✨ Postal Regulations
Postmaster, and until the fee has been paid in advance. If the
office at which any private bag is made up is not a money-order
office the amount collected should be remitted to the Chief Post-
master by registered letter. When fees for private bags made
up at a sub-office are paid at a chief office or another sub-office,
the Chief Postmaster or Postmaster should at once advise the
Sub-Postmaster by sending to him a duplicate of the butt of
the receipt for retention and record. Chief Postmasters are
held responsible for rendering vouchers in favour of mail-
contractors for half the fees for private bags carried by them.
RECEIVING-BOXES.
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Pillar, wall, and lamp-post letter-boxes are erected for the
convenience of persons living at a distance from a post-office; and
when a Postmaster is of opinion that it is necessary to establish new
or to remove existing boxes to more convenient localities, he should
report to the Secretary through the Chief Postmaster. The hours of
collection must be correctly stated on the boxes, and any alteration
immediately announced for publication in the next issue of the Guide
Supplement. On no account are boxes to be cleared before the ap-
pointed time. The hours of collection should be regulated by the town
clock, if there be one. One of the two keys which are supplied for
each box must be kept by the Postmaster, while the other should not
be left in the hands of the collecting officer longer than is absolutely
necessary, but should, where practicable, be hung up in the office in a
place appointed for the purpose convenient for the supervision of the
Postmaster or of the officer in charge of the mail-room. -
The boxes should be repainted when necessary—generally
about once in two years; and the locks and hinges should be frequently
oiled. Any damage should at once be reported to the Inspector;
and if a box become insecure, or be put out of use for any time even
though short, the aperture should be closed, and a notice pasted on
the box stating that it is closed temporarily during repair or disuse.
If a box be wantonly damaged, the circumstance must be reported
to the police. -
Chief Postmasters and Postmasters at offices where there
are town receiving-boxes have a system of open-card check—
meaning the use of a card exhibiting its purpose to the person
clearing the receiver—for the clearance of receivers. These cards are
to be posted by one of the officers named at irregular intervals and in
unspecified boxes known only to the officer himself. Strict record
must be kept of the postings and returns. The check should in no
case be made less than once a week. There is no need to post in all the
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NZ Gazette 1906, No 47
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Regulations for Private Letter-Boxes and Bags
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsPostal regulations, Private letter-boxes, Key management, Fraud prevention, Box maintenance, Fee collection
🚂 Regulations for Receiving-Boxes
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsPostal regulations, Receiving-boxes, Collection hours, Box maintenance, Security measures