APRIL 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1177

which they were taken, and the book must be carefully examined
each day to see that all receipts have been returned, by which
means a complete check will be kept on all registered letters
received for delivery. All registered letters for sub-offices which
pass through the chief office must be entered in the Chief Office
Receipt-book No. 2, and the form of receipt for signature by
the addressee must accompany the letter and be returned by the
Sub-Postmaster immediately after the letter has been delivered.

750. To avoid as far as possible the necessity of resorting
to more severe measures, a fixed punishment by money fines is
imposed for irregularities in regard to registered letters; and
it is strictly enjoined that every such irregularity be reported
to the Inspector of Post-offices on form P.O. 33. When such a
serious irregularity occurs as misaending or delaying a registered-
letter bag or packet, or losing trace of a registered letter, the fine
or punishment will be specially decided upon according to the
gravity of the offence.

751. If a registered letter or postal-remittance letter is
missent, or entered on the letter-bill and not received, this error
must, when possible, be reported to the despatching office by
telegraph, and it must also be reported in the usual form by
the first post.

752. In the case of the loss of a registered letter through
neglect of the rules, the officer or officers at fault will be held
liable for the contents of the lost letter, or a more serious punish-
ment may be inflicted.

753. When an unusually bulky registered packet cannot be
enclosed in the bag with the other registered articles, the phrase
“En dehors” must be written opposite its entry on the regis-
tered list, under “Observations,” in the case of foreign, and in
the case of inland and Australian packages the word “Loose”
must be written on the letter-bill under the registered-letter
entry.

754. Registered lists must be numbered consecutively in all
cases where more than one list is used. In the right-hand top
corner of the last list the words “Last list” must be written,
and it must contain a summary of the total registered corre-
spondence comprised in the mail, thus—

List 1  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
List 2  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
List 3 (last list)  . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Each list is to be tied with its bundle, and placed in the bag
which contains the letters advised thereon, and the letters are to
be arranged in the order in which they are entered on the list.
If the letters contained on any one page are too many for enclosure
in one bag, each of the bags used must be carefully labelled to
show the number of the page on which the letters are entered.
A registered article is to be advised on letter-bills, lists,
&c., by the name of the office of posting and by the serial number,
followed by the name of the office of destination.

755. Registered letters, &c., sent forward on an intermediate
office for despatch thence to destination should be entered on a
special list marked “Transit,” but numbered consecutively with
others. In transit lists the names of towns as well as countries
should be shown, and in lists for the United Kingdom counties
should be stated as well as towns.

756. Registered lists should be made out in triplicate by
means of carbon paper. The top copy is to be forwarded with the