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(b.) Chief Postmasters must report to the Secretary all changes
in the publication of newspapers in their districts, and, for the
purpose of enabling Chief Postmasters to make their monthly re-
port on the List of Registered Newspapers, Postmasters in their
districts at places at which newspapers are published are required
to furnish quarterly a certificate of check of the list.

(c.) The consent in writing of both the outgoing and the
incoming proprietor or publisher of the newspaper must be obtained
before advice is sent to the Secretary that a change is required
to be made in the name of the proprietor or publisher of a news-
paper registered at the General Post Office.

358. Frequent examination of newspapers passing through the
     post must be made to prevent infringements of the newspaper
     regulations. Newspapers containing ordinary insets must be sur-
     charged double the deficiency at printed-paper rates. If, however,
     the insets are of the same size, &c., as other sheets of newspaper,
     and bear the title and date of publication at the top of each
     page, the newspapers must be passed at ordinary newspaper rates.
     One or more copies of each issue, especially those posted for trans-
     mission by early morning mails, should be examined. The opening
     of newspapers for any purpose other than to ascertain whether the
     regulations are being infringed is absolutely forbidden, and will be
     severely noticed when proved against any officer.

359. (a.) For the conditions on which newspapers may be posted
     in quantity unstamped see the Guide; and for instructions re-
     garding the accounting for the postage see Rule 343 (b) (3).

(b.) Settlement of claims for newspaper postage must be effected
within forty-eight hours of the date on which the claim is rendered,
failing which the concession may be withdrawn. Any delay ex-
tending beyond the period fixed must be at once reported by tele-
graph to the Secretary, with a request for instructions. Postmasters
will be held responsible for any loss resulting from a failure to
comply with this rule.

360. (a.) The list of libraries, reading-rooms, &c., entitled to
     receive newspapers free through the post is issued from time to
     time. Advice must be sent to the Secretary of the names of any
     such institutions which have ceased to exist. Postmasters should
     bear in mind that all newspapers sent free through the post to
     reading-rooms are so sent only on condition that they are exposed
     for the perusal of the general public without charge. Any instance
     in which it comes under notice that this condition is infringed
     should be reported to the Chief Postmaster, and by him to the
     Secretary.

(b.) Lightkeepers generally (not principal keepers only) have the
privilege of receiving newspapers free through the post. Unless
such newspapers are addressed to the addressees in their official
capacity as Principal Keeper, First Assistant Keeper, and so on,
postage must be paid.

(c.) No newspapers may pass unstamped through the post except
those indicated in the Guide and in (a) and (b) of this rule.

361. When newspapers published in New Zealand and posted
     from newspaper offices are known to be undeliverable, or are not
     delivered within a month, the publishers must be informed, and,
     if applied for, the newspapers may be returned direct to the sender.
     This instruction also applies to the Government Gazette.

362. Officers are required to submit to the Secretary through
     the usual channel any copies of advertisements they notice in
     newspapers contravening the provisions of the Post and Tele-
     graph Act. Any advertisement relating or supposed to relate to
     any treatment of the sexual organs comes within the scope of
     this order.