2696
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

Not payable to agent.
(a.) Domestic money-orders are payable only to the person named as the payee, and not to an appointed agent.

Precautions regarding identity.
(b.) If the payee is unknown to the paying carrier, the latter must satisfy himself regarding the claimant’s identity before effecting payment. If any doubt on the subject exists the carrier must require the claimant to be identified by some person well known to him, and the usual certificate of identity must be affixed.

Especially if addressed to a boarder at a lodginghouse or hotel.
(c.) A domestic money-order addressed to a boarder at a lodginghouse or a hotel must not be paid by a letter-carrier unless the payee is personally known to him, but in any case where a letter-carrier deems it prudent to defer payment for the production of proof of identity the payee must be requested to apply for payment at the post-office.

Paying officers to initial, &c.
(d.) The acquittance of a paid domestic order must be scrutinized by the Postmaster upon the return of the carrier to see that all the formalities have been complied with. The carrier must then affix his initials as paying officer, and an impression of the office-stamp.

Treatment after payment.
(e.) When a domestic money-order is paid the amount paid and date of payment must be shown in the appropriate column of the register. Domestic money-orders paid must be entered in the Statement of Money-orders Paid.

When void.
(f.) Domestic money-orders become void at the expiration of the month following the month of issue: thus an order issued in February becomes void after the close of business on the 31st March. Void domestic orders must be treated as directed in Rule 97.

PAYMENT OF INTERCOLONIAL MONEY-ORDER TELEGRAMS.

Payment of I.M.O.T.s: code-word to be checked.
99. On receipt of an intercolonial money-order telegram on the special form, the Postmaster must carefully compare the code-word (see table of code-words on page 34) shown therein with the amount, and should there be any discrepancy payment must be refused until the error has been corrected by service telegram. The Postmaster will be held responsible for any overpayment caused through an error in transmission or otherwise which might have been detected by compliance with the foregoing directions.

Applicant must produce telegram of advice received from remitter.
100. The applicant for payment, transfer, or repayment of an intercolonial money-order telegram must produce the telegram of advice received from the remitter, and satisfy the Postmaster that he is the person entitled to receive payment. When the Postmaster is satisfied on these points, he should obtain the applicant’s receipt in the space provided for the purpose on the order. In other respects the rules governing the payment of ordinary money-orders must be complied with.

INQUIRIES.

Inquiries respecting money-orders.
101. Should the remitter or the payee desire to obtain information as to the payment of a money-order, he should be requested to fill up an application on form Acct. No. 117, and affix thereto in stamps a fee of 1s. The Postmaster will then forward the application to the Controller, who will communicate the desired information direct to the applicant.