APPENDIX B
will be given to the depositor, who will be in
formed of the date upon which he should call
to receive the deposit book. When the deposit
book is handed over to the depositor, he will be
required to return the preliminary receipt and
sign a receipt for the deposit book, in addition
to leaving a specimen of his signature on record
in the post-office, if he be able to write, and if he
be not able to write he shall leave in the post-
office a specimen of his thumb mark. The
amount of the original deposit will be entered
in the deposit book by the central office and the
depositor will thus have a guaranty that the
same has been received in that office. He should
carefully see that the entry in the deposit book
corresponds with the amount entered in the pre
liminary receipt before giving up the latter.
(c) To make subsequent deposits at any other
post-office than at Manila, the depositor shall
take or send the amount to be deposited with his
deposit book to the post-office, and the amount
of the deposit shall be entered in the deposit
book and the balance due the depositor struck.
The entry shall then be initialed by the post
master and stamped with the date stamp of the
office, the deposit book to be returned to the de
positor or his agent who brings the deposit. It
shall be the duty of the postmaster, by the first
mail for Manila, to notify the central office of the
amount and date of the deposit, the name
and residence of the depositor, the number of
his deposit book, and the balance to the deposi
tor’s credit, and the head office, upon receiving
the information aforesaid, shall make the proper
entries upon its books, and send to the depositor
at his post-office address by first mail a receipt
showing the amount and date of the deposit, the
name and residence of the depositor, the number
of the deposit book, and the balance to the de-