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New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 60

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✨ Postage and Revenue Stamps Regulations

nearest permanent Postmaster, must be accompanied by a remittance
in full payment for the supply required. These requisitions are to
be made on form P.O. 102, cash for the amount remitted being
enclosed in the envelope provided for the purpose. The remittance
must be treated as a registered letter and entered on the back of
the letter-bill.

$(c.)$ Non-permanent Postmasters must on no account purchase
stamps from licensed vendors.

$(d.)$ Non-permanent Postmasters will procure through their
Chief Postmasters such impressed paper as may be applied for.

Postmasters in goldfield districts must keep in hand a
sufficient supply of stamped transfer paper.
$(a.)$ A poundage of $1 \frac{1}{4}$ per cent. is granted to non-per-
manent Postmasters and Telephonists and rural-mail contractors on
any purchases of the value of £1 and upwards of stamps above
the nominal value of $2 s$. each. Licensed vendors may be granted
a poundage of $2 \frac{1}{2}$ per cent. on purchases to the amount of £2
and upwards of stamps of the value of $2 d$. each and under,
and non-permanent Postmasters and Telephonists and rural-mail
contractors a poundage of $2 \frac{1}{2}$ per cent. on purchases of £1 and
upwards, of stamps of the value of $2 s$. each and under. Post-
masters on the permanent staff may supply licensed vendors.
Chief Postmasters and Postmasters are authorized to pay poundage
as above, when they must take a receipt on form P.O. 102, and
send it to the Chief Postmaster as a remittance.

$(b.)$ Poundage on postage-stamp sales is not to be allowed to
permanent Postmasters or Postmistresses, Railway Postmasters or
Telephonists (except those whose salaries are paid direct to them
by this Department), or to non-permanent Postmasters or Post-
mistresses or Telephonists engaged solely on post and telegraph
work in offices that are owned or rented by Government. Per-
manent Postmistresses include any Postmistress permanently em-
ployed, even if not included in the Departmental List. Clerks of
Courts are not at liberty to claim poundage on purchases of
stamps.

$(c.)$ The following explanatory table is published for reference :—

Paid to	On Stamps up to	On Stamps over
and including	$2 d$. in Value.	$2 d$. in Value.
Licensed vendors	$2 \frac{1}{2}$ per cent. on	Nil.
	purchase of £2
	or more.

Paid to	On Stamps up to	On Stamps over
and including	$2 s$. in Value.	$2 s$. in Value.
Non - permanent Postmasters,	$2 \frac{1}{2}$ per cent. on	$1 \frac{1}{4}$ per cent. on
Postmistresses, and Tele-	purchase of £1	purchase of £1
phonists (except those engaged	or more	or more.
solely on post and telegraph
work in offices that are owned
or rented by Government),
and rural-mail contractors

$(a.)$ Postmasters who are entitled to poundage on ordinary
stamps will be allowed $1 \frac{1}{4}$ per cent. on postage-due stamps used.

$(b.)$ Postage-due stamps are not permitted to be sold by stamp-
vendors, who consequently as vendors cannot purchase them or claim
commission on their sale.

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