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PAYMENT
REMITTANCE SERVICE
Before an order can be paid, it must be properly receipted, and the payee must give the sender's name.
Payment cannot be made unless the signature on the order corresponds with the entry on the advice, and the sender's name is given correctly.
If the payee is unable to write, he or she must sign the receipt by making a mark, to be witnessed in writing by someone known to the Paying Officer, but not connected with the Post Office. The witness should sign his name with his address in the presence of the Paying Officer, and the latter will then certify the payment by adding his own initials.
In no case should the Paying Officer act as witness himself. It is not necessary that the witness should be personally acquainted with the payee.
After once paying a money order, by whomsoever presented, the Post Office is not liable to meet any further claim in connection with it.
COMMISSION
The commission on a single money order payable abroad is one and a half cents per dollar of fract- ion of a dollar, on the amount (or equivalent of the amount) in dollars, with the minimum charge of ten cents. The commission on a single money order pay- able in Hong Kong or Macao is one cent per dollar, or fraction of a dollar, with a minimum charge of five cents.
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TELEGRAPH MONEY ORDERS
Telegraph money orders may be sent to and received from Great Britain only. The charges in Hong Kong 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 deferred rate for telegrams addressed to Great Britain.
(c) A supplementary fee of 25 cents for
each order.