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Belgium Chile

HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE

DRAWN THROUGH LONDON OR GERMANY

Congo Free State (Banana,

Boma and Matadi)

Cuba

Danish West Indies

Denmark (incldg. Faroe Islands) Dutch East Indies

Finland (temporarily suspended)

France (including Algeria)

Basutoland

Bermuda

(Foreign Countries)

Greece

Iceland

Italy (including Agencies at

Assab, Massowah, & Tripoli)

Liberia (temporarily suspended) Luxemburg

Mexico Netherlands

Norway Peru

do. do.

(Foreign Cities and Towns)

425

Portugal (including Ma-

deira and Azores) Roumania (temporarily

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

Somaliland

tectorate

[suspended)

British Pro-

:

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

St..

222.-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.

Commission.

25 cents

1 cent

50

1

1

2

Amount. $3.00

Commission.

3 cents

FTIT

$1.00

2.00

4.00

5.00

10.00

4

5

10

223. 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, Ningpo, Hankow, Liu Kung Tau, Chefoo and Tientsin a further charge at current rates is made to cover the difference between chopped and clean dollars.

224. Broken amounts may be made up by the use of Hongkong postage stamps not ex- ceeding 24 cents in value affixed to the face of any one Postal Note. Such stamps should be left clean and not defaced. Perforated or marked stamps cannot be accepted for this purpose. 225.-The office issuing any Postal Note shall fill in the name of the port where it is payable. The purchaser may, before parting with the order, fill in the name of the payee. 226.--Every person to whom a Postal Note is issued should retain the counter- foil bearing the number, date, and name of office of issue to facilitate enquiry if the Order should be lost, and should register the letter in which it is forwarded.

227. If a Postal Note be crossed" & Co.," payment will only be made through a Banker, and, if the name of a Banker is added, payment will only be made through that Banker.

228.-After a Postal Note has once been paid, to whomsoever it is paid, the Government will not be liable for any further claim.

229.-If any erasure or alteration be made, or if the Note is cut, defaced or mutilated, payment may be refused.