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213. 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.
214.—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 a deduction on such order at the following rates:-
2d. for each £1 or fraction of £1 with a minimum charge of 4d.
All such orders must be expressed in British Currency and, if so desired, the remitter must allow for the above deduction.
215. The commission to be charged will be one and a half cent per dollar or fraction of a dollar on the amount (or equivalent of the amount) in dollars, with a minimum charge of 10 cents.
Telegraph Money Orders
216.-These may be sent to and received from the United Kingdom only. The charges in Hongkong are as follows:-
(a) Money Order Commission at the ordinary rate for Foreign Money Orders. (b) A charge for the Telegram of Advice at the ordinary rate of telegrams ad-
dressed to the country of payment.
(c) A supplementary fee of 25 cents for each order.
217.-In the Money Order Service between Hongkong and the United Kingdom, China, Ceylon India, Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States and the Union of South Africa a system for furnishing the remitters of money orders, on application at time of issue, with "Advices of Payment" has been introduced. The paying Postmaster, as soon as the orders have been paid, will send the advices direct to the remitters. The fee chargeable for such an advice for each order is 10 cents in addition to the ordinary order commission.
218. The limit for a single money order is £40, Fres. 1,000, $100 Gold, Rs. 600 Yen 400, or $400 Mex.
219.-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.
220.-Where not repugnant to the foregoing Rules the General Regulations for the issue of the Local Orders will apply to Foreign Money Orders.
221.-The following is the list of countries and places on which Money Orders are drawn, viz. :—
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Australian Commonwealth: (New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Aus- tralia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Fiji, Papua, and late German New Guinea)
British North Borneo
British India (including Burmah and the Agencies of the Indian Post Office in the Persian Gulf, Aden, Seychelles, Portu- guese India, British East Africa, Zanzi- bar and Bagdad)
Canada
Geylon (including orders on Mauritius,
Egypt and Palestine) China
Federated Malay States
French Indo-China
Japan (including Formosa, Corea and
Karafuto and offices in Manchuria) Macao
New Zealand (including Apia, Samoa) Philippine Islands
Sarawak Siam
Straits Settlements (including Labuan) Union of South Africa (Cape Colony,
Transvaal, Natal, Orange Free State Mozambique and Lorenzo Marques) United States of America (including
Guam, Hawaii and Porto Rico) United Kingdom