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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS. Application for Money Orders.
237.-When applying for Money Orders payable abroad the public should use the special Requisition Forms, which are supplied gratuitously at the General Post Office, Hongkong, and British Postal Agency at Shanghai.
238.-The applicant must furnish, in full, the surname and, at least, the initial of one christian name both of the remitter and the payee and the remitter's address. In the case of orders through the United Kingdom the full address of the payee must be given, and if the order be payable to a native in British India the tribe or caste and the father's name should also be furnished.
239.-In any case in which the name of the payee is not known the remitter must make a note to the effect on the front of the Requisition Form, and give such descrip- tion of the payee as will be sufficient to identify him or her to the Paying Officer. The order will then be issued at the remitter's risk.
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..
19
3d. exceeding £2 and not exceeding £6... 6d.
£6
£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 £......
8 cents.
Orders on the Australian Colonies..
12 cents.
For each £ or fraction of a £
Orders on India and Ceylon. For a sum not exceeding
20 rupees 20 cents.
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40
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For a sum not exceeding $10
20 cents.
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242. No order (except in the case of those drawn on Inlia, 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 DIRECT.
British India (including Burmah and the Agencies of the Indian Post Office in the Persian Gulf and Seychelles) and Portu- guese Indin
Canada
Ceylon (including orders on Mauritius and
Egypt)
Hawaii (Sandwich Islands)