APRIL 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1201

to telephone-lines are to be considered as due on the dates the lines
are opened, or the anniversary of such dates.

930. (a.) Remittances from sub-offices to chief offices must be
entered on the face of form Acct. 7, Sub-office Post Office Account,
the entries thereon being amplified, if necessary, in the case of
offices at which an extensive business is done. Chief Postmasters
will keep an official record of remittances in the Remittance-book
provided, in accordance with instructions printed therein.

(b.) Advice of remittance on form Acct. 87a, accompanied by
the bank receipt for lodgment, is to be regarded as a sufficient
notification to the Chief Postmaster of any payment made to
credit of his Deposit Account. The Chief Postmaster’s acknow-
ledgment of remittance will be sufficient for the purpose of satisfy-
ing the requirements of the Audit or the departmental Inspector.

931. Remittances from the Postmaster-General.—(a.) Under
this heading must be brought to debit all remittances by post or
telegraph from the Controller, General Post Office, including the
amount of drafts made on the Postmaster-General to place a Chief
Postmaster’s Deposit Account in funds.

(b.) All telegraph requisitions from Chief Postmasters for
funds from Post Office Account must be addressed to the Con-
troller, General Post Office, and follow the wording of the printed
form used to draw upon the Postmaster-General in ordinary cases.
The original telegraph requisition must accompany the account in
which the debit appears. It is necessary that both the signature
of the Chief Postmaster and the countersignature of the local
Accountant should be telegraphed.

932. Government Insurance receipts may only be received by
Postmasters duly appointed in writing as local agents for the
Government Insurance Department. At offices at which there are
branches of the Bank of New Zealand the amounts are to be paid
into the local Government Insurance Account on the date of their
acceptance if received during banking hours. Payments received
after banking hours must be lodged at the first available oppor-
tunity. Where no branch is situated the Postmaster will bring
them to charge as Government Insurance receipts in his Post Office
Account, and the Chief Postmaster will account for them as pro-
vided for in form Acct. 7a, and furnish a summary on form
Acct. 189. The Postmaster must furnish direct to the Government
Insurance Department the statements required by the special in-
structions issued by that Department.

933. New Zealand Consols.—Postmasters may receive applica-
tions for investment in New Zealand Consols when accompanied
by a deposit for the amount named, and must issue to the de-
positor a receipt therefor. The form must be signed by the
applicant, and countersigned by the receiving Postmaster. The
amounts received by Postmasters must be brought to charge as a
remittance, for which the usual acknowledgment must be sent to
the Chief Postmaster, accompanied by the applications. On
receipt at chief offices the applications must be stamped on the
back with date of receipt, and the sub-office debited with the proper
amount as a remittance. The applications must then be entered,
with those made at the chief office, on form Acct. 190, under
heading of “New Zealand Consols Receipts,” and brought to
charge accordingly. Postmasters in charge of money-order offices
not supplied with forms of application for New Zealand Consols
should accept any sum tendered for investment and give an interim
receipt. Application should then be made to the Chief Postmaster
for the necessary printed form of receipt, which must subsequently
be completed.