show in what bags it is received and despatched,
and through whose hands it passes.

75. A letter addressed to any place in New
    Zealand marked "Registered," but not entered
    on the list or letter-bill, or tied with green tape,
    must, when discovered, be treated as not having
    been duly tendered for registration, and must be
    charged with a double fee of one shilling in
    addition to the postage. If, for example, such a
    letter, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, be
    prepaid threepence only, it must be surcharged
    one shilling if addressed to another Province;
    but should it bear postage stamps to the amount
    of sixpence, the tax will be ninepence, thus making
    up the charge of one shilling beyond the proper
    amount of postage. Deficient postage on such
    letters must be surcharged with the fine, as in
    the case of ordinary letters. After being thus
    taxed the letter must be treated as one duly
    tendered for registration. The surcharge must be
    entered as unpaid postage in the letter-bill in the
    usual way, and will be obtained on the delivery of
    the letter. This rule does not extend to letters
    addressed to places beyond the Colony, which,
    when not properly tendered for registration,
    must be treated as ordinary letters, even though
    they may be marked "Registered." In these
    latter cases the word "not" must be prefixed to
    the word "registered," and the officer's initials
    must be annexed.

76. Any officer who shall neglect the foregoing
    rule will be required to make good the amount
    of postage which has been lost to the revenue
    through his inattention.

77. On the receipt of a registered letter-bag or
    packet it must be carefully examined with a view
    to ascertain that it has not been tampered with,
    and that it bears an impression of the seal of the
    office from which it was despatched. It must be
    opened apart from all other bags and packets, and
    at a table where there is no probability of a
    letter getting secreted. It must then be turned
    inside out, and the letters checked with the
    registered letter list; and should the list be
    missing careful search must be made, and the
    folds of every letter and packet received in the
    bag or packet examined.

78. The list must bear the stamp of the
    despatching office, and the signature of the
    despatching officer. The empty registered letter-
    bag or packet must not be thrown aside until
    the examination of the list and letters has been
    completed.

79. Every letter or packet received in a
    registered letter bag or packet must be treated
    as a registered letter, the absence of the green
    tape or other indication of its having been
    registered, or its non-entry on the list, not
    exempting it from this treatment. If a registered
    letter be found open or imperfectly sealed, the
    circumstance must be reported, with the full
    address of the letter, and must then be sealed in
    accordance with Rule 164. The lists which are
    received in registered letter bags or packets must
    bear the stamp of the receiving office, the signa-
    ture of the receiving officer, and be returned by
    the first opportunity to the despatching office,
    where they must be carefully kept and filed
    for future reference.

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80. On the arrival of a mail, the addresses of
    all registered letters received by it, must, after
    the letters have been stamped on the back, be
    entered by the proper officer in the Received
    Registered Letter Book. The receipt, Form No.
    21, without which no registered letter must be
    tendered for delivery, must be given with the
    letter to the officer who is to deliver it, and who
    must at the same time sign the book in the
    proper place.

81. A letter-carrier, on delivering a registered
    letter, must require the receipt to be signed by
    the person to whom the letter is addressed; when
    this is not practicable, it must be signed by some
    responsible person known to be permanently con-
    nected with the house; or, when the letter is
    directed to a place of business, by a clerk or
    other person known to belong to the establish-
    ment. The receipt of a lodger must not be taken
    except for his own letters. If a registered letter
    be delivered at the office window, the receipt
    of the ordinary messenger of the person will
    suffice. Registered letters which cannot be de-
    livered at once, as, for instance, those to be kept
    till called for, must be placed in the locker (see
    Rule 60), and the proper form of receipt for such
    letter must be placed in the box or pigeon-hole
    where ordinary letters so addressed await delivery,
    so that the delivering officer may see that there
    is a registered letter in the locker. Notice of a
    registered letter for the holder of a private box
    must be given by placing a copy of Form No. 22,
    duly filled up, into such private box.

82. Registered letters which may be re-directed
    must be entered in the Receipt Book, but, in
    the place allotted for the signature of the delivering
    officer must be inserted "Re-directed to
    (naming the place), and the date on which the
    letter is forwarded. The despatching officer must
    sign this entry.

83. When signed, the receipts must be care-
    fully filed according to number and date, and
    the book must be carefully examined each day to
    see that all receipts have been returned and
    properly filed; by which means, a complete check
    will be kept on all registered letters received for
    delivery.

84. To avoid as far as possible the necessity
    of resorting to more severe measures, a fixed
    punishment by money fines is imposed, without
    exception, for irregularities in regard to registered
    letters; and it is strictly enjoined that every such
    irregularity, whether it occur at his own office or
    elsewhere, shall be reported by the Postmaster
    to the Secretary in the proper form, in which it
    is also required that incorrect entries, or omis-
    sion to enter the number of registered letters on
    the letter-bill, shall be reported, as the security
    of a registered letter is in a great measure
    dependent on the proper treatment of the list
    and letter-bill which accompany it. Each omis-
    sion to report a fineable irregularity is itself
    punishable by a fine. A Postmaster is required
    to furnish a quarterly return to the Secretary
    of the amount of fines levied at his office.

85. For each of the following irregularities,
    the fine is eight shillings :-

86. For mis-sending a registered letter.

87. For omitting to enter a registered letter on the list.