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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the signature of the Postmaster, and the lower portion thereof must be affixed to the back of the relative Advice.
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No Money Order may be issued for payment, through the medium of the London Office, to a person whose address is not given as in the country on which the Order is to be drawn.
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Should an Order be presented by the remitter for repayment at the Office of issue before the relative Advice has left that Office, the Postmaster may treat such Order as payable at his Office, and refund any commission paid in excess of the Inland rate, taking the remitter’s receipt therefor. The amount so refunded must be deducted from the total commission at the end of the Money Order Issued Statement, and be supported by the remitter’s receipt. The Postmaster must be careful in every case to write against the entry of the Order in his Money Order Issued Statement, and on the relative requisition (Form Acct. No. 70), the words “Repaid here.” If the Order for repayment is a Money Order Telegram which has not been telegraphed, the telegraph fee may be refunded and taken credit for in Form Acct. No. 210 and in the Post Office Account under the heading “Telegraph Credits.” If the Money Order Issued Statement has been forwarded to the Chief Postmaster, or by the Chief Postmaster to the Controller, the repayment must be reported and a request made for the insertion of the necessary entry.
“SECOND” OR “DUPLICATE” ADVICES.
- A “Second” or “Duplicate” Advice may only be issued in the following circumstances:—
(a.) When an original Advice has been spoiled in issuing an Order.
(b.) When a Postmaster in New Zealand reports that the Advice of a Money Order payable at his Office has failed to reach him.
(c.) When the Advice of a Money Order payable beyond the Colony fails to reach the Chief Postmaster of the district.
(d.) When it is necessary to readvise an Order payable in New Zealand for any reported discrepancy in number and amount.
(e.) When a Money Order Telegram is presented for payment and it is found that the relative Advice (top copy of telegram) has failed to reach the Paying Office, the Paying Postmaster should, after satisfying himself that payment has not already been made by means of a duplicate Money Order, tele-
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