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POSTAL DIRECTORY. 135
the address of the sender, a trade mark or number, the price of the articles,
the weight or size, and the quantity to be disposed of, or such as may be
necessary to indicate the place of origin or the nature of the merchandise. A
packet for a country in the Postal Union may contain Printed Papers, and if the
rates for Commercial Papers be paid, it may also contain Commercial Papers.
Samples of saleable value must not be sent to any foreign country, or to
any of the British possessions which are comprised in the Postal Union.
Liquids, glass, greasy substances, colouring powders, and live bees may be
sent only to some foreign countries when they conform to special conditions
as to packing, &c.
The limit of weight for British Colonies or Possessions or for non-Union
countries is 5 lbs., but for Foreign Countries in the Postal Union the limit is
12 oz.
The limit of size for British Colonies or Possessions or for non-Union coun-
tries is 2 feet in length by 1 foot in width or depth ; and for foreign places in
the Postal Union 12 inches in length, 8 inches in width, or 4 inches in depth ;
unless it be in the form of a roll, in which case the limit of size is 12 inches
In length and 6 inches in diameter.
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MAILS.
Rates of Postage.
For
The following British Possessions : — Aden,
Ascension, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermu-
das, British Central Africa, Br. E. Africa,
Br. Guiana, Br. Honduras, Br. N. Borneo,
Canada, Cape Colony, Ceylon, Cyprus,
Falkland Is., Fiji, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gold
Coast, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Jo-
hore, Labuan, Lagos, Leeward Is., Malay
States(Protected),Malta,Mauritius,Natal,
Newfoundland,Nigeria(N.&S.),St Helena,
Sarawak, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Straits
Settlements, Tobago, Trinidad, Turk's Is.,
Uganda, Windward Is., and Zanzibar. . . .
All other places in the Postal Union (for
list, see page 139),
Countries and Colonies not in the Postal
Union, viz. :—
Abyssinia
Afghanistan \
Arabia /
Bbchuanaland Protectorate i
China V
Friendly Islands J
Morocco
Navigators Islands (Samoa) \
Rhodesia /
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