THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH JANUARY, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 9.
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The following revised Regulations as to Money Orders, which have been approved by His Excellency the Governor in Council, are published for general information.
By Command,
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th January, 1885.
Regulations approved by the Governor in Council under Ordinance 12 of 1884, this 7th day of January, 1885.
MONEY ORDERS.
1. Money Orders can be obtained at Hongkong and Shanghai on the following Countries.
* Azores Is.
* Belgium.
* Bermuda.
* Canada. * Cape Colony.
Ceylon.
† (Constantinople). * Cyprus.
* Denmark.
* Gambia.
Germany.
† (Gibraltar).
* Gold Coast.
* Holland.
*:
Honduras, (Br.).
* Iceland.
India.
* Egypt.
* Italy.
Japan.
* Falkland Is.
* Lagos.
* Madeira.
* Mauritius.
* Natal.
* Newfoundland.
**
New South Wales. Norway.
Port Darwin.
*
Portugal.
Queensland.
* S. Helena.
*
Seychelles.
* Sierra Leone.
South Australia.
Straits Settlements.
* Sweden.
* Switzerland.
Tasmania.
UNITED KINGDOM. * United States.
Victoria.
Western Australia. *West Indies (British,
Danish, and Dutch).
2. Orders on the Countrics marked * are forwarded through the London Post Office, and are paid less a small discount of about 2d. in the £1, for which the remitter should allow. All such orders must be expressed in British currency.
3. The Hongkong Post Office also issues orders on Shanghai, and vice versa.
4. The commission charged is as follows (according to the currency the Order is drawn in).
Up to £2, or $10, or
£5, or $25, or
20 Rupees....
50 Rupecs...
£7, or $35, or
70 Rupees....
0.20 cents.
0.40 cents.
0.60 cents.
0.80 cents. .$1.00.
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£10, or $50, or 100 Rupees...
150 Rupees.......
5. No Order must exceed £10 or $50 (unless drawn on India, when 150 Rupees is the limit) nor will more than two such Orders be issued to the same person, in favour of the same payee, by the same mail.
6. Money Orders on the United Kingdom for sums not exceeding £5 are granted by means of Postal Notes, as to which see separate notice or the Hongkong Postal Guide.
7. Sums not exceeding $50 may be remitted between the Ports of China by means of Postage stamps, subject to a charge of one per cent. for cashing them; or Money Orders can be granted at Hongkong or Shanghai on Ports where there are Agencies of the Hongkong Post Office.
GENERAL POST OFFICE,
HONGKONG, January 1st, 1885.
† Small remittances can be made to these places by means of Postal Notes. See separate notice or the Postal Guide.
Approved by the Governor in Council, this 7th day of January, 1885.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Clerk of Councils.