the-ordinances-of-the-legislative-counci-1890 — Page 556

520 ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1862 .


Post Office.


And so on in progression an additional two rates being charged for every
additional ounce or fraction of an ounce.

And for every newspaper or price current the sum of one penny.
Masters of ships 12. The Postmaster General is hereby authorized to receive from masters of
to receive two
pence on each
letter brought. vessels not being Government vessels, or Post Office packets, all correspondence and
shall allow and pay to masters of such vessels a sum of two pence for each letter or
pamphlet or such like packet and one-half penny for each newspaper brought to or
delivered at the General Post Office from any place beyond the limits of the Colony ;
upon and when and as soon as such master shall have made the declaration in schedule
B hereto annexed , which every such master shall make before the Postmaster General,
and no master of a vessel or other person shall be allowed to deliver any letter brought
to the said Colony, except to the Postmaster General or his deputy at the General
Post Office, save and except correspondence as under the provisions hereinbefore con
tained may be otherwise delivered. The sums so paid by the Postmaster General or
his deputy shall be charged in his account against this Colony.

Postage in cases 13. The postage of all correspondence not provided for by this Ordinance shall
not provided for,
and of seamens' be fixed from time to time by an order under the hand of His Excellency the Governor
and soldiers'
letters.
and published in the Hongkong Government Gazette. Provided that all single letters
received or sent by seamen or soldiers shall subject to the same provisions as here
tofore, be charged with such reduced rates of postage as they have hitherto been
charged in this Colony.

Master of vessels 14. In case of the arrival of any vessel in the harbour of Victoria having any mail
to deliver mails
without delay. on board of which the delivery shall not have been demanded, the master shall forth
with without unnecessary delay deliver to the Postmaster General or to his deputy at
Penalty. the Post Office all mail bags, boxes and packages brought by such vessel ; and every
master of a vessel offending against this provision shall for every such offence forfeit a
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars , recoverable before a Police Magistrate.
Persons propos 15. Every person or firm proposing to dispatch a vessel to any port or place out
ing to despatch
vessel to give
notice to the of this Colony, excepting the ports or places on the Canton River and Macao, shall, so
Postmaster Ge
neral. soon as any day or hour is named for the departure of such vessel, give the first inti
mation of such proposed departure to the Postmaster General by forwarding to him a
copy of any circular or advertisement by which it is intended to apprise the public of
such departure, and shall, in like manner, intimate to the Postmaster General any al

teration in the hour of departure of the said vessel , and the Postmaster General shall ,
on receiving such intimations, give notice to the public of the day and hour when mails
will be made up by such vessel ; and any person or firm failing to give the information
above provided for to the Postmaster General shall , for every such offence, forfeit a
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars recoverable before a Police Magistrate, unless
the Postmaster General on a representation made to him of the circumstances of the
case consent, with the sanction of His Excellency the Governor, to waive the enforce -
ment of such penalty.