Page 54 - Jamaica PO Guide 1928

48 POST OFFICE GUIDE.
Tl joUowi 11 g u a partial Li~t of British Colonia, Pmlccloralc~, and P~lal Agencies
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aiTtocul a7Ul o} the Principall•'aroign Cotmlrics to which Monr11 Orders may be sent. (I}.
• \ntigua *Bahamas, *Bn.rbados, Bcll!;ium, *Bermuda, *Brit ish C uiana, *British Hoo·
dur~s *Brilisb Possessions in Africa,*Cannda (Dorniniou of), (2) Gnnnl Zone, *Cape
of G~od Hope (Province of), *Caymnn Islands, *Ccylon, China -•(a) British P.O.
A oncies (b) Japanese P.O. Agoncies, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cur:umo (Dutch West
1 ~dies) '•Cyprus Danish W. fndics (now Vir~~:in Islands of tho .United States),
Donm.-t'rk, •Dot~inic~, *J~gypt, *Federated Mnl~y .~tfll.cs, ~Fiji, l~rance and
Al~erin *Gibraltar, Greece, *Grenada (W. Ind.), Jlawnu (Snndwtcb Is.), Holland,
Hondu;n~ (Republic or), *lfon~~: Kon~, •rnaguu, • rndin, Ttnly, Japan, J,uxcmburg
(Grand D~chy o£) ~1nda,ascar, Madeira, *)falta, *Mauritius, *Mesopotamia, :Mexico,
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(United States of), *\1ontserrat, •.Morocco, ::\'etherlandi, *i'\cvis, •Xcwfoundland,
'lc 11 • South WaiC3 *Ne"· Zealand, *Ni:;eria, N'orway, *Palestine (Occupied Territory),
Panama (Brit. P.O.), Philippine lslnuds, Porto Rico, Portugnl, (includinll: the Azores
at~cl :.\fadeira), Queensland, Rus:sin, *::it. Heleon, •st. I<itts, •st. Lucin, •st. Vincent,
•f::cychelles, Shm. *.Sierra Leone, *Sin!;apore, ~outh Australia, ••strnits Settlements,
•Sudan Sweden, -:wilzerland, *Ta~mnnia, *Tobn;o, •Tortola, *Trinidad, •Turks and
Caicos 'Islands, Un.itcd Stales of Anwric.~. Victoria (Australia), *Virgin Islands Britis t),
Virgin Islands of tho United Stales, West Australia.
T ckgraph Money Orders.
The system of Telegraph Money Orders is in operation between t hu United J{ingdom
and .Jamaica. T he remitter of a Telegraph Money Order is •·cquircd to pay, in nddit.ion
to tho J\LO. commission, the cost of tho Telegram of Advice at the ordinary rntc (2/4) or
nt the" deferred" rate (1·2) per word. Ever~· word in the tclc.t;ram has to be paid for;
in the case of a" deferred" telegram, the instruction "L.C.O." is cltnrged as one word,
nnd the word "Postmaster" has also to be sent in every caso and must be paid for.
Further details may be had from the Chief M .0. Office, l(ingston, or from J>arocbial
Trnasuries.
POSTAL ORDERS.
Amounts oj poundogc.-Po~t:~l Orders arc sold and cashed n•, nil post offices in Jamaica.
and in the countries mllrkcd with an asterisk (*) above. These orde rs nrc printed on a
paper bearing an "all-over" watermark consisting of the Royal Cipher- a crown and
the letters G. v R., and they mertsure slightly less than 7 in. in length.
The commissions charged on orders iss'ued are as follows:-
At 6d., ls., Is. Gd., 2s., 2s. Gd. ld.
At 3s., 3s. 6d., 4s. Gd., 5s. l~d.
At 7s. 6d. 2d.
At Ss., 10s. 2~d.
At 20s. 4~d.
PO$I.age Stamps Affiud to Postal Ordcrs.-Tbe sender of a postal order, whether made
payable in the United Kingdom or elsewhere (excepting Canada}, mny increase its
yaJuc by an amount not c..xcccdin~ 5d. by affixing postal!;e stamps not exceeding two
in number to the face of the order. :-Jo credtt 11ill be given for stamps which are in
excess of three or which arc affixed elsewhere than in the spaces provided. Odd half
pence wiU not be pnid. Stamps perforated \\ith initials or marks, or embossed or
impressed stamps cut out of envelopes, post cards, &c., cannot be accepted for this
purpose. ·
Pcn.od dunng toh;ch Orders arc 7)ayable.- If an order be not paid within t !tree months
from the last day of the month of issue, a commission equnl to the original pounda<>e
will be charged. The commis:sion thus paid must be affixed in postage stamps to the
back of the order. Postal orders which are not presented for payment within sb: months
from the last day of the month of is~uc arc not paid until reference has been made to
London.
(1) For complete list of places in which J\.Joney Orders are issued nod paid, see l3lcst
edition of London Postal Guide.
• British Postal Orders are also issued and paid in these countries, see" Postal Orders."
(2) British Postal Orders arc p(nd at certain offices in Caoad:~, but arc Mt issued in
Canada.