✨ Mail Service Bond Instructions
APRIL 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1117
(21.) Except in the case of a company, one witness may attest
all the signatures; but, if different persons sign in
the presence of different witnesses, there must be a
separate attestation for each person so signing.
(22.) The attestator must in every case be a person not
interested in the contract. This, however, does not
include a Chief Postmaster or other postal officer, who
may, where necessary, witness signatures to a bond.
(23.) When a company executes, the attestation may be:—
“The common seal of the above-named [Name of com-
pany in full] was hereto affixed in the presence of
us—
“A.B., | Directors.
C.D., |
“E.F., Secretary.”(24.) There may in some cases be variations in the form or
requirements of the execution by a company; but these
can usually be ascertained from its secretary, who is
necessarily conversant with the practice in this respect.
(II.) Tender.
(25.) To be corrected before Execution of Bond.—As the
tender forms part of the contract, special care should
be taken to insure all the needful particulars being
filled in correctly. If the tender as originally sent in
by the contractor be found to be in any way defective, a new form should be filled up by him before
execution of the bond.
(26.) When the advertisement calling for tenders appears in
a supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, the date and
number of such supplement to be shown in the tender
are the actual date and number of the supplement, not
the date and number of the main Gazette of which it
is a supplement.
(27.) Newspaper in which published.—When the tenders have
not been called for in the New Zealand Gazette, the
part “New Zealand Gazette” should be struck out,
and the name of the paper in which they were advertised substituted. The correction is to be initialled by
both contractor and sureties. A copy of the newspaper
containing the advertisement is to be attached to the
bond.
(28.) Payment of Subsidy.—Special attention is drawn to the
necessity of filling in the time of payment under section 19, Terms and Conditions, at the back of tender.
(29.) Signature of Tenderer.—The usual signature of the contractor, or, in the case of joint contractors or firms, of
each individual member, should be given.
(III.) General Instructions.
(30.) No abbreviations are permitted in filling up forms of
bond or contract. (See Rule 115.)
(31.) In addition to the above instructions, officers are
enjoined to comply strictly with the directions in
the marginal notes.
(32.) The contracts being made up of the bond, tender (to
which is annexed the terms and conditions of inland-mail contracts), and letter of acceptance, and, in the
case of tourist mail-coach and motor-car services, the
schedule of passenger and parcel rates, and special conditions attaching to such services, care should be taken
that these documents are securely fastened together prior.
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1913, No 29
NZLII —
NZ Gazette 1913, No 29
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