Page 13 - Jamaica PO Guide 1924

POS'r OFFICE HANDBOOK. 11
MONEY OI~DEUS.
Money Orders are isound at the head office, I\ingston, and at the several Parochial
Treasuries in t he chief town of each parish. Applications for Money Orders addressed
either to the Po>tmast.er for Jamaica or to n. Pn.roc~1ial Treasurer are free of postage.
tThe re~istrntion fee of 2d. must, however, be prcp111d).
The commissious on i\-IoJ1ey Orders drawn on the United Kingdom, Panama, Costf>
Rica and the C:1.vman Islands are ns under:-
For any sum not exceeding £2 Os. 9d.
Above £2 ~nd not exceeding 5 6
" 5 " " 7 2 3
7 " 10 3 0
and 5d. for each odditional £1 or fractional part thereof.
The commissions on Money Orders drawn on the United States of America, Canada.,~
Canal Zone and J'hilippine Is!ands are as under:-
For any sum not exceeding £ 2 ... ._. Os. 9d.
For any sum over £2 and not exceeding £5 • iw.ii 6
" " 5 " " 7• Nlfi8 2 3
" " 7 " " w ... ~ 3 0
nnd 3d. for each additional £1 or fractional part of that amount.
The commissions on Money Orders drawn on Barbados, British Guiana, the Wind-
ward Islands, the Leeward Islands, British Honduras, Bermuda, Turks Islands an<t.
Trinidad are as under:-
For any sum not exceeding £2 Os. Gd.
Above £2 and not exceeding 5 0
" 5 " " 7 6
.... " 7 " 10 2 0
and 6d. for each additional £3 or fractional part thereof.
The limit amount for Money Orders drawn on United Kingdom, Panama, Costa Rica,
Barbados, British Guiana, the Windward Islands, the Leeward lsla.nds, British Honduras,
Bermuda, Turks Islands, Trinidad and Cayman Islands is £40, and on United Stateso-
of America. Canada, Canal Zone and Philippine Islands, £20 10s. 8cl. or $100.
No application can be entertained for compensation for alleged injury from the non-
payment of a money order at the expected time. When a money order is applied·
for it must be on the clear understanding that no such claim will be allowed, and that
the Post Office is not liable, under any circumstances, to more than one payment of a -
money order, even when, notwithstanding the precautions that are taken, the order
h.as been paid to a person not entitled to receive the money. Re-payment to the remit-
ter of a money order cannot be made until the chief office of the paying country has
been communicated with; and applications for re-payment should be accompanied by.
a sum equal to the Original commission on the order. '
A Thmugh Money Order Exchange also exists between Jamaica and certain British ·
Colonies and foreign countries via the United Kingdom. Such through money ordem
are suojeet on payment to a deduction of two-pence for each £1 wit.h a minim~
charge of four-pence. The full name and address of the payee of a through money
order must l:.e given to enable the Chief Money Order Office, London, to forward to the
payee a money order for the net amount payable, the money order issued to the··
remitter being only of value as a receipt for the amount paid and should be
retained by the remitt.<er.