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if originating in the colony and directed to any country other than New Zealand or Australia, are to be sent to the Dead Letter Office. (See Rule 544.)
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Letters or sealed packets, however, must not be registered on the mere suspicion that they contain valuables, nor must there be any prying into them for the purpose of ascertaining their contents; and it is only when there is no doubt that coin, bank-notes, jewellery, watches, &c., are enclosed that they are subject to this regulation.
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Letters or packets are often found in post-offices under some of the following conditions:—
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Posted in such thin covers that their contents are clearly visible.
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Posted with some of the contents protruding from the covers.
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Posted without being sealed or in any way closed against inspection.
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Accidentally come open in transit.
Under any of these circumstances there will be no difficulty in determining whether the contents are such as to bring the article within the rule, and whenever there is any doubt in the matter compulsory registration is to be waived.
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Compulsory registration fees charged in error can be refunded by the Secretary only. The facts of the case are to be reported.
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A letter addressed to any place in New Zealand, marked “Registered,” but not entered on the list or letter-bill, or marked in blue pencil, must, when discovered, be registered and treated as not having been duly tendered for registration, and charged with a double fee of 6d. in addition to the postage, less any amount prepaid for registration. On the face of such letters the words “Irregularly posted” must be written. Official letters must be charged the double registration fee only. Such irregularly posted letters, however, addressed to places beyond the colony must be treated as ordinary letters, even though marked “Registered.” In such cases the word “Not” must be prefixed to the word “Registered,” and the officer’s initials added.
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Every article received in a registered-letter bag or packet must be treated as a registered letter, the absence of any indication of its having been registered or its non-entry on the list not exempting it from this treatment.
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If a registered letter be found open or imperfectly sealed the circumstance and full address of the letter must be reported, and the letter must then be closed with the authorised sealing-label in the presence of a second officer.
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Registered articles despatched from one chief office to another, or to foreign offices, must be enclosed in the special registered
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