✨ Telegraph and Messenger Service Regulations
JUNE 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1689
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749A. Additions, deletions, and amendments to exchange lists, of which a reprint is required, are to be entered in alphabetical order under each of the three headings “Add,” “Delete,” and “Amend,” on separate sheets of foolscap attached to the list to be revised.
750. Special Messenger Service Receipts.—The form provided for use in connection with the special messenger service is practically self-explanatory. The butt thereof must, prior to the despatch of the messenger, be filled up, with the exception of the fee payable, which cannot be determined until the return of the messenger.
751. At the end of each quarter or half-year, as the case may be, the butts must be detached and sorted into numerical sequence of the telephone subscribers’ connections. A cast must then be made of the fees due by each subscriber, and the amount thereof included in the account rendered for rental, &c. To facilitate the determination of the fees payable, a map of the borough or town, if available, might be marked with concentric circles embracing the various distances, the charge, of course, being determined in each case on the basis of the shortest possible route to the objective point. The butts of the forms must be retained for one month after completion of the end of the period for which the account is rendered, provided that payment of the fees has been duly made. In any case of non-payment the relative forms must be retained for further reference.
752. The special messenger service fees must be reported on the form “Report of Collections,” and must be brought to debit under a special heading, “Special Messenger Service Fees.” The fees due by a subscriber on account of special messenger service may be received from him if he specially desires to pay without waiting for the expiration of the period for which his telephone rental is collected, provided that he presents the notice or notices at the telegraph-office. In any case of the kind care must be taken to see that the amount is not charged a second time in the Telephone-rental Account. If more than the actual fee is received the surplus must be returned by post, not by messenger. Receipts for payments made at any time must be given free of charge.
753. Telegraph Receipts collected in Cash.—As the fees on telegrams are ordinarily accounted for by stamps affixed to the forms, they form no item in the Post Office Account, save in the exceptional case in which the charges on a telegram may exceed in amount the value of the stamps on hand, when they must be brought to charge under the head of “Telegraph Receipts in Cash,” particulars thereof being furnished on Form Acct. 210, and summarised by Chief Postmasters on Form Acct. 189B.
754. Cable deposits are sums received from merchants and others who desire payment of cable messages sent by them to be made from
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NZ Gazette 1906, No 47
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🚂 Exchange List Revisions
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsTelegraph exchange lists, Additions, Deletions, Amendments, Administrative procedures
🚂 Special Messenger Service Receipts
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsMessenger service, Fee collection, Form procedures, Subscriber billing
🚂 Special Messenger Service Accounting Procedures
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsQuarterly accounting, Fee calculation, Subscriber payments, Form retention, Distance measurement
🚂 Special Messenger Service Payment Processing
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsFee reporting, Account debiting, Early payments, Double charging prevention, Refunds
🚂 Telegraph Receipts in Cash
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsTelegram fees, Stamp accounting, Cash receipts, Post Office accounts, Form Acct. 210, Form Acct. 189B
🚂 Cable Deposits
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsCable messages, Merchant deposits, Payment arrangements, Telegraph services