of any error, a V.N. should be prepared, signed by two officers,
and forwarded to the Inspector of Post-offices pinned to the letter-
bill. Two copies of every V.N. should be sent to the Inspector—
one for despatch to the office of origin of the mail, the other to
the head office of the country of origin. Any necessary corrections
must be made in the letter-bill or registered list, the erroneous
entries being struck through with a single plain pen-stroke
so as to admit of their being read. Such corrections, except in
the case of an obvious error, are accepted in preference to the
original statement. Offices in the United Kingdom do not advise
the weights of mails on the letter-bills to New Zealand by any
route. Such mails need not be weighed on receipt; and the
absence of weight entries should not be reported by verification
note. Post-cards are not to be date-stamped.

534. In the case of non-receipt of a mail (ascertained by
     the numbering on the letter-bill), or of a registered article, the
     fact should be reported to the Inspector of Post-offices by tele-
     graph, with full particulars; but the V.N. must be sent as pro-
     vided in the preceding rule.

535. Unpaid and insufficiently prepaid correspondence is
     charged on delivery the deficiency marked by the despatch-
     ing office. Unpaid or insufficiently prepaid registered letters
     are to be delivered to addresses without charge. For con-
     version of francs and centimes into shillings and pence see
     Rule 511. When, after converting the deficiency into pence a
     remainder below 5 centimes is left, it is not taken into account;
     for any remainder beyond 5 centimes, 1d. is to be charged.

536. Every article of correspondence which does not bear
     the stamp “T” is considered as fully prepaid and treated ac-
     cordingly, unless there be an obvious error.

537. Redirected surcharged articles, other than those insuf-
     ficiently prepaid, should only be charged actual deficiencies on
     delivery. Articles insufficiently prepaid for their first destina-
     tion should be taxed double the deficiency.

538. Any unclaimed articles originating in New Zealand
     returned by a foreign country (such articles are generally
     labelled “Rebuts”) should be forwarded to the Inspector of Post-
     offices by the first dead-letter mail, even when the covers bear the
     addresses of the senders.

539. All letter-bills and registered-letter lists received from
     foreign offices must be forwarded, when completed, to the In-
     spector of Post-offices; but letter-bills and registered-letter lists
     originating in Australia are returned to offices of origin.

540. Particulars of mails received must be recorded in the
     Foreign Mail Register by the receiving office. When no weights
     are advised in the letter-bills the weight columns in the register
     should be left blank. The contents of mails received by direct
     steamers must be weighed, and entered under Article II of the
     letter-bill.

541. Bags received from foreign offices must be returned
     empty to the nearest office of exchange of the country of origin.
     The only exception to this rule is in connection with mails for
     the United Kingdom, Aden, and the Transvaal. Empty mail-
     bags for return to the United Kingdom are to be sent via Suez.
     Empty mail-bags for return to Aden must be clearly addressed to
     the Postmaster, Aden, officially registered, and entered on the
     Colombo registered-letter list for despatch to that office. Special
     New Zealand mail-bags are used for the conveyance of mails in
     both directions between New Zealand and the Transvaal. De-
     spatching offices should keep a special note of all new bags which
     are stencilled for use between New Zealand and the Transvaal,