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Postal Orders, contd.

Period during which Orders are payable: If an order be not paid within six
months from the last day of the month of issue, a commission equal to the
original poundage will be charged. The commission thus paid must be affixed
in postage stamps to the back of the order. Postal orders which arc not presented
for payment within six months from the last day of the month of issue arc not
paid until reference has been made to the Postmaster General.
Filling in o f Order: The purchaser of a postal order must, before parting with
it fill in the name of the person to whom the amount is to be paid, and is recom­
mended to fill in the name of the office of payment as a precaution in ease
the order should be lost or stolen. If the purchaser docs not know which Post
Office is most convenient 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.
Counterfoils: Every person to whom a postal order is issued should tear off
and retain the counterfoil. It's production will facilitate inquiry if the order
should be lost.
Miscarriage or Loss: The Postmaster General cannot undertake to consider
any application respecting a postal order which has miscarried, or w hich has been
lost or destroyed, unless the counterfoil be produced; and unless proof be given to
his satisfaction tiiat the name of the payee was inserted in the order before the
holder parted with it.
After a Postal Order has once been paid, to whomsoever it is paid, the Post­
master General will not be liable to any further claim.
Payment to the Public: Before a Postal Order is paid the name of the payee and
the name of the office of payment must have been filled in and the order be
properly receipted. Any person presenting an order for payment may be required
to sign his own name thereto notwithstanding that it may have been already
signed by the payee.
Payment through Bankers: If a postal order be crossed payment will only be
made through a bank: and if the name of a bank be added, payment will only be
made through that bank.
Payment to sender: The sender of a postal order can obtain repayment of the
amount (but not the poundage) on presenting the order and the counterfoil at the
issuing office. If the order has been crossed for payment through a bank the
sender must first cancel the crossing by writing across the face of the order the
words “please pay cash” adding his initials.
Erasure, Alterations, &c.: If any erasure or alteration is made or if the order
has not been signed or stamped by the issuing officer or if it has been cut, defaced
or mutilated, payment may be refused.
Postal Orders not Negotiable: Postal orders do not, like Bank of England notes
represent value in themselves. If an order is lost or stolen no person into whose
hands it may fall, though himself innocent, is entitled to receive the amount of
the order. The rightful ow ner is alone entitled to cash the order.