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The reward offered by the Institute and paid in the past three years under the Scheme are as follows:

Cigarette seized

Reward offered

Reward paid

in this connection

1994

$300,000

$50,000

50 million

1995

$300,000

$140,000

10 million

1996

$500,000*

$350,000

30 million

* effective from August 96

Information can be provided to the Customs and Excise Department by:

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(a)

Calling 25456182 (24-hours hotline);

(b)

(c)

Fax 25434942 (24 hours);

"Customs Crime Report" obtainable at any Customs and Excise Office or District Office;

Letter to GPO Box 1166; and

(d)

(e)

Reporting in person at any Customs and Excise Office.

New arrangement for the sale of definitive stamps

The Postmaster General, Mr Robert Footman, announced today (Wednesday) that due to the unprecedented demand for definitive stamps, the Post Office with immediate effect will not sell such stamps by the sheet.

"This will ensure that the general demand for postage stamps for normal postal purposes can be met from now up to the issue of the neutral definitive stamps on January 26, 1997," he said.

The Post Office will review this arrangement after January 25, 1997 to see if the arrangement for selling sheets of stamps can be reintroduced.

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