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78 POSTAL DIRECTORY,
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL PARCEL POST (continued).
Colony or
Country.
Queensland
Quittah
Reunion
Roumania—
z/ia Cologne
.
m'a Hamburg. .
St. Croix
St. Helena .
St. Lucia .
St. Thomas
St. Vincent (W.
Indies)
Salvador
Sarawak
Senegal
Servia—
via Cologne ....
via Hamburg. .
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Siam
Smyrna
—
Steamer from
Liverpool
7>ia France
Rates. Limit of
Not exceed- Size and
Weight
s. d.
1 6
9
.3 2
2 5
2 1
1 9
8
8
1 9
2 5
2 1
3 2
9
10
1 6
2 4
—
lbs.
a 11
a 11
d 7
d 7
d 7
a 11
a 11
a 11
a 11
a 11
a 11
a 11
b 7
c 7
c 7
a 7"
a n
a 11
a 11
a 7
Colony or
Country.
South Australia..
Spain
StraitsSettl emts.
Sweden
Switzerland
—
via France
via Belgium
Tangier .
.':
Tasmania
'.
Tobago
. . .
Tonquin
Trinidad
Tripoli (Africa).
.
Tunis
Turkey
Uruguay
via France or
Germany Direct
Service
Adrianople, Janina,
Jerusalem
Victoria(Austral)
West. Australia
Zanzibar ...
Zululand
Rates. Limit of
Not exceed- Size and
ing Weight
lb. s. d. lbs.
2 1 6 a 11
6h 2 1 b 6^
1 9 a 11
3 1 2^ c 7
3 1 6 c 7
3 1 9 c 7
1 8 a 11
2 1 6 a 11
1 8 a 11
3 4 5 b 7
1 8 a 11
3 1 101 b 7
3 2 3^ b 7
3 2 4 b 7
3 4 7 a 7
1 4 6 a 11
3 2 6 b 7
2 1 6 a 11
2 1 6 a 11
1 1 a 11
1 9 a 7
t Parcels for the Lower Congo will also be liable to a charge of 1 franc,
and parcels for the Upper Congo to a charge of .5 francs on delivery.
N.B.— Parcels exceeding the limits of value, weight, or size prescribed by the
Post Office may continue to be forwarded as heretofore by the Agency of the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, 122 Leadenhall street,
E.G.
INSURANCR OF INDIAN PARCELS.
Parcels addressed to any place in India (including Burmah), or to Aden
or Zanzibar are accepted for Insurance at any Post Office in the United
Kingdom ; and parcels addressed to the United Kingdom are similarly
accepted for Insurance at any Post Office in India. The scale of fees is 6d.
for every £5 up to £60.
EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICES.
Postal Packets, Letters, and Parcels are delivered by Express Messenger
under the following Services, viz. :
I.
LOCAL SERVICE. EXPRESS THROUGHOUT.
Scale of Charges.
(a.) For a Letter, Packet, or other article under 1 lb. in weight the Express
fee is :
For every mile or part of a ri^ile - - - • M,