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44 POST OFFICE GL'JUE
Tile followill{l is a partial List of Bl'ili~h Colonies, P/'QWCI{}I'ala, and PoAial Agenc6~
abroad mul of lhts Princ~pal Foreigtl Counlriu lo wilicll Money Orders may be mtt. ~ i1
•Antigua, *Bahuroll$, "Barbados, Belgium, •Bcrnludu., •British Guil\na, •Brit.ish Hon- 1 t
-duras 1 •antish Posse~sions in Africa, •tCruhldol /Dominion of), Cnrutl Zou"t •cape e
~~ Go<?d Hope (Pro,·ince of), •cayn;nn Island~, -Ceylon, China:-•(a) Rriti;.n P. 0, t J
Age.ne~es, (b) Jupaucse 1>.0. Agenctes, Costa ltiaa, Cuba, Curacao (Dutch West ·
Indie.s,) •cyprua, w Danish W. Todies (now Virgin islaurls of the Uniwd States) 1
Algeria, *GibraHar, Greece, *Grenada (W. Iud.), Hawaii (SMdwicll. Is.), HoUa.nd, I
Deumar k, •Doruinic.<l.,
•Egypt, *Federated l\fnlay States, *Fiji, Prlln•:e and
Hondur!IS (Republic of), •Hong Koug, *Inagua, •tndi~t, Haly, .Japan, Luxl'rnburg, r
(Grand Duchy of), MndllgllSCar, M aderia, *Malta, *.Mauritius, •NJe..opotamia, Mexico, t
(!Jnited Stnt;es of), •Montsern\t 1 •Morocc . ~etiH•rb.och;, ·~evis, "J11e1vfoundland 1
1\ew South Wales, •New ZealRnd, *Nigerio, Norway, •P!I.Ie~wte (Occupied Territory),
Pauamnf (Brit. P.O.), Philippine Islands, Porto Rico, Portugal, (includinl.( tb.e Azorea
.
and Madeira), Queensl~~.nd, Russia., ~st . ITclene., •St. Kitls, •st. LuoU., •St. Vincent,
*Seychelles. Sirun, *Sierr~ Leone, "Singtlpore. South Aust,ruli·t, 'Straits SetUeruenl-':1
•S•!thn . 8wt~en, Switr.erland, *Tnllmfloh\, •TI)bago, ~Tortoh< •Trinidnd, •Turks nnd
Ca1cos Lllnnd~. Uuited St11tes of America, Yiutoria, (Austmli"J' •Virgin Isl~clda, Virgin
Islands uf tb.e trruteJ States, West Australia.
Telegraph 1'1oncy Ord c:r~.
The system of Telegraph Money Orders is in operl\l.iou bt:t.w~en tl\1\ United Kingdom
.and Jamaiea. The remitter or A. Tei~'Tspll :\lone.v Order is required to pay, in addition
to the M.O. commission, the cost oi the Tele.:cram of AdvicP nt lho onlinary rat.e (2/4) or
11
~t, t.h~: deft:rted" rate (Ij2) per word. Every Wl)rd in the telegrnn• ha;, to be paid for;
Ill the t'lll!e of !\ "deferred" t.elegr11n1, tho instrut~t.iou •· l..f.'.O.'' is oltJirged as one worrl, I I
and tJlt! word "PostmHStt'r" ha.. also to be :><?nt in eve!'}· r.;tl:!e 'lnd must bc:> pllhl !or.
Further details ITLIIV be hod from t.l1e Chief M.Q. Offic•~: Kiugstof'l, or from Parochial I
Treasuries. •
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POSTAL ORDERS.
Amotmls and potmdaqe.-ThA only postal orders sold in .l:!mnicn nre British postv.l
..()rcll'rs, and thl'y llre issued and pAid ut all lhe Post Oflie~•s in the lsland. They ate
availnl>le tot· use in the colony and in the British Coloniel' und otlt~r JJblues abroad m::~rked
-with AA fi.Slerisk• abuve.
The comruissions char!{ed oo ord~rs issued Me ru:s followa:-
At 6d., ls., Is. Gd., Za., 2s. Gd. ld.
At as .. , 3s. Gd., 4s. Od., .Ss. l~d.
At Is.. !id. 2(],
At Ss., lOs. ~ld.
At. 20s. 4!d.
Poklage 8tampn 1tjjircd 14 Postal Orders.-The sender of n postal order, whether made
payable in the United Kingdom ot elsewhere (e.(cept.iog Canada), may incres.se it.a
value by Utt amount not exoeedin.; 5d. b.Y i.illixing posta~e st.<mps not exce<><ling three
in number to thP. face of the order. No oreJit will Le given for stamps whioh nre in
.excf:S3 of tltree or w hi eh nre affixed elsel91J(:l'e th•lll in tl:e spaces provided. Odrl half-
pence will not be paid. St.amps perfomLed wi~b inilfula or marks, or eroboased or
ilnpreRSed stomps l!ttt out of envelope.;, post.-carcls, &c., cannot be ncceptcd for this
1•1u·pose.
PeriiJd dtlrinll whi<:/1 Ordel'8 are pa11obl6.-Ir lin order be not paid witb.iJl three mou~hs
from the bat d.ly of the month of issue, a couuuissioo eqtml to t.b•; ori,ltiJ.u!J pol.lll.dllge
"Will be ahn.rgel!. The cotn.mi:;siort thus pll.ill must be affi..xud in po.~tnge stamps t.o tile
back of the order. Postal ordt>rs whiuh are not prtJSent.eu for payment witllin si.'f
n10ntha from the lost day of tbe month of issue are not pa.itl until rderen~e has beco
made t.o London.
<; For colllplct.e list of places in whlcb MontY Ordent are iaeued and paid 3ee h1teat edition nf
London Postal Guide.
• British Postal Order& are ali!O tsaueO. and paid In these countries. See "Postal Orders.''
t 'B,I(.Isb P011t11l Orders are 1)aid at certain offices to Caoada, but 11re 1101 isou1d in Oanadll.