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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

FOR THE GUIDANCE OF

POST OFFICE INSPECTORS

IN THE

DOMINION OF CANADA.

CONTENTS.

PAGE. 1. General Instructions, 3

2. Arrangement of Papers, 9

3. Books and Records, 10

4. Returns to the Department at Ottawa, 12

5. Salaries and Allowances, 15

6. New Post Offices, 18

7. Mail Arrangements, 19

8. Mail Service, 19

9. Establishment of New Routes or Alteration in Routes already in operation, 20

10. Contracts for Mail Service, 21

11. Bonds, 23

12. Railway Mail Service, 24

13. Circulation or Distribution, 26

14. Travelling, 27

15. Cases of Loss or Abstraction, 28

16. Arrears and Outstanding Accounts, 32

17. Conclusion, 33

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS.