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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH JULY, 1887.

TO THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE.

BRITISH PACKET

viâ London.

GERMAN PACKET. Direct.

769

PROHIBITED CONTENTS.

0 to 2 lb.

2 to 6 lb.

6 to 11 b.

0 to 11 lb.

$

C.

$ c.

$ c.

Austro-Hungary,

1.10

1.60

1.20

Letters. Lottery Tickets.

Belgium,

1.00

1.50

2.00

1.20

Letters.

Constantinople,.

1.00

2.20

3.80

Denmark,

1.10

1.60

1.20

Letters. Lottery Tickets

and Prospectuses.

France,

1.20

Germany,

1.00

1.50

1.10

Letters. Plants with roots, vines

or parts of vines, socialistic books.

Heligoland,

1.10

1.60

Holland,

1.00

1.50

2.00

1.20

Letters.

Italy, §

1.40

1.80

Letters. Tobacco, vines or parts of vines,

arms, chemical compounds, rags.

Luxemburg,

1.00

1.50

2.00

1.20

Letters.

Norway,

1.00

. 1.50

2.00

1.50

Lotters.

Portugal, (Continental),

1.50

Letters.

Spain,

1.40

Letters.

Sweden,..

1.00

1.70

1.50

Switzerland,

1.10

1.60

1.20

Letters. Manufactured Gold or Silver if alloyed. Drugs, except to specialists.

Letters.

$ Parcels for Italy must not exceed 2 ft. in length, or 4 ft. in length and girth combined.

1.-Parcels must not exceed 2 feet in fength, breadth, or depth. Those intended for the German Packet must be so directed, and, for the present will be sent by sea throughout to Bremerhaven, and by this route only.

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. The printed form for this declaration can be obtained at the Post Office. The package must not be of a fragile

nature.

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.

4.-Parcels must be posted before 3 P.M. on the working day next before the departure of the Packet.

GENERAL RULES.-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. A Parcel may contain a letter to the same address as that of the Parcel itself (except in cases where enclosure of letters is prohibited) or another Parcel to that address, but no other enclosure. Declarations of Contents must be complete and accurate. Everything in the Parcel should be entered. False declara- tions expose the Parcel to the risk of confiscation.

GENERAL Post Office, Hongkong, 1st July, 1887.

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