THE KONGKONG, GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6тH*JANUARY, 1866.
The following are the feduced rates of Postage on Letters posted at this Office to be sent via Southampton drough the United Kingdom to Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
Destination.
1st
to
Denmark, Sweden,
Norway,..
Not exceeding
an once in weight
cents.
30
34.
38.
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Above ounce
and not exceeding
"
1 ounce.
cents.
to
68
76
Above I ounce and not exceeding
11 ounces.
cents.
90
$1.02
1.14
A
Every additional
ounce.
cents.
30
34
38.
The postage on these Letters may be paid in advance, or it may be left to be paid on the delivery of the Letters, at the be option of the sender, but unpaid letters will be liable to an increased charge on delivery.
Letters addressed to any of these Countries may be registered for a fee of 24 cents each in addition to the postage; but upon all such letters the postage fnust be paid in advance.
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Patterns or Samples of Merchandize may also, in future, be sent to Denmark, at the same rates of postage as Books and Newspapers, viz.
Not exceeding 2 ounces in weight.
8 cents.
For a Newspaper, Book packet or Packet of Patterns.
Above 2 ounces
and not exceeding 4 ounces.
16 cents.
Above 4 ounces and not excceding 6 ounces.
24 cents.
Above 6 ounces and not exceeding 1lb. 32 cents.
And for every additional 2 ounces 8 cents.
Packets of Patterns are subject to the following regulations:—
1st. The Patterns or Samples must not be of intrinsic value. This rule excludes all articles of a saleable nature, and, indeed, whatever may have a value of its own, apart from its mere use as a Pattern or Sample; and the quantity of any material sent ostensibly as a Pattern or Sample must not be so great that it can fairly be considered as having, on this ground,
an intrinsic value.
2nd. Thiere mest be no writing or printing, in addition to the address of the person for whom the packet is intended, ande address of the sender, other than a trade mark and numbers, and the prices of the articles; and these particulars must in all cases be given, not on loose pieces of paper, but on small labels attached to the Samples, or the bags containing them. ior
3rd. The Patterns or Syfnples must be sent in covers open at the ends, so as to be easy of examination. Samples, however, of seeds, drugs, and so forth, which cannot be sent in open covers, may be enclosed in bags of linen or other material, tied at the neck; or the bags may be entirely closed provided that they be transparent, so that the Officers of the Post Office may be able to satisfy themselves as to the nature of the contents.
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4th. No article likely to injure the contents of the Mail Bags, or the person of any Officer of the Post Office, may be sent through the Post as a Pattern; but the rule is so far relaxed in this case as to permit Patterns of Scissors, Knives, Razors, Forks, and such like articles to be forwarded, provided they be packed and guarded in so secure a manner as to afford complete protection to the contents of the Mail bags, whilst, at the same time, the Patterns may be easily examined.
5th. No packet of Patterns or Samples must exceed two feet in length, one foot in breadth or depth, or three pounds in weight.
If either of the foregoing rules be infringed, the packet will not be forwarded.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 1st January, 1866.
F. W. MITCHELL,
Post Master General.
ict.
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WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK.
REGISTER AT HARBOUR MASTER'S OFFICE, QUEEN'S ROAD.
6 A.M.
NOON.
6 P.M.
1805.
Barometer.
Thermometer. Barometer. Thermometer. Barometer.
Thermometer.
December 30
29.03
68
29.96
31
30.07
30.05
1868. Jan.
30.07
66
• 30.10
30 05
64
30.04
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30.05
65
30.05
he
";
30.13
64
30.09
th
30.10
63.
30.03
RCSS853
73
67
30.00 30.05
67
30.08
67
30.07
66
64
30.10 30.07
65
30.00
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72
68
66
67
66
65
64
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DATE.
BAROMETER.
REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK.
Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.
HYDROMETER,
WET BULR.
DRY PULB.
A.M.
9 A.M.
NOON.
3 P.M.
6 P.M.
GA.M.
NOON.
6 r..
GAM.
NOON.
THER-
MOMETER.
Self le- gistering
Min. Mass
Noon.
WINDS.
Force, range from 0 to 12.
Noox
REMARKS AS TO WEATHER.
6 A.M.
6 P.M.
Dim.! F. Dira. F
Dirn.
7.
1865.
Dec. 30 28.25 28.26/28.26/28.25 28.24 60.80'70.00 64.00 63.00 €3.30 63,00/52.30 72.40|5
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61 28.24,28 29/25.29|88.25|28.26 61.00 54.30 55.00 59.00 34.00 54.00 59.00 60.00 EUN
1866.
2
1
1
Fine throughout...
2
Clear, from 8 A.M. dense fog.
k.
Jan.
1 28.28 28.3
25.2128.26 55.00'56.00'55.00 54.30 66,00 54.00359.00 60.00 E
3
Ebs
2
Dense fog.
2 28.28 28.33 28.
bend
3.2428.24 55.00 56.30 56.30 55,00 56.4%) 56.00 54.00 72.80 E
3 E
2
Dense fog until noon, then passing fog.
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3 23.32 28.37 28
W
28.28 55.0055.00 58.00 54.30 53.30 55.00 53.50 G6 96/NE
2
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4 28.
pre
55.00 55.50 52.00 49.00 53.50 51.00₹ 18.00 62.00 N ||28.30|28 25′28.25 49.30 55.00'52.20 49.00.51.00 51:50 49.00 63.00₤EUN
1 R
3 E
2, NW
3 E
UD 19
2
CO
3
3 FUN
2 EN
จ
Dense fog until 19.30 AM., then clear. Fine throughout.*
1 Dense fog until 9 4.M., then clear.
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