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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

not claimed in fourteen days, the sender should be advised on
form P.P. G., and he may elect to have it redirected to another
place or returned; but in the case of redirection to another office
a fresh rate of postage should be charged. A fresh insurance or
registration fee is not to be charged on insured or registered
parcels redirected within New Zealand.

867. Unclaimed inland parcels should be retained at the office
from which they should be delivered for one clear month, exclusive
of the month in which they are received, and then forwarded to the
chief post-office, where they should be entered in the Returned-
parcel Record. The senders should then be advised by the chief
post-office on form P.P. G., and if the parcels are not claimed
within three months from the date of posting they should be sent
to the Dead Letter Office.

868. The dates on which notices are forwarded to the senders
must be distinctly written on the parcels at the time.

869. Any charges which may have accrued on an undelivered
inland parcel, with the exception of insufficient prepayment in
the first instance, are to be waived on the return of the parcel to
the sender.

870. Parcels originating in the United States of America or
any of its dependencies and unclaimed at the expiration of thirty
days from receipt at the office of destination should be returned
to the office of origin without charge. Parcels originating in
other countries which cannot be delivered should be kept at the
office to which they are addressed for one clear month irrespec-
tive of the one in which they were received, and, if not claimed,
forwarded to the chief post-office. The Chief Postmaster should
then advise the Inspector of Post-offices on form C. & F. P.P. 9.,
and in the absence of instructions parcels originating in Aus-
tralia should be retained for four months, and those from other
countries six months from the date of posting of the advice of
non-delivery, and then forwarded to the Dead Letter Office.

INSURANCE OF PARCELS.

871. Insurance of parcels is a system of compensation for
loss or damage of parcels (which for convenience is called “in-
surance”) applicable to inland parcels and to parcel-exchanges
with the United Kingdom, India, Ceylon, Hong Kong, and certain
other countries. (See Guide.)

872. Parcels tendered for transmission under this system
should comply with the general regulations relating to insured
parcels published in the Guide; and it is the duty of officers,
before accepting any parcel for insurance, to see that such regu-
lations have been complied with, and that postage-stamps for
the correct amount of postage and insurance fee are affixed.
Should an insured parcel be insufficiently prepaid, the officer who
insured the same must pay the amount of the deficiency.

The necessary forms consist of—

Parcel-insurance certificate, C. & F. P.P. 22. (For use
at permanent offices.)

Parcel-insurance certificate, C. & F. P.P. 23. (For use
at sub-offices.)

Label, C. & F. P.P. 25. (For use at all offices.)

The forms are all self-explanatory.

873. On a parcel being accepted for insurance a parcel-insur-
ance certificate must be issued to the sender or his representa-
tive free of charge.

874. Label C. & F. P.P. 25 should next be filled in and
affixed to the parcel, which should then be entered in the Insured-