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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
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Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gibraltar, Grenada, Hong
Kong, India, Labuaii, Lagos, Mombasa, Montserrat
Nevis, Newfoundland, Niger Coast Protectorate, St.
Helena, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Straits
Settlements (Malacca, Penang, Province of Wellesley,
and Singapore only), Tobago, Tortola, Trinidad,
Zanzibar.
Parcels for Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Cameroons,
Denmark, Egypt (via Gibraltar), Germany, Sweden,
and Switzerland, may be insured up to the value ot
£50 ; those for Holland, Italy, and Montenegro up to
£40 ; and those for Eoumania and Servia up to £20.
The scale of fees and respective limits of compensa-
tion are as follovrs : —
The fee of
Os. 5d. in addition to the postage insures £12
Os. 7U- " " " 24
Os. lOd. " " " 36
Is. O^d. " " " 48
Is. 3d. " " " 50
Compulsory Registration. — When an uninsured
parcel in course of transit to or from those countries
(foreign or colonial) is discovered to contain coin,
watches, jewellery, or any article of gold or silver, it
is compult^orily registered, and a fee of 8d. is charged
against the sender or addressee, as the case may be.
■ Packing. — More careful and substantial packing
is necessary for all foreign and colonial parcels than
for inland parcels, owing to the much greater distance
over wliich, as a rule, the former have to be conveyed,
the very different conditions of transit, and the in-
fluence of climate. This is a consideration which
must necessarily be taken into account in dealing
with claims for compensation. Further, a parcel for
any foreign country must be so sealed by the sender
that the parcel cannot be opened without the seals
being broken.
Frohibited Articles. — As in the case of the inland
parcel post, certain dangerous and perishable articles
and contraband articles must not be sent by means
of the foreiga and colonial parcel post. Liquids may
l)e accepted if securely packed ia proper cases.
General. — Where not repugnant to the foregoing
rules, the general regulations of the inland parcel
post will apply.
In addition to the countries, &c., given on page
26, parcels may be sent to the following places,
and full particulars can be obtained at any post
office: — Accra, Aden, Adrianople, Annam, Ascen-
sion, Azores, *Austrian Agencies in Turkey, Baha-
mas, Bahrain, Bandar Abas, Batavia, Bathurst
(Gambia), Berbice, Bermuda, Beyrout, Borneo, Bosnia,
British Bechuanaland, British Central Africa, British
Honduras, Busrali, Cameroons, Candia or Crete.
Cayenne, Chili, Cochin China, Congo Free State,
Congo (French), Corsica, Costa Rica, Demerara,
Diego Suarez, Farcie Islands, Falkland Islands, Fiji,
Finland, *French Agencies in Turkey, Gaboon, Gambia,
*Gold Coast Colony, *Greece, Guadalope, Guadur,
Herzegovina, Iceland, Jamna, Jask, Java, Jerusalem,
Lagos (Turke}'), Lamu, Liberia, Lioga, Little Popo,
Madagascar, Martinique, Mashonaland, Mauritius,
Mayotte, *Mesico, Mombasa, Montenegro, Morocco,
Muscat, Mytilene, New Caledonia, New Hebrides,
Norfolk Island, North Borneo, Nossi Bd, Novi Bazar,
Obock, Oil Rivers Protectorate, Padang (Sumatra),
Persia, Philippopolis, Quittah, Reunion, Rhodes, Ecu-
mania, St. Croix, St. John, St. Helena, St. Thomas,
Salonica, Salvador, Samarang, Samoa, Sarawak, Sar-
dinia, Senegal, Seychelles, Siam, Sicily, Smyrna,
Sverbeya, Tahiti , Tangiers, Tonga, Tonquin, Trebisond ,
Tristan D'Acunha, Turk's Island, *Uruguay, Zululand.
MONEY ORDERS.
1. When applying for jMoney Orders, whether
Inland, Foreign, or Colonial, ihs public should use
the prepared printed " Application Forms," which are
supplied gratuitously at all Money Order Offices.
2. Commission. — The commission on Inland Jloney
Orders is : — ■
For sums not exceeding £1, - - - 2d.
" above £1 and not exceeding £2, 3d.
" " 2 " " 4, 4d.
" 4 " " 7, 5d.
" " 7 " " 10, 6d.
3. No order is allowed to contain a fractional
part of a penny.
4. Particulars Required. — The applicant must fur-
nish in full the surname and at least the initial of one
Christian name, both of the remitter and the payee,
and the remitter's address. In the case of Foreiga
Orders the fall address of the payee must be given ;
and if the order be payable to a native in British
India the tribe or caste, and the father's name, must
also be furnished.
Exceptions. — 1st. The remitter of an Inland Order
may direct, at the time of issue, that the order be crossed
like a cheque, thus & Co., and thus be made payable
only through a Bank. In that case he may give or
withhold the name of the payee. The designation
of the Bank need not be furnished. Note. — This
provision is not applicable to orders drawn on foreign
countries.
2nd. If the remitter or payee be a peer or a bishop,
his ordinary title is sufficient.
3rd. The usual designation of a firm, as well as
the ordinary title of any company, corporation, or
society, is sufficient either as remitter or payee.
5. The holder of an Inland Money Order may
direct, by crossing it, that the order be paid through
a bank, even though its payment was not originally
so restricted.
6. When application is made for a Money Order
payable in London, or at any other town where
there is more than one Money Order Office, the
remitter should say at which of such offices he
wishes it to be paid, otherwise the order can be
cashed only at the Head Office.
7. An order once issued cannot be cancelled ; and
should repayment or transfer to a different office be
required, the remitter or payee must apply to the
paying Postmaster according to the directions in
paragraph 15 of these regulations.
8. Money Orders do not require a receipt stamp.
9. When an Order is paid through a bank it is
sufficient that it be receipted, without regard to any
discrepancy between the signature and the name in
the advice, and that it be crossed with the name of
the bank, and presented by soine person known to
be in the employment of that bank.
(Continued on page 27.)
*For list of places enquire at any post office.