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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

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in the currency of the country of payment being issued by the London Office, subject to discount on such order at the following rates:-

3. for sums not exceeding £5, and 3d. for each £5 or fraction of £5 additional

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

248.—The commission to be charged will be one and a half cent per dollar on the amount (or equivalent of the amount) in dollars, with a minimum charge of 10 cents.

249.-The limit for a single money order is £40, $200 gold, Rs. 600, Yen 400 or $100 Mex. (except for Borneo the limit for which is $100 Mex.)

230.-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.

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

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

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

DRAWN DIRECT.

British India (including Burmah and the Agencies of the Indian Post Office in the Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Portu- guese India, British East Africa, Ger- man East Africa, Zanzibar & Cape Colony)

Japan, (including Formosa and offices

in Corea) Queensland

Siam (Bangkok and Chiengmai only) South Australia

Straits Settlements (Singapore, Penang

and Malacca)

Tasmania

Transvaal

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia

Bulgaria

United Kingdom

United States of America (including Hawaii

and Porto Rico) Canada

Ceylon (including orders on Mauritius, Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Montenegro, Natal, Orange River Colony, Rhodesia, Bechuanaland)

British North Borneo (Sandakan, Kudat,

Labuan, Beaufort & Jesselton) New South Wales (including Fiji) New Zealand

Victoria

Western Australia

DRAWN THrough LonDON.

(Foreign Countries.)

Cameroons and Togo (West Coast of Africa) Chili

Congo Free State (Banana, Boma and

Matadi)

Cuba

Danish West Indies

Denmark (including Fareo Island)

Dutch East Indies

Finland

France (including Algeria)

German South West African Protectorate

German Empire

Herzegovina

Hungary

Iceland

Italy (including Agencies at Assab, Mas-

sowah, and Tripoli)

Liberia Luxemburg

Marshall Islands (German Protectorate) Mexico Netherlands

New Guinea (German Protectorate) Norway

Portugal (including Madeira and Azores) Roumania

Russia

Salvador

Samoa (German Protectorate)

Servia

Sweden

Switzerland

Tunis

Uruguay

Constantinople Smyrna

(Foreign Cities and Towns.)

Google

Panama

Tangier

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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN