Postal_Guide_September_1961 — Page 58

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE RECEPTION OF CORRESPONDENCE

Any person wishing to have his correspondence delivered to his accredited representative may apply to the Postmaster Gencral, G.P.O., Hong Kong for such permission. A certificate of authority may be issued on production of which, at the normal office of delivery of mail for the applicant, mail matter covered by the certificate will be handed over.

The fee for such a certificate is $2.00 for every year or part of a year. The certificate automatically lapses on 31st December if not renewed.

IMPORT LICENCES

Certain goods require the production of an import licence before delivery can be effected, all inquirics in this matter should be directed to the Import Licensing Officer, Department of Commerce and Industry.

DANGEROUS DRUGS will not be delivered until such a time as the addressee produces a form "C" (Import Authorization) issued by the Medical Department.

POSTE RESTANTE

All postal packets superscribed "To be kept till called for" "To await arrival", or in any other similar manner, and also those addressed "Post Office", without any other address are held to fall under the head "Poste Restante". The public are requested to note carefully the rules governing the Poste Restante.

The Poste Restante being intended solely for the accommodation of strangers and travellers who have no permanent abode in the Colony. Postal packets for residents must not be addressed to the Post Office to be called for, nor will postal packets be kept in the Poste Restante longer than two weeks in the case of a postal packet posted in the Colony and two months in the case of a postal packet posted in any place outside the Colony; provided that the Postmaster General may extend either of these periods in any particular case.

Postal packets addressed to initials, or to fictitious names, or to a Christian name without a surname, are not accepted for Poste Restante, but are at once sent to the Returned Letter Office for disposal.

All persons applying for letters at the Poste Restante counters must furnish the particulars required to ensure proper delivery. If the addressee does not apply in person, his messenger must be furnished with the required information and must produce written authority to receive the correspondence. If a foreigner, the applicant must produce his passport or other credentials.

In the service to Belgium, France and Spain, parcels are delivered by the railway companies, and not by the Post Office, and parcels intended to be called for should be addressed to a railway station En Gare and not to be a Poste Restante.

The Post Office reserves the right to suspend delivery of correspondence to callers at post offices and the service for delivery at another address when postal deliveries are suspended generally.