To be guided by the wishes of the Postmaster General in this matter to take the points raised in the enclosed into consideration.
RULES PROPOSED FOR ADOPTION IN THE TRANSACTION OF MONEY ORDER BUSINESS BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AND HONG KONG
1. - The maximum amount for which a Money Order may be drawn in the United Kingdom upon Hong Kong to be fixed by the British Government, and the maximum amount for which a Money Order may be drawn in Hong Kong upon the United Kingdom to be fixed by the Colonial Government; on the understanding, however, that in neither Country shall this amount exceed £10. Each Government also to be left to fix the rate of Commission to be charged on the issue of Money Orders.
2. - The British Post Office to pay to the Post Office of Hong Kong the sum of 4d. for every Money Order issued in the United Kingdom, and 10s. sterling per cent., on the amount of such Order, and the Post Office of Hong Kong to make a like payment to the British Post Office for every Money Order issued in Hong Kong.
3. - No Money Order to include a fractional part of a penny.
4. With the following exceptions, no Money Order to be issued unless the applicant furnish, in full, the surname, and, at least, the initial of one Christian name, both of the Remitter and the Payee, together with the address of the Remitter, for entry in the Issuing Journal, so that, if necessary, he may be traced. If the applicant, however, tender the name of either the Remitter or the Payee at greater length, such particulars to be received, and the Advice to be made out accordingly.
- If the Remitter or Payee be a Peer or Bishop, his ordinary title to be sufficient; if a Firm, the usual designation of such Firm such as "Baring Brothers," "Smith and Son," "Jones and Co.," to suffice; but the mere term "Messrs.," such as "Messrs. Rivington," or the name of a Company trading under a title which does not consist of the names of the persons composing it, such as the "Carron Co.," to be inadmissible.
- The Remitter, on stating that the Order is to be paid only through a Bank, to have the option of giving or withholding the name of the Payee; in such cases, the Officer drawing the Order to cross it in the same way that cheques are commonly crossed when they are intended to be paid through a Bank.
[Wt. 188.] 9125.
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3.-No Money Order to include a fractional part of a penny.
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-If the Remitter or Payee be a Peer or Bishop, his ordinary title
to be sufficient; if a Firm, the usual designation of such Firm such as "Baring Brothers," "Smith and Son," "Jones and Co.," to suffice; but the mere term "Messrs.," such as "Messrs. Rivington," or the name of a Company trading under a title which does not consist of the names of the persons composing it, such as the "Carron Co.," to be inadmissible. -The Remitter, on stating that the Order is to be paid only through a Bank, to have the option of giving or withholding the name of the Payee; in such cases, the Officer drawing the Order to cross it in the same way that cheques are commonly crossed when they are intended to be paid through a Bank.
[Wt. 188.] 9125.
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