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APPENDIX.
MONEY OEDEES.
The public are recommended when applying- for Money Orders,
to use printed " Application Forms," which save time, and afford
greater security, than verbal messages, against mistakes. These
Forms are supplied gratuitously at all Money Order Offices.
The commission on an inland Money Order not exceeding £2 is
threepence, above £2 and under £5 sixpence, above £5 and under
£7 ninepence, above £7 and under £10 one shilling; above which
amount no single Order can be granted, but as many £10 Orders
may be granted as is desirable. The commission on Money Orders
to Canada, between Australia, Victoria, and Cape of Good Hope, is
fourfold these sums, and on Money Orders payable at Malta or
Gibraltar threefold.
No order is allowed to contain a fractional part of a penny.
With the subjoined exceptions, 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 (the person who
sends the order) and the payee (the person to whom the money is
to be paid), together with the remitter's address :—
1st. If the remitter or payee be a peer or a bishop, his ordinary title
is sufficient ; and if a firm, the usual designation of such firm
will suffice (the term " Messrs," however, is not sufficient,)
except a company trading under a title which does not consist
of the names of the persons composing it, as the " Carron Com-
pany," to which kind of company the above privilege does not
extend.
2d. Money Orders for transmission by the Public to the Privy
Council Office will be issued payable to " The Privy Council
Office," the name of the payer not being required in these
cases.
3d. When the remitter notifies in writing that the order is to be
paid through a bank, it is left to his option to give or withhold
the name of the payee ; and he may, if he wish it, substitute
lor the name of the payee, any other designation or any
modification of the name, as for example :— " The Cashier
of the Bank of England,"— "The Chief Clerk of the Foreign
Office/'— "The Publisher of The Times,"— « Messrs Longman
& Co."