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JUNE 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1641
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necessary in the case of such circulars readdressed to places within the Commonwealth will be to impress the “paid” stamp with the date of redirection.
UNCLAIMED AND RETURNED LETTERS, ETC.
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At chief offices, and offices where letter-carriers are employed, a dead-letter mail must be made up every Monday morning, to include all letters, letter-cards, and packets posted in the colony which have remained unclaimed for the periods specified in section 456. Letters, &c., addressed to all other offices must be kept as directed in the same section, and then forwarded to the chief office in the dead-letter envelope, which Chief Postmasters will send out at the close of each month. Dead-letter mails must be sent by Sub-Postmasters to their chief offices, and by Chief Postmasters to the Dead Letter Office, Wellington, in the special bags provided for the purpose, and must be registered.
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Chief Postmasters must forward in each dead-letter mail a list of the addresses of all letters received from places outside the colony contained in the mail. The addresses of such letters from sub-offices should be entered under the names of the offices from which received.
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When letters, &c., are returned from sub-offices they should be carefully examined by the Chief Postmaster, or other experienced officer whom he may depute for the duty, in order to see that they have been kept the prescribed period, and have been dealt with in every respect according to rule. Every irregularity observed should be brought under the notice of the Postmaster in fault.
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A list of all letters from places beyond the colony which remain undelivered for periods as follows:—
Addressed to the post-office, or “To be called for,” or to a person residing outside the letter-carriers’ deliveries,—
From Australia ... For three weeks from the date of receipt;
From other countries} For one month from the beyond New Zealand} date of receipt;
Addressed to a specified house for a person who, nevertheless, cannot be found; or addressed to a person who has gone away without leaving an address,—
From Australia ... For two weeks from the date of receipt;
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NZ Gazette 1906, No 47
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Dead Letter Office Procedures and Mail Handling
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