| (a) After the expiration of 3 months from the last day of the month of issue, a Postal Order will be payable only on payment of a Commission, equal to the amount of the original poundage; (b) with the addition (if more than 3 months have elapsed since the said expiration) of the amount of the original poundage for every further period of 3 months which has so elapsed; (c) and for every portion of any such period of 3 months over and above every complete period. You are requested to answer the following questions, in reference to a Postal Order for 10/-. (on which the `original poundage' would be 1d.) issued during the month of January, so that the 1st `period' would consist of the months February, March, April; the 2nd would consist of the months May, June, July; and the 3rd would consist of the months August, September, October. (1) Supposing the Rule to consist of clause (a) only, on what day would a `Commission' begin to be chargeable? ( ) (2) What would be its amount? ( ) (3) Supposing the Rule to consist of clauses (a) and (b), on what day would the lowest `Commission' begin to be chargeable? ( ) (4) What would be its amount? ( ) (5) On what day would a larger `Commission' (being the sum of 2 `Commissions') begin to be chargeable? ( ) (6) What would be its amount? ( ) (7) On what day would a yet larger `Commission' begin to be chargeable? ( ) (8) What would be its amount? ( ) (9) Taking the Rule as consisting of all 3 clauses, in which of the above-named 3 `periods' does clause (c) first begin to take effect? ( ) (10) Which day, of any `period', is the earliest on which it can be said that a `portion' of the `period' has elapsed? ( ) (11) On what day would the lowest `Commission' begin to be chargeable? ( ) (12) What would be its amount? ( ) (13) On what day would a larger `Commission' begin to be chargeable? ( ) (14) What would be its amount? ( ) (15) On what day would a yet larger `Commission' begin to be chargeable? ( ) (16) What would be its amount? ( ) Signature . . . . . THE Rule is given, below, in a form which exhibits its grammatical construction-- (a. 1) After the expiration of 3 months from the last day of the month of issue, a Postal Order will be payable only on payment | -------------------------------- | (b.1) with the addition (if more than 3 months have elapsed since of |