New Zealand Gazette – 1867 – No. 3

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✨ Savings Bank Procedures



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 27

draw the whole or part of the sum deposited by
him, must make application for the same to the
Chief Postmaster of the Province, in the following
Form, a printed copy of which may be obtained
at any Post Office Savings Bank:—

Depositor's Book. (Date) day of 186
Place ........................................ TO THE CHIEF POSTMASTER OF THE
No............................................ PROVINCE OF
I hereby give notice that I wish to withdraw the sum of
from my Deposit Account, bearing the above
Number in the Books of the Post Office Savings Bank, and
I request that a Warrant may be issued for the above-named
sum, and made payable to me at the Post Office.
.......................................Signature
.......................................Address
.......................................Occupation

In this Form the Depositor must specify the
number of his Book, the name of the Office at
which his first deposit was made, the Sum he
wishes to withdraw, his occupation and residence,
and the Post Office at which he wishes to receive
his money.

By the same post, the Postmaster at whose
Office the Warrant is made payable shall be
advised of the issue of the Warrant. This
Warrant must be presented by the Depositor at
the Post Office named thereon, together with
the Depositor's Book, in which the Postmaster
shall enter the amount repaid, and attest the
entry with his signature, and the dated stamp of
his Office. The Postmaster shall in all cases
take a Receipt from the Depositor for the amount
repaid to him.

DEPOSITOR'S RECEIPT. Stamp of Paying Post Office.
I hereby acknowledge the receipt of the sum
of £ : :
........................................(Signature of Depositor).

The Postmaster will endeavour to prevent fraud,
and to identify every Depositor transacting business
with the Post Office Savings Bank; but if any
person shall fraudulently represent himself to be
a Depositor, and by forwarding the proper notice
of withdrawal, and by presentation of the
Depositor's Book, and compliance with the
Rules of the Department, shall obtain any sum
of money belonging to that Depositor, the Post-
master will not be responsible for the loss
thereof.

A Depositor who is about to remove from
one Province to another, should give a written
authority to the Chief Postmaster to transfer the
balance of deposits standing to his credit to the
Office of the Chief Postmaster of the Province to
which he is about to remove. The Postmaster
will thereupon transmit a Certificate to the Post
Office Savings Bank to which the balance of
deposits is to be transferred, and will at once
close the Depositor's account. The transaction
will be indorsed on the back of the Monthly
Account, and the Depositor's written authority
for the transfer forwarded in support thereof.

The authority for transfer shall be in the
following form:—

Depositor's Book. day of , 186
Place ........................................ TO THE CHIEF POSTMASTER OF THE
No............................................ PROVINCE OF
I, the undersigned, do hereby authorize and direct you to
transfer on my account to the Post Office Savings Bank at
the sum of
being the balance of deposits due to me.
Witness my hand this day of 186
.....................................................

The certificate of the amount due to the
Depositor, when received at the office of the
Chief Postmaster, will be shown in an account
to be opened with the said Depositor. The
transaction will also be indorsed on the back
of the Monthly Account, and the Certificate
forwarded in support thereof.
The Certificate shall be in the following
form:—

Depositor's Book. POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.
Place ........................................ TO THE CHIEF POSTMASTER OF THE
No............................................ PROVINCE OF
It is hereby certified that the Balance
standing in the Books of the Post Office Savings Bank to the
Credit of the Depositor,
numbered as above, on the day of ,
in the year 18 , amounts in the whole to the sum
of
and you are requested to place the same to the credit of
the said Depositor.
(Signature of Postmaster)
.....................................................

  1. Repayments shall be made only to the
    Depositor in person, or to the bearer of an order
    under his hand, signed in the presence of a
    Justice of the Peace, or, in case of sickness, of
    the Medical Attendant. If the Depositor be
    resident abroad, his signature must be verified
    by some constituted authority of the place in
    which he resides. Printed form of order can be
    obtained at any Post Office Savings Bank.

  2. Applications to withdraw money deposited
    by any Friendly, Charitable, or Provident
    Society, or Savings Bank, must be signed by
    two of the Trustees of any such Society or
    Savings Bank, or when there is no Trustee, then
    by the Treasurer and the names of the Trustee
    or Treasurer or other Officer of the Society
    authorized to receive the amount to be withdrawn,
    shall be stated in the notice of withdrawal, and
    the Warrant for payment of the amount shall
    be made out in the name of such Trustee,
    Treasurer, or Officer, and the receipt of such
    person apparently authorized shall be a sufficient
    discharge for the same.

  3. In case any Depositor shall die leaving any
    sum of money not exceeding £20, inclusive of
    interest, deposited in the Post Office Savings Bank,
    and Probate of his Will, or Letters of Adminis-
    tration, be not produced to the Chief Postmaster
    of the Province, or if notice in writing of the



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