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No. 199.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND SEPTEMBER, 1877. 427

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Order made by His Excellency Governor POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., in Council, under "The Post Office Ordinance, 1876," is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th September, 1877.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

ORDER OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

the 17th day of September, 1877.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

Whereas by "The Post Office Ordinance, 1876," it is provided, amongst other things, that the Governor in Council may, from time to time, by Order under his hand determine the Rates of Postage to be charged upon all correspondence sent by post from the General Post Office of the Colony, or received from places outside the Colony, and the Scale of Weights according to which such Rates are to be charged.

Now, therefore, His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Esquire, C.M.G., in Council, by virtue of the powers in that behalf by the said Ordinance or otherwise in him vested, is pleased to order, that the Rates of Postage and Scale of Weights shall, until further notice, be according to the Table hereunto annexed, and that a Notification at any time hereafter in the Gazette of information received by the Governor after the date of this Order that any Country has joined the Postal Union shall, unless Notification be given to the contrary, be sufficient to authorize the Rates of Postage to or from such Country to be altered and collected according to the rates for the time being in force for Countries similarly circumstanced.

Approved in Council,

J. POPE HENNESSY, Governor.

J. M. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Acting Clerk of Councils.

TABLE OF RATES OF POSTAGE

AND

SCALE OF WEIGHTS.

LETTERS,

REGISTRATION,

PER OZ.

12 cents. 18

8 cents.

NEWSPAPERS AND PRICES CURRENT.

2 cents. Cannot be sent.

BOOKS AND PATTERNS, PER 2 OZ.

4 cents. Letter Rate.

19

PAID

UNPAID

16 cents. 22

8 cents.

4 cents. Cannot be sent.

6 cents. Letter Rate.

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General Rates of Postage to or from the Countries of the Postal Union,..... Exceptional Rates to or from the Countries marked (16) viâ Brindisi only,..

PAID

UNPAID

Less the valve of the Stamps, if any.

COUNTRIES OF THE POSTAL UNION:

*Aden.

Cayenne,

.(16)

Hongkong and Agencies.

Martinique,

Algeria.

Ceylon.

Hungary.

Mauritius.

Angola.

Annobon.

e C

Chandernagore.

Iceland.

Mayotte,

..(16)

St. Pierre et Miquelon. Straits Settlements.

Surinam,

...(16)

Caba,

..(16)

*India.

Mozambique.

Sweden.

Argentin

infederation, (16)

Curaçoa,

..(16)

Italy.

*Muscat.

Switzerland.

Austria

Denmark and Colonies.

Jamaica,.

.(16)

Azores Islands,................................(16)

Dutch Guiana.

Japan, (Local Rates).

Bagdad.

Egypt.

Karikal.

Balearic Islands.

Faroe Islands.

*Kashmir.

Norway.

Barbary, (Via Brindisi).

Fernando Po,

.(16)

Lahuan.

Bassora.

Batavia.

Finland.

*Ladak.

France and Colonies.

*Linga.

Belgium.

French Guiana,

...(16)

Low Islands.

Netherlands and Colonies.

Netherlands India.

New Caledonia.

*Persia.

Philippine Islands, (Local).

Pondicherry.

Porto Rico,

Tahiti,

Tangiers.

Tetuan.

Bermuda,

.(16)

Gaboon,

.(16)

Luxemburg.

Brazil,

.(16)

Germany.

British Guiana,.

.(16)

Gibraltar.

Madagascar.

Mahé.

Buenos Ayres,::

.(16)

Goa.

Madeira,.

SUNGTON

*Bunder Abas,

Greece.

*Bushire.

*Cabul.

Greenland,

.(16)

Guadeloupe,.

.(16)

Canary Islands,

(16)

*Gwadur.

Cape Verde Islands.

Holland.

Malta.

Manila, (Local Rates).

*Mandalay.

Marian Islands.

Marquesas Islands,

Timor.

Trinidad,

..(16)

Tripoli, (Via Brindisi).

Tunis.

.(16)

Turkey.

Portugal and Colonies.

United Kingdom,.

.(16)

Réunion.

Roumania.

.(16)

Russia.

United States; •

West Indies, Danish,

French, Spanish.

.(16)

Saigon, (also see Local).

Yanaon.

Senegal,

...(16)

*Zanzibar./

Servia.

Seychelles.

Spain and Colonies.