✨ Postal Regulations for Newspapers
JUNE 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1617
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330. Newspapers may be posted unstamped by newspaper proprietors or distributing agents, subject to the observance of the following conditions, viz.:—
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Application addressed to the Accountant G.P.O. for authority to post newspapers unstamped must be forwarded through the Chief Postmaster of the district by the publisher or distributing agent of the newspaper in respect of which the concession is applied for. Such authority will apply to newspapers addressed to places within New Zealand only. The postage on newspapers for places beyond New Zealand must be affixed in stamps prior to their being posted. The minimum period for which an authority will be issued is six calendar months. The minimum number of newspapers that will be received at any one posting is 100.
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Newspapers subject to this arrangement must be presented at the post-office from which they are to be despatched, accompanied by a certificate in the prescribed form (Acct. 396). They must be tied in bundles or enclosed in a bag or other receptacle, the number of papers contained therein being clearly indicated in each case, so that they may be readily counted before distribution.
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A record must be kept at the office at which the papers are posted, showing the date of posting, number posted, rate of postage, and total amount of postage chargeable thereon.
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An account (on Form Acct. 397) must be rendered immediately after the end of each accounting period—viz., on the 8th, 16th, 24th, and 1st days of each month, covering the postage due on papers posted during the periods ended the 7th, 15th, 23rd, and last days of each month. Settlement thereof must be effected within forty-eight hours, failing which the concession may be withdrawn. Any delay extending beyond the period fixed must be reported to the Secretary, General Post Office, with a request for instructions.
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When payment is made, the amount must be affixed in stamps to the back of Form Acct. 397A and cancelled. The form must then be forwarded to the Accountant, General Post Office, Wellington, with a covering memorandum on Form P.O. 106, and supported by the certificates lodged by the publisher or distributing agent when the papers were delivered to the post-office. In the case of sub-offices the form must be forwarded through the chief office of the district. This form and the account rendered will be prepared simultaneously by the manifold-writing process, the forms being bound together in pads.
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It will not be necessary to count each batch of news-
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