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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

240. In the case of orders drawn on the countries and places through the London Office a receipt of the issue of such order only will be given to the remitter, an order in the currency of the country of payment being issued by the London Office, subject to discount on such order at the following rates:-

For sums not exceeding £2..

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exceeding £2 and not exceeding £6

£6

3d.

6d. £10... 9d.

All such orders"must be expressed in British currency and, if so desired, the remitter must allow for the above discount.

241.--The commission charged is as follows:-

Orders on the United Kingdom and on Countries through the London Office.

For each £ or fraction of a £....

Orders on the Australian Colonies..

For each £ or fraction of a £

Orders on India and Ceylon.

8 cents.

12 cents.

For a sum not exceeding

20 rupees

20 cents.

50

40

"1

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70

60

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95

27

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100 150

80

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$1.00

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"1

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Orders on other places.

For a sum not exceeding $ 10

20 cents.

$ 25

40

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19

12

$ 35

60

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$ 50

80

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$ 60

$1.00

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15

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$ 75

1.20

17

17

$ 85

1.40

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$100

1.60

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242. No order (except in the case of those drawn on India, for which the limit is 150 rupees, and those on Japan, Borneo and Siam, for which the limit is $100) must exceed £10 or $50.

243.--A foreign order remaining unpaid in Hongkong after one year from the date of issue will be considered void and returned to the office of issue.

244.-Where not repugnant to the foregoing Rules the General Regulations for the

issue of the Local Money Orders will apply to Foreign Money Orders.

245.--The following is the list of countries and places upon which Money Orders are drawn, viz. :—

DRAWN

British India (including Burmah and the Agencies of the Indian Post Office in the Persian Gulf and Seychelles) and Portu- guese India Canada

Ceylon (including orders on Mauritius and

Egypt)

Hawaii (Sandwich Islands) Japan, the following offices, viz. :-Nagasa-

ki, Kobe, Osaka, Kioto, Yokohama, Tokio, Akamagaseki (Shimonoseki ), Aomori, Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Kana- zawa, Kumamoto, Nagano, Nagoya, Niigaata, Sappora, Sendai, Tadotsu and Utsunomiya; and in Formosa, Anping, Keelung, Taichu, Tainan, Taipeh, Taito-

Antigua Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda

British Bechuanaland British Guiana

British Honduras

DIRECT.

tai, Takaw and Tamsui; and in Corea, Fusan, Chemulpo, Seoul, Yuensan and Mukho

New South Wales

New Zealand

British North Borneo (Sandakan, Kudat

and Labuan)

Queensland

Siam (Bangkok and Chiengmai only) South Australia

Straits Settlements (Singapore, Penang

and Malacca) Tasmania

United Kingdom

United States of America Victoria

DRAWN THROUGH THE LONDON OFFICE

British Colonies

Matabeleland

Mombassa and Lamu

Montserrat

Malta

Natal

Nevis

Newfoundland

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