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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

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(c) Prepay the special fee by affixing 10 cents in postage stamps to the Request Form. The ordinary postage and other charges must, of course, also be prepaid.

3. He must then hand in the parcel at the Post Office, where he will receive a certificate of posting, which he will be required to give up when he presents the Money Order or Postal Order to be cashed. (See Section IV.)

III. Delivery

1. Parcels bearing Trade Charges will be kept at the General Post Office to be called for, notice of its arrival being sent to the addressee.

2. A C. O. D. parcel will not be given up to or be allowed to be opened by the addressee until the amount of the Trade Charge and any other charges due have been paid. But the addressee will see from the Entry on the parcel the name and address of the sender, who (see above Section 1 para. e) must have sent the parcel in fulfilment of an order.

3. If after a reasonable time the parcel is not called for, a second notice will be sent to the addressee. In the absence of instructions after the second notice, the parcel will be kept for 30 days, exclusive of the day of arrival, and if not called for in the interval, will be treated as undeliverable.

4. A receipt will be given for the Trade Charge collected.

5. Cheques will not be accepted in payment of Trade Charges.

6. In no case will a Trade Charge, once paid, be refunded to the addressee.

IV. Payment of Money Order (or Postal Order) to sender of Parcel

The sender of a parcel on which a Trade Charge has been collected will receive in a closed envelope the Money Order or Postal Order representing the amount, less the deductions referred to in Section I para. (d). When cashing the order, he must produce at the paying office the Certificate of Posting (see Section II para. 3), which was given to him when he handed in the parcel. The Certificate must be given to the Postmaster when the Order is paid.

V. Incidental Service

1. Parcels on which Trade Charges are to be collected will, in other respects than those above specified, be treated like other parcels as regards registration, insurance and compensation.

2. When a Trade Charge has been collected, the Post Office undertakes respon- sibility for the due remittance of the amount to the sender of the parcel.

MONEY ORDERS AND POSTAL ORDERS

Local Money Orders

199.--Single Money Orders are issued at the General Post Office, Hongkong, and at the British Post Office, Shanghai, at the current rates of exchange for any sum not ex- ceeding $400. Orders on India only are issued at the Kowloon branch.

200.-Money Orders are paid at the above-named offices and at the several British Postal Agencies in China.

201.-Applications for Money Orders must be made on the printed forms provided for the purpose at the Money Order Offices. The full name and address of both appli- cant and payee should always be given.

202.-Parties procuring Money Orders should examine them carefully to see that they are properly filled up and date-stamped.

203.-When a Money Order is presented for payment at the office upon which it is drawn, the Postmaster will use all proper means to assure himself that the applicant is the person named and intended in the advice, and upon payment of the Order care must be taken to obtain the signature of the payee or of the person authorised by him to receive payment to the receipt on the face of the Order.