✨ Money Order Procedures
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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word (see table of code words on page 48) shown therein with the amount, and should there be any discrepancy payment must be refused until the error has been corrected by service telegram. The Postmaster will be held responsible for any overpayment caused through an error in transmission, or otherwise, which might have been detected by compliance with the foregoing directions.
Applicant must produce telegram of Advice received from remitter.
- The applicant for payment of an Intercolonial Money Order Telegram must produce the telegram of Advice received from the remitter, and satisfy the Postmaster that he is the person entitled to receive payment. When the Postmaster is satisfied on these points, he should obtain the applicant’s receipt in the space provided for the purpose on the Order. In other respects the rules governing the payment of ordinary Money Orders must be complied with. (See Rules Nos. 99 to 121.)
When agent acts on behalf of payee.
- If any doubt is entertained as to the authority expressed or implied of a person to receive payment on behalf of the payee, the Postmaster must require such person to produce written authority from the payee for the payment.
Applications for repayment.
- Applications for transfer or repayment of Intercolonial Money Order Telegrams must be dealt with in accordance with the directions given in Rules Nos. 80 to 87, with the exception that, in the case of an application made by the payee for transfer of payment, the remitter’s telegraphic Advice must accompany the application.
MONEY ORDER ACCOUNTS.
Preparation of Money Order accounts.
- The Postmaster is required to send in to his Chief Postmaster, enclosed in the envelope provided for the purpose, Statements of all his transactions, together with a balanced Post Office Account on Form Acct. No. 7.
Periods for which Statements are to be rendered.
(a.) The Statements, with the proper vouchers, must be sent in with the Post Office Account four times a month—namely, for the periods from the 1st to the 7th, from the 8th to the 15th, from the 16th to the 23rd, and from the 24th to the last day of every month inclusive—or as frequently as the Postmaster may be specially directed by his Chief Postmaster to furnish them, and must be despatched by the first mail after the closing of his Office for Money Order business on the last day of the period for which the Statements are furnished, in the brown-paper envelopes provided for the purpose. The packets must be entered on the Letter Bills accompanying the mails by which they are despatched, in the space provided for the purpose, thus: “Post Office Account, 1–7 June.” For every neglect of this instruction a fine of 5s. may be inflicted.
Penalty for delay in rendering accounts, &c.
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Procedures for Handling Money Order Advices
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsMoney Order Advices, Postmaster responsibilities, payment procedures, document handling, alphabetical sorting
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsMoney Order Advices, Postmaster responsibilities, payment procedures, document handling, alphabetical sorting, telegram verification
🚂 Money Order Accounts Preparation and Submission
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsMoney order accounts, Postmaster, Chief Postmaster, transaction statements, account balancing, voucher submission, reporting periods, mail despatch