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Payment of an Order through a Bank.
Form of Money Order.
Payments to be made in Sterling.
Attested Mark in
5.-When an Order is presented for payment through a Bank, a receipt by any person to be sufficient, and no regard to be paid to any discrepancy between the signature to the receipt and the name of the Payee given in the Advice, provided the Order be crossed with the name of the Receiving Bank, and be presented by some person known to be in the employ of such Bank.
6.-Every Money Order and Advice to be drawn on authorized forms only.*
7.-All payments for Money Orders, whether by the Public to the Post Office, or by the Post Office to the Public, to be made in Sterling Money, and at par; provided however that if there be a difficulty at any time in procuring Sterling Money, such payments may be made, to the nearest equivalent, in other coins current in that Colony.
8. The signature of the Payee of a Money Order to be affixed to the Order in the place provided for the purpose. If the Payee be unable to write, he should sign the receipt by making his mark, to be witnessed in writing; as, for example,-
Transfer of a Money Order.
Duplicates to be issued in the Country where the original Order was payable.
Stoppage of Payment or Renewal of an Order to be effected in the Country where the original Order was payable.
Alterations of Name, &c. to be made by the issuing Country,
Joseph Allen,
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his mark.
Witness-John Fuller, High Street, Leicester.
The Witness to sign his name, with his address, in the presence of the Paying Officer; and the latter to certify the payment by adding his initials. It is desirable, though not imperative, that the Witness should not be connected with the Post Office; he need not be personally acquainted with the Payee, but he should be known to the Paying Officer. In no case should the Paying Officer act as witness.
9. When the Payee of a Money Order desires to receive payment in the Country on which the Order was issued, at some other Office than that on which the Order was originally drawn, the transfer to be granted, provided the Order be enclosed to the Postmaster of the Office on which it was drawn. In such case a new Order is to be issued, the Commission chargeable upon which is to be deducted from the amount of the new Order.
10.-In the event of a Money Order miscarrying or being lost, a Duplicate is to be granted on a written application from the Payee, (containing the necessary particulars, and accompanied by an additional Commission) to the Controller of the Chief Money Order Office of the Country where the original Order was payable.
11. On the receipt of a similar application, orders are to be given to stop payment of a Money Order, or to renew a lapsed Order. The additional Commission in this last case is to be deducted from the amount of the new Order.
Any person presenting a lapsed Order to be directed to transmit it, with an application for a new Order, to the Chief Office of the Country or Colony in which it was payable.
12. But when it is desired that any error in the name of the Remitter or of the Payee should be corrected, or that the amount of a Money Order should be repaid to the Remitter, or that a lapsed Order should be renewed for payment in the Country in which the Order was originally drawn, application must be made by the Remitter to the Chief Money Order Office of such Country. This application must be accompanied by an additional Commission, unless it have reference to a lapsed Order, in which case the Commission is to be deducted from the amount of the new Order.
* The forms recommended are those now used in the United Kingdom (of which specimens are annexed), with such slight alterations as may be necessary.
13.-Repayment, whether of an original, a renewed, or a Duplicate Order, must not be made to the Remitter until it has been ascertained, through the Chief Office of the Country where such Order was payable, that the advice has been cancelled at the Office on which the Order was originally drawn.
14.-Payment of an Order must be obtained before the end of the sixth calendar month after that in which it was drawn; for instance, if drawn in January, payment must be obtained before the end of July, otherwise the Order will become lapsed, and a new Order (for which a second Commission, to be deducted from the amount of the Order, will be charged) will become necessary.
If an Order be not paid before the end of the twelfth calendar month after that in which it was drawn-for instance, if drawn in January and not paid before the end of the following January-all claim to the money will be forfeited, unless, under peculiar circumstances, the Post Office of the Country in which the Order was drawn think proper to allow it.
