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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65
ordinary draft, must be sent to the Controller. The original telegram must be sent to the Controller in support of entry in the daily Cash Account.
Reserve balance. 132. Each Chief Postmaster is authorized to retain a fixed sum, called a “reserve balance,” for payments on Post Office Account, and such sum must be kept in the bank with which for the time being the account of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand is kept (or at such other bank as may be specially directed by the Postmaster-General), in an Official Deposit Account to be opened under the designation of “The Chief Postmaster’s Deposit Account.”
Excess to be paid to credit of Post Office Account. 133. Whenever the balance in hand exceeds the amount of the reserve balance by one-third, the whole excess, consisting of a multiple of £10, must be paid to the Post Office Account. A report of the lodgment on form Acct. 19 must be sent to the Controller by the first mail despatched after the lodgment has been made; and a receipt, also on form Acct. 19, must be taken from the bank and sent in with the Post Office Daily Cash Account in which credit for the amount is claimed.
Old books and forms: period to be retained. 134. The period of time for which the documents described hereunder are to be retained is as follows:—
Filled money-order journals .. 7 years.
Money-order requisitions .. 3 ,,
Copies of lists of money-orders .. 7 ,,
Sub-office Post Office Accounts .. 3 ,, To be sent to Stores at end of period named. (a.) After the expiration of the period named in each case, the respective documents should be placed in bags and then despatched to the Controller of Stores, Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington.
(b.) Each bag should bear a proper address and also a serial number.
(c.) A memorandum of advice, giving particulars of the contents of the bags and the numbers thereof, should be posted to the Controller of Stores simultaneously with the despatch of the bags.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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NZ Gazette 1913, No 65
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NZ Gazette 1913, No 65
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