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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
240. In the case of orders drawn on the countries and places through the London Office a receipt of the issue of such order only will be given to the remitter, an order in the currency of the country of payment being issued by the London Office, subject to discount on such order at the following rates:-
For sums not exceeding £2..
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exceeding £2 and not exceeding £6
£6
3d.
6d. £10... 9d.
All such orders"must be expressed in British currency and, if so desired, the remitter must allow for the above discount.
241.--The commission charged is as follows:-
Orders on the United Kingdom and on Countries through the London Office.
For each £ or fraction of a £....
Orders on the Australian Colonies..
For each £ or fraction of a £
Orders on India and Ceylon.
8 cents.
12 cents.
For a sum not exceeding
20 rupees
20 cents.
50
40
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70
60
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95
27
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100 150
80
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$1.00
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Orders on other places.
For a sum not exceeding $ 10
20 cents.
$ 25
40
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12
$ 35
60
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$ 50
80
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$ 60
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$ 75
1.20
17
17
$ 85
1.40
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$100
1.60
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242. No order (except in the case of those drawn on India, for which the limit is 150 rupees, and those on Japan, Borneo and Siam, for which the limit is $100) must exceed £10 or $50.
243.--A foreign order remaining unpaid in Hongkong after one year from the date of issue will be considered void and returned to the office of issue.
244.-Where not repugnant to the foregoing Rules the General Regulations for the
issue of the Local Money Orders will apply to Foreign Money Orders.
245.--The following is the list of countries and places upon which Money Orders are drawn, viz. :—
DRAWN
British India (including Burmah and the Agencies of the Indian Post Office in the Persian Gulf and Seychelles) and Portu- guese India Canada
Ceylon (including orders on Mauritius and
Egypt)
Hawaii (Sandwich Islands) Japan, the following offices, viz. :-Nagasa-
ki, Kobe, Osaka, Kioto, Yokohama, Tokio, Akamagaseki (Shimonoseki ), Aomori, Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Kana- zawa, Kumamoto, Nagano, Nagoya, Niigaata, Sappora, Sendai, Tadotsu and Utsunomiya; and in Formosa, Anping, Keelung, Taichu, Tainan, Taipeh, Taito-
Antigua Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
British Bechuanaland British Guiana
British Honduras
DIRECT.
tai, Takaw and Tamsui; and in Corea, Fusan, Chemulpo, Seoul, Yuensan and Mukho
New South Wales
New Zealand
British North Borneo (Sandakan, Kudat
and Labuan)
Queensland
Siam (Bangkok and Chiengmai only) South Australia
Straits Settlements (Singapore, Penang
and Malacca) Tasmania
United Kingdom
United States of America Victoria
DRAWN THROUGH THE LONDON OFFICE
British Colonies
Matabeleland
Mombassa and Lamu
Montserrat
Malta
Natal
Nevis
Newfoundland
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