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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &C.
M O N E Y ORDERS—continued.
INLAND.
On ererv Order exchanged between'' che Pose Offices at Larnaca, Nicosia, Limassal. Fama–
gusta. Papho. Kvrenia, Morphou, Platres and Troodos, the following rates of commission are
chare*-! i :—
lcp.
ACTHORITT.
For sums noe eiceediue £l -
£•-»
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4**-*-*-
.. £4-
£ 6 -
£ 8
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£l«>
Fcr every additional £10 up to £40 - -
N-i sinde Monev Order can be issued for a 511m exceeding £40
For advice of Payment of an Inland Money Order
2cp.
3cp.
4cp.
ocp.
6cp.
3cp.
2cp.
Notification published
•in Gazette >••. 101a of
4th
AH?..
1911.
Order of the High Com.
missioner No. 437 of 12th
Dec, 1907. published in
Gazette No. 903 of 13th
Dec., 1907.
INSURANCE OF FOREION REGISTERED LETTERS OF VALUE.
Order of His Excel-
lencv ia Coancil No. 368
dated 17th ilav. 1903,
published in Gazette
No 764 of 17cii
JUIT
1903.
1. As all the routes arailable for ordinarv letters are not available for insured letters, the latter
mav be longer in transit than the former.
2. Insured letters -will hare all the safeguards of the registration system: and. subject to the
following re*ra!ations. compensation "will be paid if they or any of their contents are lost in the Post.
3. Postcards or packets of -Printed Papers'" or '*Commercial Papers'" or Sample Packets cannot
be inhered. The letters to which the insurance system is specially applicable are those which contain
bank notes, bonds, coupons, securities, etc.
4. Letters intended for insurance must be presented at the counters at the above named Post Offices and must not be
dropprd into the letter boxes or handed to Mail Messengers or Mail Coach Drivers.
5. Insured letters may not contain coin, anything made of gold or silver, precious stones, jewellery or any article liable to
Customs duty in the country of destination.
6. Insured letters must not be addressed to initials or in pencil.
7. Every letter packet tendered for insurance must be enclosed in a strong cover, which must be securely fastened and
sealed -withfinewax. in such a way that it cannot be opened without either breaking the seals or leaving obvious traces of
violation. Envelopes with black or coloured borders must not be used. Seals must be placed over each nap or seam of the
cover of a packet: and if the packet is tied round with string or tape, a seal must be placed on the end3 where thev are tied.
•*?. Ail the seals on a letter must be of the same kind of wax. and must bear distinct impressions of the same private device.
Coins must not 'oe use .1 for sealing; and the device must not consist merely of straight*, crossed, or curved fines which could
readily be imitated.
9. If a letter rendered for insurance does not, in the opinion of the officer of the Post Office to -whom it is tendered, fulfil
the fore-joins conditions as to packing and sealing, it is his duty to refuse to insure it. Nevertheless the onus of properlv
enclosing and sealing the letter lies upon the sender: and the Post Office assumes no liability for loss arising from defects of the
cover or the seals which mav not be observed at the time of posting.
11. The insurance fee in addition to the full postage and registration fee must be prepaid bv means of postage stamps which
the sender must affix to the cover of the letter.
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*I2. A S few stamps as possible should be used to prepay the postage and insurance fee. Thev must not be folded over the
edge of the cover, and when more stamps than one are used, they must be affixed with spaces between them.
13. A certificate of posting must always be obtained by the sender of an insured letter. H e may also obtain an acknowledg-
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applicable.
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15. "-v-Then nn insured letter is redirected from one country to another, a fresh insurance fee becomes pavable for each such
transmission. It this fee is not prepaid, it is collected rrom the addressee on deiiverv. Insured letters ca£ onlv be redirected
to
whicn have adopted the insurance system.
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io Compensation not exceeding the insured' value will be granted to the sender, or, at his request, to the addressee of al
insured letter, for any actual loss or damage to the letter while in postal custody. The sender of a lose insured letter i° also
entitled to A return of rhe postage paid, but in no case is the insurance fee refunded
Compensation will not be oaid at all for any such letter containinz anv prohibited article or f<
deliverea -".gainst receipt with the seals unbroken and has been accepted without remark by the add
'or any letter which has been
addressee or his authorized agent
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It shall also be withheld when it appears to the Postal Administration—
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months from the date of posting and it shall also be
id) On any ground on which a common carrier might in like case claim exemption from le<*-al liability
loss £^f?L*e.
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18. Any insurance effected with the Post Office contrary to the foregoing regulations is invalid.