LATEST TIME FOR REGISTERING
A postal packet can be registered at any time during the ordinary hours of business. When intended for despatch by a particular mail it should, as a rule, be presented for registration one hour before the latest time of posting for that mail.
COMPULSORY REGISTRATION
Packets which contain coin or jewellery, as defined on pages 49 and 52 and also all packets bearing the word Registered, or any other word, phrase, mark to the like effect, for example, any abbreviation of the word Registered the letter R, or a rectangular cross, and which are posted otherwise than in accordance with the regulations, are subjected to compulsory registration, and are charged on delivery with a regis- tration fee of 60 cents less any amount prepaid in excess of the postage.
Any packet which is found open in the post, or cannot be delivered, and which is found to contain an uncrossed postal order in which the name of the payee has not been inserted, a cheque or dividend warrant not crossed or made payable to order, a bank-note, postage stamps, or any article, other than coin or jewellery, of a value in each case of $10.00 or over will be subject to registration, and be chargeable with a registration fee of 60 cents.
No compensation is given in respect of any postal packet which has been compulsorily registered.
DELIVERY OF REGISTERED ARTICLES
No registered letter will be delivered to the addressee until he or his representative, has signed in ink or copying pencil a receipt in the prescribed form, which will be presented to him for signature, together with the relative Advice of Delivery if there is one. If the Postmaster General is not satisfied with the identity of the person claiming a registered article he may require, in addition to the signature of the person, the chop of a well-known firm.
ADVICE OF DELIVERY OF REGISTERED POSTAL PACKETS
The sender of any registered postal packet may arrange at the office of posting, either at the time of posting or subsequently, for an advice of its delivery to be sent to him. The fee is 30 cents, which is payable by means of stamps affixed by the sender to a form pro- vided for the purpose, and is due even if the registered packet proves to be (or to have been) undeliverable.
Inquiry as to the alleged loss or non-delivery of a registered packet must also be accompanied by a fee of 30 cents and should, if pos- sible, be made upon the form used in applying for an advice of delivery. If it is found that the Post Office is in fault the inquiry fee will be refunded,
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