THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29тu AUGUST, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 341.
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The following revised notice as to the issue of Money Orders is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th August, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
MONEY ORDERS.
1. Money Orders are issued at Hongkong and Shanghai on the following Countries and places :—-
Amoy.
Azores Is.
Belgium.
Bermuda.
*
Canada.
Canton.
Cape Colony. Ceylon.
† (Constantinople).
Cyprus.
*
• Deninark.
Egypt. Falkland Is.
Foochow.
*
* Gambia.
* Germany.
† (Gibraltar). * Gold Coast.
Hankow. Hawaii. Hoihow.
* Holland.
* Honduras, (Br.).
Hongkong.
* Iceland.
India.
* Italy.
Japan.
* Lagos.
* Madeira.
* Mauritius.
* Natal.
* Newfoundland.
North Borneo.
New South Wales. Ningpo. * Norway.
Port Darwin. Portugal. Queensland. * S. Helena. * Seychelles.
*
Shanghai.
* Sierra Leone.
South Australia.
Straits Settlements. Swatow.
* Sweden.
* Switzerland.
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 、s a small discount of about 2d. in the £1, for which the remitter should allow. All such orders must be expressed in British currency.
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
50 Rupees,
99
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£ 7, or $35, or
70 Rupees,.
""
£10, or $50, or
100 Rupees,
150 Rupees,
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0.20 cents.
0.40 cents.
0.60 cents.
0.80 cents. ..$1.00.
4. No Orders must exceed £10 or $50 (unless drawn on India, when 150 Rupees is the limit) r will more than two such Orders be issued to the same person, in favour of the same payee, by
same mail.
5. Money Orders on the United Kingdom for sums not exceeding £5 are granted by means of l'estal 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 amps, subject to a charge of one per cent. for cashing them; or Money Orders can be granted at
ngkong or Shanghai on Ports where there are Agencies of the Hongkong Post Office.
GENERAL POST OFFICE, HONGKONG, September 1st, 1885.
† Small remittances can be made to these places by means of Postal Notes. See separate notice or the Postal Guide.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 342.
The following return from Mr. A. HUMPHREYS, Jr., of the quantity of Spirits distilled by the Ana Sugar Refining Company, Limited, is published for general information.
Proof Gallons.
Spirits manufactured during the quarter ending 28th August, 1885,...................37,284.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th August, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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