§ Mr. GOLDSTONEasked the Postmaster-General what precautions are taken to ensure that money orders are not cashed by fraudulent persons; and, in the event of the usual precautions not being followed, whether compensation is payable to those who have suffered loss through the miscarriage of money orders sent to them?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELAt the time a money order is issued an advice, which includes the names of the remitter and the payee, is forwarded to the office of payment. When the order is tendered for payment the paying officer has to see that the receipting signature on the order corresponds with the name advised, and to ask the person who presents the Order for the name of the remitter; and, if either of these requirements is not met, payment has to be refused. If in any case these instructions are overlooked or disregarded, the question is considered of making good the loss as an act of grace.