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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

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120.-Money Orders are issued at Hongkong and Shanghai at current rates of exchange on the following countries and places:-

Canada.

China Ports (Hoihow, Can- ton, Swatow, Amoy, Foo- chow, Ningpo, Hankow, and Shanghai. Ceylon.

Hawaii (Sandwich Islands). British India (including Burmah and the Agen-

BRITISH COLONIES:- British Guiana.

British Honduras.

Cyprus.

Falkland Islands.

Gibraltar.

Malta.

Newfoundland.

Prince Edward Island.

Western Australia.

AFRICA.

British Bechuanaland.

Cape Colony.

Gambia.

Gold Coast.

Lagos.

Mashonaland.

Matabeleland.

Mauritius.

Mombasa and Lamu.

Natal.

St. Helena

Seychelles.

Zululand.

Sierra Leone.

WEST INDIES.

Antigua.

Bahamas.

cies of the Indian Post Office in the Persian Gulf).

Japan Ports (Nagasaki, Ko- be, Osaka, Kioto, Yoko- hama,Tokio, Akamagase-

ki(Shimonoseki)Aomori,

Nagano,Nagoya,Niigata, Sapporo, Sendai, Ta- dotsu, and Utsunomiya). New South Wales. New Zealand. British North

Borneo

(Sandakan, Kudat and Labuan). Queensland.

Drawn through London Office.

Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Kanazawa, Kumamoto,

Dominica.

Grenada.

Jamaica.

Montserrat. Nevis.

St. Kitts.

St. Lucia.

St. Vincent.

Tobago.

Trinidad.

Turks' Islands.

FOREIGN COUNTRIES:-

Austria. Belgium.

Bosnia.

Bulgaria.

Cameroons and Togo. Chili.

Congo Free State (Banana,

Boma and Matadi). Denmark, with Faroe Isds. Danish West Indies.

Dutch East Indies. Egypt.

France, with Algeria. German Empire.

Herzegovina.

Holland.

Hungary.

Iceland.

Italy (with offices on the

Red Sea and at Tripoli). Luxemburg.

New Guinea (German Pro-

tectorate of).

Norway.

Orange Free States.

Portugal (including Ma- deira and the Azores). Roumania.

Salvador.

Servia.

Sweden.

Switzerland.

Transvaal. Tunis. Uruguay.

Siam (Bangkok only). South Australia.

Straits Settlements (Singa

pore, Penang and Ma- lacca).

Tasmania.

United Kingdom.

Victoria.

United States of Amerios.

Smyrna. Tangier.

ASIA MINOR AND LEVANT.

Candia.

Canea (Khania, La Canée). Chios (Khios).

Dardanelles.

Dédé-Agatch (Déde-

Durazzo.

Gallipoli

Ineboli

Jaffa.

Aghadj).

Janini

Jerusalem.

Kaifa (Caiffa)

Kavala (Cavalla)

Kerassonde (Kéressoun). Lagos (Turkey)

Mitylene.

Prevesa.

FOREIGN CITIES AND TOWNS :-

Retimo.

Rhodes.

Samsoun.

Adrianople.

Beyrout. Constantinople.

(dos)

Barbadoes.

Bermuda.

Gerinan East African Pro-

tectorate.

Panama. Salonica.

Santi Quaranta (Seran- Trepizond (Trapezunt).

Valona. Vathy-Samos

121.-Orders on the Countries drawn through the London Post Office are paid less the following discount, for which the remitter should allow. All such Orders must be expressed in British currency :-

For sums not exceeding £2.

""

exceeding £2 but not exceeding £ 5...

£5 £7

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£7....

£10....

.3d.

...6d.

..9d.

....ls. Od.

122.-The "commission charged is as follows (according to the currency the Order is drawn in):-

(a.) Upon the Australian Colonies for sums not exceeding :-£1, 12 cts.; £2, 24 cts.; £3, 36 cts.; £4, 48 cts.; £5, 60 cts.; £6, 72 cts.; £7, 84 cts.; £8, 96 cts.; £9, $1.08; £10, $1.20. (b.) On the United Kingdom and on Countries drawn through London :- £1,8 cents; £2, 16 cents; £3, 24 cents; £4, 32 cents; £5, 40 cents; £6, 48 cents; £7, 56 cents; £8, 64 cents; £9, 72 cent; £10, 80 cents.

(c) On other places:-Up to $10, or 20 rupees, 20 cts.; $25, or 50 rupees, 40 cts.; $35, or 70 rupees, 60 cts.; $50, or 100 rupees, 80 cts.; 150 rupees, $1.00.

123.-No Order must exceed £10 or $50 (unless drawn on India, when 150 Rupees is the limit).

IMPERIAL POSTAL NOTES.

124.-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.

125.-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.

126.-Postal Notes should always be forwarded in registered covers. precaution is not taken NO ENQUIRIES WHATEVER will be made as to the loss or alleged loss of any Note.

If this

127. Postal Notes issued in United Kingdom are not payable in Hongkong or China.