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132 POSTAL DIRECTORY.
British Possessions and Colonies.— Bermuda, British Bechuanaland, British Co-
lumbia, British Guiana, British Honduras (Belize), Cape of Good Hope, Canada, Ceylon,
Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Fiji Islands, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Hong Kong (v/ith
agencies at Shanghai, Amoy, Canton, Foochow, Hankow, Hoihow, Swatow, and Ningpo),
India (including Burmah, Aden, Bagdad, Bahrain, Bandor Abas, Bushire, Busrah,
Goa, Guadur, Jask, Linga, Mohammerah, Muscat, and Pondicherry), Lagos, Malta,
Mauritius, Mombasa and Lamu, Natal, New Branswick, Newfoundland, New South
Wales, New Zealand, Niger Coast Protectorate, North Borneo (Sandakan, Labuan,and
Kudat), Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Queensland, Rhodesia, St Helena, Sara-
wak, Seychelle Islands, Sierra Leone, South Australia, Straits Settlements, Tasmania,
Victoria, West Indies, Western Australia, Zanzibar, Zululand. >,^ .
Commission : — For sums not exceeding £2 — 6d ; £6 — Is ; £10 — Is 6d. •, - j.
Postal Orders.
Postal Orders, for certain fixed sums from Is up to £1, are now issued
at all Money Order Offices in the United Kingdom, at the British Post Office
at Constantinople, and in Malta, Gibraltar, India, Straits Settlements, Hong
Kong, and Newfoundland. Such Postal Orders are paid at all Money Order
Offices in the United Kingdom, and at the British Post Office, Constantinople.
Payment is also made in Malta and Gibraltar, provided the Orders were
issued in the United Kingdom or at the British Post Office, Constantinople.
The following are the amounts for which Postal Orders are issued, together
with the Poundage payable in respect of each Order :-
Amount of Order.
Is Od - -
Is 6d - -
2s Od - -
2s 6d - -
3s Od - -
3s 6d - -
4s Od - -
Broken amounts, not being fractions of a penny, may be made up by the use
of postage stamps not exceeding fivepence in value affixed on the face of any
one Postal Order, Perforated stamps cannot be accepted for this purpose.
The person to whom a Postal Order is issued must, before parting with it,
fill in the name of the person to whom the amount is to be paid, and may fill
in the name of the Money Order Office at which the amount is to be paid.
The person so named must, before payment can be made, sign the receipt at
the foot of the Order, and must also fill in the name of the Money Order
Office, if that has not been already done.
Every person to whom a Postal Order is issued should keep a record of the
number and cypher to facilit ate enquiry if the order sh ould be lost.
If a Postal Order be crossed ^^ <fc Co." payment will only be
made through a Banker, and if the name of a Banker is added, payment will
only be made through that Banker.
The holder of a Postal Order may, in writing, on the face thereof, direct
that payment be deferred for any period not exceeding 10 days ; but in such
case the name of some Money Order Office at which the Order shall be paid
must be inserted in the body.
Prepayment of Letters, &c., in Monet.
Inland Letters, Post Cards, Book Packets, and Parcels, may be prepaid in
money, provided that the amount paid be in no case less than £1, and that
the letters and packets be tied in bundles representing a postage of 5s each,
with the addresses all arranged in the same direction. Prepayment, how-
ever, cannot be made partly in money and partly with stamps, and the money
must be paid at the time the letters, &c., are handed in at the Head Post
Office. Hours of posting vmder this arrangement, 10 a.m. till 4 p.m.
ndage.
Amount of Order.
Poundage.
id
4s 6d
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- Id
id
5s Od
-
- Id
Id
7s 6d
-
- Id
Id
10s Od
-
- Id
Id
10s 6d
-
- Id
Id
15s Od
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- lid
Id
20s Od
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