✨ Post Office Financial Regulations
1684
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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during the period. The statements should be arranged in alphabetical order, according to office, and the summaries in order of entry in the account.
706. On the back of the account there must appear the bank’s certificate of the amount at credit of the Chief Postmaster’s Deposit Account.
707. There must also appear an explanation of the total balance, showing the allocation thereof between chief and sub-offices, and a certificate of the Chief Postmaster and his Chief Clerk of the amount of stamps, postal notes, British postal orders, and discount-stamps held at the chief office at the close of the period.
SUB-POSTMASTERS.
708. A Post Office Account, Form Acct. 7, must be furnished to Chief Postmasters at the end of each of the periods referred to in Rule 705, accompanied by the necessary statements and supporting vouchers, and a certificate of the balance at the bank to the credit of the Postmaster’s Deposit Account.
DEBITS.
709. Stamps received: All stamps required must be requisitioned for by Chief Postmasters on the forms provided for the purpose, which should be prepared in duplicate, and, when signed, be posted to the Accountant, General Post Office.
710. Immediately on receipt of the stamps from the Stamp Office they must be brought to debit in the Daily Cash Account under the special heading provided.
711. Sub-Postmasters in charge of accounting offices will debit themselves with supplies from their Chief Postmaster as remittances of the amount they represent.
712. When envelopes or cards are forwarded to Wellington to be embossed by the Stamp Office for the public, a requisition on form “Requisition A” must be prepared and forwarded by the same mail to the Accountant. The requisition must be accompanied by a memorandum stating that the envelopes have been forwarded, showing the amount received for embossing (excluding value of postage) and the date on which it appears in the accounts as a Government Printing Office receipt. The face value of the stamps embossed must not be treated as “Stamps received” until the envelopes are received back from the Stamp Office.
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NZ Gazette 1906, No 47
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Post Office Agency Services for Government Departments
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsPost Office financial procedures, Cheque handling, Bank of New Zealand, Postmaster responsibilities
🚂 Accounting Procedures for Chief Postmasters and Sub-Postmasters
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsPost Office accounts, Deposit accounts, Stamps, Postal notes, British postal orders, Sub-Postmasters, Accounting forms
🚂 Stamp Requisition and Embossing Procedures
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsStamps received, Stamp Office, Requisition forms, Embossed envelopes, Government Printing Office receipts