✨ Postal Regulations
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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route, except San Francisco, must form a separate series. Thus “London vid Italy” will form one series; “London vid Plymouth,” by direct steamers, another, &c.
357. Neither the letter-bills of mails made up by the Mail Agent on the San Francisco steamer (in these rules termed the Mail Agent) nor those addressed to him by New Zealand offices need be numbered.
358. All the different items in the letter-bill must be carefully completed, and on no account is the indication of the route and the name of the steamer by which the mail is forwarded to be omitted. The number of separate packets or bags comprising the mail is indicated on letter-bill P.O. 13, in the right-hand top corner. In mails for London, or the Marine Post Office, the number of post-cards need not be specially indicated in the letter-bills. If parcel mails are despatched by the same vessel as letter mails, the number of receptacles should also be advised on the letter-bill, the entries to be made thus: “10 bags, 4 P.P.” Empty bags should be advised under “Official Registrations” in registered lists, thus: “Fifty empty bags (in eight sacks).”
359. The presence in the mail of a packet of registered letters is to be indicated by the impression of the “R.” stamp, or by the special entry “Registered packet” at the head of the letter-bill. The number of bags or packets containing registered correspondence is also to be marked on the letter-bill.
360. Verification certificate (V.C.) forms, P.O. 16, must be registered when they refer to the non-receipt of a mail or registered article, an irregularity connected with registered letters, the incorrect numbering of letter-bills, or to any subject of special importance.
361. When despatching officers receive verification certificates direct from foreign exchange offices, they should invariably forward them by first opportunity to the Inspector, with remarks on a separate paper and not on the certificate.
362. Officers despatching foreign mails will furnish particulars thereof to the Inspector on the form “Foreign Mails Despatched,” P.O. 22. All foreign mails despatched, except those sent vid San Francisco, to the Australian States, or to the South Sea Islands (if last named are sent from Auckland direct), must be shown in this return. The total weight of Ceylon and “forward” correspondence is to be shown under “Colombo.” If a mail contains only correspondence on post-office business (which forms no account), the usual
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