✨ Post and Telegraph Regulations
1562
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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are promptly executed and forwarded to the Secretary, with a report showing whether the bond refers to the opening of a new office or to a change of Postmaster or his sureties, &c. If, after giving the security of a society, an officer should omit to pay his premium when due, and thereby compel the society to notify the approaching termination of its liability, his salary will, should it be necessary to renew the guarantee, be immediately applied to satisfy the demands of the society.
- Should either of the sureties die, or withdraw his liability, or become bankrupt or insolvent, or should the guarantee society withdraw its security, the Chief Postmaster must immediately require a fresh bond to be given. When a change of accounting Postmaster takes place a bond should, if practicable, accompany the recommendation of his appointment. Chief Postmasters, and the Officers in Charge at Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Napier, Wakapuaka, and Wellington keep a register of bonds, and are held personally responsible for the amount of any defalcation not covered by bond or guarantee.
DECLARATIONS.
- Before any person can be employed in the Department, either temporarily or permanently, declarations must be made according to the prescribed forms, with copies of which the Postmasters are supplied; and no person can be permitted to have access to letters, or to perform any official duty whatever, either postal or telegraph, unless both these declarations have been duly made and signed. The following are copies of the declarations referred to:—
Declaration by Post Officer.
“I, A. B., do solemnly and sincerely declare that I will be true and faithful in the execution of the trust committed to my charge, and that I will not willingly or knowingly open, detain, return, or delay, or cause or suffer to be opened, detained, returned, or delayed, any postal packet which comes into my hands, power, or custody, by reason of my employment in the postal service, except with the consent of the person to whom such postal packet is directed, or in such cases as are or may be provided for by the Post Office Acts, or by any rules or regulations to be made in pursuance thereof.
“And I do further declare that I will not intentionally read the contents of any postal packet which I may lawfully open, except so far as may be necessary for the purpose of ascertaining the name and address of the writer or sender, or for any other lawful purpose; and that I will not divulge to any person what-
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NZ Gazette 1906, No 47
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