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locally addressed and marked "On His Ma- jesty's Service" and signed in the lower left- hand corner with the usual signature of the Head or Assistant Head of the department of origin;

(2) Letters on postal business posted in

posted in Hong Kong, Kowloon or New Territories addressed to the Postmaster General;

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(3) Letters on Hong Kong Savings Bank business for addresses within the Colony, posted by, or addressed to the Hong Kong Savings Bank.

Liability of sender for Payment of Postage.

The sender is legally liable for any charges proper- ly made upon a postal packet which has been posted either unpaid or underpaid, and, if the addressee can- not be found, or if he refuses to pay the charges or accept the packet, the charges can be recovered from the sender by legal process.

Delivery of Unpaid or Underpaid Postal Packets to

Addressees.

Insufficiently paid postal packets must be either accepted and the postage due paid, or

or forthwith refused. Postmen are not permitted to allow a prior inspection of the contents.

Verification of Surcharges.

No one to whom a letter or other postal packet is tendered for delivery, should pay any charge demanded in respect of unpaid postage, unless a date-stamped postage due label (or labels) to the face value of the amount demanded, is affixed to the cover of the packet.

Inquiries respecting surcharges should be addressed to the Postmaster General. In some cases it will suffice to enclose the cover, but if the packet was forwarded in an unsealed cover, the whole packet must be sent. The whole packet, before being opened, if sealed, must also be produced if the surcharge is questioned on the ground of weight, and no question on this point can be entertained in respect of a closed packet which has been opened. If more convenient, the packet may be taken to any post office for the weight to be verified unless it was posted abroad, in which case is should be taken to the General Post Office.