2178

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 60

acclimatization society. The total number of licenses issued must be entered on each statement, and also by Chief Postmasters on summary form Acct. 123. Postmasters must forward the duplicate copy of each statement to their respective Chief Postmasters, who will be held responsible for their despatch to the acclimatization societies concerned. The original statements should be en-faced with a note that a copy has been supplied to the acclimatization society.

(b.) With reference to form Acct. 106, “Statement of Licenses dealt with,” the following instructions should be observed:—

(1.) All licenses brought to charge in the Post Office Account under one heading must be included on one statement, the various classes being entered in the separate columns provided.

(2.) At the head of each column must be stated the class and selling-value of the licenses entered therein.

(3.) Where an office is selling for more than one license-issuing body, a separate line must be used for each set of forms.

(4.) The summary on the back must show the total amount for each period as it appears in the Post Office Account.

(5.) If a postal district comprehends two or more licensing districts, the entries should be made in groups according to the licensing district, instruction No. 3 being observed by placing an office selling for more than one district in the district in which it is situated.

(6.) Offices must be entered in alphabetical order, either for the whole district or for each licensing district, as the case may be.

(7.) Licenses dealt with at sub-offices must not be included in the chief-office figures on the front of the form.

(8.) When licenses are issued through a chief office to an office in the same licensing district which is in another postal district (to which it accounts), the column “Amount of Sales” must be left blank; and in the district accounting for the amount, the particulars of licenses must be left blank, with an explanatory note in each case.

(9.) The grand total of “Amount of Sales” must agree with the grand total of “Amount shown in Post Office Account.”

(10.) Form Acct. 106 must be sent in at the same time as the unsold licenses are returned.

(c.) A Postmaster is required to supply a Ranger of the acclimatization society, on application, with the names of persons who have purchased fishing (or game) licenses at his office. The Postmaster at a country office serving a community of fewer than 1,000 persons is required to prepare and exhibit for public information during the season a list of the names of persons to whom fishing (or game) licenses were issued at his office.

862. Game License Fees.—The instructions with reference to fishing license fees apply in every respect to game license fees also, and are to be followed. When the secretary of an acclimatization society furnishes, in writing, to a Postmaster the name of any person who has been convicted of a breach of the Animals Protection Act or regulations, and requests that a game license be not issued to him, the request is to be complied with.

863. Government Insurance receipts may be received only by Postmasters duly appointed in writing as local agents for the Government Insurance Department. The amounts received must be entered on Government Insurance form G.I. 137A, and accounted