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COUXrY DrRECTORY OF SCOTLAND.
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obtained for it ; it should on no account be dropped into the letter-box, otherwise it will be
charged a registration fee of eightpence (less any amount prepaid for registration), instead of the
ordinary fee of twopence.
v.— MONEY ORDERS.
20. The Commission on inland money orders is-
For sums under 10s., . . . 2d.
of 10s. and under £2, . 3d.
,, £2 ,, ,, £3, . 4d.
„ £3 ,, ,, £4, . 5d.
,, £4 ,, ,, £5, . 6d.
,, £5 ,, ,, £6, . 7d.
For sums of £6 and under £7, . . 8d.
,, £7 „ „ £8, . . 9d.
,, ,, £8 ,, „ £9, . . lOd.
„ £9 ,, „ £10, . . lid.
,, £10 . . . . is.
No order is allowed to contain a fractional part of a penny.
With certain 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 and the i:)ayee,
together with the remitter's address.
An order once issued cannot be cancelled.
The holder of a money order is always at liberty to direct, by crossing it, that the order
be paid through a bank, even though its payment was not originally so restricted ; and when
the order is thus presented, the question put on the presentation of an ordinary money order is
•lispensed with.
Money orders do not require a receipt stamp.
No application can be entertained for compensation for alleged injury from the non-payment
of a money order at the expected time.
After once paying a money order, liy whomsoever presented, the Office is not liable to any
further claim.
VI.— POSTAL ORDERS.
21. Postal orders, for certain fixed sums from Is. up to £1, are now issued to the public at
all post offices in the United Kingdom at which money order business is transacted, and at
Malta, Gibraltar, and Constantinojile.
The following are the amounts for which postal orders are issued, together with the pound-
age payable in respect of each Order : —
Amount of
Order.
6".
d.
1

1
6
2

2
6
3

3
6
4

Poundage.
d.
yi
i.mou
nt
of
Ord
er.
•s.
d.
4
6
5

7
6
10

10
6
15

20

Poundage.
d.
I
Broken amounts may be made up by the use of postage stamps not exceeding fivepentje m
value, affixed to the face of any one postal order.
VIL— POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.
22. These banks are established under the provisions of the Act 24 Vict. cap. 14, entituled,.
' An Act to grant addltionnl facilities for depositinrj small Saimigs at interest, with the Security
of the Government for the due Repayment thereof,' and are opien daily during the hours appointed
for money order business for the receipt of deposits of one shilling, or any number of shillings
subject of course to the limitations of amount prescribed in the Acts previously in foice for-
Savings Banks.
VIIL— GOVERNMENT INSURANCES AND ANNUITIES.
23. The Postmaster-General is empowered, under the Act 45 and 46 Vict. cap. 51, to insure-
the lives of ^lersons of either sex, not over the age of 65 years, and not under the age of 14 vears
(or if the amount does not exceed £5, not under the age of 8 years) for any amount not less "than
£5 or more than £100. He is also empowered, under the same Act, to grant immediate or
deferred annuities of not more than £100 on the lives of any person not under the age of 5 years.
The persons whose lives are insured, or to whom annuities are granted by the Postmaster-General
have direct Government security for the payment of the money at the proper time.