✨ Customs and Postal Regulations
June 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1695
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- The Customs duty assessed on parcels received from places beyond the colony must be entered in a column to be ruled for the purpose in that headed “Remarks” on the right-hand side of the parcel-bill which accompanies the parcels.
The course to be pursued on arrival of a parcel-mail is as follows:—
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The number of parcels entered upon the accompanying parcel-bill must be verified by an actual count. The Customs docket, C. & F. P.P. 16, must then be attached to each parcel, and when the duty has been assessed the particulars thereof must be entered upon the parcel-bill against each entry, and the total amount of such duty brought to debit by the parcels clerk as a remittance. It will therefore appear as a debit in the Daily Cash Account under head of “Customs duty received,” and as a credit under the head of “Remittances to sub-offices,” the parcel-bill being sent with the Daily Cash Account to the Accountant, in support of the former entry.
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Credit for parcels transferred to other districts must be taken in accordance with the directions given.
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In the case of parcels declared free of duty, or those upon which duty cannot be assessed pending production of an invoice, the words “Free” or “Invoice” must be written in the column for “Amount of Duty” in the parcel-bill.
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Where no parcel-bill comes to hand, or when it is not rendered in duplicate, the particulars of the duty upon all parcels must be entered upon the special Certificate and Notice Forms Acct. 319 and 319A.
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The duplicate copy of the parcel-bill must be sent to the Inspector, General Post Office, Wellington.
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At the close of each year Chief Postmasters must furnish to the Accountant, a return on Form Acct. 243, showing the number and value of insured parcels, and the total premiums received for insurance thereof (a) at the chief office, (b) at each sub-office in the district. The return is to be compiled from the office copy of the parcel-insurance certificate, but on no account must ordinary postage on parcels be included in the statement.
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Senders of parcels posted in the United Kingdom and addressed to New Zealand may defray all charges arising on them, such as Customs duties, redirection fees, &c. Such parcels will be indorsed “Free of all charge,” and should be accompanied by a parcel-franking notice. After assessment, the amount of the Customs duty and other charges should be entered in detail on the franking-notice form, and also advised, under “Remarks,” opposite the entry on the copy of the parcel-bill which is sent to the Inspector. In the copy (or its substitute) sent to the Accountant, “Franked” should be inserted opposite
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