✨ Postal Service Regulations
June 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1645
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Circulars and catalogues from beyond the colony, delivery of which cannot possibly be effected, are to be sent to the Dead Letter Office at the expiration of one clear month from date of receipt. Undelivered post-cards, circulars, and commercial papers must be returned direct to the senders by Chief Postmasters.
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When registered articles are returned to the chief office as undelivered they must be sent registered in the ordinary mail, and entered on the letter-bill.
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No letter is permitted to be returned to the writer or sender, or to any one else, or to be delayed in being sent to its destination according to the address. A request for alteration of the address of a letter must be referred through a Chief Postmaster to the Secretary, and may on no account be acted upon on a Chief Postmaster’s or a Postmaster’s own responsibility. If there is no time to refer to the Secretary by paid telegram, the letter must be sent forward to the destination given upon it. All applications for the return of letters which have arrived for delivery must be sent to the Inspector through the Chief Postmaster, and it must be stated whether the letter is still undelivered, and, if so, how long it has to remain: thus, “The letter is here, and has to remain ——.”
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A Postmaster must not be party to any deception as to the place of posting a letter. Should a letter be sent under cover to him with a request that he will post it, he must write on it the words, “Posted at ——, under cover to Postmaster of ——,” and then forward it as addressed. If any postage-stamps accompany the application, whether as remuneration for the Postmaster’s trouble or for any other purpose, they must be at once sent to the Chief Postmaster, who will forward the application to the Inspector.
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In acting upon these rules every Postmaster should bear in mind that the object of them is to insure the delivery of every letter to the rightful owner, and, when that is impossible, to secure its speedy return to the writer, through the Dead Letter Office; but in no case should any of the rules be so applied as to prevent the delivery of a letter to a person for whom it may reasonably be believed to be intended.
SURCHARGES.
- A surcharge is the additional postage charged upon a letter, &c., which has been insufficiently prepaid. A Post-
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NZ Gazette 1906, No 47
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