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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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are prepared to receive them; and luggage must be prevented
from being placed on top of mails, and persons from standing
or sitting on them.
307. Any letter or packet observed to be open or imperfectly sealed, excepting, of course, any article obviously intended
to be sent open, must be carefully fastened or refastened with
the authorised gummed label. The words, “Found open,” or
“Imperfectly sealed,” with the initials of the officer who deals
with it, must be written on the cover.
308. Any money, jewellery, undefaced postage-stamps, or
other articles of value found loose in a post-office or in a mail-bag must be transmitted in a registered letter to the Chief
Postmaster, for forwarding to the Dead Letter Office, with a
report stating precisely where and how it was found. Any such
article, not the property of the Postmaster or of his officers,
found in any part of the office or public lobby by an officer of
the Department, or other person, must be treated in a similar
manner.
309. If a letter is posted which there is good reason to
believe contains anything likely to injure the contents of the
mail-bags, or any officer of the post-office, it must be detained
at the office where observed, and a report made to the Chief
Postmaster, who will advise the addressee or the sender, and
intimate that it will be delivered on application. If not claimed
within a month it must be disposed of as may be directed.
Anything offensive may be destroyed, but a report must be furnished on the subject.
310. Postmasters may detain any letter, packet, or
newspaper if there is reasonable cause to suspect that the
same has been posted or contains any enclosure in fraud or
violation of the Post Office Act, or of any Act relating to the
Customs, or of any regulation or order made under the authority thereof respectively. Any article so detained is to
be submitted with a report to the Chief Postmaster, who will
give notice to the addressee, on Form P.O. 30, that he or
his authorised agent must attend at the post-office, at a time
to be stated in the notice, to open the article in the presence of a Customs officer, failing which the article will be
opened in his absence.
311. Bank or other pass-books, although sealed against inspection, are to be allowed to pass at printed-paper rates if the
packages are sufficiently open at the ends to allow the contents
to be identified as bank pass-books.
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