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APPENDIX.
21
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL
PARCEL POST— Continued.
—
Rates of Postage.
Countries.
Not Exceeding
lb
2ft
:
ft
4ft
5ft
6ft
7ft
8ft
c
ft
10 ft
nft
.y.
d.
s.d.
J.
rf.
^rf.
5. d.
5. d.
s. d.
s.d.
j.
rf.
j. d.
s. a?.
North Borneo ....
o
11
1 7
2
3
2 11
3 7
4 3
4 "
5 7
6
3
6 11
7 7
Norway .
oio|
oioi
OIOjj
1 5s
1 5*
I 52
1 55
2 1
2
1
2 1
2 1
Nova Scotia

10
1 8
2
6
3 4
4 -2
5
5 10
6 3
7
32
Orange Free State .
1
3
2 6
3
9
5
6 3
7 6
8 9
Portugal (direct)
2
2 1
2
1
2 1
2 1
2 1
2 1
,, via France
2
6
2 6
2
6
2 6
2 6
2 6
Servia, via Hamburg
2
1
2 1
2
1
2 7
2 7
2 7
2 7
,, via Cologne .
2
5
2 5
2
5
2 10
2 10
2 10
2 10
St. Helena

8
1 4
2

2 8
3 4
4
4 8
5 4
6'

6'*8
7 4
South Australia
1
6
1 6
2
3
3
3 9
4 6
5 3
6
6
9
7 6
8 3
Spain
2
1
2 1
2
1
2 1
2 1
2 1
Straits Settlements .

i
1 3
1
9
' 3 I
2 9
2 35
3 3
3 9
2 35
4 3
4
9
5 3
5 9
Sweden
1
1 2}
1
2*
2 35
Switzerland, via France
1
6
1 6
1
6
2
2
2
2
Tasmania .
1
6
1 6
2
3
3
3 9
4 6
5 3
6"o
6*
9
7 "6
8"*3
Transvaal, via Cape Colony .
1
3
2 6
3
9
5
6 3
7 6
8 9
Transvaal, via Natal ,
1

2
3

4
5
6
7
Uruguay
4
7
4 7
4
7
5 1
5 1
5 1
5 1
Victoria )
Western Australia . . )
1
6
1 6
2
3
3
3 9
4 6
5 3
6
6
9
7 6
8 3
West Coast of Africa —
Accra, Cape Coast Castle, ]
Gambia, Lagos, Quittah, >

9
1 6
2
3
3
3 9
4 6
5 3
6
6
9
7 7
8 3
Sierra Leone, . . )
West Indies —
Grenada . . . ")
St. Lucia >

8
1 4
2

2 8
3 4
4
4 8
5 4
6

6 8
7 4
Trinidad . . . j
Jamaica ....

91 6
2
3
3
3 9
4 6
5 3
6
6
9
7 6
8 3
Tobago ....

81 4
2

2 8
3 4
4
4 8
5 4
6

6 8
7 4
St. Vincent

71 2
1
9
2 4
2 11
3 6
4 1
4 8
5
3
5 10
6 5
Zanzibar . ...
1
o ! i 8
2
4
3
3844
5
5 86
47
7 8
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and the Point, 9d per lb.
Parcels may be forwarded to various places not included in preced-
ing list, particulars of which may be obtained at any Post Office.
Dimensions.
For Foreign Countries (except Egypt).
The dimensions for parcels addressed to France, Germany, Den-
mark, Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, and Sweden, are 2 feet in any
direction. Parcels over 2 feet are accepted if other dimensions are less.
For Colonies and for Egypt.
The dimensions allowed will be the same as those for the Inland
Parcel Post, viz. : —
Greatest length . . . . . 3 ft. 6 ins.
Greatest length and girth combined . 6 ,, o ,,
For parcels addressed to Canada the dimensions are : —
Greatest length 2 ft.
Greatest depth or width, . . . . 1 ,,