THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

ledge ment of delivery,' 'Avis de reception,' or the impression of
a stamp 'A.R.' If so, and if no A.R. form be received with the
letter, an acknowledgment of delivery must be made out on form
P.O. 17, and the addressee’s signature obtained thereon on de-
livery of the article. If the addressee’s signature cannot be
obtained, the signature of an authorized agent may be taken on
the understanding that the sender of the article may require the
addressee’s personal signature to be appended later.

742. Immediately after delivery of the letter the A.R. form
     should be stamped, signed, and forwarded, as an officially regis-
     tered letter, to the Postmaster of the office of origin, for delivery
     to the sender of the article. Chief Postmasters will hold all
     'A.R.' receipts for large business firms, correspondence schools,
     &c., until the day before the despatch of the mail, so that as many
     receipts as possible may be sent in one registered envelope.

743. When an acknowledgment of delivery from a sub-office
     has to be forwarded to a country beyond New Zealand, it should,
     in the first instance, be sent as a registered letter to the chief
     office for despatch to destination in the acknowledgment-of-delivery
     envelope.

744. In returning acknowledgments of delivery, officers should
     be specially careful to state the name of the office of origin as
     fully as it may be indicated by the date-stamp of that office,
     or to make a special inscription indicating the office of post-
     ing, thus—'Paris, No. 1, Place de la Bourse.' It may be
     explained that in large centres, where there are many post-offices,
     the date-stamps of many of them may be distinguishable by a
     number, or an indication of their locality; hence the need for
     the precaution enjoined.

745. Registered letters which may be redirected must be
     entered in the receipt-book; but in the place allotted for signa-
     ture of the recipient must be inserted 'Redirected to ——'
     (naming the place), and the date on which the letter is forwarded,
     followed by the signature of the officer making the entry.

746. When a registered article sent to a sub-office is redirected
     to another office in the same postal district it must be entered in
     the Forward Registered-letter Book of the office through which it
     circulates, and sent on with the receipt attached. If redirected
     to another postal district, the original receipt must be returned
     to the office from which received, marked 'Redirected to ——'
     (naming the place), and the redirection recorded.

747. Any package liable to redirection which may require
     reference to the Customs Department should be readdressed to
     destination before being opened for examination. Where there
     is no Customs officer at the place to which the packet is
     redirected the packet should be sent to the chief post-office of
     the district to enable the examination to be arranged for there.

748. A registered letter which, after delivery to the repre-
     sentative of the addressee, may be redirected unopened, and re-
     posted in the posting-box of any office, must be treated as irre-
     gularly posted, and charged double registration fee, but not
     second postage. A registered packet redirected, whether officially
     or privately, should continue to be entered and advised accord-
     ing to the particulars given on the label of the original office of
     posting. A fresh label should not be affixed. In the case of
     private redirection the officer who accepts the packet for retrans-
     mission should note the receipt and butt of receipt with the name
     of the original office of posting as well as the serial number shown
     on the label.

749. The receipts for delivered or redirected registered
     articles are to be gummed in the places in the receipt-book from