✨ Postal Regulations
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full. Under no circumstances is a parcel-post receptacle to be issued to a Government Department without express authority of the Secretary or the Inspector being first obtained.
618. Care must be taken that parcel-post receptacles are not damaged by rough usage. On no account must nails be used for fastening down boxes. The lids of the boxes are to be screwed down, but the screws must not be hammered in. When repairs are necessary they should be executed locally and without delay, an account being immediately rendered for any expenditure incurred. No hamper, basket, &c., in an unsafe condition is to be used under any circumstances.
619. The weight-docket, P.P.O., is used for showing the weight of parcels on which payment is made to the Railway Department or any steamship company. Weight-dockets for parcels conveyed by railway are sent to or retained by chief offices and at the end of each month forwarded to the Accountant with the necessary voucher. Only complete pounds are to be entered on the weight-dockets; any fraction of a pound amounting to or exceeding 8 oz. to be treated as a pound.
620. No payment is to be made for parcels which do not exceed 1 lb. in weight, nor in respect of parcels conveyed a second time by steamers owned by the same company or proprietors.
DESPATCH OF PARCEL-MAILS IN GENERAL.
621. Parcels are despatched in hampers, boxes, or bags. Small baskets are provided for placing inside bags to protect fragile parcels. Chief Postmasters will see that as few separate hampers are used as possible, due regard being given to the safety of parcels.
622. The parcel-bill, P.P.D., is for use between chief offices, and must be placed in the receptacle where it can readily be found. Parcel-mails exchanged between chief offices must also be advised on the letter-bills. Registered parcels should be advised on bill P.P.D., and not on the letter-bill.
623. The number of parcels exchanged between chief offices and sub-offices must be advised on the ordinary letter-bills. The addresses are also to be shown in addition in the list provided for that purpose.
624. On each hamper comprised in a mail the total number of the hampers must be shown on the adhesive label, P.P.F., affixed to each. Thus, if a mail comprises six hampers, the figure 6 should appear on every label. A record of this number must also be kept in the Daily Register of Mails Despatched.
625. Parcels must be carefully packed, heavy parcels being placed at the bottom of the receptacle, and the lighter or more fragile articles, such as cardboard boxes, uppermost. Parcels emitting a strong
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