Part 7

2. In cases where the Postmaster is required to perform duty between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., 50 per cent. instead of 40 per cent. is allowed on the first $800 per annum, or $200 per quarter of prepaid postage revenue, provided always that the Postmaster General considers that there are sufficient grounds for such increased allowance.

3. Allowances for forward duty are made to Postmasters who are required to re-mail letters and papers for and from other offices.

The amount of remuneration should be regulated according to,--

1. The number of offices for and from which the Postmaster distributes mails.

2. The number of mails per week despatched to and received therefrom.

3. The average amount of matter re-mailed each week, viz.:--number of

Ordinary Letters, Registered Letters, Postal Cards, Newspapers, Books and Parcels, &c.

It must be clearly understood that in the above must not be included the matter posted, or delivered, at the office to which the allowance forward duty is proposed to be made.

4. The time occupied in the duty and the number of persons required to accomplish it.

5. The hours at which the duty is performed.

In no case, however, should the allowance for forward duty excel 12 per cent. of the revenue of the offices--the correspondence for and from which is distributed.

4. When, in consequence of any change in the Mail arrangements the forward duty performed by a Postmaster is either increased or diminished, you should at once report to the Postmaster General what corresponding increase or diminution in the forward allowance should be made, so that the necessary adjustment may take effect from the date on which the change goes into operation.

5. All reports regarding forward allowance should be accompanied by a tracing from the Postal Map showing the Distributing Office, and the offices dependent thereon.

6. Allowances for rent, fuel and light are regulated by the Revenue collected at the office, as follows:--

Annual Revenue. Annual Allowance.

Over $ 800 and up to $1,200 $ 40 00 " 1,200 " 1,600 60 00 " 1,600 " 2,000 80 00 " 2,000 " 3,000 120 00

and so on, the allowance increasing $40 per annum for every $1,000 or fraction of $1,000 of yearly Revenue. No allowance for rent is made at offices where the Revenue is loss than $800 per annum.

7. The scale of salaries of Railway Mail Clerks is as follows:--

-------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ Class. | On | After 2 years | After 5 years | After 10 years| | Appointment. | service in | service in | service in | | | any class. | any class. | any class. | -------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Day. | Night.| Day. | Night.| Day. | Night.| Day. | Night.| -------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ 1 | 720 | 880 | 800 | 1,000 | 800 | 1,100 | 960 | 1,200 | 2 | 600 | 720 | 640 | 800 | 720 | 880 | 800 | 1,000 | 3 | 480 | 600 | 520 | 640 | 560 | 700 | 640 | 800 | -------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

8. In all cases where a Railway Mail Clerk is entitled to an increase of salary, a special report should be made and the Postmaster General's sanction obtained previous to the increased salary being entered on the monthly pay list.

9. Railway Mail Clerks, in addition to their salaries, are entitled to half a cent for each mile travelled whilst on actual duty. Until, however, a Railway Mail Clerk is reported to the Postmaster General as fully competent to take charge of the Mails, he is to be paid only one quarter of a cent for each mile travelled.

10. The scale of salaries of Clerks employed in city offices is as follows:--

1st Class from $1,000 to $1,600 2nd " 900 " 1,100 3rd " 600 " 800 4th " 400 " 520

In the 2nd, 3rd and 4th classes, the Clerks receive the lower salary on appointment or promotion with an increase of $40 each year, until the higher salary is attained.

In the first class there is no annual increase, the salary which is fixed by the Postmaster General in each case, having regard to the merits and services of the Clerks and the relative importance of the duty entrusted to them.

11. Letter Carriers will receive such salaries and allowances for uniforms as may be from time to time fixed by the Postmaster General.

VI.

NEW POST OFFICES.