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POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY. 131
property transmitted through the Post-Office. With the great
convenience thus afforded for transmitting small sums at so low a
charge, and the power given of Registering Letters containing
value, it is hoped the public will no longer forward letters of value
except in one or other of these methods.
In all cases where personal attendance is incoaveaient, if the
Money Order is receipted by the person to whom it is made payable,
and the party presenting it for payment can aiford full information
as to the Christian name, surname, address, and occupation of the
person who originally obtained the Order, payment will be made ;
but unless these conditions are strictly complied with, it will be
refused. Any Money Order presented through a bank, will be paid,
without the name of the remitter and the signature in full of the
Christian name of the payer being insisted upon as a condition of
payment, provided that the bank, be situated in the town on which
the Money Order is drawn, that the order be crossed with the
banker's name, and the party applying at the Money Order office be
known there as in the employment of the bank. It must be under-
stood, however, that in all such cases the liability of the Post-Office
will absolutely terminate with the payment of the Order so presented.
With a view to simplicity and economy, in the accounts of the
Money Order Office, it has been found necessary to lay down the
following rules : —
1. Every Money Oi'der issued on and after the 6th October,
1848, must be presented for payment before the end of the second
calendar month after that in which it was issued (for instance, if
issued in October, it must be presented for payment before the end
of December), otherwise a new Order will be necessary, for which
a second commission must be paid.
2. If an Order be not presented for payment before the end of
the twelfth calendar month after that in which it was issued (for
instance, if issued in October, and not presented before the end of
the next October), the Money will not be paid at all.
3. As, after once paying a Money Order, by whomsoever pre-
sented, the Office will not be liable to any further claim, the public
are strictly cautioned —
a. To take all means to prevent the loss of the Money Order.
b. Never to send a Money Order in the same letter with the in-
formation required on payment thereof.
c. To be careful, on taking out a Money Order, to state cor-
rectly the Christian name as well as the surname of the
person in whose favour it is to be drawn.
d. To see that the name, address, and occupation, of the person
taking out the Money Order, are correctly known to the
person in whose favour it is to be drawn.
4. Neglect of these instructions will lead to delay and trouble in
obtaining payment, and even risk the loss of the Money.
These instructions, together with some others of minor import-
ance, will be found printed on every Money Order.
A Money Order intended for a person residing at a place in which
there is no Money Order Office, should be drawn upon the Post-
Town nearest to it which may have a Money Order Office.