2058 ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1887 .
Post Office.
Order made by the Governor under the provisions of section 10 of the Post Office Ordinance,
1887, 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. * Gambia. * Madeira. Shanghai .
* Azores Is. * Germany. * Malta. * Sierra Leone.
Bangkok. * Gibraltar. * Mauritius. South Australia.
* Belgium. * Gold Coast. * Natal . Straits Settlements.
* Bermuda. Hankow. * Newfoundland. Swatow.
* Canada. Hawaii. New South Wales. * Sweden .
Canton. Hoihow. * New Zealand. * Switzerland .
* Cape Colony. * Holland. Ningpo. * Tangier.
Ceylon. * Honduras, (Br. ) . North Borneo. Tasmania.
+ (Constantinople). Hongkong. * Norway. UNITED KINGDOM.
* Cyprus . * Iceland . Port Darwin. * United States.
* Denmark. India. * Portugal. Victoria.
* Egypt. * Italy. Queensland. Western Australia.
* Falkland Is. Japan . S. Helena. * West Indies (British,
Foochow. * Lagos. * Seychelles. Danish, and Dutch).
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.
99 £ 5 , or $25, or 50 Rupees ,...……. 0.40 cents.
99 £ 7, or $35, or 70 Rupees,..... 0.60 cents .
99 £ 10, or $ 50, or 100 Rupees ,……………... 0.80 cents .
"" ―――――― ――――――― 150 Rupees , .... .$ 1.00.
By means of Postal Notes only.