1917

HOJSGKONG POSTAL GUIDE—Observations
509
16.—Limit of weight 61 lbs. Parcels addressed to
a Poste Restante are hot admitted.
IT.^Insurance confined to Entebbe, Jintra, Kampala,
Kisumu, Lamu, Mombasa. Nairobi, and Nakuru. All
parcels are eonyeyed in British East Africa in ordinary
mail bags, and, to prevent injury, should be very strongly
packed. Waterproof covers should be used for parcels
intended for places beyond the services of Uganda Railway.
No compensation is paid in respect of loss or damage of
uninsured parcels or their contents.
18. —Express delivery only in Georgetown and New
Amsterdam.
19. —Insurance confined to Beaufort, Jesselton, Kudat,
Lahaddatu, Papar Sandakan, Tawao, Tenom and Weston.
20. —Parcels must be sealed with some special impress
of the sender and packed in wood, tin, canvas, linen, or
similar material and not merely in paper or cardboard.
To expedite the passage through the Customs, parcels
for Bulgaria may be accompanied by'an invoice, the address
label and each copy of the customs declaration being
marked “Faeture inclusd,”to indicate that an invoice is
21. - No compensation is paid in respect of loss or
•damage of parcels or their contents.
22. —Insurance confined to St, Vincent and Praia
<Island of Santiago).
23. —No compensation is given for the loss or damage
of parcels containing liquids, or for the damage of glass,
eggs, collections of butterflies or articles of a fragile or
perishable nature.
24. —Insured parcels for Chili are delivered only at the
following offices:—Ancud, Antofagasta, Arica. Caldera,
Chilian, Concepcion, Coqnimbo, Curico, Iquique, La
Serena, Linares, Los Andes, Pisagua, Puerto Montt,
Punta Arenas, Rancagua, San Felipe, San Fernando,
Santiago, Tacna, Talca, Talcahuano, Valdivia and Val¬
paraiso. Parcels must be packed with strong materials
preferably in tin boxes. Parcels packed in paper only
cannot be accepted. If an insured parcel be addressed to
any other Post Office in Chili, the addressee has to claim
it at the nearest of the offices above named.
25. —Parcels destined for offices that are not connected
bv railway or by steamer, the limit of weight 6 pounds.
Parcels, however, containing umbrellas, walking-sticks,
charts, plants and such articles, may be sent up to a limit
of 3 ft. 3. in. in length and 8 in. broad or thick. Insurance
confined to principal places only. A list of places may be
eeen at the Post Office.
25a.—Same as Japan.
26. —TheconditionsoftransitinColombiaare exceptional;
and to prevent injury parcels should be strongly packed.
27. —The exact weight of each parcel should be entered
on the Customs Declaration. In order to facilitate
passage through the Customs, parcels should be accom¬
panied by a duplicate of the original invoice or a detailed
list of the contents, signed by the sender, in addition to
■the Despatch Note and Customs Declaration.
28. —Aitutaki, Atiu, Hervey (Manuai), Mangaia,
Mitiaro, Parry (Mauke) and Raratonga.
29. —Parcels may be accepted for anv place i
•if'thepost office of the place of destination
orised to deal with parcels the addressees
•them at the nearest delivery office.
30. —A separate despatch note and Customs Declaration
must be prepared for each parcel. Insurance confined to
■certain places. , „ „ .
31. —Parcels are delivered at the following places:—
Famegusta, Head Quarters Camp, Kyrenia, Larnaca.
r 33.—The service extends to Abomey, Abomey-Calavi,
Adjohon, A gone, Allada, Athieme, Bohicon, Bopa,
Carimama, Carnotville. Cotonou, Djougou, Grand Pope,
GuAnA, Kandi, Ketou, Kouandd, Nikki, Whydah (Cuidah)
Paouignan, Parahoue, Parakau, Porto Novo, Sakfete,
Savalou, Save and Zagnanado. Parcels for other places are
also accepted but must he claimed at one of the places
specified above. Parcels addressed to places other than
Bassila and Cotonou are liable to a charge for delivery.
34. —Insurance is confined to parcels addressed to
Abomey, Abomev-Calavi. Adjohon, Agoue, Allada, Athiem#,
Cotonou. GrandPopo, Nikke, Whydah (Ouidah) Paouignan,
Porto Nuovo, Savalou and Zagnanado, Bohieou Bopa
and Saketd.
