April 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1211

(form Acct. 563), which, together with the corresponding slips,
will be forwarded with the period’s accounts to the Chief Post-
office.

972. Public Service Superannuation Fund Receipts.—Lodg-
ments for credit of the Public Service Superannuation Fund may
be accepted at any money-order office. The particulars of each
lodgment must be furnished in duplicate by the person making it
on Public Service Superannuation Form 15B. The lodgment must
be accompanied by a schedule giving full particulars of the
amount lodged, and may not be accepted without such a schedule.
These forms must not be filled in by the Postmaster or the receiv-
ing officer. Each lodgment slip must be signed and date-stamped
by the officer who receives the money. One of the forms is to be
returned to the person making the lodgment, and the other re-
tained for the purpose of accompanying the statement (Public
Service Superannuation Form 15c), on which it must be entered
immediately after receipt. At offices supplied with copying-presses
the statement must be written in copying-ink, and the press copies
retained for journals; at other offices a duplicate of the state-
ment must be written out and filed. The amount of the Public
Service Superannuation Fund lodgments received daily must be
entered in the Post-office Cash-book, and treated as part of the
balance due on Post Office Account, to be remitted by Sub-Post-
masters to Chief Postmasters, and by Chief Postmasters to the
credit of Post Office Account. The total amount of the statements
of lodgments during each period must be included in Post Office
Account, and the statements forwarded in support of the entry.
A summary must be furnished by each Chief Postmaster with his
Post Office Account current, showing the amount of the receipts at
his own office and at every office in his postal district for the
period of the account, and the total of this summary is to be
brought to charge in the account.

973. Mining Licenses.—(a.) Requisition for these forms must
be made to the Controller, General Post Office, through the Chief
Postmaster by those offices which are authorized to issue them.
Upon receipt at the chief office the forms must be brought to debit
in the Daily Cash Account under the heading “Mining License
Forms received,” and charged as a remittance against the Post-
master, who will bring them to debit accordingly, when they will
become a part of his balance on Post Office Account. The value
of each right is 5s., and it is current for twelve months only from
the date of issue.

(b.) Quarterly statements of the unissued forms held must be
rendered by Sub-Postmasters at the close of business on the last
day of March, June, September, and December, showing the
number and value of the several forms on hand. Chief Post-
masters will on receipt thereof prepare a summary of the state-
ments and forward it to the Controller, General Post Office. At
the end of each period a statement on form Acct. 190, giving the
name and address of each purchaser of any of the forms, together
with the number and description thereof and the name of the local
body entitled to the fees, must be prepared in duplicate, one copy
to be enclosed with the period’s accounts, and the other sent to
the nearest Receiver of Gold Revenue. Chief Postmasters must
see that the reduction in the balance of miners’ licenses on hand
at each sub-office agrees with the amount of sales shown on the
statement. It should also be seen that the number of a license
is not twice included, especially in adjacent periods.

(c.) It must be understood that, the value of the forms having
already been brought to charge as a remittance, the entries on the