ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1887.
Post Office,
RATES OF POSTAGE.
IN HONGKONG, and at BRITISH POST OFFICES IN CHINA.
The Post Office declines all responsibility for unregistered covers containing bank notes, coin, or jewellery; and, where registration has been neglected, WILL MAKE NO ENQUIRIES into alleged losses of such covers.
Letters, per oz.
Post Cards, each.
Books, Patterns, and Commercial Papers, per 2 oz.
Newspapers and Prices Current, each.
Registration.
Return Receipt for Registered Article.
Cochin-China,...........
Corea,
Japan,
Between Hongkong, Canton and Macao,) (c.)
and for local delivery,
To China, (or from China to Hongkong), (c.)
Philippine Islands..........................................................
Siam direct, ..............................................................(e.)
Tonquin, .....................................................................
cents. 2
cents.
cents.
2
2
} (d.)]
10
CANNOT
BE
SENT.
VIA TORRES STRAITS,
10
CANNOT
BE
SENT.
VIA CEYLON,
30
N
5
CANNOT
BE
SENT.
To Natal and Cape Colony, ..........................(f.)
30
To all other places,
10
3 (.)
cents.
5
(بی)
cents.
10
NOT ISSUED.
NOT
10
ISSUED.
2
10
5
(90)
(a.) COMMERCIAL PAPERS are documents wholly or partly written by hand, not being letters, such as invoices, deeds, copied music, &c. All packets of and under 1 oz. weight are charged 5 cents each.
(b.) Not to exceed 4 oz. in weight, otherwise the rate is per 4 oz. for newspapers, and per 2 oz. for other printed matter.
(c.) Prepayment is compulsory.
(d.) Wholly unpaid letters from Canton or Macao are charged as if from other ports of China.
(e.) Letters for Siam via Singapore, 10 cents per half ounce.
(f.) REGISTRATION IN CHINA extends to Hongkong, Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Shanghai and Hankow only.
(g.) Cannot be sent to countries not in the Postal Union.
Order made by the Governor in Council under the provisions of section 8 of The Post Office Ordinance, 1887, the 19th and gazetted the 21st April, 1888.
Under the powers granted by section 8 of Ordinance 1 of 1887, the Governor in Council is pleased to order that the provisions of the Parcel Post be extended to the Colonies of Victoria, and South and West Australia; to the West Coast of Africa, the Austrian and French post offices in Turkey, the Azores Islands, Beyrout, Bulgaria, the Cameroons, Costa Rica, French Colonies, Madeira, and Servia; and that the table hereto annexed be the table of rates of postage for the parcel post till further notice.
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ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1887.
Post Office,
RATES OF POSTAGE.
IN HONGKONg, and at BrITISH POST OFFICES IN CHINA.
The Post Office declines all responsibility for unregistered covers containing bank notes, coin, or jewellery; and, where registration has been neglected, WILL MAKE NO ENQUIRIES into alleged losses of such covers.
Letters, per oz.
Post Cards, each.
Books, Patterns, and Commer- cial Papers, per 2 oz.
(a.)
Newspapers and Prices Current, each.
(6.)
Registration.
Return Receipt for Registered
Article.
Cochin-China,...........
Corea,
95
Japan,
Between Hongkong, Canton and Macao,) (c.)
and for local delivery,
To China, (or from China to Hongkong), (c.)
Philippine Islands..........................................................
cents.
2
cents.
cents.
cents.
2
2
} (d.)]
Siam direct,
..(e.)
Tonquin,
ཆ མ མ ང
To Australia,
VIA TORRES STRAITS,
10
CANNOT
New Zealand,.......
(c)
BE
Tasmania, Fiji,.....
SENT.
VIA CEYLON,
30
N
ลง
5
CANNOT
To Natal and Cape Colony,
..(0.)
30
BE
SENT.
To all other places,
10
3 (.)
cents.
5
ཟའ
(بی)
cents.
10
NOT ISSUED.
NOT
10
ISSUED.
2
10
5
(90)
(a.) COMMERCIAL PAPERS are documents wholly or partly written by hand, not being letters, such as invoices, deeds, copied music, &c. All packets of and under 1 oz. weight are charged 5 cents each.
(b.) Not to exceed 4 oz. in weight, otherwise the rate is per 4 oz. for newspapers, and per 2 oz. for
other printed matter.
(.) Prepayment is compulsory.
(d.) Wholly unpaid letters from Canton or Macao are charged as if from other ports of China.
(e.) Letters for Siam via Singapore, 10 cents per half ounce.
(f.) REGISTRATION IN CHINA extends to Hollow, Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Shanghai
and Hankow only.
(g.) Cannot be sent to countries not in the Postal Union.
Order made by the Governor in Council under the provisions of section 8 of The Post Office Ordinance, 1887, the 19th and gazetted the 21st April, 1888.
Under the powers granted by section 8 of Ordinance 1 of 1887, the Governor in Council is pleased to order that the provisions of the Parcel Post be extended to the Colonies of Victoria, and South and West Australia; to the West Coast of Africa, the Austrian and French post offices in Turkey, the Azores Islands, Beyrout, Bulgaria, the Cameroons, Costa Rica, French Colonies, Madeira, and Servia; and that the table hereto annexed be the table of rates of postage for the parcel post till further notice.
2085
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