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himself with the total amount of the duty as a remittance from the Chief Postmaster and forward the notice to him as an acknowledgment of the remittance. On receipt of this notice by the Chief Postmaster the parcels clerk will be debited with the remittance and the amount brought to charge as “Customs duties received.”
(c.) A list for each sub-office to which parcels may have to be sent for delivery: Credit must be taken by the parcels clerk, as a remittance, for the duty payable on such parcels, the certificates being sent to the Chief Postmaster as advice thereof, whilst the notices must accompany the parcels. On receipt of the certificates the Chief Postmaster will credit the parcels clerk, and, in the case of parcels sent to offices in his own district, he will debit such offices with remittances of the amount of duty charged thereon, and will take credit for the duty on parcels sent for delivery to offices in other districts as “Customs duties written off,” and send the certificate to the Accountant in support of the entry.
773. On receipt of the notices and parcels at the offices to which they are addressed, the amount of duty shown thereon must be brought to charge as a remittance, and the notices, when duly signed and date-stamped, sent at once as an acknowledgment thereof to the Chief Postmaster, who will pair the notices with the certificates and file them. In the case of notices originating in other districts, the sub-accounting officer to whom they are addressed, and whose acknowledgment of receipt appears thereon, must be debited with a remittance by the Chief Postmaster of his district, and the amount then brought to charge as “Customs duty received,” the notice being sent to the Accountant with the Cash Account in which the debit entry appears.
774. Every exchange of parcels between sub-accounting offices, whether they are in the same districts or not, must be dealt with in accordance with the directions given to the parcels clerk in Rule 772, (c). The total of each list prepared must be entered separately in the Post Office Account as a remittance to Chief Postmaster, and the certificate must be forwarded to the Chief Postmaster attached to the letter-bill. Credit for the parcels transferred must not be claimed as part of a general remittance. A special entry should also be made on the payments side of the sub-office cash-book. Such remittances should also be specially noted on the Post Office Account Form Acct. 7.
775. In the case of parcels declared free of duty, or those upon which it cannot be assessed, pending production of an invoice, the words “Free” or “Invoice” must be written in the amount column of the original certificate and notice. On production of the invoice and the assessment of duty, if any, a fresh certificate and notice headed
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Preparation of Parcel Lists
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsParcel Lists, Postal Districts, Certificates, Notices, Customs Duties
🚂 Regulations for Customs Duty on Parcels
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsCustoms duty, Parcels, Postal regulations, Remittances, Accounting procedures
🚂 Procedures for Exchange of Parcels Between Sub-Accounting Offices
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsParcel exchange, Sub-accounting offices, Remittances, Postal accounts, Cash book entries
🚂 Procedures for Parcels Declared Free of Duty or Pending Invoice
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsFree parcels, Duty assessment, Invoice, Customs regulations, Certificates, Notices