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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

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244.-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:--

3d. 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.

245.-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.

246.—The limit for a single money order is £40, $100 gold, Rs. 600, Yen 400 or $400

Mex.

247.-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.

248.--Where not repugnant to the foregoing Rules the General Regulations for the issue of the Local Money Orders will apply to Foreign Money Orders.

249. 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)

Federated Malay States

Japan, (including Formosa and offices

in Corea)

Macao Queensland

Siam (Bangkok and Chiengmai only) South Australia

Straits Settlements Tasmania

Transvaal

United Kingdom

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia

Bulgaria

Chili

United States of America (including Hawaii

and Porto Rico)

Canada

Germany (including German West Coast and South West Africa, German New Guinea, Samoa, Marshall Islands and the German Colonies in Oceana)

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.)

Italy (including Agencies at Assab, Mas-

sowah, and Tripoli)

Liberia

Luxemburg Mexico

Congo Free State (Banana, Boma and Netherlands

Matadi)

Cuba

Danish West Indies

Dutch East Indies

Denmark (including Fareo Island)

Finland

France (including Algeria)

Herzegovina

Hungary

Iceland

Norway

Peru

Portugal (including Madeira and Azores) Roumania

Russia

Salvador Servia Sweden

Tunis

Switzerland

Uruguay

(Foreign Cities and Towns.)

Constantinople (British Postal Agency)

Smyrna Salonica

Panama (British Postal Agency)

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