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HONG KONG POSTAL GUIDE

118. The Post Office is not legally liable for any loss or inconvenience which may arise from the damage, delay, non-delivery, mis-sending, or mis- delivery of any letter or other postal packet, but liability for actual loss or damage is accepted on certain conditions in the case of parcels and registered packets.

119. All complaints should be addressed to the Postinaster General, and the cover of any correspondence about which complaint is made should if possible be forwarded with such complaint. When correspondence has been missent or delayed (both of which are liable to happen occasionally), all that the complainant need do is to write on the cover, Sent to....

or Delivered

ut...........

or Not received till....

as the case may be, and forward it without any note or letter whatever, to the Postmaster General. Attention to this would save much writing and needless trouble.

120. As full information regarding articles that can and that cannot be sent by Post is published, under the proper heads, in the Postal Guide, no appli- cation will be entertained for the refund of the value of postage stamps on cor- respondence which is discovered, after the postage stamps have been obliterated, to contain any prohibited article, or which exceeds the limit of weight, or which for any other reason cannot be forwarded and has consequently to be returned to the sender, and any loss resulting from a non-observance of the Rules by the sender of an article must be borne by him.

PARCEL POST.

121. For rates of postage, maximum dimensions and weight, prohibited articles, etc., see Appendix IV.

122.-No packet can be accepted by the Post Office for transmission by Parcel Post unless the postage at the current rates is paid. The postage stamps should be affixed by the sender to the cover of the parcel at the right-hand upper corner on the face.

123. In order that a packet may be sent by Parcel Post it must be pre- sented at the counter of a Post Office for transmission as a parcel and must bear the words "Parcel Post" written conspicuously on the upper left-hand corner. It must also bear the name and address of the sender on the bottom left-hand corner of the face of the cover. The parcel must not be left until the weight, size and postage have been tested by the officer who accepts it, and a receipt of its posting obtained. If a "tie on" label is used, the address must nevertheless be written on the cover as well.

124.-If a packet, which either bears the words "Parcel Post, or from its appearance seems to be intended for transmission as a parcel, is not posted in accordance with these rules it is treated as a letter if it is

letter if it is fully prepaid at the letter rates and is otherwise in accordance with the Letter Post rules. If such parcel is not fully prepaid at the letter rate it will be returned to the sender.

125.-Parcels for Europe, America and Australia must be posted before 5 p.m. on the working day next before the departure of the steamer, or as advertised in the Post Office Daily Mail Notice.

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