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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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to a sheet of paper, cancel, and forward the same to the Chief Postmaster for transmission to the Accountant with a statement of the facts.
477. When postage-due stamps have been affixed to refused, unclaimed, or other undelivered matter, credit must be obtained therefor by means of a claim on the Chief Postmaster for postage-due stamps on undelivered mail-matter. The Chief Postmaster will, when satisfied as to the correctness of the claim, arrange for a refund being made, and will take credit for the amount of such refund as “Postage refunded”; a notice (which must be made in duplicate by the manifold-writing process) on Form Acct. 340 being sent to the Accountant with the Daily Cash Account in support of such entry. The counterpart of the notice must be sent with the undeliverable mail-matter to the Dead Letter Office, as an advice of the fact that credit has been taken for the postage-due stamps affixed thereto.
478. When postage-due stamps have been affixed to correspondence subsequently redirected, a claim stating the amount due and the name of the person from whom it is to be collected must be attached to and sent with the letter. The Postmaster receiving the same must detach the claim and return it by next mail, with amount of uncancelled postage-due stamps enclosed, to the Postmaster making the claim, who, in case of failure to get a return of the stamps, must report the circumstance to the Accountant.
479. When a letter is received for delivery surcharged above the proper amount the Postmaster must not alter the surcharge. He should weigh the letter before delivering it, and mark the weight on the cover, which he should obtain from the addressee and send to the Chief Postmaster with an application for refund of the overcharge.
480. Deficient postage on undelivered correspondence addressed to the care of Consuls is to be refunded to Consuls on return of the correspondence to the post-office.
481. Commemoration postage-stamps of temporary validity are not recognised in the international service. Letters from certain countries apparently prepaid and treated as unpaid by despatching offices should be surcharged.
482. A Chief Postmaster may remit the charges on official letters which have been surcharged in consequence of not having been franked or marked “On Public Service,” provided such letters are opened in the presence of the Postmaster and found to be on public service. He may also remit such charges on
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