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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 27тm SEPTEMBER, 1884.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 344.
The following Post Office Regulations in connection with Money Orders and Postal Notes are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th September, 1884.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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REGULATIONS FOR THE EXCHANGE OF
MONEY ORDERS
AND POSTAL NOTES.
1. Money Orders or Postal Notes are issued on the following countries and places:-
Ceylon.
Constantinople.
Gibraltar.
India.
Japan.
New South Wales.
Port Darwin. Queensland.
South Australia.
Straits Settlements. Tasmania. United Kingdom.
Victoria. Western Australia.
2. The Hongkong Post Office also issues orders on Shanghai, and vice versa.
3. The commission charged is as follows (according to the currency the Order is drawn in).
Up to £2, or $10, or
20 Rupees...
""
£5, or $25, or
50 Rupees...
£7, or $35, or
70 Rupees...
""
£10, or $50, or
100 Rupees..
,,
150 Rupees..
0.20 cents.
0.40 cents.
0.60 cents.
0.80 cents. ...$1.00.
4. 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 payce, by the
same mail.
5. 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 on Ports where there are Agencies of the Hongkong Post Office.
POSTAL NOTES.
6. Postal Notes of the values named below, payable within three months at any Post Office in the United Kingdom, at Gibraltar, or at Constantinople; can be obtained at Hongkong or at any British Post Office in China at the following prices, which include Commission ;
30 cents.
1/- 1/6
5/-
10/- 20/-
45 "}
.$1.45.
.$2.85.
...$5.60.
All money orders on the United Kingdom for sums not exceeding £5 applied for at Hongkong or Shanghai will be granted by means of these Notes.
7. The purchaser of any Postal Note should keep a memorandum of its date and number. He must fill in the Payee's name before parting with it. He may also fill in the name of the Office where payment is to be made. If this is not done the note is payable (within three months) anywhere in the United Kingdom, at Gibraltar, or at Constantinople. Any Postal Note may be crossed to a Bank.
8. Postal Notes should always be forwarded in Registered Covers. If this precaution is not taken NO ENQUIRIES WHATEVER will be made as to the loss or alleged loss of any Note. No refund can be made in any case.
9. Postal Notes issued in the United Kingdom are not payable in Hongkong or China.
A. LISTER, Postmaster General.
General Post Office, Hongkong, September 23rd, 1881.