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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

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215.--In the Money Order Service between Hongkong and the United Kingdom, Germany, Ceylon, India, Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States and the Union of South Africa 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 such an advice for each order is 10 cents in addition to the ordinary order commission.

216. The limit for a single money order is £40, Frcs. 1,000, $100 Gold, Marks 800, Rs. 600, Yen 400, or $400 Mex.

217.-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.

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

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

DRAWN DIRECT

Australian Commonwealth: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Aus- tralia, Western Australia and Tasmania British North Borneo

British India (including Burmah and the Agencies of the Indian Post Office in the Persian Gulf, Aden, Seychelles, Portu- guese India, British East Africa, German East Africa and Zanzibar)

Canada

Ceylon (including orders on Mauritius and Egypt) Federated Malay States French Indo-China

Germany (including German West Coast and South West Africa, German New

Austria Belgium

Bulgaria

Chili

Guinea, Samoa, Marshall Islands and the German Colonies in Oceania) Japan, (including Formosa, Corea and

Karafuto and offices in Manchuria) Macao

New Zealand Philippine Islands Sarawak

Siam

Straits Settlements (including Labuan) Union of South Africa (Cape Colony

Transvaal, Natal and Orange Free State) United States of America (including

Guam, Hawaii and Porto Rico) United Kingdom

DRAWN THROUGH LONDON OR GERMANY

(Foreign Countries)

France (including Algeria)

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Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Congo Free State (Banana,

Boma and Matadi)

Cuba

Danish West Indies

Denmark (incldg. Faroe Islands)

Dutch East Indies Finland

Peru

Portugal (including Ma-

deira and Azores)

Roumania

Italy (including Agencies at Russia

Assab,Massowah,andTripoli) Salvador

Mexico (and through Japan) Switzerland

Liberia

Luxemburg

Netherlands

Norway

(Foreign Cities and Towns)

Servia

Sweden

Tunis

Uruguay

Panama (British Postal Agency)

Tangier (

(Austrian Agencies)

Adrianople

Candia

Canea (Khania, La Canée)

Cesme (Tchesme)

Chios (Klios)

Dardanelles

Dédé-Agatch (Dédé-Aghadj)

Durazzo Galippoli

Ineboli

Jaffa

Janina

Jerusalem

Kaifa (Caiffa)

Kavala (Cavalla)

Kerassonde (Kéressoun) Lagos (Turkey) Mitylene

Prevesa

Retimo

Rhodes

Rodosto

Samsoun

Santi Quaranta (Serandoz) Trebizond (Trapezunt) Valona

Vathy-Samos