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IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN PARCEL POST

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Limitations of service and special conditions

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suitably noted. When the consular invoice is enclosed no other invoice or statement of value need be furnished. If the consular invoice is sent sepa- rately to the addressee, a commercial invoice should be enclosed in the parcel. ORIGIN every article (except books imported by or for the account of any public library or library association) capable of being stamped, branded or labelled at the time of its manufacture, without suffering damage, must, as well as its immediate container and the packing in which the article is sent, be conspicuously and indelibly stamped or branded, and so on, in English characters with an indication of the country of origin. CUSTOMS DECLARATIONS: the value shown on the Customs declaration must not be less than the market value in Hong Kong. If more than one parcel is sent at one time to one addressee, the sender should number the parcels consecutively and should indicate on each parcel the number of parcels forming the consignment. For instance, if the consignment consists of three parcels, the parcels should be numbered 1/3, 2/3 and 3/3, respec- tively. The total number of parcels forming the consignment should be shown on the Customs declaration,

DELIVERY: a charge of 15 cents for Customs clearance and delivery is collected

from the addressee.

CUSTOMS DUTY: articles (except those subject to internal revenue tax, such as cigars, cigarettes, and so on), the aggregate value of which is not more than one dollar, are admitted free of duty provided they are not imported for sale or forwarded for the purpose of avoiding the payment of duty. COMPENSATION is not payble.

PROHIBITIONS: letters; bank-notes, currency notes and negotiable instruments payable to bearer; drugs; firearms, except under permit from Chief Secretary.

PROHIBITIONS: letters; alcoholic liquors; arms; books, and so on, prejudicial

to the Mohammedan religion.

ADDRESS: parcels are accepted only for Jidda (Jedda), Mecca, Medina and

Yenbo.