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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 33

Postal-note Regulations.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of April, 1902.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, by section sixty-four of “The Post Office Act, 1900” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make, and from time to time, as he shall see occasion, to alter, regulations prescribing the form of postal notes, and authorising the issue thereof, and the payment thereof, and to do all other matters incidental to the carrying of the above-recited Act into execution:

And whereas, by Order in Council dated the eighth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, certain regulations were made under the authority of “The Post Office (Postal Notes) Act, 1885”: And whereas it is expedient to revoke such regulations and make other provision in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the aforementioned Order in Council and the regulations thereby made, and by the same power and authority doth make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and doth order and declare that this Order in Council and the regulations hereby made shall have effect on and after the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and two.

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SCHEDULE.

POSTAL-NOTE REGULATIONS.

Interpretation.

1. In these regulations, unless there is something in the subject or context repugnant thereto, “Postmaster-General” includes any member of the Executive Council for the time being acting as such Postmaster-General; “postal officer” means the Postmaster at each Chief Post Office or in charge of any money-order office, as well as any officer of the Post Office whose duty it is to issue and pay money-orders at a post-office.

Hours of business.

2. The Chief Post-offices at Auckland, Thames, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier, Wanganui, Wellington, Blenheim, Nelson, Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Christchurch, Oamaru, Timaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill, and every post-office being a money-order office at which the Postmaster-General shall permit postal notes to be issued and paid, will be open for that purpose during the hours appointed for the transaction of money-order business at each such post-office.

3. Any post-office not being a money-order office, at which the Postmaster-General shall permit postal notes to be issued, shall be open for that purpose during such hours and on such days as the Postmaster-General shall determine.

Denominations of postal notes, and poundage thereon.

4. Every postal note shall be numbered, and shall be for one of the following amounts, and in respect of each postal note the following poundage shall be paid:—

Amount. Poundage.
s. d. d.
1 0 .. .. .. .. .. 0½
1 6 .. .. .. .. .. 0½
2 0 .. .. .. .. .. 1
2 6 .. .. .. .. .. 1
3 0 .. .. .. .. .. 1
5 0 .. .. .. .. .. 1½
10 0 .. .. .. .. .. 3
15 0 .. .. .. .. .. 3
20 0 .. .. .. .. .. 3
100 0 .. .. .. .. .. 6

Broken amounts.

5. Broken amounts (not being for fractions of a penny) may be made up by affixing unobliterated stamps not exceeding 5d. in value to the back of any one postal note by the sender or remitter.

6. Postal notes shall be printed on such paper and in such characters, and with such distinctive marks, whether on the face of them or in the paper or otherwise, and the amount of the poundage shall be indicated by means of such stamp or mark, as the Postmaster-General from time to time directs.

Issue of postal notes.

7. Before a postal officer issues a postal note, the amount of the note and the poundage thereon shall be paid to him; and he shall sign the note (except it be one of the £5 denomination) and stamp it with the proper stamp, specifying the day of the month on which the note is issued.

Name of payee and paying office may be inserted.

(a.) The blanks in a postal note for the name of the person entitled to the money (in the Regulations referred to as “the payee”), and for the name of the office at which it is to be paid, may be filled in at the time of issue or after.

Payment of postal notes.

8. If the name of the payee is inserted in the note, the signature to the receipt must agree with that name; but if the space for the name is left blank the receipt of the person who presents the note will be received.

Payee described by official title only.

(a.) If the payee of a postal note is described by his official title only, or as a club, society, or company, whether trading under the names of the persons comprising it or not, the postal officer may pay the amount to the signature of the manager, secretary, or other recognised legal agent, provided that his official designation be written after his name.

Alteration in name of payee or of paying office.

(b.) No alteration can be made in the name of the payee or of the paying office when once filled in, except by direction of the Postmaster-General or of a postal officer.

(c.) A postal note presented by or through a banker may be paid although the signature does not correspond with the name of the payee, but the note must bear the stamp of the bank, and must also invariably bear the indorsement of the person on whose behalf payment is claimed.

Signature to receipt.

(d.) When a postal note is presented for payment otherwise than through a banker, the postal officer shall require the person presenting the note to sign his name on the note before its payment, although the receipt has been already signed.

(e.) Nevertheless, the signature to the receipt shall in all cases be a sufficient authority to the postal officer for the payment of the amount of the note if that signature purports to be the signature of the payee; and it shall not be necessary to prove that the receipt was signed by or under the authority of the payee.

Postal notes may be crossed for payment through a bank.

9. A postal note may be crossed, and the postal officer shall refuse to pay it except to a banker.

(a.) If a postal note which is crossed is presented for payment through a bank with the name of such bank stamped on the face of it, that name may be accepted as a sufficient receipt for the amount of the note; and the note may be paid without any other receipt.

(b.) A postal note which is crossed—if presented for payment through a bank—may be paid at any money-order office in New Zealand, notwithstanding that the blank has been filled in with the name of some particular office.

Currency of postal notes.

10. The currency of all postal notes shall be unlimited in time.

Postal notes defaced or mutilated.

11. If a postal note presented for payment has any erasure or alteration, or is cut, defaced, or mutilated, a postal officer may refuse payment, and refer the person presenting it to the Postmaster-General.

Duplicates of postal notes will not be issued.

(a.) Under no circumstances will a duplicate be issued of a postal note, or payment made on account of any note not actually presented.

Payment may be refused or delayed.

12. A postal officer may refuse or delay the payment of a postal note for any reason which he may deem sufficient, but he must at once report his reasons for so doing to the Postmaster-General.

Paid postal notes to be date-stamped and initialled.

13. A postal officer upon paying a postal note shall immediately stamp it with the proper stamp, specifying the date, and affix his initials, and thereby cancel the note.

Accounts.

14. Postal officers who may be authorised to issue and pay postal notes under these regulations shall account for the postal notes supplied to and issued and paid by them in