✨ Mail Regulations
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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made for all loose letters, &c., which may be in the custody of
the officers of the steamers. Care must also be taken to see
that receiving-boxes attached to railway guards’ vans are re-
gularly cleared.
394. A Postmaster, on receiving notice of a mail being
lost or stolen, must immediately report the circumstances to
the Chief Postmaster, by telegraph if possible, and to the police
authorities of the district. The despatching Postmaster must,
when practicable, furnish the corresponding office and the Chief
Postmaster with copies of the letter-bill, and a list of the regis-
tered letters and money-order advices (if any), and other infor-
mation as to the contents and description of the missing mail.
The Chief Postmaster must report all the circumstances of the
case to the Inspector by wire.
ARRIVAL OF FOREIGN MAILS.
395. Delivery of foreign mails may be taken before the
Health Officer has granted pratique; but no mails requiring
disinfection may be brought ashore until they have been fumi-
gated. Any illness on board a vessel arriving from abroad
will necessitate that the Port Health Officer be consulted
before mails are removed.
396. On arrival of a foreign mail, officers must proceed as
directed in Rule 387, except that, immediately on the detection
of any error, a V.C. should be prepared, signed by two officers,
and forwarded to the Inspector pinned to the letter-bill. Two
copies of every V.C. should be sent to the Inspector—one for des-
patch to the office of origin of the mail, the other to its head office.
Any necessary corrections must be made in the letter-bill or
registered list, the erroneous entries being struck through with
a single plain pen-stroke so as to admit of their being read.
Such corrections, except in the case of an obvious error,
are accepted in preference to the original statement. In
the case of “Other articles” in London mails, if the weight
represents an average of from 50 lb. to 55 lb. per bag, the
London figures may be accepted without question. Post-cards
are not to be date-stamped.
397. In the case of non-receipt of a mail (ascertained by
the numbering on the letter-bill), or of a registered article, the
fact should be reported to the Inspector by telegraph, with full
particulars; but the V.C. must be sent as provided in the pre-
ceding clause.
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