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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

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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 (temporarily suspended)

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)

Austria (temporarily suspended) Belgium Bulgaria (temporarily suspended) Chili

Congo Free State (Banana,

Boma and Matadi)

Cuba

Danish West Indies

Denmark (incldg. Faroe Islands) Dutch East Indies

Finland (temporarily suspended)

Basutoland Bermuda

France (including Algeria) Greece

Hungary (temporarily suspended) Iceland

Italy (including Agencies at

Assab, Massowah, & Tripoli) Liberia (temporarily suspended) Luxemburg Mexico

Netherlands

Norway

do.

do.

(Foreign Cities and Towns)

Peru

Portugal (including Ma-

deira and Azores)

Roumania Russia Salvador Servia Sweden

Switzerland

Tunis Uruguay

Panama (British Post Office Agency) Tangier (

""

(British Colonies, Possessions and Protectorates)

British Central African

Protectorate

British Guiana

British Honduras

Cayman Islands

Cook Islands

Falkland Islands Gambia

Gibraltar

Gold Coast Colony Lagos

Malta

Newfoundland

Niger Coast Protectorate Northern and Southern Nigeria Protectorate St. Helena Sierra Leone

Local Postal Notes

(temporarily

suspended)

Somaliland British Pro-

tectorate

Uganda Protectorate West Indies :- Antigua, Bahamas, Barbadoes, Dom- inica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vin- cent, Tobago, Trinidad, Turk's Island, Zululand

220.—Local Postal Notes are issued as follows at the General Post Office and at the British Post Office Agencies in China, payable within six months at those offices and also at Macao:-

Amount.

25 cents 50 $1.00

Commission.

1 cent

1

""

1

""

2.00

2

""

Amount.

$3.00

Commission.

3 cents

4.00

4

5.00

5

10.00

10

"1"

221.—In addition to the above commission on Postal Notes issued at the General Post Office, Hongkong, Hoihow. Canton, Swatow, Amoy and Foochow payable at Shanghai, Ningro, Hankow, Liu Kung Tau, Chefoo and Tientsin a further charge at current rates is made to cover the difference between chopped and clean dollars.