§ MR. J. KELLY (Camberwell, N.)asked the Postmaster General, Whether it is the fact that in cases where sums of money are remitted to this country, through the Money Order Office, the persons to whom they are sent only receive money orders through the General Post Office, giving no information of any kind as to the persons making such remittances to them, or even as to the towns from which the orders may have been sent; and, whether, in view of the fact that the receivers of such remittances by way of money orders from abroad are now wholly unable to distinguish the persons by whom they may be sent, it would be possible to have the names of the senders of such money orders given in every case?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES) (Cambridge University)In the majority of cases, money order remittances from abroad are effected by means of money orders which, like those of inland origin, are sent by the remitters to the payees; but there are some cases in which the foreign system differs so entirely from the English that the remittances have to be advised to the British Post Office, by which the actual orders are issued to the payees. The remitters should, and no doubt generally do, advise the payees that a remittance has been sent. It is not the duty of the Post Office to give this information; and, indeed, there are obvious reasons why it should not be given generally. But, in any case, where the holder of a money order is in want of information it is always supplied under certain conditions on application being made to the Department.