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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
Appendix III—Parcels Post Rates—ConVnued
Rates oe Postage on Parcels not Exceeding ~^
;i .1.
'J£5p1
I I : I
I
1*1
Newfoundland •
South Africa-, Union of, coni-'
prising the Provinces of:—
Cape of Good Hope (in¬
cluding Basutoland, British
Bechuanaland.Griqualand,
East and West, Little Nam-
Natal (including Echoi
Zululand)
Orange Free State and Trans¬
vaal (including Swaziland)
Bechuanaland Protectorate .
*c. jS
2.40 2.85
2.40 2.80 3.20 3.60 4.40 4.
2.20 3.20 3.80 4.40 6.00 6.00 6.f
OBSERVATIONS AND PROHIBITED CONTENTS OF PARCELS POST
Observations
(N.B.—The following paragraphs are numbered to correspond with Nos. in “ Observation ”
column in Parcel Post Tables.)
1. —Parcels are liable to a charge for delivery.
2. —No compensation is given for the damage of marble
models, collections of butterflies, moths, and other ex¬
ceptionally fragile articles.
3. —Parcels must be addressed to the care of an agent
of the sender at Peshawur who must arrange for their
on yard transmission and prepay the Postage to the
Ameer’s aaent. They must be securely packed and
sealed. No responsibility is taken after delivery to the
sender’s agent at Peshawur.
4. —Every package of plums, preserved vegetables, or
sardines must bear the name of the country of origin in
raised or sunken letters. The cover of the parcel must
also bear the name. Parcels are liable to a charge for
delivery.
5. —Parcels must be packed in strong wooden boxes,
in metal boxes, or in a leather covering; parcels packed
in paper or cardboard will not be accepted.
6. —Parcels for the Argentine Republic are subject to
a fiscal charge under the National Stamp Act.
7. —No parcel may exceed $500 in v due.
8—No compensation is given for the loss or damage of
parcels containing liquids, semi-liquids, perishable
or fragile articles; or in respect of the loss or damage
of ordinary parcels or their contents. Delivery
of parcels is confined to places having communi-
oation by rail or coach with the principal towns.
Addressees of parcels addressed to places having no such
communication are informed by letter of the place where
the parcels await delivery.
9. —The addressees of parcels containing poisons,
drucs, medicines and cosmetics (except for chemists)
and of parcels containing salt, tobacco, dried fruit, arti¬
ficially coloured articles painted or dyed with poisonous
colours, arms, and parts of arms, and mixed pickles,
must obtain a special licence to receive such parcels.
Parcels comaining plants must be carefully packed, and
in such a manner that they can be easily examined.
10. —Parcels for Nassau only can be insured up to a
limit of $!,20C.
11. —Same as Spain. The service extends to Alayor,
Alcudia, Andraitx, Ciudadela, Felanitx, Ibiza, Inca,
Mahon, Manacor, Palma de Mallorca, San Francisco,
Javier and Soller.
12. —Parcels for the Lower Congo (Banana, Boma,
Matadi, Ponta da Lenha, Vivi) are also liable to a charge
of 1 franc, and parcels for the upper Congo (Bengala,
Kukonga, Kunchassa, Kwamouth, Leopoldville, Lntete) to
a charge of 10 francs on delivery.
13. —Parcels are delivered by the Railway Company
and not by the Post Office. Parcels intended to be
called for should be addressed “ En Gare,” not “ Poste
Restante.”
14. —No compensation is paid in respect of loss or
damage of uninsured parcels or their contents.
15. —Parcels weighing over 7 lbs. may be sent to the
following places only:—Ayo-Ayo, Aroma (Sicariea),
Challapata," Cochabamba, Oorocoro, Guaqui, Hu mmi.
La Paz, Machacamarce, Arnra, Patacamaya, Poopo,
Potosi, Rio Mulatos, Sorasora, Tiaguanaco, Uncia,
Uyuni, Viacha.
Tiw, ?0T® * Parcels for Europe, etc, sent by the overland routes (via Brindisi by British packets and riu Naples by
me merman packets) are charged sixty cents per parcel in addition to the ordinary rates of postage.