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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

III. Delivery

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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 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 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 (first floor), Hong- kong, and at the British Post Office Agency, Shanghai, at the current rates of exchange- for any sum not exceeding $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 Post Office. 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.

204. When a Money Order has been lost by either remitter or payee a duplicate thereof will be issued by the paying office on payment of a second commission; and when a remitter desires to correct any error in an order obtained by him such correc- tion may be made on payment of a second commission. Application for either of the above purposes should be made in writing to the Postmaster-General.

205.-The remitter of a local order may request at the time of issue or subsequently that the order be crossed like a cheque, thus " & Co.," in order that it may be paid only through a bank..

206.-If the payee is unable to write he must sign the receipt by making his mark, to be witnessed in writing by someone known to the Postmaster but unconnected with the Post Office. The witness should sign his name with his address in the presence of the Postmaster, and the latter will then certify the payment by adding his own initials.