HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
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in the currency of the country of payment being issued by the London Office, subject to discount on such order at the following rates:-
3. for sums not exceeding £5, and 3d. for each £5 or fraction of £5 additional
All such orders must be expressed in British currency and, if so desired, the remitter must allow for the above discount.
248.—The commission to be charged will be one and a half cent per dollar on the amount (or equivalent of the amount) in dollars, with a minimum charge of 10 cents.
249.-The limit for a single money order is £40, $200 gold, Rs. 600, Yen 400 or $100 Mex. (except for Borneo the limit for which is $100 Mex.)
230.-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.
251.-Where not repugnant to the foregoing Rules the General Regulations for the
issue of the Local Money Orders will apply to Foreign Money Orders.
252.-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, Seychelles, Portu- guese India, British East Africa, Ger- man East Africa, Zanzibar & Cape Colony)
Japan, (including Formosa and offices
in Corea) Queensland
Siam (Bangkok and Chiengmai only) South Australia
Straits Settlements (Singapore, Penang
and Malacca)
Tasmania
Transvaal
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia
Bulgaria
United Kingdom
United States of America (including Hawaii
and Porto Rico) Canada
Ceylon (including orders on Mauritius, Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Montenegro, Natal, Orange River Colony, Rhodesia, Bechuanaland)
British North Borneo (Sandakan, Kudat,
Labuan, Beaufort & Jesselton) New South Wales (including Fiji) New Zealand
Victoria
Western Australia
DRAWN THrough LonDON.
(Foreign Countries.)
Cameroons and Togo (West Coast of Africa) Chili
Congo Free State (Banana, Boma and
Matadi)
Cuba
Danish West Indies
Denmark (including Fareo Island)
Dutch East Indies
Finland
France (including Algeria)
German South West African Protectorate
German Empire
Herzegovina
Hungary
Iceland
Italy (including Agencies at Assab, Mas-
sowah, and Tripoli)
Liberia Luxemburg
Marshall Islands (German Protectorate) Mexico Netherlands
New Guinea (German Protectorate) Norway
Portugal (including Madeira and Azores) Roumania
Russia
Salvador
Samoa (German Protectorate)
Servia
Sweden
Switzerland
Tunis
Uruguay
Constantinople Smyrna
(Foreign Cities and Towns.)
Panama
Tangier
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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN