1020 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH DECEMBER, 1882.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 507.
POST OFFICE.
The following Post Office Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th December, 1882.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
A distributing Agency of the Hongkong Post Office having been opened at TIENTSIN, correspondence for that port and for Peking may be registered to destination.
Prepayment is compulsory.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 29th December, 1882.
ALFRED LISTER,
Postmaster General.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 508.
POST OFFICE.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to make the following Revised Regulations as to Money Orders under Section XII of the Post Office Ordinance 1876. These Revised Regulations will come into force on the 1st of January, 1883.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th December, 1882.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
REGULATIONS FOR THE EXCHANGE OF
MONEY ORDERS.
1. Money Orders are exchanged with the following countries:-
Ceylon. 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 versâ.
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 £7, or $35, or
50 Rupees
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 payee, 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.
No orders on Japan are issued at the British Post Office, Shanghai.