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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 60

postage is payable on delivery, to be surcharged at the office of
posting the actual deficiency without fine. For the purpose of
claiming the value of postage on such unpaid or short-paid
correspondence, a certificate of acknowledgment of delivery must
be obtained on form Acct. 72 from the Government Department
concerned. These certificates must be carefully preserved and at
the end of each calendar month the total amount due from each
Department must be ascertained and forms Acct. 54 prepared,
the action taken being the same as detailed in Rule 343 (b) (2).

257. The Postal Union rules require that all official corre-
     spondence for foreign countries—i.e., countries outside the British
     Empire—except that on postal business, must be prepaid. Corre-
     spondence inadvertently posted in contravention of this rule must
     be surcharged and forwarded, or the sender, if known, requested
     to prepay it.

258. (a.) Letters, &c., on the business of the Post and Telegraph
     Department sent. by or to controlling officers are to be transmitted
     free. The Department's telegrams of all codes are to be trans-
     mitted free.
     (b.) Letters, &c., from the Post and Telegraph Department to
     private persons are to be stamped "Official, paid," and no account
     kept. Correspondence from the Department to another Department
     is to be sent free as "Official, paid."

259. (a.) Postmasters who are specially appointed to do the
     work of other Departments, such as Registrar of Births, &c.,
     Registrar of Electors, or Collector of Customs, must not conduct
     the correspondence of those other Departments free of postage.
     They must apply to the heads of those Departments for official
     stamps, and use the stamps they are supplied with strictly on
     the business of the respective Departments. This instruction does
     not apply to Postmasters who render casual service to other
     Departments. The envelope covering any occasional correspondence
     which Postmasters may have with other Departments should be
     superscribed "Postage to be collected on delivery."

(b.) Postage must be paid on packets containing premiums
collected by Postmasters for the Government Insurance Depart-
ment and remitted by post to District Agents.

260. Postage on all correspondence addressed to Postmasters
     in connection with the private business of the writers must be
     prepaid in stamps, except such as is specially exempt. (See Official
     Correspondence List.) Correspondence so addressed and not prepaid
     is to be charged double the deficient postage, and the amount
     collected from the senders. Letters from the public containing, for
     instance, machinery fees, income-tax payments, or redirection orders
     are not free of postage.

261. (a.) Letters, ordinary or registered, posted by or to the
     public, which are permitted to pass free under any Act of
     Parliament must be marked at the office of posting "Official,
     paid."

(b.) Single copies of newspapers addressed to the Royal Colonial
Institute, London or Bristol, if the postage is not prepaid, are
to be marked "Official, paid."

262. The "Official, paid," stamp is on no account to be
     used except for official correspondence, and as provided for in
     these rules.

MAIL-SERVICES.

263. Inland Mail-services are classified in Parts as follows:-
     Part I. Services (except sea services) performed under con-
     tract-namely, services above £40 in annual value.
     Part II. Services performed by non-permanent Postmasters
     and other persons, for which special arrangement is made.