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PLACE OF DESTINATION,

ROUTE.

Pia.

APPENDIX

PARCEL POST

RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS

Not exceeding

2 lb. 3 lb.

7 lb. 11 Jb. | 22 lb.

.:

1st lb. and Each additional Ib. up.

to 11 lb.

Limit of Insured value (Francs 300 = £12)

IV,--Continued.

RATES,-Continued.

LIMITS OF SIZE.

Length, Breadth or Depth.

Length & Girth Combined.

ft, in.

ft. in.

Iceland

London

Do.

Germany. 210

1.76 2,75| 3.60 | 6.30

120

3 6

6 0

10 1

I

3.33 5 80

120

3 6

6 0

JA 2

10 2

Do.

France. 1.95 2.70 2.90 | 3.10 | 6.15

80

3 6 0 0

JA 2

10 3

Cochin-China,

Tonquin)

Indo-China, French :-

(a) (Annam, Cambodia,

(b) All other places.

Saigon or

Laos,

Quang-Tcheou-Wan

Haip- hong.

6

0.70

1.10 185

20

2 0 4

A 2

0.95

1.35 2.10

20

2 0 4 0

A 2

India (including the Andaman)

Islands, Burma, French In- día, Agencies ja Tibet [Gyangtze Pharijong and Yatung (Chumbi) only] and the following places in the Persian Gulf :-

*

Bahrain, Muscat

Dubai

and the Indian Postal! Agencies Guadur, Pasni

Calcutta.

0.80

1.80 2.40

120

366

6 0

Customs Declaration.

OBSERVATIONS.

PROHIBITED CONTENTS

A 2

Tanding.

Parcels

A special delivery fee is payable by the addressee on parcels for places beyond the

of port exceeding 2 kilogrammes (5) lb.) in weight can only be delivered at Akureyri, Beruf- jord,

Bordore Blanduos, (Stadur,) Borgarnes, Djupavog, Berufjord, Dyrefjord, Eske. Fjord, Faskrudsfjord, Hjardar- holt, Husavik, Isafjord, Keflavik, Patreksfjord, Rey- kjavik, Saudarkrok, Seydisf jord, Staykkisholm, Vestman - naeyjar, and Vopnafjor.

Parcels must be packed in strong wooden boxes, in metal boxes, or in a leather covering; parcels packed in paper or card board will not be accepted.

Parcels addressed to the Indian Post Offices on the Persian Gulf and in Turkish Arabia, mentioned in column 1, can be accepted for insurance No only as far as Bombay, compensation is given for the damage of marble models, col· lections of butterflies and moths, and other exceptionally fragile articles. If books and photographs are enclosed in a parcel with other articles their value should be shown separate- ly in the Customs Declaration. The net weight of the contents of parcels of tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes, and in the case of cigars and cigarettes the actual number also should be clearly indicated on the Cus- toms declaration.

Same as Denmark.

Same as France, with the addition of opiam and silver >coin. Medicine, Havana to- bacco, and playing cards arc, however, admissible.

Woven

India generally.-Firearins ! and ammunition, novocain, eucaine, beta-encaine, beta- encaine lactate, and holocaine; cotton, silk, or other goods impressed with designs in imitation of Currency Notes, Promissory Notes, or Stock Notes of the Government of India.

Letters, cocaine, opium, bhang, coins of £5 in value and 8 OZS. in weight. Andaman Islands - Preparations of hemp. Burma -Opiumn,

fire-

arms and ammunition (except for the Government); prepara- tion of hemp. Baghdad or Busrah Worn clothes; arms, ammunition, poisons, and cari- of Royal or other (notable persous.

catures

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