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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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cross the full size of the letter, back and front (see diagram), and deposited in the locker until despatched or transferred. The despatching officer will be held responsible for obtaining the registered articles prior to the despatch of each mail.
Registered
No. 42.
R
John Brown, Esq.,
George Street,
Sydney.
Postage
Stamp.
546 Registered letters are not liable to be surcharged on account of deficient postage, the officers who receive them from the senders being responsible for seeing that the proper amount of postage and the fees are prepaid. With the exception, therefore, of letters containing coin, &c., posted unregistered, and letters marked “Registered” but not handed in for registration, and redirected registered letters mentioned in Rule 462, all registered letters must be delivered free.
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If any registered article is observed in transit to be short-paid, the necessary additional postage is to be affixed and the Chief Postmaster advised in order that he may collect the deficiency from the despatching Postmaster or officer at fault.
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Letters directed to places within the colony and Australia, presumably containing coin, which have not been registered, must be registered in the ordinary way, the caution label gummed over the flaps of the envelopes, and the receipts, having the words “compulsorily registered” written across them, filed in the office. The letters must then be taxed with a double registration fee of 6d., and be treated in all other respects as registered letters. Unregistered coin letters,
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Registered Letter Handling Procedures
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsRegistered letters, Postal procedures, Letter handling, Security protocols, Postal regulations
- John Brown (Esquire), Recipient of registered letter
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Registered Letter Handling Procedures
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsRegistered mail, Postal procedures, Letter tracking, Postal security, Coin letters
- John Brown (Esquire), Addressee of registered letter