Postal_Guide_1939 — Page 46

INLAND POST

Private Bags

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A Private Bag is a bag furnished with a lock for the conveyance by his messenger, of postal articles between the Post Office and the residence or place of business to the renter, who provides the bag. It may be used for delivery, posting or both purposes.

Articles intended for registration, and parcels, may be sent to the Post Office in a private bag and the receipt for these will be returned in the bag. Receipts for registered articles and parcels addressed to the renter of a bag will be sent to him and when they are returned, duly signed, to the Post Office, the registered articles and parcels will be enclosed in the bag. Before being handed back to the messenger, the bag is locked by an officer of the Post Office.

Private bags can be dealt with only at the General Post Office, Hong Kong, and the Central Post Office, Kowloon. The fee for a private bag is $24 a year (ending on 31st. December) or $2 per month. A pri- vate bag cannot be rented for a shorter period than three months.

Redirection

Any kind of postal packet may be redirected to the same addressee at another address, either by an officer of the Post Office, or at the original address after delivery.

Redirection by the Public.

Letters, postcards, printed papers, samples and newspapers are retransmitted by post without addi- tional charge, provided that the packet is reposted not later than the day after delivery, Sundays and Public Holidays not being counted, and that it has not, pre- vious to redirection, been opened or tampered with. If au adhesive label is used for the purpose of indicating the new address, the name of the addressee must not be obscured, otherwise the packet will be liable to be sur- charged as unpaid,