Orders not to be paid unless Ad- vices bear Stamp of Chief Office.
Transmission of Accounts.
Balance of Accounts.
4
17.-The Postmasters in each Country to be instructed to pay no Order unless the Advice has been previously received, and unless that Advice bears the stamp of the London, Dublin, or Edinburgh Office, as well as that of the Colonial Post Office.*
Mode of Payment.
Remittances on Money Order Account.
Additional Pre- cautions and Facilities.
18.--The London and Chief Money Order Offices to render to each other by every Mail an account of such of the Orders issued in the other Country as have been paid or renewed since the despatch of the last Mail; such Account to be accompanied by the Orders as Vouchers. In the Accounts despatched from London the total number and amount of Orders paid in England, Ireland, and Scotland to be shown separately; and in those despatched from the Chief Office, the total of the paid issues of England, Ireland, and Scotland to be shown separately. The form recommended for these Accounts is annexed (Form No. 1 M.O.): As these Accounts are to be subject to quarterly adjustment it will be necessary to keep the Payments of the different quarters distinct from each other.
19.-The balance due from one Country to the other on account of Money Orders to be remitted every month. This balance to be estimated by the remitting Country, and to be subject to a quarterly adjustment.
As soon as the Account from the Mother Country marked as the last one of the Quarter shall have been received from London, the Chief Office in the Colony to prepare, for comparison with the books of the General Post Office, London, a Statement of the number and amount of Orders paid in the Colony and in the United Kingdom, during the Quarter; of the Remittances made on account; and of the Amount accruing to the Colony and to the United Kingdom as Commission. This Statement, when compared with the books of the London Office to be acknowledged as correct, or to be returned with the necessary alterations. The amounts due to the Mother Country or the Colony, as the case may be, on account of Money Orders, to be kept entirely distinct from the Amounts due for postage, and not in any way to be incorporated in the General Account.
Power to increase Commission or to suspend Issue of Money Orders.
20.-All payments by the Colony to be in sterling money and at par, and to be made in the same way as in that of postage. Payments due from the United Kingdom to be made by bills at not more than thirty days' sight; or the amount to be deducted from the balance of postage due from the Colony to the United Kingdom.
21-Any remittance made to the London Office to be sent, separate from the account, in a letter addressed to the "Receiver and Accountant General, General Post Office, London," and the address of such letter to be entered on the Letter Bill for London as a Registered Letter.
22. The Postmaster-General in each Country to be authorized to adopt any additional rules (if not repugnant to the foregoing) for greater security against fraud, or for the better working of the system generally. All such additional rules, however, to be communicated to the Postmaster-General of the other Country.
23.-Should it appear that Money Orders are used by mercantile men, either in the United Kingdom or in the Colony, for the transmission of large sums of money, the British or Colonial Post Office, as the case may be, to consider the propriety of increasing the commission, and to have power even wholly to suspend for a time the issue of Money Orders.
By this arrangement the Post Office of the Country in which the Orders are drawn will have the means of ascertaining that all those Orders are duly accounted for by its Postmasters; and the Post Office of the Country in which the Orders are paid will know what Money each of its Postmasters will require to meet the Orders drawn upon him.
Whitehall
Registered No.....37
In any further correspondence on this subject, the above Number should be quoted.
Copy Gov: No. 39-
18 Decr 1868
Post Office
12575/67.
General Post Office
10 February 1868
Sir,
Referring to that part of my letter of the 21st December last in which I stated that the arrangements for sorting mails on board the Packets between China and Singapore would forthwith be considered, and a further communication made to you on the subject, I am now directed to state, for the information of the Colonial Office...
Orders not to be paid unless Ad- vices bear Stamp of Chief Office.
Transmission of Accounts.
Balance of Accounts.
4
17.-The Postmasters in each Country to be instructed to pay no Order unless the Advice has been previously received, and unless that Advice bears the stamp of the London, Dublin, or Edinburgh Office, as well as that of the Colonial Post Office.*
Mode of Payment.
Remittances on Money Order Account.
Additional Pre- cautions and Facilities.
18.--The London and
Chief Money
Order Offices to render to each other by every Mail an account of such of the Orders issued in the other Country as have been paid or renewed since the despatch of the last Mail; such Account to be accompanied by the Orders as Vouchers. In the Accounts despatched from London the total number and amount of Orders paid in England, Ireland, and Scotland to be shown separately; and in those despatched from
the total of the paid issues of England, Ireland, and Scotland to be shown separately. The form recommended for these Accounts is annexed (Form No. 1 M.): As these Accounts are to be subject to quarterly adjustment it will be necessary to keep. the Payments of the different quarters distinct from each other.
19.-The balance due from one Country to the other on account of Money Orders to be remitted every month. This balance to be estimated by the remitting Country, and to be subject to a quarterly adjustment.
As soon as the Account from the Mother Country marked as the last one of the Quarter shall have been received from London, the Chief Office in the Colony to prepare, for comparison with the books. of the General Post Office, London, a Statement of the number and amount of Orders paid in the Colony and in the United Kingdom, during the Quarter; of the Remittances made on account; and of the Amount accruing to the Colony and to the United Kingdom as Com- mission. This Statement, when compared with the books of the London Office to be acknowledged as correct, or to be returned with the necessary alterations. The amounts due to the Mother Country or the Colony, as the case may be, on account of Money Orders, to be kept entirely distinct from the Amounts due for postage, and not in any way to be incorporated in the General Account"
Power to increase Commission or to suspend Issue of Money Orders.
20.-All payments by
to be in
sterling money and at par, and to be made in the same way as in that of postage. Payments due from the United Kingdom to be made by bills at not more than thirty days' sight; or the amount to be deducted from the balance of postage due from the Colony to the United Kingdom.
21-Any remittance made to the London Office to be sent, separate from the account, in a letter addressed to the "Receiver and Accountant General, General Post Office, London," and the address of such letter to be entered on the Letter Bill for London as a Registered Letter.
22. The Postmaster-General in each Country to be authorized to adopt any additional rules (if not repugnant to the foregoing) for greater security against fraud, or for the better working of the system generally. All such additional rules, however, to be communicated to the Postmaster-General of the other Country.
23.-Should it appear that Money Orders are used by mercantile men, either in the United Kingdom or in the Colony, for the transmission of large sums of money, the British or Colonial Post Office, as the case may be, to consider the propriety of increasing the commission, and to have power even wholly to suspend for a time the issue of Money Orders.
By this arrangement the Post Office of the Country in which the Orders are drawn will have the means of ascertaining that all those Orders are duly accounted for by its Postmasters; and the Post Office of the Country in which the Orders are paid will know what Money each of its Postmasters will require to meet the Orders drawn upon him.
Whitehall
Registered No.....37
In any further correspondence on this subject, the above
Copy Gor: ho. 39-
18 dels 1868
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