CO129-259 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1893 [5-8] — Page 190

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Article 2.

The Post Office of Hongkong shall, in like manner, be responsible for the transmission and payment of money orders drawn in the United States on Hongkong, and shall, on receipt of advice of issue, convert the amounts of orders drawn in the United States money at the current rate of exchange into the currency of Hongkong.

The conversion shall be made on receipt of the advice of issue, and the amount shall be paid on the arrival of the exchange list.

Article 3.

The maximum amount for which Money Orders may be drawn in either country upon the other shall be one hundred dollars in the United States, and fifty dollars in Hongkong.

Article 4.

No Money Order shall contain a fractional part of a cent.

Article 5.

The amounts of money orders shall be deposited by the remitters, and paid to payees in gold coin, or in any other legal money of the country of the same current value.

In case there should be a paper currency of legal tender, but of less value than gold, in circulation in either country, the administration of that country shall have the right to receive and pay the same in its relations with the public, taking the difference of value into account.

Article 6.

The Post Office of Hongkong and the Post Office Department of the United States shall each have power to fix, from time to time, the rates of commission to be charged on all money orders they may respectively issue.

This commission shall belong to the issuing Postal Administration, but the Post Office of Hongkong shall pay to the Post Office Department of the United States one-half of the amount of commission on the amount of orders issued in Hongkong and payable in the United States; and the Post Office Department of the United States shall make a like payment in respect of orders issued in the United States and payable in Hongkong.

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Article 2. The Post Office of Hongkong shall, in like manner, be responsible for the transmission and payment of money orders drawn in the United States on Hongkong, and shall, on receipt of advice of issue, convert the amounts of orders drawn in the United States money at the current rate of exchange into the currency of Hongkong. The conversion shall be made on receipt of the advice of issue, and the amount shall be paid on the arrival of the exchange list. Article 3. The maximum amount for which Money Orders may be drawn in either country upon the other shall be one hundred dollars in the United States, and fifty dollars in Hongkong. Article 4. No Money Order shall contain a fractional part of a cent. Article 5. The amounts of money orders shall be deposited by the remitters, and paid to payees in gold coin, or in any other legal money of the country of the same current value. In case there should be a paper currency of legal tender, but of less value than gold, in circulation in either country, the administration of that country shall have the right to receive and pay the same in its relations with the public, taking the difference of value into account. Article 6. The Post Office of Hongkong and the Post Office Department of the United States shall each have power to fix, from time to time, the rates of commission to be charged on all money orders they may respectively issue. This commission shall belong to the issuing Postal Administration, but the Post Office of Hongkong shall pay to the Post Office Department of the United States one-half of the amount of commission on the amount of orders issued in Hongkong and payable in the United States; and the Post Office Department of the United States shall make a like payment in respect of orders issued in the United States and payable in Hongkong. Page 186
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Art. 6.

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