1186 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND DECEMBER, 1893.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 440.
The following is published.
By Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st December, 1893.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
With reference to para. 122, Hongkong Postal Guide, 1893, it is hereby notified that on and after the 1st January, 1894, remittances between the Ports of China should be made by means of Local Postal Notes.
Unused Hongkong Postage Stamps will not be exchanged for cash after that date by the General Post Office or its agencies.
G. STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, Acting Postmaster General.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 1st December, 1893.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 441.
The following is published.
By Command,
G. T. M. O'Brien, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st December, 1893.
LOCAL POSTAL NOTES.
1. On and after the 1st January, 1894, Postal Notes of the values named below, payable within six months, will be issued and paid at Hongkong, Hoihow, Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Shanghai, Ningpo and Hankow.
25 Cent Note. Commission charged on issue,
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2. The purchaser of any Postal Note may, before parting with it, fill in the name of the Payee, and also the name of the Office where payment is to be made; if this is not done the Note is payable (within six months) to bearer at any of the above places.
3. Every person to whom a Postal Note is issued should keep a record of the number, date, and name of Office of issue, to facilitate enquiry if the Note should be lost, and should register the letter in which it is forwarded.
4. If a Postal Note be lost or destroyed, no duplicate thereof can be issued. This regulation cannot be departed from in any case whatever, for the reason that every Postal Note is payable to bearer and that no specified person can therefore satisfactorily establish the fact of his ownership in a lost Note which is not filled in, and which, if found at any time, would be payable to bearer.
& Co. payment will only be made through a Banker, if the name of a Banker is added payment will only be made through that Banker.
5. If a Postal Note be crossed
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6. After a Postal Note has once been paid, to whomsoever it is paid, the Government will not be liable for any further claim.
7. If any erasure or alteration be made, or if the Note is cut, defaced or mutilated, payment may be refused.
8. The Officer in charge of a Post Office may delay or refuse the payment of a Note, but he must at once report his reasons for so doing to the Postmaster General.
9. After the expiration of six months from the last day of the mouth of issue, a Postal Note will be payable only on payment of a commission equal to the amount of the original commission, but after twelve months it will become invalid and not payable.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 1st December, 1893.
G. STAFFORD NORTHCOTÉ, Acting Postmaster General.
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