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FJLLI:>IG IN or ono&n.
The purchaser of a Postal Order must, before pnrtin~; '1\'ith it. fill in the name of the per·
son to whom the amount is to be paid, nnd is rer.ommended to fill in the nnme of the Office
of Payment as a precaution in cnse the Order should be lost or stolen. If the purchnser
does not know which Post Office is most con,·cnient to the payee, he should insert the
name of the town, village or district where the payee resides. The Order will then be
paid at any Post Office in the place named.
COUKT&l\FOILS.
Every person to whom a Postal Order is issued should tear off and retain the counterfoil.
Its production will facilitate inquiry if the Order should be lost.
MISCARntAOE OR LOSS.
The Postmaster cannot underl.:l.ke to consider any application respecting a Postal
Order which has miscarried, or '1\'hicb has been lost or destroyed, unless the counterfoil
be j)roduced, n.nd unless proof be given to his sn.tisfnction that the name of the payee was
inserted in the Order before the holder parted '1\'ith it.
After a. Postal Order has once been paid, to '1\'homsoever it is paid, the Postmaster
will not be liable to any further claim.
PATMENT TO THE PUBLIC.
Defore a Postal Order is paid the name o£ the payee and the name of the office of pay-
ment must have been filled in and the order must be properly receipted.
PAYM&NT TIIROT.JGII DAN"El\S.
U a Postal Order be crossed, payment will only be made through n bnnk ; and if the
name of n b:mk be added, payment will only·be m~de through that bank.
lt£PA1'MEN'f TO SllNJ>Eit.
The sender of a Postal Order can obt.nin repayment of the amount (but not the pound-
age) on presenting the Order and the Counterfoil n.t the issuing Office. H the Order
has been crossed for payment through a bank the sender must first cancel the crossing·
by "'riting across the face of the Order the words "Please pay c11sh" and adding his
initials.
ERASUm::s. ALT£1\ATIOKS, .~c.
If nny crnsnrc or n.Itcrntion is made, or if the Onlcr i~ cut, <lefnced, or mutilated, payment
mny be refused.
I'OSTAL ORDERS !\OT NEGOTIAIILE.
Postal Orders do not, like Bank of En;;bnd Notes, represent vn.lue in themselves.
If nn Order is lost or stolen no person into whose lmuds it mn.y fall, thou~;h himself inno·
cent, is entitled to receive the amount of the Order. The rightful owner i:~ alone entitled
to cash the Order.
REPLY COUPONS.
Coupons exchangeable for sl.:l.mps o£ the value of 25 centimes (2~d.) e.'l.ch in any country
participating in the arrangement can be puchased at the Money Order Office, Kingston,
at the price of 3d. e:l.ch for the purpose o£ prepayin~: replies to letters. The coupons
c.1.n be exchanged by the addressees o£ such letters at the Post Ortice of the phce or desti·
nation for local posl.:l.ge sl.:l.mps. The countries nod colonies included in the system are
indicated by n.n :~s~erisk • in column 1 o£ the Tnble which appears on pages 39 to 4().
Coupons received from other countries may be cxch:tngcd for postage st.nmps at the
G.l'.O.