Towns > Ayr > 1873-1893 - Post office general and trades directory for Ayr, Newton, and Wallacetown > 1890-1891

DIRECTORY. 35
MONEY ORDERS.
1. When applying for Money Orders the public should use the
prepaid printed "Application Forms," which are supplied
gratuitously at all Money Order Offices, viz. : —
1. Appplication for Inland Orders.
2. Application for Foreign Orders.
2. The commission on Inland Money Orders is : —
For sums not exceeding £1 - - - - 2d.
,, above £1 and not exceeding £2 - 3d.
,, £2 ,, ,, £4 . 4d.
,, ,5 £4 ,, ,, £7 - od.
,, £7 ,, „ £10 - 6d.
3. No Order is allowed to contain a fractional part of a penny.
4. No Money Order can be issued, unless the applicant furnish
in full the surname and at least the initial of one Christian name,
both of the remitter and the payee, together with the remitter's
address. In the case of Foreign Orders the full 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. When the remitter directs at the time of issue
(which he is at liberty to do) that the Order, by being crossed
like a cheque, be made payable only through a bank, it is left
to his own option to give or withhold the name of the payee.
2nd. If the remitter or payee be a Peer or a Bishop, his
ordmary title is sufficient.
3rd. The designation of a firm is sufficient, except in the case
of a company trading under a title which does not consist of the
names of the persons composing it, as the " Carron Company."
Commission on Foreign Orders : —
For sums not exceeding £2, 6d ; £5, Is ; £7, Is 6d ; £10, 2s.
A Money Order, when once issued, cannot be cancelled.
TELEGRAPH MONEY ORDERS. (Inland.)
The Telegraph Money Order System (Inland) is now extended,
and Money may be transmitted between all Head and Branch
Offices in the United Kingdom at which Telegraph and Money
Order business is transacted. Full particulars may be obtained
at any Post Office.
POSTAlT ORDERS.
1. Postal Orders, for certain fixed sums from Is up to £l', are
now issued to the public at all Post Offices at which Money
Order business is transacted.
2. The following are the amounts for which Postal Orders are
issued, together with the Poundage payable in respect of each
Order :—