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POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS.

and desires the account to be closed, the deposit book must bo given up. Should a new account be afterwards opened, it will be necessary that a new deposit book be issued, and that the other regulations should be strictly conformed to. 22. The officers of the Postmaster-General engaged in the receipt or payment of deposits shall not disclose the name of any depositor, nor the amount deposited or withdrawn by him, except to the Postmaster-General, or to such of his officers as may be appointed to assist in carrying out the provisions of the Post Office Savings Banks Act. 23. In the construction of these regulations, unless there is something in the subject or context repugnant thereto, every word importing the singular number only shall mean and include several persons or things, as well as one person or thing, and the converse; and every word importing the masculine gender only shall mean and include a female as well as a male ; and the word "month" shall refer to a calendar and not a lunar month. Approved this 29th day of October, 1866, pursuant to " Post Office Savings Bank Act, 1865." "William Eitzhebbeet, Colonial Treasurer. Wellington, 29th October, 18G6. John Hall, Postmaster-General.