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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
DRAWN THROUGH LONDON OR GERMANY
Congo Free State (Banana,
Boma and Matadi)
Cuba
Danish West Indies
Denmark (incldg. Faroe Islands) Dutch East Indies
Finland (temporarily suspended)
France (including Algeria)
Basutoland
Bermuda
(Foreign Countries)
Greece
Iceland
Italy (including Agencies at
Assab, Massowah, & Tripoli)
Liberia (temporarily suspended) Luxemburg
Mexico Netherlands
Norway Peru
do. do.
(Foreign Cities and Towns)
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Portugal (including Ma-
deira and Azores) Roumania (temporarily
Russia
Salvador Servia
Sweden
Switzerland
Tunis Uruguay
Panama (British Post Office Agency) Tangier (
(British Colonies, Possessions and Protectorates)
British Central African
Protectorate
British Guiana
British Honduras
Cayman Islands
Cook Islands
Falkland Islands Gambia
Gibraltar
Gold Coast Colony Lagos
Malta
Newfoundland
Niger Coast Protectorate Northern and Southern Nigeria Protectorate St. Helena
Sierra Leone
Local Postal Notes
Somaliland
tectorate
[suspended)
British Pro-
:
Uganda Protectorate West Indies Antigua, Bahamas, Barbadoes, Dom- inica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vin- cent, Tobago, Trinidad, Turk's Island, Zululand
St..
222.-Local Postal Notes are issued as follows at the General Post Office and at the British Post Office Agencies in China, payable within six months at those offices and also at Macao:-
Amount.
Commission.
25 cents
1 cent
50
1
1
2
Amount. $3.00
Commission.
3 cents
FTIT
$1.00
2.00
4.00
5.00
10.00
4
5
10
223. In addition to the above commission on Postal Notes issued at the General Post Office, Hongkong, Hoihow. Canton, Swatow, Amoy and Foochow payable at Shanghai, Ningpo, Hankow, Liu Kung Tau, Chefoo and Tientsin a further charge at current rates is made to cover the difference between chopped and clean dollars.
224. Broken amounts may be made up by the use of Hongkong postage stamps not ex- ceeding 24 cents in value affixed to the face of any one Postal Note. Such stamps should be left clean and not defaced. Perforated or marked stamps cannot be accepted for this purpose. 225.-The office issuing any Postal Note shall fill in the name of the port where it is payable. The purchaser may, before parting with the order, fill in the name of the payee. 226.--Every person to whom a Postal Note is issued should retain the counter- foil bearing the number, date, and name of office of issue to facilitate enquiry if the Order should be lost, and should register the letter in which it is forwarded.
227. If a Postal Note be crossed" & Co.," payment will only be made through a Banker, and, if the name of a Banker is added, payment will only be made through that Banker.
228.-After a Postal Note has once been paid, to whomsoever it is paid, the Government will not be liable for any further claim.
229.-If any erasure or alteration be made, or if the Note is cut, defaced or mutilated, payment may be refused.