THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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for the space of three months, shall be advertised,
according to address in some local Paper for
two consecutive issues, and if still unclaimed
for three months after the second advertisement—
shall be returned to the Office, whether in New
Zealand or elsewhere, at which they were origi-
nally posted, the words "advertised and un-
claimed" being written or stamped across the
face of each.

33. Letters requiring re-direction to other
    parts of the Colony on which a postage has
    been charged against the receiving Post-
    master, must, when forwarded to their destina-
    tion, be accompanied by a Credit Form, as
    prescribed in Schedule B in which he will
    take credit for the amount charged against
    him.

34. Any letter addressed to a person who
    is positively known to be dead, must be im-
    mediately advertised, and, if claimed by
    the legal representative of the person de-
    ceased, delivered to the claimant—if not
    claimed within thirty days from the date of the
    advertisement the word "deceased" must be
    written across the face of the letter, and the
    letter returned by first post to the place from
    whence it was received—and in the case of a
    letter addressed to a person who has left the
    Colony the words "left the Colony" must be
    written across the face of it, and the letter
    thus marked, must be returned immediately
    to the place from whence it came unless the per-
    son to whom it was addressed should have left
    instructions as to the disposal of his letters,
    when it must be dealt with accordingly.

35. Letters arriving from the United King-
    dom and re-directed back by reason of the
    person addressed not having been found will
    be forwarded, without charge, to the United
    Kingdom where the postage due on this second
    despatch will be collected and retained. In
    the same manner letters originating in New
    Zealand addressed to the United Kingdom, and
    returned from the same cause will be for-
    warded free, and the postage due thereon col-
    lected and retained by the Colony.

36. Any postage which may accrue on
    letters, which from any cause cannot be de-
    livered, or the postage on which cannot be
    recovered, will be taken credit for in the form
    prescribed in Schedule C.

37. Postmasters may cause all pamphlets,
    magazines, reviews, and periodical publications
    of all kinds, including newspapers, which may
    have remained unclaimed or undelivered in
    their respective offices for the period of six
    months to be sold on public account, or de-
    stroyed, as they shall think fit.

38. All newspapers subject to pre-payment
    which shall have been posted without being
    pre-paid, as required, shall be retained in the
    Post-office at which they were posted and
    dealt with as prescribed in the case of unde-
    delivered newspapers.

39. Postmasters must regard the inquiries
    which they are called upon to make on the
    subject of missing letters as a subject on which
    the reputation of their office is involved:
    they must therefore, to the best of their power,
    investigate all cases of alleged loss.

40. All letters received into any Post-office
    are to be carefully assorted—each description
    "stamped," "paid," or "unpaid," being,
    before despatch, tied in separate bundles.

41. All mails are to be accompanied by a
    letter-bill according to the form specified in
    Schedule D as applicable to such mail
    and care must be taken that every letter-
    bill is exactly in the form required.

42. All inland letter-bills will be sent in
    duplicate, the one for signature by the receiv-
    ing Postmaster to be returned by the first oppor-
    tunity to the despatching Postmaster; the
    other to be kept for record in the office of
    the receiving Postmaster.

43. All letter-bills are to be duly dated
    and signed before despatch and numbered in
    progressive series, commencing with No. 1
    at the beginning of each year. The inland
    and foreign letter-bills respectively having each
    a distinct series.

44. A duplicate of every letter-bill issued
    from any office must, if required by the Post-
    master-General be transmitted by the first
    post.

45. All mails must be well secured and
    carefully sealed with a clear impression of the
    office seal, and it will be the duty of every
    receiving Postmaster to examine the seals
    carefully, to ascertain that they have not been
    tampered with.

46. The receiving Postmaster will be con-
    sidered chargeable with the full amount of
    postage specified in the letter-bill on such
    letters as are unpaid.

47. Should the letter-bill be incorrect in
    any particular, it must be returned to the
    despatching Postmaster for correction.

48. Postmasters are carefully to stamp or
    mark as required, letters posted at or
    passing through their offices :—
    1st. All letters with the Daily Date Stamp.
    2nd. Prepaid letters—The sum paid to be
    marked in red ink.
    3rd. Letters prepaid with Postage Labels
    to be marked with the obliterating stamp.
    4th. Every letter, posted too late for the
    mail of the day of which it bears the Date
    Stamp, to be marked in red ink either in
    writing, or by Stamp with the words "Too
    late."
    5th. Registered Letters with the word "Re-
    gistered" in red ink.
    6th. When Letters, Packets, or Newspapers
    are mis-sent, the word "mis-sent" must be
    stamped or written on the face and the date
    stamp affixed. They must then be forwarded
    to their destination by first opportunity.

49. Should a Postmaster omit to use the "Too
    late" mark, the date stamp will be regarded as
    evidence that the letter was in time for the
    Post of the date given.

50. Any Letters or Parcels which would be
    entitled to exemption from Postage but which
    contain any enclosures, or on which any writing
    may be discovered, or any mark or signification