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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
IMPERIAL POSTAL NOTES.
119-POSTAL NOTES of the values named below, payable within three months at any Post Office in the United Kingdom, or at Constantinople, can be obtained at Hongkong or at any British Post Office in China at prices, which include commission, and which vary with the rate of exchange :-
1/-, 1/6, 5/-, 10/—, 20/——
The prices are published from time to time in the Government Gazette and can be obtained on application.
120.-The purchaser of any Postal Note must fill in the payee's name before parting with it. He may also fill in the name of the Office where payment is to be made. If this is not done the note is payable (within three months) anywhere in the United Kingdom, or at Constantinople. Any Postal Note may be crossed to a Bank.
121.-Postal Notes should always be forwarded in registered covers. If this precaution is not taken NO ENQUIRIES WHATEVER will be made as to the loss or alleged loss of any Note.
122.-Postal Notes issued in the United Kingdom are not payable in Hongkong or
China.
Local Postal Notes.
123.-Postal Notes of the values named below, payable within six months, are issued and paid at Hongkong, Hoihow, Canton, Swatow, Amoy Foochow, Shanghai, Ningpo and Hankow.
25 Cent Note. Commission charged on issue..............
1 cents.
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124.-The purchaser of any Postal Note may, before parting with it, fill in the name of the Payee, and also the name of the Office where payment is to be made; if this is not done the Note is payable (within six months) to bearer at any of the above places.
125.-Every person to whom a Postal Note is issued should keep a record of the number, date, and name of Office of issue, to facilitate enquiry if the Note should be lost, and should register the letter in whieh it is forwarded.
126.-If a Postal Note be lost or destroyed, no duplicate therevf can be issued. This regulation cannot be departed from in any case whatever, for the reason that every Postal Note is payable to bearer and that no specified person can therefore satisfactorily establish the fact of his ownership in a lost Note which is not filled in, and which, if found at any time, would be payable to bearer.
127.-If a Postal Note be crossed-
& Co. payment will only be made
through a Banker, and if the name of a Banker is added payment will only be made through that Banker.
128.--After a Postal Note has once been paid, to whomsoever it is paid, the Government will not be liable for any further claim.
129.-If any crasure or alteration be made, or if the Note is cut, defaced or mutilated, payment may be refused.
130.-The Officer in charge of a Post Office may delay or refuse the payment of a Note, but he must at once report his reasons for so doing to the Postmaster General.
131.-After the expiration of six months from the last day of the month of issue, a Postal Note will be payable only on payment of a commission, equal to the amount of the original commission, but after twelve months it will become invalid and not payable.
This edition of the Postal Guide has been re-arranged in a form which it is hoped will be found more convenient for reference than that previously existing. It is requested that any difficulty experienced in using it may be notified, with a view to the improvement of future issues.
This reprint supersedes all previous issues of the Postal Guide, and is the only authorised complete summary of Postal regulations. Whilst always willing to supply information in other ways, the Department declines responsibility for errors in replies to oral applications (especially if addressed to Chinese) or notes to subordinate officers. The Chinese Shroffs at the windows are placed there to sell stamps, not to decide what is correct postage, nor to answer enquiries, for which they are not competent.
HONGKONG, January 1st, 1894.
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