Postal Manual Vol. VIII - India Post

the v.p. article of the money recovered from the addressee, and (b) order the return of the v.p.
article to the sender and refund to the addressee the sum of money recovered from him on the
delivery of the article on his furnishing an indemnity bond in the form given below. Before
exercising this power, the Head of the Circle should satisfy himself that the v.p. article was sent
with the intention of defrauding the addressee. At the first stage, he must satisfy himself, that
there are prima facie grounds for believing this to be the case, while at the second stage he must,
after having made such enquiries as may be necessary, fully satisfy himself on the point. Great
care must be taken that the power is exercised only in absolutely clear and obvious cases of fraud.
“I …………….. son of …………………… resident of …………………………... having
received payment of v.p. money order No. ……………..dated ………………. addressed to
………………………….. and sent by ……………………………. do hereby undertake to
indemnify the Postal Department against any future claims by any person in respect of the above
amount.”
71. Correspondence with Foreign Administrations. – (1) Communications received from
the British Post Office relating to the loss, delay, damage, or miscarriage of parcels, registered
articles, and ordinary articles of the letter mail, will be addressed to the Postmaster-General
Bombay, who will dispose of them as follows :-
(a) References regarding parcels and registered articles sent to, or received from Great
Britain and Northern Ireland in the mails from, or for, Calcutta and references regarding
ordinary articles of the letter mail affecting post offices in the Bengal, Assam, Bihar
and Orissa Circles, will be transferred to the Postmaster-General, West Bengal.
(b) References regarding parcels and registered articles sent to, or received from, Great
Britain and Northern Ireland in the mails from, or for, Madras and references regarding
ordinary articles affecting post offices in the Madras Circle, will be transferred to the
Postmaster-General, Madras.
(c) All other references will be retained by the Postmaster-General, Bombay.
(2) The Head of the Circle concerned will dispose of the references assigned to him and he
will also deal with all enquiries originating in India in respect of articles for, or from, the post
offices specified in the preceding paragraph.
(3) Correspondence with the British Post Office should be addressed as shown below :-
(a) Replies to references received from the British Post Office should be addressed to the
office or officer of the British Post Office from which or whom the reference was
received by the Postmaster-General, Bombay.
(b) Enquiries regarding the loss of any article should be addressed to :-
The Director,
Postal Services Department,
General Post Office,
London, E.C.1.
(c) Enquiries regarding the disposal, delay, damage and abstraction of contents of articles
of the letter mail included in the mails, received from, or despatched to, Great Britain
and Northern Ireland (whether for delivery in that country or sent in transit through the
British Post Office) should be addressed as follows:-
(i) in the case of articles included in the mails for or from London, to –