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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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account for the postage due on such matter is to be rendered by
the Postmaster, and the amount due paid by means of “Official”
stamps or cash. (For “Official” stamps see Rules 405-412.)

429. Unpaid or short-paid official letters, &c., addressed to
Government Departments are to be surcharged the actual defi-
ciency without fine. Such matter is to be delivered on an ac-
knewledgment of the sum due on a form provided for the purpose,
and the amount subsequently claimed by the Post Office.

430. Letters from the Post and Telegraph Department to
private persons are to be stamped “Official, paid,” and no ac-
count kept. Letters on the Department’s business, sent by or to
controlling officers are to be sent free. The Department’s telegrams
of all codes are to be sent free. Correspondence from the Depart-
ment to another Department to be sent free as “Official, paid.”

431. Government Departments authorized under section 8
of the Official Postage Regulations to issue printed envelopes
must have the words “Postage payable on Delivery” superscribed
in place of “Official, paid”; and Chief Postmasters will be
good enough to report any case in which a superscription other
than the one first-named appears. Officers must give strict at-
tention to charging at the point of delivery mail-matter posted
under those regulations.

432. The “Official, paid” stamp is on no account to be
used except for official correspondence.

433. Certain official correspondence for Cape of Good Hope
may be stamped “Official, paid.”

434. Postage on all correspondence addressed to Postmasters
in connection with the private business of the writers must be
prepaid in stamps, except such as is specially exempt. Corre-
spondence so addressed and not prepaid is to be charged double
the deficient postage, and the amount collected from the senders.

435. Packets for transmission inland through the post on
public service must not exceed 2 ft. in length, 1 ft. in width or
depth, or 25 lb. in weight; but maps in tin cases, if not exceed-
ing 3 ft. in length, may be accepted.

436. Postage must be paid on premiums collected by Post-
masters for the Government Insurance Department, and remitted
by post to District Agents.

437. The Postal Union rules require that all official corre-
spondence for foreign countries, except that on postal business,
must be prepaid. Correspondence inadvertently posted in con-
travention of this rule must be surcharged and forwarded, or
the sender, if known, requested to prepay it. Newspapers ad-
dressed to the Royal Colonial Institute, London, are to be marked
“Official, paid.”

438. Letters, ordinary or registered, posted by or to the
public, which are permitted to pass free under any Act of Par-
liament must be marked “Official, paid,” at the office of posting.

439. In lieu of prepayment of letters and telegrams by ad-
hesive “Official” stamps, the postage may be indicated by an
imprint made by any automatic stamping and recording machine
which shall be approved by the Postmaster-General. The use of
such machines shall also be subject to such conditions as the Post-
master-General may prescribe in each case.

LETTERS AND MAILS.
GENERAL.

440. Postage-stamps should be affixed to postal packets near
the address on the right-hand upper side. It is not forbidden to
attach postage-stamps to the reverse side of letters and post-cards,
or elsewhere than on the right-hand upper corner of the address
side, but the public should not be informed of this.