254 Remittance Services
ADVICE OF PAYMENT
The sender may, on payment of a fee of 40c. either at the time of issue or subsequently, be furnished by post with the date of payment. If the request for an advice of payment is to be communicated to the office of payment in the telegram of advice, the sender must pay the cost of including in the telegram the words Advise Payment.
PRIVATE MESSAGES
A private message to the payee may be included in the official telegram of advice. Payment for the additional words will be required for messages at the Ordinary rate. For messages sent at the LT rate (the minimum charge for which is as for 22 words) the words remaining available after allowing for the official telegram of advice, may be utilized for a private message. The message, which should be written in the space provided on the requisition form may, if so desired, consist solely of the sender's name, or name and address, which are not in ordinary course communicated to the payee.
CERTIFICATE OF ISSUE
A certificate of issue is handed to the purchaser of every telegraph money order and this certificate should accompany any inquiry respecting it.
ORDERS ISSUED ABROAD
Telegraph money orders issued abroad and payable in this Colony are governed by the same conditions as ordinary money orders issued abroad.
TABLE OF MONEY ORDER AND POSTAL ORDER SERVICES
All orders are advised through London unless otherwise stated.
ABBREVIATIONS
P.O. British postal orders issued in Hong Kong are payable in these countrics. A.P. Advice of payment may be obtained on payment of 40 cents.
E.I.
or A.E. Permit from Exchange Control Office, Hong Kong required.
Maximum amount
Country
for a single order in
Other services
HK$
$
ADEN (including Kamaran
Island)
640
P.O.
A.P.
ALGERIA
640
A.P. E.I.
ANDAMAN ISLES,
see India
ANGUILLA
ANTIGUA
640
P.O. A.P.
640
P.O. A.P.
ARABIA, see Aden
Persian Gulf Post
Offices & Saudi Arabia
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
640
A.P.
E.I.
ASCENSION
P.O.
AUSTRALIA
640
A.P.
(Commonwealth)
Remarks
Ascension postage stamps cannot be used for extending the value of postal orders.
Advised direct.