spain, §.......
1.20
1.70
1.40
Sweden,.
1.00
1.70
1.50
Switzerland,
1.10
1.60
1.20
Tahiti, §
2.20
3.30
Uruguay, §
1.75
2.50
3.10
Coins, arms, ammunition, medicines, plants,
vines, gold, silver, jewellery, lace.
Letters, vine plants, gold, silver, jewellery.
Letters, coins, tobacco, vines, plants.
Letters, fire-arms, tobacco.
Letters, foreign lottery tickets, plants.
Letters, lottery tickets, coins, arms, am-
munition, tobacco, plants, vines, drugs. Letters, liquids.
Letters, plants, arms and implements of
war, articles injurious to health. Letters, liquids, arms.
Letters
Fire-arms, tobacco, salt.
Letters, arms.
Letters.
Letters, lottery tickets, prospectuses.
Letters, arms, ammunition, liquids.
Letters, arms, spirits, coins,
Letters, arms, ammunition, medicines,
foreign bronze coins, plants, gold, silver. Letters, arms, ammunition, tobacco,
plants, vines, gold, silver, jewellery, lace. Letters, tobacco, salt, fire-arms.
Letters, plants with roots, vines or parts
of vines, socialistic books.
Letters, plants, dangerous articles, liquids,
gold, silver, jewellery.
Letters, plants with roots, vines or parts
of vines, socialistic books. Letters.
Letters, tobacco, vines or parts of vines,
arms, chemical compounds, rags.
Letters, coins, tobacco, vines, plants.
Letters, coins, tobacco, vines, plants,
Letters, plants (except seeds and dried
roots).
Same as Germany.
Letters, vines.
Letters, gold, silver, jewellery.
Letters, materials for gunpowder, plants,
arms, tobacco.
Letters, arms, ammunition, books, maps,
plants, rosaries, relics.
Letters, gold, silver, drugs.
Letters.
Letters, gold, silver, jewellery.
Letters, lottery tickets, liquids, vines.
§ Parcels must not exceed 2 ft. in length, or 4 ft. in length and girth combined.
I Diego Suarez, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Nossi-Bé, Réunion, S. Marie de Madagascar, Senegal, Tripoli, Tunis. ** Parcels must not exceed 3 feet 6 inches in length, or 5 feet in greatest length and girth combined.
1.-Parcels must not exceed 2 feet in length, breadth, or depth. Those intended for the German Packet must be so directed. 2.-Each Parcel must be sealed in such a way as to render it impossible that it should be opened without detection. The sender must supply a declaration of the nature, value, and net weight of the contents, and of the gross weight of the Parcel. 3.-A small charge, not exceeding six cents, may be made for Custom House purposes on the delivery of the Parcel. Except Customs dues, this is the only charge the addressee will have to pay.
GENERAL RULES.-Parcels must be posted before 3 P.M. on the working day next before the departure of the Packet. A receipt will be given for each. A declaration of contents and value is required, except for places the names of which are printed in italics. The form is supplied free. Parcels may be sealed, but any parcel, even though sealed, is liable to be opened for examination. Dangerous or perishable goods, opium, articles likely to injure the mails, liquids (unless securely packed) and fragile packages are prohibited. No parcel must exceed $250 in value. same address as that of the Parcel itself (except in cases where enclosure of letters is prohibited) or another Parcel to that A Parcel may contain a letter to the address, but no other enclosure. Declarations of Contents must be complete and accurate. Every thing in the Parcel should be entered. False declarations expose the Parcel to the risk of confiscation.
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