Aug. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2019

or consignment note must be sent to the Stores Manager as soon
as possible. On all material consigned to the Stores Manager the
freight will be paid in Wellington. Consequently, the boat-note
or consignment-note should be encased with the words “Freight
payable by the Stores Manager, G.P.O., Wellington.”

(b.) It is necessary when sending material, &c., by rail, post, or
boat to the Stores Manager for repair or disposal that an advice
giving full particulars should at the same time be forwarded under
separate cover. All parcels must bear a clear date-stamp impression,
and have the name of the office of despatch written on the
outside cover.

139. (a.) Bags and hampers marked “P.T.S.” are to be returned
     to the Stores Manager immediately they have been emptied of
     their contents, which must be done upon receipt. Tins must be
     preserved for further use, and returned, with the exception of metal-
     polish or any other tins that may have contained anything of a
     corrosive nature.

(b.) Spike files or portions thereof and mail-bag scissors no
longer serviceable should be sent to the Stores Manager. If possible,
they will be repaired and reissued.

(c.) All cash-boxes, date-stamps, and rubber stamps required to
be repaired or altered should be sent to the Stores Manager.

(d.) Typewriters are not to be sent to the Stores Manager for
repair until the Secretary’s authority has been obtained.

140. Postmasters and other officers, when forwarding to destination,
     by rail or otherwise, material in transit from the Stores
     Manager to some other office will make freight payable thereon by
     the consignee—i.e., by the officer for whom the material is ultimately
     intended. The receiving officer will then certify to the
     correctness of the waybill or freight-voucher for such consignment,
     and state on the face of the document certified the work to which
     freight is chargeable. Should any difficulty be experienced with
     the Railway Department.or others, the forwarding officer should
     communicate with the Stores Manager by telegraph.

141. Telegraph Engineers and other officers concerned will follow
     the instructions here given with respect to material consigned to
     them by rail for use on railway-construction --

(a.) All material for railway-construction must be consigned as
“on service,” the consignment-note showing on its face
to whom the waybill should be sent.

(b.) Waybills must be certified as correct by the Telegraph Engineer
under whose supervision the work is being done.
Waybills must also show on the face the railway authority
and nature of work on which railage is charged.

(c.) Waybills, after being dealt with as stated in paragraph (b),
are to be sent to the railway official on whose authority
the work was put in hand.

(d.) Waybills dealt with as stated above are not to be treated
as vouchers for expenditure incurred by the Post and
Telegraph Department, consequently the particulars are
not to be given in forms Engr. 37 and 44.

142. As much of the apparatus supplied for the service of the
     Department is necessarily of delicate construction, it should, in all
     cases where handling becomes necessary, be treated with the utmost
     care. In order to prevent damage to apparatus in transit, relays,
     galvanometers, and keys should be screwed to a false bottom,
     between which and the real bottom of the box should be placed a
     pad of paper; the vacant spaces must also be filled up with soft
     paper, or other suitable packing, and then well padded between the
     top and the lid. This will prevent any sudden jar, which may be
     occasioned in many ways during carriage. Any damage occurring