( ७७ ) (paar Ir. RULES FOR THE CUSTODY, DISTRIBUTION, AND SALE OF POSTAGE $ STAMP LABELS. Approved by the Government of India in Financial Department letter No. 2035, dated 31st (N.B.-These Rules apply both to Service Stamps and to Ordinary Stamps, with the exceptions noted in Rules V and V111) Supplies from Central Depôts. I.--Supplies of postage stamps for the Madras Presidency, includiug Mysore and the local depôts subordinate to Madras, shall be supplied by the Superintendent of Stamps at . Madras on the indent of officers in charge of local depôts. II.-Supplies of postage stamps for the Presidency of Bombay, including Scind, Berar, the Central Provinces, and local depôts subordinate to Bombay, shall be supplied by the Superintendent of Stamps at Bombay on the indent of officers in charge of local depôts. III.—Stamps for the Bengal Presidency, G including the North-Western Provinces, Oudh, the Punjab, Central India, Rajpootana, Assam, and British Burmah, and local depôts subordinate to Calcutta, shall be supplied by the Superintendent of Stamps at Calcutta on thc indent of officers in charge of local depôts. e IV.-The above-mentioned supplies from central to local depôts shall be issued on credit. * Local Depóts. V.—Every Trcasury throughout India, including those attached to political, customs, and salt agencies, shall be a local depôt for the sale of postage stamps, provided that the value of the stamps sold at one time to any purchaser shall not be less than Rs. 5, and shall not include any fractiou of a rupee. At any station at which there is a Collector of Land Revenue, neither a Salt Agent nor Collector of Customs shall be entrusted with the custody and sale of postage stamps. All sales under this rule will be for cash on delivery; and when the purchaser is one of those who are required to retail stamps under Rule VIII, or is oue specially authorized under Hule IX, a discount of one half amma per rupee will be , allowed. But to purchasers other than the above, no discount will be allowed, and officers in charge of local depôts must see that discount is not allowed except to the privileged officers above referred to. The sale of embossed envelopes shall be subject to the same conditions, except that they shall be sold in packets containing sixteen envelopcs each, portions of a packet not being saleable. The price of each packet shall be the value of the stamps borne by the envelopcs contained in it, the discount (if any) being calculated on that value. The above rule is only partially applicable to “Service Stamps,” which may be sold only to Government officials on a written application, accompanied by payment of the value in cash, and on which no discount is allowed. A receipt containing in detail the gross value of each description of Service Postage Stamps sold will be granted by the treasury officer for the amount paid to him. . WI.-A supply equal to the probable consumption for tive months of the district attached to each local depôt shall be kept in each, and as soon as the number in store has fallen below the number expended during the preceding six months, the Collector, or other officer in charge of the depôt, shall indent" on the central depôt of his presidency for a number equal to the consumption of the last three months for which accounts have been rendered to the central depôt of the presi. dency. If ‘by any accident the stock of stamps of any value should run short before the receipt of a fresh supply from the central depôt, the officer in charge of the treasury will indent on neighbouring districts for a quantity sufficient to meet the demand, which may be supplied, or not, according to the discretion, and on the responsibility of the officer indented on, with reference to the wants of his own district. It will be the duty of the Superintendent of stamps of the Presidency to report to the Director-General of the Post Office, for the orders of Government, every occasion on which it may uppear, from thc monthly statement or otherwise, that the store of stamps of any particular value in any district has fallen below the authorized amount, [Government Gatetle, 18th Jankary 1876.) © Form 1.
