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APPENDIX.
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POSTAL ORDERS.
1. Postal Orders, for certain fixed sums from is up to £i, 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.
2. The following are the amounts for which Postal Orders are
issued, together with the Poundage payable in respect of each Order : —
Amount of
Order.
S. d.
Poundage.
d.
Amount of
Order.
S. d.
• h
I
4 6
5 o
7 6
I
IO o
I
io 6
I
15 o
I
20 O
Poundage,
d.
. i
. i
. i
i
i
• il
. ii
Broken amounts, not being fractions of a penny, may be made up
by the use of British postage stamps, not exceeding fivepence in value,
affixed to the face of any one Postal Order. Perforated stamps cannot
be accepted for this purpose.
3. 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.
4. Every person to whom a Postal Order is issued should keep a
record of the number, date, and name of office of issue to facilitate
enquiry if the Order should be lost.
5. In case of the miscarriage or loss of any Postal Order, unless proof
can be given to the satisfaction of the Postmaster General that the name
of the payee was inserted in such Order before the holder parted with
the same, and unless the number of such Order can be furnished, the
Postmaster General cannot undertake to trace such Order with a view
to accounting for the miscarriage or loss thereof.
6. If a Postal Order be crossed, 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.
7. No Postal Order will be paid, even though presented for payment
by a banker, unless the name of the payee be inserted in the body of
the Order.
8. 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. Payment of the
Order will then not be made until the period specified by the holder has
elapsed.
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