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ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1887 . 2087


Post Office.


PARCEL POST.

BRITISH PACKET. GERMAN
Viâ London. PACKET.
ΤΟ Direct.
PROHIBITED CONTENTS.
0 to 2 to 6 to
2 lb. 6 lb. 11 lb. 0 to 7 or 11 lb.

$ c. $ c. $ c. $ c.
Algeria and Corsica, 1.20 1.70 ... Coins, arms, ammunition, medicines, plants, vines,
gold, silver, jewellery, lace.
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Austro-Hungary, ...... 1.10 1.60 ... 1.20 (11 b .) Letters. Lottery tickets.
Azores, Is., 1.20 1.20 Letters. Coins, tobacco, vines, plants.
Belgium,. 1.00 1.50 2.00 1.20 ( 11 b.) Letters.
Beyrout, ........ 0.70 1.10 1.50 Letters. Fire-arms, tobacco.
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Bulgaria, 1.00 1.30 Letters. Lottery tickets, coins, arms, ammunition,
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tobacco, plants, vines, drugs.
Cameroons, 1.10 1.40
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Congo Free State, 1.10 1.30 1.60 Letters.
Constantinople, ** S... 1.00 2.20 3.80
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Costa Rica,... 0.90 1.40 2.10 Letters. Arms.
Danish West Indies,... 0.70 1.20 1.70 Letters.
Denmark, 1.10 1.60 ... 1.20 (11 b.) Letters. Lottery tickets and prospectuses.
France, 1.00 1.50 ... 1.20 (7 fb.)
French Colonies, ‡ § ... 1.40 1.70 Letters, arms, ammunition, tobacco, plants, vines, gold,
silver, jewellery, lace.
Germany, 1.00 1.50 1.10 (11 tb.) 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 (11 tb. ) Letters.
Italy § (riâ France), 1.10 1.60 ... ... Letters. Tobacco, vines or parts of vines, arms,
chemical compounds, rags.
Luxemburg, 1.00 1.50 2.00 1.20 ( 11 fb.) Letters .
Madeira, 1.00 1.00 Letters . Coins, tobacco , vines, plants.
Norway, 1.00 1.50 2.00 1.50 (11 tb.) Letters .
Portugal (ria Lisbon), 0.90 0.90 ... 1.50 (7 b . ) Letters . Coins, tobacco , vines, plants.
Servia, 0.90 1.10 ... Letters. Vines.
Smyrna, …………….. 1.00 2.20 3.80 Letters . Materials for gunpowder, plants, arms to
bacco.
Spain, § 1.00 1.00 1.40 (7 fb.) Letters. Arms, ammunition, books, maps, plants,
rosaries, relics, plants.
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Sweden, 1.00 1.70 ... 1.50 (7 lb.) Letters. Gold, silver, drugs .
Switzerland , 1.10 1.60 1.20 (11 b. ) Letters.

Parcels must not exceed 2 ft. in length, or 4 ft. in length and girth combined.
Diego Suarez, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Nessi- Bé , Réunion, 8 Marie de Madagascar, Senegal, Tripoly
Tunis.
** Parcels not exceeding 6 lb. in weight can be sent at the same rates to the Austrian and French Post Offices in Turkey, information as to which,
can be had on application.
1.- Parcels must not exceed 2 feet in length, breadth, or depth. Those intended for the German
packet must be so directed.
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.
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.
GENERAL RULES.-Parcels must be posted before 3 P.M. on the working day next before the departure
of the packet. A receipt will be given for each. A declaration of contents and
value is required , except for the places the names of which are printed in italics.
The form is supplied free. 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 declarations
expose the parcel to the risk of confiscation.
GENERAL POST OFFICE HONGKONG 15TH APRIL, 1888.