Postal, Telegraphic and Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1913. No. 176.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1910.

(Issued provisionally as Statutory Rules 1913, No. 92.)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the undermentioned amended Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1910, namely:—

General Postal Regulations.

Payment of Postage by the Receiver.

Telephone Regulations.

Part IV.—Public Telephones.

to come into operation on the twelfth day of July, 1913.

Dated this seventeenth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

DENMAN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. FINDLEY.

 

General Postal Regulations.

Payment of Postage by the Receiver:

The Regulations under this head are amended

1. By inserting after the Regulation under the sub-head “Official Correspondence—Commonwealth of Australia” (Statutory Rules 1911, No. 70) the following Regulation:—

“Official Correspondence—State of New South Wales,

Postal articles enclosed in envelopes, addressed to—

The Government Statistician, or to any Collector of Statistics in New South Wales; or

The Registrar of Friendly Societies and Trade Unions, New South Wales,

may, if posted within the Commonwealth, be sent by post without prepayment of postage, but the postage thereon at prepaid rates shall be paid by the person to whom they are addressed upon their delivery to him.”

 

2. By inserting at the end of the Regulation under the sub-head “Official Correspondence—State of Queensland” (Statutory Rules 1912, No. 215) the following paragraph:—

“Postal articles enclosed in envelopes addressed to—

The Government Statistician, or to any Collector of Statistics in Queensland,

may, if posted within the Commonwealth, be sent by post without prepayment of postage, but the postage thereon at prepaid rates shall be paid by the person to whom they are addressed upon their delivery to him.”

3. By inserting after the Regulation under the sub-head “Official Correspondence—State of Queensland” (Statutory Rules 1912, No. 215) the following Regulation:—

“Official Correspondence—State of South Australia,

Postal articles enclosed in envelopes addressed to—

The Government Statistician, or to any Collector of Statistics in South Australia,

may, if posted within the Commonwealth, be sent by post without prepayment of postage, but the postage thereon at prepaid rates shall be paid by the person to whom they are addressed upon their delivery to him.”

4. By insetting at the end of the Regulation under the sub-head “Official Correspondence—State of Tasmania” (Statutory Rules 1912, No. 247), the following paragraph:—

“Postal articles enclosed in envelopes addressed to—

The Government Statistician, or to any Collector of Statistics in Tasmania,

may, if posted within the Commonwealth, be sent by post without prepayment of postage, but the postage thereon at prepaid rates shall be paid by the person to whom they are addressed upon their delivery to him.”

Telephone Regulations.

Part IV.—Public Telephones.

Regulation 47 under this head (Statutory Rules 1912, No. 65) is amended by inserting at the end of sub-regulation (7) the following paragraph :—

“Provided, however, that where the estimated revenue is less than the required amount, public telephones will be opened upon a guarantee being given by the persons concerned to pay annually to the Postmaster-General the difference between the actual revenue and the required revenue.”

 

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