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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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tures and other information as the Postmaster-General may require.

The Postmaster-General may from time to time approve of the form of such application.

(c.) The person or persons by whom the deposits of the aforesaid societies or bodies are to be withdrawn shall make and sign a declaration in form No. 2 in the Third Schedule to the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (see Appendix), and shall also furnish a specimen of his or their signatures on the form provided, and such signatures shall be deemed sufficient for all purposes.

(2.) The trustees of a savings-bank, or of a friendly, charitable, or provident society, or of societies registered under the Trade-unions Act, 1908, or the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908, or the Coal-mines Act, 1908, or any amendments thereof, or a corporate body not carried on for purposes of trade or profit, or of such other non-mercantile societies as the Governor in Council specifies from time to time, may, by direction in writing signed by them, from time to time amend their application so far as relates to the specification of the officers or members of the society by whom the deposits of the society may be withdrawn, and may strike out the names of any officers or members previously specified, and specify other officers or members in lieu thereof or in addition thereto. The Postmaster-General may from time to time approve of the form of such direction.

22. (1.) Every depositor shall enter the amount of each deposit made by him on the form of voucher supplied for the purpose by the Postmaster-General; he must also sign his name on the said voucher, and state thereon the address to which he desires that the acknowledgment herein-after referred to may be transmitted.

Under no circumstances may a depositor enter any sum or make any entry whatever in the numbered book issued to him.

(2.) When a first deposit is made, a numbered book (in these regulations referred to as the “Depositor’s Book”) shall be handed to the depositor.

(3.) See Appendix, section 70, subsections (1), (2), and (3).

(4.) The acknowledgment of the Postmaster-General of the receipt of a deposit of one pound or more shall be signified by the Controller of the Post-Office Savings-Bank, or by such other officer as the Postmaster-General shall appoint for the purpose, and shall be in the following form:—

Depositor’s Book No. .

Savings-Bank Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, N.Z.

THE Postmaster having reported to the Postmaster-General the receipt by him of your deposit of the , 19 , amounting to £ : : , that amount has been placed to the credit of your account in the books of this Department.

[N.B.—Should any alteration or erasure appear to have been made in this acknowledgment, or should it be inaccurate in any particular, it should be returned to the Controller, General Post Office, Wellington.]

(5.) Such acknowledgment shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and amount of the deposit. In the case of a deposit of less than one pound the entry in the depositor’s book shall be conclusive evidence of title in the same manner as an acknowledgment by the Postmaster-General of a deposit of one pound or more, and it shall not be necessary to transmit any acknowledgment of a deposit of less than one pound.

In order to allow a reasonable time for the receipt of such acknowledgment, the entry in the depositor’s book shall be evidence of title for six weeks from the date of the lodgment of the deposit; and if such acknowledgment has not been received by the depositor through the post within one month from the date of his deposit, and the depositor has before or upon the expiry thereof demanded the said acknowledgment from the Postmaster-General, the entry in his depositor’s book shall be evidence of title during another term of one month and, toties quoties.

(6.) If the sum mentioned in any acknowledgment is not identical with the sum actually deposited by a depositor, or the sum entered in such depositor’s book or any other particulars are incorrect, he shall at once, by letter addressed to the Controller of the Post-Office Savings-Bank, call the attention of the Postmaster-General to the discrepancy.

23. (1.) No charge shall be made for a depositor’s book except where expressly provided by these regulations.

(2.) Every depositor’s book shall be deemed to be the property of the Postmaster-General, and shall be delivered up as and when required by the Postmaster-General.

WITHDRAWALS.

24. (1.) Subject to the provisions of these regulations, any depositor wishing to withdraw the whole or part of the sum deposited by him may be required to give at least seven days’ previous notice in the following form to the Chief Postmaster of the postal district in which the account is kept:—

NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL FROM SAVINGS-BANK ACCOUNT No.

To the Chief Postmaster,
I hereby give notice that I wish to withdraw the sum of pounds shillings pence (* ) from my account, numbered as above; and I request that a warrant may be issued, payable to and addressed to me at .

Signature of Depositor: .

Address:†

Occupation: .

Date: .

If the Depositor’s amount is to be paid by warrant, his signature must be attested in the presence of a witness, and attested by the signature of that witness.

FOR USE OF CHIEF OFFICE ONLY.

Signatures examined by: .

Posted in ledger by: .

Warrant No. .

For £ .

Date-stamp of Issuing Office.

Issued by: .

Checked by: .

*If the account is to be closed, the words “and interest” must be inserted, and the depositor’s book forwarded to the Chief Office with this notice.

†Only to be inserted when depositor desires Warrant to be delivered at private residence instead of at office where Warrant payable.

Note.—Interest on the amount withdrawn ceases on the first day of the calendar month in which the Warrant is issued.

(2.) A printed copy of such form may be obtained at any Savings-Bank office.

(3.) In such form the depositor shall specify the number of his book, the sum he wishes to withdraw, his occupation and residence, and the post-office at which he wishes to receive his money.

(4.) On receipt of this notice a warrant for the amount required, payable at the office named therein, shall be sent by the Chief Postmaster to the applicant by post.