2686
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

Duplicate orders: Fee payable.

if possible, the number of the file. If, however, the original order was lost in any other way, the applicant must affix a fee of 6d. in postage-stamps to the application. A duplicate order will not be granted until the expiration of a week after the receipt of the application.

Duplicates of orders payable beyond the Dominion.

50. Should the remitter of a money-order issued in New Zealand for payment beyond the Dominion report the loss of such an order, the Postmaster should furnish the remitter with the particulars of the order, and direct him to forward them to the payee, with the request that a duplicate order may be applied for in the country of payment.

Only duplicates of orders payable in New Zealand are issued by the Controller.

Issue of duplicate order to be noted on requisition.

51. When it has been notified to the Postmaster that a duplicate of an order issued by him has been granted, he must make a note of the issue and the date of the duplicate on the back of the requisition relating to the original order. If the paying office subsequently applies to him for an advice of the duplicate order, he must forward the application, together with the required advice, to the Controller.

Receipt of duplicate order at paying office.

52. On the receipt of a duplicate order, payable at his office, with the necessary authority for payment, the Postmaster must note the issue of the duplicate and the date of its receipt on the advice, and carry out the instructions accompanying the duplicate; but should the advice not be on hand the duplicate order must be immediately returned to the Controller, with a statement to that effect.

Payment of duplicate orders.

53. On the payment of a duplicate order, the memorandum (form Acct. 77), in which the Postmaster will insert the date of payment, must be filed in the place of the advice among the advices of unpaid orders, where it will remain until the time when the original advice would have become void, to serve as a caution against the payment of the original order should it be presented.

How to proceed when original order presented after payment of duplicate.

54. If the original order be presented after the duplicate has been paid, the Postmaster must impound it and write across it the words “Cancelled; paid by duplicate order on [Adding the date of payment].” Before informing the person who presents the order that it has been cancelled (having been paid by duplicate) the Postmaster should endeavour to elicit from him how it came into his possession, take his name and place of residence (if obtainable), and carefully note his personal appearance, in order to identify him, if necessary. The Postmaster must then forward the order to the Controller, enclosed in a report containing all the information he may have been able to obtain.

Duplicate orders to be retained until void.

55. The Postmaster should retain unpaid duplicate orders until they become void. (See Rule 97.) They must then be returned to the Controller, with the letters in which they were sent to the Postmaster.

TRANSFER OR REPAYMENT AND RENEWAL OF MONEY-ORDERS.

Transfer, repayment, and renewal of orders.

56. The Postmaster may arrange the transfer or repayment of any money-order, inland money-order telegram, intercolonial money-order telegram, or domestic money-order payable at his office within the period of its validity. It is desirable, but not imperative, that all applications for transfer or repayment should be made on form Acct. 80, a copy of which should be supplied to any applicant who may desire