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difficulty in giving way on this point.
Although it is perhaps preferable that the maximum
amount allowed for orders issued on either side should
be the same, and should be limited to 50 dollars, there
will, it is thought, be no practical objection to the
suggestion that the maximum for an Order issued should
be 100 dollars in the United States and 50 at Hong Kong.
With regard to the question raised by the Hong Kong
Post Office as to the necessity of informing the United States
of the amount in local currency paid on each Order, it may be
remarked that this Office in the exchange of Money Orders
with countries where there is a fluctuating currency has
often felt the inconvenience of not knowing the amount
paid in local currency upon British Orders. Some such
communication, therefore, as is desired by the United States
would appear to be proper; but it would probably suffice if
the rate of exchange on the date of receipt of the lists
were furnished in lieu of the more detailed information
suggested by the United States Post Office.
The proposal to expunge the whole of paragraph 3
from Article 10 would, it is believed, be scarcely acceptable to
the United States Post Office, as the arrangements of the Audit
Office in Washington require that a certified copy of each list
despatched from the United States should be returned by the
receiving Administration. Copies of all lists received in this
Country from the United States are returned with a certificate
as to their accuracy or otherwise.
I am to add that no objection is seen to the alteration
proposed in Article 15.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,