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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
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77-Orders on the Countries marked * are forwarded through the London Post Office, and are paid less the following discount, for which the remitter should allow. All such rlers must be expressed in British currency, and cannot be drawn for any smaller am than 6d.
For Sums not Exceeding £2
.3d.
Exceeding £2 but not Exceeding £ 5...
..6d.
£5 £7
£7. £10...
.9d.
.1/0.
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78.-The commission charged is as follows (according to the currency the Order is drawn in):-
Up to £2, or $10, or 20 Rupees.. Up to £5, or $25, or 50 Rupees.... Up to £7, or $35, or 70 Rupees.. Up to £10, or 850, or 100 Rupees. Up to -
150 Rupees..
0.20 cents.
0.40 cents.
0.60 cents.
0.80 cents. $1.00.
79.-No Order must exceed £10 or $50 (unless drawn on India, when 150 Rupees is the limit).
80.-Sums not exceeding $50 may be remitted between the Ports of China by means of Postage stamps, subject to a charge of one per cent. for cashing them, or Money Orders can be granted at Hongkong or Shanghai on Ports where there are Agencies of the Hongkong Post Office.
Postal Notes.
81.-POSTAL NOTES of the values named below, payable within three months at any Post Office in the United Kingdom, or at Constantinople, can be obtained at Hongkong or at any British Post Office in China at the following prices, which include com- mission:-t
1/-
1/6
5/-
10/-
20/-
33 cents.
50
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$1.65.
$3.30.
$6.60.
82.-The purchaser of any Postal Note must fill in the Payee's name before parting with it. He may also fill in the name of the Office where payment is to be made. If this is not done the note is payable (within three months) anywhere in the United Kingdom, or at Constantinople. Any Postal Note may be crossed to a Bank.
83.-Postal Notes should always be forwarded in Registered Covers. If this precaution is not taken NO ENQUIRIES WHATEVER will be made as to the loss or alleged loss of any Note,
84.-Postal Notes issued in the United Kingdom are not payable in Hongkong or
China.
Private Boxes.
85.-Private Boxes may be rented in the offices at Hongkong and Shanghai. The fee is $10 a year payable in advance.
86.-Each boxholder is supplied with an account book free, but must himself provide at least two stout bags (Shanghai firms require four) marked with his name in English and Chinese on both sides. Chinese Nankin makes the best bags for this purpose. They should be without strings, but have a couple of iron rings at the mouth for suspending. Boxholders should insist on their coolies returning these bags to the Post Office as soon as emptied, or at any rate not later than next morning. The only safe way to empty a bag is to turn it inside out.
87.--Each boxholder's coolie must be provided with a stout ticket or badge of wood, metal, or pasteboard, bearing his employer's name in English and Chinese. This will enable him to obtain letters whenever a mail arrives.
88.-The advantages of renting a box are many. It secures a quicker and more accurate delivery of correspondence. Unpaid letters are delivered to "boxholders with- out the delay of demanding payment, change, &c., as they are charged to his account. The boxholders of Hongkong and Shanghai send bags down in the mail steamer to be filled by the marine officer. Boxholders are allowed to post their letters in sealed boxes, and to mark their Postage Stamps. They receive free copies of all notices issued by the Post Office, Tables of Rates, &c. Many inconveniences are saved to them by the facility
These prices vary with the fluctuations of exchange.