15.-After once paying a Money Order, by whomsoever presented, the Paying Country not to be liable to any further claim. If a wrong Order has once been paid owing to negligence on the part of any Officer of the Department, the Postmaster-General of the Country or Colony in which the negligence occurs to be authorized, if he see fit, to require the Officer in fault to make good the loss.
16. The Advices of all Money Orders drawn upon the Colony by Postmasters in England to be sent in the first instance to the Chief Money Order Office in London; Advices of Orders drawn in Scotland to be sent to Edinburgh, and Advices of Orders drawn in Ireland to be sent to Dublin. These Advices, after being impressed in London, Edinburgh, or Dublin, with a date-stamp, to be forwarded by the first Packet with a list, similar to the accompanying form, under a cover to the "Postmaster-General of ;" and, after being again impressed with the date-stamp of his Office, to be dispatched to the several Offices drawn upon.*
In like manner, the Advices of all Money Orders drawn upon the United Kingdom by Postmasters in the Colony, to be sent in the first instance to ; there to be impressed with a date-stamp, and afterwards to be forwarded by the first packet to England. The Advices of Orders drawn on Towns in England to be put under a cover addressed to the "Controller of the Chief Money Order Office, London;" the Advices of Orders drawn on Towns in Scotland under a cover addressed to the "Secretary of the General Post Office, Edinburgh;" and the Advices of Orders drawn on Towns in Ireland under a cover addressed to the "Post Office, Dublin."
Secretary of the General Lists, similar to the foregoing, to be made out in the Colony and to be forwarded for the information of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Offices.
Each list of Advices to be numbered consecutively 1, 2, 3, 4, &c. in the order of despatch; the Numbers recommencing at the beginning of every year, at once.
In order to prevent inconvenience in case the original Advices and Lists should be lost, each Office to forward by the following Mail a Duplicate of the List sent by the preceding Mail.
*The advantage of sending not only the Advices but a list of the Orders, is, that if an Advice should miscarry, provided the Order appears in the list, then a Duplicate Advice may be issued.
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Payment of an Order through a Bank.
Form of Money Order.
Payments to be made in Sterling.
Attested Mark in
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-When an Order is presented for payment through a Bank, a receipt by any person to be sufficient, and no regard to be paid to any discrepancy between the signature to the receipt and the name of the Payee given in the Advice, provided the Order be crossed with the name of the Receiving Bank, and be presented by some person known to be in the employ of such Bank.
6.-Every Money Order and Advice to be drawn on authorized forms only.*
7-All payments for Money Orders, whether by the Public to the Post Office, or by the Post Office to the Public, to be made in Sterling Money, and at par; provided however that if in
there be a difficulty at any time in procuring Sterling Money, such payments may be made, to the nearest equivalent, in other coins current in that Colony.
8. The signature of the Payee of a Money Order to be affixed to place of Signature. the Order in the place provided for the purpose. If the Payee be unable to write, he should sign the receipt by making his mark, to be witnessed in writing; as, for example,-
Transfer of a Money Order.
Duplicates to be issued in the Country where
the original Order was payable.
Stoppage of Payment or Renewal of an Order to be effected in the Country where
the original Order was payable.
Alterations of Name, &c. to be made by the issuing Country,
Joseph Allen,
X
his mark.
Witness-John Fuller, High Street, Leicester.
The Witness to sign his name, with his address, in the presence of the Paying Officer; and the latter to certify the payment by adding his initials. It is desirable, though not imperative, that the Witness should not be connected with the Post Office; he need not be personally acquainted with the Payee, but he should be known to the Paying Officer. In no case should the Paying Officer act as witness.
9. When the Payee of a Money Order desires to receive payment in the Country on which the Order was issued, at some other Office than that on which the Order was originally drawn, the transfer to be granted, provided the Order be enclosed to the Postmaster of the Office on which it was drawn. In such case a new Order is to be issued, the Commission chargeable upon which is to be deducted from the amount of the new Order.
10.--In the event of a Money Order miscarrying or being lost, a Duplicate is to be granted on a written application from the Payee, (containing the necessary particulars, and accompanied by an additional Commission) to the Controller of the Chief Money Order Office of the Country where the original Order was payable.