35. —No compensation is paid in respect of loss or
damaged parcels or their contents. Customs Declarations
Cuba, but
i not auth-
must be prepared with great care. The nature and ihe
value of the contents must be indicated in detail, and the
quantity and number of articles enclosed must be stated.
Generic terms of description must not be used.
36. —Parcels are only forwarded by the China and
Japan Line steamers.
37. —Parcels for places other than Albina, Coronie,
Paramaribo, and Nieuw-Nickeric are liable to a charge
on delivery.
38. —Insurance confined to parcels for Curasao.
39. —Parcels are accepted for all places in Ecuador.
The International Service is, however, only undertaken
by the Post 0Sices at Ambato, Azogues, Babahoyo,
Bahia-de-Caraquez, Cuenca, Esmeraldas, Guaranda,
Guayaquil, Ibarra, Latacunga, Loja, Machala, Port-
oviejo, Quito, Riobambaand Tulcan. Insurance confined
to Bahia-de-Caraquez, Guayaquil and Quito.
40. —The contents and value of parcels for Egypt must
be described in detail by the senders, either on the
relative declaration form, or, preferably, on a note
enclosed in the parcel. In the hitter case a general
description of the contents should appear on the declara¬
tion form, which should be marked " Particulars
enclosed.” The limit of insurance for parcels for the
Soudan is £20. Insurance in the Soudan is confined to
the following places, viz.;—Abu Hamed,- Atbara, Bi rber,
Bor, Debba, Dongola, Duem, El Darner, El Obeid, Geili,
Geteina, Haifa (Wadi Haifa), Kareima, Kawa, Khandat,
Khartoum, Khartoum North, Kodok, Korti, Kosti,
Malaka], Melut, Merowe, Mongalla, Number Six Soudan,
Omdurman, Port Soudan, Rejaf, Renk, Sernar, Shendi,
Shercik, Sinkat, Suakin, Taufikia (Soudan), Wad-Medain,
Zeidah. Uninsured parcels mnst not exceed £5i1 in value.
Wau is admitted to the parcel service during June and
July only, and Gambela from June 1 to November 1.
41. —Parcels for other places in Erithrea are retained at
one of the towns mentioned in Col. I. The ad-
dretsees are advised, and upon application and payment
of the Customs charges, &c., the parcels are forwarded
to the Post Office nearest the place of destination. In
the case of parcels for other places in Erithrea insured
for more than £4 (100 lire) the addressee must accept
the responsibility for their safe transmission beyond one
of these towns.
42. —Parcels can be insured as far as Stanley only.
43. —Parcels are forwarded from New Zealand by first
opportunity.
44. —Parcels are delivered by the Railway Companies and
not by the Post Office; and parcels intended to be called
for should be addressed not to a Poste Restante but to a
Railway Station (En Gare). There are exceptions in the
case of certain places distant from a railway. To expedite
delivery, detailed particulars of the contents of parcels
should be given on the Customs Declarations, including a
statement of the net weight, and in the case of hats,
gloves, boots, &c., the number of articles or pairs sent.
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. Boxes of sardines over 2 lbs. 3 oz. in weight
are not admitted.
45. —The service extends to Cayenne and Saint Laurent-
du-Maroni. Parcels for other places are accepted, but
must be claimed at one of those offices.
46. —Insurance confined to parcels for Bissikrima,
Boffa, BokA, Conakry, Dabola, DubrAka, Kindia, Kourossa
and Mamou. Parcels addressed to places other than
Conakry are liable to a further charge on delivery.
47. —The service extends to Atuana and TaiohaA (Mar¬
quesas Islands); Borabora, Huahine and Raiatea (Leeward
Islands); Fakarava, Hao, Ranuiroa and Raroia (Tou-
amotou); Manga Reva (Gambier Group) ; MoorAa and
Tahiti (Society Islands); RaivavaA, Rapa, Rimatara,
Rurutu and Tubuai (Tubuai Group).
48 —Parcels lor places other than Jibouti must be
claimed at Jibouti.
49. —Parcels for all places in Martinique are accepted ;
but a charge is made for conveyance from Port de France,
the port of disembarkation. The delivery of parcels for
places in Guadeloupe other than Basse-Terre and Pointe-a-
Pitre give rise to a charge which is collected from addressees.
50. —Parcels are accepted for all places, but in some
cases a charge is made for conveyance from the port of
disembarkation.
51. —To Luderitzbucht and Swakopmund the dimen¬
sions are the same as Inland Parcel Post Charges, which
are collected from the addressees and made for the
onward conveyance of parcels from Luderitzbucht and
Swakopmund to other places in the Protectorate.