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POST OFFICE EEGULATIONS.
12. After once paying a Money Order, by whom-
soever presented, the Office is not liable to any
further claim.
13. To guard against fraud the remitter is recom-
mended : —
1st. When he is well known to the payee, to sign
the letter enclosing the order with his initials only.
2nd. When this is not the case, either to make
the order payable ten days after date, or to register
the letter enclosing it, or to make the order paj'able
through a bank by crossing it like an ordinary cheque.
3rd. When it is not considered expedient to
adopt any of these courses, to send the remitter's
Jiame (without a knowledge of which payment cannot
be obtained) in a separate letter from that contain-
ing the Monej' Order; although this latter precaution
is much less effective than either of the others.
14. Payment of an order cannot be made on
the same day as that on which the order was issued.
15. In case of the miscarriage or loss of an
inland Money Order in transmission through the
post, a duplicate will be granted, free of charge, on
a written application (with the necessary particulars)
being forwarded to tlie Controller of the Bloney
Order Office in England, Scotland, or Ireland,
according to the country in which the original order
was issued. Should an Order be lost by the remitter or
payee an additional commission (which should be for-
warded in postage stamps together with the application
for a duplicate order) will be charged. This additional
commission, for duplicate of aif order not exceeding
£5, will be Is. ; above £5 and not exceeding £10, 2s.
If it be desired to stop payment of an inland order,
a notice must be sent to the office where the order is
payable, and a second commission iu postage stamps
must be enclosed. If alteration in the name of the
paj'ee or remitter of an inland Money Order should
be required, application, accompanied by the pay-
ment of a second commission, must be made by
the remitter to the Postmaster of the office at which
the order was issued. Should transfer of payment of
an inland order from one office to another in the
United Kingdom, or repayment of the amount of an
order, be required, an application inclosing the order
must be made to the Postmaster at whose office the
order is payable ; who will transmit in exchange a
new order payable at the place desired, but for a
less sum than the original order by the amount of
the second commission charged for the reissue.
Proper printed forms for making application in all
these cases may be obtained at any Money Order
Office. Whenever, on complaint being made, it is
found that the necessity for an application, entailing
the payment of a fresh commission, is attributable
to the Post Office, the charge will be remitted to
the applicant and imposed on the officer in fault.
16. A Postmaster is required to give information
how to apply for a duplicate order, &c., and must
furnish the prescribed form of application. If
payment of an order be refused, in consequence of
the reply to the question respecting the remitter, or
the signature on the order not corresponding with
the entries on the advice, the applicant for payment
should commvmicate with the remitter, and request
him to apply personally to the issuing Postmaster.
17. No Postman or other Servant of the Post
Office is bound to procure a Money Order for any
person, or to obtain payment for one ; but such ser-
vices are not forbidden.
18. Money Orders for amounts not exceeding £50
are issued, free of charge, in favour of " The Receiver-
General of Inland Revenue," when required for tbe
remittance of Income Tax, Inhabited House Duty,
Land Tax, or Excise Duties, or Legacy and Succession
Duties. The official notice to pay must, in each
case, be presented for inspection when the order is
applied for.
Tehrjra^li Money Orders (Inland).
19. Money may be transmjtted by Telegraph
Money Order between all Head, Branch, Town Sub,
and s'ub-Offices in the United Kingdom authorised to
transact Telegraph and Money Order business.
a. The commission is — s. d.
For sums not exceeding £1, ■^ - - 4
" above £1 and not exceeding £2, - 6
" "2 " 4, - 8
" "4 " 7,-0 10
« "7 " 10 - 1
In addition to the commission, a charge is made
at the ordinary inland rate for the official telegram
authorising payment at the office of payment and for
the repetition thereof, the minimum being 9d. The
telegraph charges only cover the cost of transmitting
the official telegram of advice to the Postmaster of
the office of payment and its repetition. Any tele-
graphic communication which the remitter may wish
to despatch to the payee must be paid for at the
ordinary inland rate, the minimum being Gd.
h. No Telegraph Money Order can be issued for a
greater amount than £10.
c. Any person expecting a remittance by telegraph
must furnish satisfactory evidence that he himself
is the person entitled to receive the money. He, or
someone on his behalf, must attend at the office to
obtain payment.
d. Should repayment of a Telegraph Money Order
be required, the remitter must make application to
the Controller, Money Order Office, General Post
Office, London, or to the AccouLtant in Edinburgh
or Dublin, according to whether the order be remitted
from an office in England and Wales, Scotland, or
Ireland. He must enclose the official receipt with
his application. A new order will then be issued,
less the ordinary commission, payable at any Money
Order Office named for the purpose.
e. In other respects Telegraph Money Orders are
subject to the regulations which govern the trans-
mi^'sion of ordinary money orders.
20. Money Orders are issued in the United King-
dom on the following foreign countries, Britisli
^agencies, possessions, and colonies, at the rates of
commission shown below : — Foreign Countries — ■
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chili, Denmark (with
Fatiie Islands), Danish West Indies. Dutch East
Indies, Egypt, France, with Algeria, German Empire,
Hawaii (Sandwich Islands), Holland, Hungary, Ice-
land, Italy, with offices on the Red Sea and at Tripoli,
Japan, Labuan, New Guinea (German Protectorate
of), North Borneo (Sandakan), Norway, Orange
Free State,Portugal (including Madeira and theAzores)
Eoumania, Sarawak, Sweden, Svpitzerland, Tz-ans-
vaal, The Cameroons (through Germany), Tunis,
United States. Foreign Towns — Adrianople, Beyrout,
Constantinople, Panama, Salonica, Smyrna, and Tan-
gier (Morocco). British Possessions and Colonies — •
Bermuda, British Bechuanaland, British Columbia,