✨ Post Office Operational Rules and Procedures
1590
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47
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It is necessary, when sending material, &c., either by rail, post, or boat, to the Storekeeper for repair or disposal, that an advice giving full particulars should accompany the goods. The advice is also to say how goods or separate articles are to be disposed of. All articles to be repaired should be sent to the Storekeeper, and not to the Laboratory.
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Authority to write off articles as useless or worn out must in all cases be obtained before the articles are written off. As far as possible the applications should be made when the Inspector is able to satisfy himself by personal inspection that the articles are unfit for further use. He will then give the necessary authority, which should be attached to the annual return.
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At the close of each session of Parliament, copies of Hansard on hand may be treated as waste-paper, or given away to any person desiring to receive them. Old copies of the Railway Guide may be similarly treated after each new issue is received.
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Waste in stores and battery materials, particularly mercury and acids, must be prevented. Old zincs, coppers, and copper deposits must be preserved, and when a quantity of about 50 lb. weight has accumulated it is to be forwarded to the Storekeeper, who should be advised by service telegram. Smaller quantities from sub-offices may be sent to the District Telegraph Inspector, whose authority, however, should first be obtained. Empty sulphate-bags must be returned at once to the Storekeeper.
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All empty cases and boxes marked “To be returned to the Storekeeper” must be returned as directed without delay.
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Free distribution is not to be made of the “cameo” adhesive label Acct. 136. Supplies thereof will only be issued on special requisition. When received they should be kept in the custody of a responsible officer, by whom they should be given out for use after he is satisfied of the bona fides of the applicant. The initials of a responsible officer, specially appointed by the Chief Postmaster or the Officer in Charge, or, in the case of a sub-office, of the Postmaster himself, must be placed on every label used for the purpose of closing envelopes. Any other officer’s or person’s initials must be challenged as soon as observed.
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The “Found open” docket, P.O. 134, is to be subject to the same regulations as the “cameo” label, Acct. 136, in the matter of custody.
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