11. On the receipt of a similar application, orders are to be given to stop payment of a Money Order, or to renew a lapsed Order. The additional Commission in this last case is to be deducted from the amount of the new Order.
Any person presenting a lapsed Order to be directed to transmit it,, with an application for a new Order, to the Chief Office of the Country or Colony in which it was payable.
12. But when it is desired that any error in the name of the Remitter or of the Payee should be corrected, or that the amount of a Money Order should be repaid to the Remitter, or that a lapsed Order should be renewed for payment in the Country in which the Order was originally drawn, application must be made by the Remitter to the Chief Money Order Office of such Country. This application must be accom-
* The forms recommended are those now used in the United Kingdom (of which speci- mens are annexed), with such slight alterations as may be necessary.
panied by an additional Commission, unless it have reference to a lapsed Order, in which case the Commission is to be deducted from the amount of the new Order.
13.-Repayment, whether of an original, a renewed, or a Duplicate Repayment not to Order, must not be made to the Remitter until it has been ascertained, be made until through the Chief Office of the Country where such Order was payable, original Advice that the advice has been cancelled at the Office on which the Order was
has been cancelled. originally drawn.
14.-Payment of an Order must be obtained before the end of the Lapsed and void sixth calendar month after that in which it was drawn; for instance, if Orders. drawn in January, payment must be obtained before the end of July, otherwise the Order will become lapsed, and a new Order (for which a second Commission, to be deducted from the amount of the Order, will be charged) will become necessary.
If an Order be not paid before the end of the twelfth calendar month after that in which it was drawn-for instance, if drawn in January and not paid before the end of the following January-all claim to the money will be forfeited, unless, under peculiar circumstances, the Post Office of the Country in which the Order was drawn think proper to allow it.
15.-After once paying a Money Order, by whomsoever presented, No Claim after au the Paying Country not to be liable to any further claim. If a wrong Order has once payment, however, be made owing to negligence on the part of been paid. Officer of the Department, the Postmaster-General of the Country or Colony in which the negligence occurs to be authorized, if he see fit,
to require the Officer in fault to make good the loss.
any
16. The Advices of all Money Orders drawn upon the Colony Transmission of by Postmasters in England to be sent in the first instance to the Chief Advices. Money Order Office in London; Advices of Orders drawn in Scotland
to be sent to Edinburgh, and Advices of Orders drawn in Ireland to be sent to Dublin. These Advices, after being impressed in London, Edinburgh, or Dublin, with a date-stamp, to be forwarded by the first Packet with a list, similar to the accompanying form, under a cover to the "Postmaster-General of
;" and,
after being again impressed with the date-stamp of his Office, to be dispatched to the several Offices drawn upon.*
In like manner, the Advices of all Money Orders drawn upon the United Kingdom by Postmasters in the Colony, to be sent in the first instance to
; there to be impressed with a date-stamp, and afterwards to be forwarded by the first packet to England. The Advices of Orders drawn on Towns in England to be put under a cover addressed to the "Controller of the Chief Money Order Office, London ;" the Advices of Orders drawn on Towns in Scotland under a cover addressed to the " Secretary of the General Post Office, Edinburgh;" and the Advices of Orders drawn on Towns in Ireland under a cover addressed to the " Post Office, Dublin."
Secretary of the General Lists, similar to the foregoing, to be made out in the Colony and to be forwarded for the information of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Offices.
Each list of Advices to be numbered consecutively 1, 2, 3, 4, &c. in the order of despatch; the Numbers recommencing at the beginning of every year, at onc.
In order to prevent inconvenience in case the original Advices and Lists should be lost, each Office to forward by the following Mail a Duplicate of the List sent by the preceding Mail.
*The advantage of sending not only the Advices but a list of the Orders, is, that if an Advice should miscarry, provided the Order appears in the list, then a Duplicate Advice may be issued.
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