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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the letter must be placed in the box or pigeon-hole where the ordinary letters await delivery, so that the delivering officer may see that there is a registered letter in the locker. The registered letters in the locker must be compared with the cards daily.
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Notice of a registered letter for the holder of a private box must be given by placing a notice card, duly filled up, in such private box, and if the letter is not called for in four hours after the ordinary correspondence has been removed from the box another card should be placed in the box, or the registered letter may be specially delivered if there be any doubt as to a card having been placed in the box at the proper time. Postmasters should, however, use their own discretion in such contingencies, the main object being to prevent delay in delivery. Care must be taken that the notice cards are placed in the private box before the notice “All sorted” is exhibited.
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The officer who takes a receipt for and delivers a registered article must sign his name on the back of the receipt, adding the date of delivery. Postmasters will be held responsible for seeing that this duty is properly and regularly performed.
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Registered letters for private-bag holders must be enclosed, with receipts attached, in the first bag despatched, and advised on private-bag letter-bill, P.O. 154. The deposit of such letters in the bag must, in all cases, be witnessed by a second officer, and the fact attested by the signatures of the despatching and witnessing officers being written against the entry in the registered-letter book.
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When the sender of a registered letter has prepaid the special charge for an acknowledgment of delivery, a form, P.O. 17, must be prepared at the office of origin and attached to the back of the letter by string tied crosswise. The fee of 2½d. should be affixed in stamps to the letter, apart from the other stamps. At the side of or immediately below the stamps should be written in specially prominent letters “A.R.,” or the words “Acknowledgment of delivery.” The entry of the registered article on the letter-bill or registered list must in all cases be followed by the inscription “A.R.” in prominent letters. On Form P.O. 62 this inscription must be made in the column headed “Observations.”
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The payment of the acknowledgment-of-delivery fee is to be acknowledged by writing across the usual receipt furnished to the sender the words “Acknowledgment paid.” The words should also appear on the duplicate receipt or butt, as the case may be. Care should be taken to note the name and address of the sender, to facilitate the delivery of the acknowledgment on its return.
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The impression of the date-stamp on registered articles prepaid for acknowledgments should be specially legible, in order that the
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