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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 47
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Act in defining a newspaper. Unregistered newspapers must be treated under the printed-paper regulations.
324. For conditions of registration of a publication as a newspaper see “The Post Office Act, 1900,” section 2. The conditions in respect of name and date, without fulfilling which no publication may be passed as a newspaper, apply to both sides of the covers of papers as well as the contents, and must be insisted upon. The name of the month only is not a date. In any case in which a printer, after being warned, neglects to make the necessary amendments forthwith, a report must be made to the Secretary. Chief Postmasters will also take steps to assure themselves that the titles of newspapers as given in the Newspaper List are literally correct, and to report cases of difference to the Secretary without delay.
325. Chief Postmasters must report to the Secretary all changes in the publication of newspapers in their districts; and, for the purpose of enabling Chief Postmasters to make their monthly report on the List of Registered Newspapers, Postmasters in their districts at places where newspapers are published should furnish quarterly a certificate of check of the list.
326. The list of libraries, reading-rooms, &c., entitled to receive newspapers free through the post is issued from time to time. Advice must be sent to the Secretary of the names of any such institutions which may have ceased to exist. Postmasters should bear in mind that all newspapers sent free through the post to reading-rooms are so sent only on condition that they are exposed for the perusal of the general public without charge. Any instance in which it comes under notice that this condition is infringed should be reported to the Chief Postmaster, and by him to the Secretary.
327. Lightkeepers generally (not principal keepers only) have the privilege of receiving newspapers free through the post. All such newspapers must be addressed to the addressees in their official capacity as Principal Keeper, First Assistant Keeper, and so on.
328. When newspapers, published in the colony and posted from newspaper offices, are not delivered within a month, the publishers must be informed, and, if applied for, the newspapers may be returned direct to the sender. This instruction also applies to Government Gazettes.
329. No newspapers may pass unstamped through the post except those indicated in the Guide, Franking List, and Rule 330 Government officers are not authorised to receive unstamped newspapers except as stated in Rule 313.
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