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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH APRIL, 1888.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 175.
The following Order made by the Governor, under the provisions of Section 10 of the Post Office Ordinance, 1887, is published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th April, 1888.
ORDER
Made by the Governor under the provisions of Section 10 of the
Post Office Ordinance, 1887, this 28th day of April, 1888.
Under the powers granted by Section 10 of the Post Office Ordinance, No. 1 of 1887, the Governor is pleased to order that the provisions of the Money Order system be extended to Bangkok and Tangier, and that the Regulations hereto annexed be the Regulations for the issue of Money Orders till further
notice.
MONEY ORDERS.
1. Money Orders are issued at Hongkong and Shanghai on the following Countries and places; at current rates of exchange;-
Amoy.
* Azores Is.
Bangkok.
* Belgium. * Bermuda. * Canada.
Canton.
* Cape Colony.
Ceylon.
† (Constantinople).
* Cyprus.
* Denmark.
* Egypt.
* Falkland Is.
Foochow.
* Gambia.
* Germany. *Gibraltar.
* Gold Coast.
Hankow. Hawaii. Hoihow.
* Holland.
* Honduras, (Br.).
Hongkong.
* Iceland.
India. Italy. Japan. * Lagos.
* Madeira.
* Malta.
* Mauritius.
* Natal.
* Newfoundland.
New South Wales.
* New Zealand.
Ningpo.
North Borneo. Norway.
Port Darwin. * Portugal.
Queensland.
* S. Helena. * Seychelles.
Shanghai.
* Sierra Leone.
South Australia.
Straits Settlements. Swatow.
* Sweden.
* Switzerland.
* Tangier.
Tasmania.
UNITED KINGDOM. *United States.
Victoria.
Western Australia.
* West Indies (British, Danish, and Dutch).
2. Orders on the Countries marked * are forwarded through the London Post Office, and are paid less a small discount of about 2d. in the £1, for which the remitter should allow. All such orders must be expressed in British currency, and cannot be drawn for any sum less than 6d.
3. The commission charged is as follows (according to the currency the Order is drawn in).
Up to £2, or $10, or
20 Rupees,..
£5, or $25, or £ 7, or $35, or
50 Rupees......
70 Rupees,...
15
£10, or $50, or 100 Rupees,..
150 Rupees,....
0.20 cents.
0.40 cents.
0.60 cents.
0.80 cents. .$1.00.
4. No Order must exceed £10 or $50 (unless drawn on India, when 150 Rupees is the limit) nor will more than two such Orders be issued to the same person, in favour of the same payee, by the same mail.
5. Money Orders on the United Kingdom for even sums not exceeding £5 are gronted by means of Postal Notes, as to which see separate notice or the Hongkong Postal Guide.
6. Sums not exceeding $50 may be remitted between the Ports of China by means of Postage stamps, subject to a charge of one per cent. for cashing them; or Money Orders can be granted at Hongkong or Shanghai on Ports where there are Agencies of the Hongkong Post Office.
GENERAL POST OFFICE, HONGKONG, 26TH APRIL, 1888.
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