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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

241.-The applicant must furnish, in full, the surname and, at least, the initial of one christian name both of the remitter and the payee and the remitter's address. In the case of orders through the United Kingdom the full address of the payee must be given, and if the order be payable to a native in British India the tribe or caste and the father's name should also be furnished.

242.-In any case in which the name of the payee is not known the remitter must make a note to the effect on the front of the Requisition Form, and give such descrip- tion of the payee as will be sufficient to identify him or her to the Paying Officer. The order will then be issued at the remitter's risk.

243.-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.

244.-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.

245.-In the Money Order Service between Hongkong and the United Kingdom, Germany, Straits Settlement, and the Transvaal a system for furnishing the remitters of money orders, on application at time of issue, with "Advices of Payment" has been introduced. The paying Postmaster, as soon as the orders have been paid, will send the advices direct to the remitters.

The fee chargeable for each order is 10 cents in addition to the ordinary money orders commission.

246.-The limit for a single money order is £10, $100 gold, marks 800, Rs. 60 0 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.

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

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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

în Corea and Saghalien) Macao

Queensland (including British New Guinea) Siam (Bangkok and Chiengmai only) South Australia

Straits Settlements (including Labuan) Tasmania

Transvaal

United Kingdom Sarawak

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,

Beaufort & Jesselton)

New South Wales (including Fiji) New Zealand

Victoria

Western Australia

Kiaoutschou, German protectorate, North.

China.