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[ 1 of 1887. ) POST OFFICE .
Order by the Governor of the 28th April, 1888, gazetted the same day.
Under the powers granted by section 10 of the Post Office Ordinance, No.
1 of 1887, the Governor is pleased to order that the provisions of the money
order system be extended to Bangkok and Tangier, and that the regulations
hereto annexed be the Regulations for the issue of money orders till further
notice .
MONEY ORDERS .
1. Money orders are issued at Hongkong and Shanghai on the following
countries and places, at current rates of exchange ;
Amoy. Hawaii. Port Darwin .
* Azores Is . Iloihow . * Portugal.
Bangkok . * IIolland . Queensland.
* Belgium . + Honduras , (Br.) S. Helena .
* Bermuda . Hongkong * Seychelles.
* Canada. * Iceland . Shanghai.
Canton . India . Sierra Leone.
* Cape Colony. * Italy . . South Australia .
Ceylon. Japan . Straits Settlements.
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† ( Constantinople .) Lagos. Swatow.
* Cyprus . * Madeira . Sweden.
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* Denmark . * Malta . Switzerland.
* Egypt. * Mauritius. Tangier.
* Falkland Is. Natal. Tasmania .
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Foochow . Newfoundland. UNITED KINGDOM .
* Gambia . New South Wales . * United States.
* Germany. * New Zealand . Victoria,
* Gibraltar. Ningpo. Western Australia .
* Gold Coast. North Borneo . * West Indies (British,
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Hankow . Norway. Danish , and Dutch .)
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2. Orders on the countries 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 , and cannot be drawn for any sum less than 6d .
3. The commission charged is as follows according to the currency the
order is drawn in ).
Up to £ 2 , or $ 10, or 20 Rupees,.. 0.20 cents .
£ 5 , or $25, or 50 Rupees,.
9 0.40 cents .
£ 7, or $35, or 70 Rupees, .. 0.60 cents .
£10 , or $50, or 100 Rupees,.. 0.80 cents .
150 Rupees , ..... .. $ 1.00
† By means of Postal Notes only .