Money letters & Money orders. Regulations

Money-Order Office,

To prevent the Loss frequently sustained by the Public, of Letters containing Money put into the Post-Office, for which the Office is not answerable, the CLERKS OF THE ROADS, in the General Post-Office, with the Approbation of His Majesty's Postmaster General,

GIVE NOTICE,

That a Clerk will attend daily at their Office, in the General Post-Office, from Nine in the Morning until Seven in the Evening, who will receive from those Persons, who may chuse to avail themselves of this Mode of Conveyance, any Sum of Money not exceeding Five Guineas, and will give an Order, payable at Sight, on the Deputy Postmaster of the Town where the Remittance is required to be paid, if in England; if in Dublin, on Mr. William Armitt, of the General Post-Office, Dublin; and if in Edinburgh, on Mr. Martin Mowbray, of the General Post-Office, Edinburgh.

The Deputy Postmasters in the Country, Mr. Armitt, in Dublin, and Mr. Mowbray, at Edinburgh, will, in like Manner, receive any Money, and give an Order at Sight on the Clerk of their respective Roads in London.

And the Deputy Postmaster of each Post Town in England, will receive any Sum of Money, not exceeding Five Guineas, and give an Order on the Postmaster of any other Town within England, to which the Remittance is required to be made.

As a Recompence to the several Persons employed in this Undertaking, it is proposed, that the Remitter of any Money shall pay Sixpence in the Pound, if the Order be issued from or payable at London; and for this Recompence the Clerks of the Roads undertake to guarantee the safe Conveyance of the Remittance.