Postal Manual Vol. VIII - India Post

106. Extra mail despatches and delivery of heavy parcels.- Statement of charges incurred
by head and sub-offices in connection with extra mail despatches (Pa-9) and deliveries of heavy
parcels, (Pa-12) will be disposed of by the Superintendent in accordance with instructions on the
subject in the Posts and Telegraphs Account Code. Volume-I)
107. Statement of charges for delivery of mobilization covers.-When mobilization notices
to India soldiers on leave or furlough are issued by Officers Commanding, Indian regiments,
Superintendents in whose divisions covers containing these notices are received for delivery will
receive from their Inspectors monthly statements of charges incurred by head offices (other than
first class head offices) and sub and branch offices for other delivery of such covers by special
messengers, accompanied by the payees” receipts. The statements should be checked and
countersigned by the Superintendent and disposed of in accordance with rule 16 of Appendix A in
the Posts and Telegraphs Manual, Volume VI.
108. Maintenance of more than one registered or parcel abstract or register of money
orders received.-The Superintendent may by a special order, authorise the maintenance (1) of a
separate abstract (R.P. 33 or R.P.-8) for each separate branch of the registration or parcel
departmental in any office where different clerks are in charge of the different branches of any of
those departments, (2)of a separate register of v.p. articles received (R.P.-9) for use in (I) the
registration department, and (ii) the parcel department, for the entry of unclaimed and refused v.p.
articles only, in any office where such articles are received in large numbers, and (3) of more than
one register of money orders received (M.O-3) (I) in any head office where more than one clerk
work in the payment branch of the money order department, and each deals with a distinct set of
transaction, i.e. (a) payments by cheque, (b)payments by postmen and (c) payments by village
postmen and branch offices, etc or (ii)in any head or sub-office where money orders for payment
by branch offices and village postmen are received in large numbers.
108/1 Special forms of V.P Journals.:- The Superintendent may authorize firms which post
at least 10 V.P.articles of the letter and parcel mails daily to use special V.P.Journals for either of
these classes of articles (R.P.2 and R.P.31 (b)). In each such case the postmaster concerned should
be supplied with a memorandum of instructions for the guidance of the firm, and should at the
same time, be authorized to adopt the special procedure prescribed in rule 213 of the Posts and
Telegrphs Manual Volume VI.
109. Special procedure respecting sums recovered from addressees of v.p. articles- The
Superintendent may authorise the registration and parcel clerks in any head office or sub-office
having a treasurer to make over sums recovered from addressees of v.p. Articles direct to the
treasurer instead of to the Money Order Department.
110. Special procedure for delivering registered articles and parcels.- The Superintendent
may authorise any office in his division to adopt the special procedure prescribed in rule 164 of the
Posts and Telegraphs Manual, Volume VI, with a view to expedite the delivery of registered
articles and parcels.
111. Delivery of insured and v.p. articles exceeding prescribed limits of value.- (1) at
important post offices where many insured articles are received for delivery, the Superintendent
may authorise that all such articles exceeding Rs.250 in value should be sent out oby a special
delivery once a day at an hour convenient to the post office
(2) The Superintendent may also authorise the delivery of insured articles exceeding Rs. 250and
v.p. articles exceeding Rs. 25, in value form the Window of any no delivery sub-office in cases
where this may be found to be necessary to prevent delays and save the addresses from
unnecessary inconvenience.