1917

492
HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
Iceland
Indo-China
* Italy
Ivory Coast
Jnpan
Karafuto
Luxemburg
181-
parcels, t
Macao
Madagascar
Madeira
Manchuria (Japanese Post
Offices)
Mauritania
Montenegro
Morocco
Norway
Portugal
Portuguese East Africa
Portuguese India
Portuguese West Africa
Heunion
Roumania
Russia (in Asia)
Russia (including Finland)
Senegal
Switzerland (via France)
Do. (via Belgium)
Timor
Tripoli
Tunis
I Turkey
United States
-In addition to postage the following fees are charged for insurance of
Parcels transmitted.
For each £12 (fr. 3 0 or #120)
of insured value.
(a) By routes other than the trans-Siberian $0.25
(b) By the trans-Siberian 0.30
The limits of insured value are given in Appendix III.
182. —The fee, which is for registration and insurance, must be prepaid by means of
postage stamps, which must be handed in with the parcel to be affixed to the certificate
of posting. The stamps must not be affixed to the parcel. A certificate of posting
must always be obtained by the sender of an insured parcel.
183. —Parcels sent by German packets may be insured to the following places :—-
Austria-Hungary Faroe Islands and Iceland Holland Portugal
Belgium France Luxemburg Sweden
Denmark Germany Norway Switzerland
184. - No parcel can be insured for more than the sum set out in Appendix III
against the name of the country or colony to which it is addressed, or for a sum above-
the real value of the contents. A parcel of which the contents have no saleable value
may, however, be insured for a nominal sum in order to obtain the safeguards of the
registration system. Over-insurance is a bar to compensation.
185. —The sum for which a parcel is to be insured must be entered on the cover,
thus :—“ Insured for £ s. d.” It must also be inscribed in the place pro¬
vided on the despatch note if one is used. The number of pounds should be entered in
words. No alteration or erasure of the entry is permitted.
186. —Every insured parcel must be packed carefully and substantially, with due
regard to the nature of the contents and length of the journey, and must be sealed
with wax or lead in such a way that it cannot be opened without either breaking the
seal or leaving obvious traces of violation. For instance, seals must be placed over each
joint or loose flap of the covering of a parcel, and if string be used in packing a seal
must be placed on the ends of the string where they are tied.
187. —All the seals on a parcel must be of the same kind of wax or lead and must
bear distinct impressions of some device, and this device must be the same on each seal
and must not consist merely of straight, curved, or crossed lines. Coins or buttons
must not be used for sealing, and it is strongly recommended that, when possible, an
impression of the seal used on the parcel should be made on the counterfoil of thn
despatch note.
188. —Parcels containing coin, any article of gold or silver, or any article of value,
must be enclosed in strong boxes or cases, which must be sewn up, or otherwise
fastened, in wrappers of linen, canvas, strong paper, or other substantial material.
In such cases the seals must be placed along the edges of each joint or loose flap at
distances not more than three inches apart. The address of such parcels must be
written on their actual covering.
. . 189.—If a parcel tendered for insurance does not, in the opinion of the officer to whom
it is tendered, fulfil the foregoing conditions as to packing and sealing, it is his duty to
refuse to insure it; but the onus of properly packing and fastening the parcel lies
upon the sender, and the Post Office assumes no liability for loss or damage arising from
defects of packing or fastening which may not be observed at the time of posting.
190- Unless parcels containing coin, any article of gold or silver or any article of
value, are insured for at least part of their value, they cannot be sent by Parcel Post
to the places mentioned in Kule 189. Any such parcel uninsured will generally
be returned to the sender. A compulsory registration fee of 20 cents will be collected
on delivery of every uninsured parcel received from the places above-mentioned
and found to contain coin, any article of gold or silver, or any article of value.
* No compensation is given for the damage in Italy of fragile or perishable parcels or parcels containing liquid.
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On^, , .nl’o ■re^u'V. I,aK03> Mytilene, Prevesa, Retimo, Rhodes, Salonica, Samsoun, San Giovanni di Medua, Santf
yuaranta, Scio, Trebizond, Valona, Vathi. ’ ’