Delivery book

Delivery book:-

Delivery book is kept at goods shed for granting delivery of goods. It will be separate for local and foreign traffic and for parcel and to-pay consignments. Following columns are there in this book,

5. Date of receipt of invoice

6. Name of forwarding station

7. Code no & forwarding station

8. Details of wagon

9. Invoice and railway receipt no, date of booking,

10. Name and address of consignor

11. Name and address of consignee

12. No. of packages, Description of goods,

13. Railway marking, class & goods

14. Rate per tonnes

15. Actual weight

16. Chargeable weight

17. paid or to pay freight

18. Undercharges.

19. Overcharges

20. Date and time of placement of wagons for unloading

21. Date and time of completion of unloading.

22. Date and time of making goods available for delivery.

23. Details of demurrage charges

24. Date of delivery

25. Signature of Railway employee.

26. Signature of consignee/agent.

27. Special remarks.

Freight and other charges due will be collected at the time of granting delivery. Date of delivery will be written in delivery book, Station master will sign on the delivery book and signature of consignee/agent will be taken Railway receipt will be collected and after cancelling it will be kept safely. Delivery of goods will be granted in this way.

Measures to prevent fraudulent delivery:-

Following aspects should be examined before granting delivery to prevent fraudulent delivery –

1. Name of Zonal railway is printed in small letters on railway receipt.

2. Railway receipt presented should be tallied with invoice.

3. If invoice has not been received then it should be tallied with other invoice received from the station.

4. Railway receipt presented should be searched in the list of lost railway receipt.

5. Railway receipt must bear the seals of forwarding station,

6. Invoice number should be checked with the Inward Invoice Index Register.

7. If goods are not received regularly from specific station, Railway receipt should be thoroughly checked before granting delivery.