POST ·oPPICE MANlJAL; •

(PUDf.ll\llED 8'1' OROJCJ: OF TIIK UIRF.C'I'OR O~UAL Of

'I'll& POST OFiriCB OF UCDIA.]

JNSTUUCTIONS TO POST-llASTEil~, . .

ACT No. · XV I I. o r 1 8 6 4,

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.JOHN OBAY, "CALC':Orl'.l OAZEti'E'' orne& --·-·--

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·'IHB FOLLOWING CORREC710NS SIIOULD BE JlADE ·,

IN TillS /tiANVAL. . , PAoi 32. · 8ectlon 94.-This ~ct.ion hn.s app~renllr been mls• ,:,;

copied. It should be io accordance with Section 11 ' of the Post Office Rules, w11ich close the Poat Office.

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P•l•· TA.Bt.ES or Posuor., ... ... ... ... . .. i. ABSTRACT oF Dun Wo11.1t n• Pou Orrtc:u, "· lNSTllUCTIONS TO PoST•JU.ITillll .l.lfD Po•T OFFICII CLUES. J

DEFIIHTIOII'S, ... ... ... ... . .. . .. ... a. ACCOUNTS, ... . .. ... . .. ... ... . .. 3 n~NoRT PAacv.u, ••• . .. ... ... • •• u Doolt POIIT Ill' INDU, ... ... - ... ... . .. 2:! .. " bnu.JI, Ell'ot.un AII'D CoLOJIIAL, ••• ... . !.& Cuot.A.Ns, ... ... ... ... • •• 27 DuuTCR or MAts..•, un Rttt.u I'Oa Poatt11a LSTTaaa, ••• 30 DtsTniBUTJOif_ AWD ]beau-T er K.t.u.a,. ... ... .. . 34 Fl!IES, ... ... ... ... ... .. . .Ct b!'PKCTIII'o Pon-:urrau, ·- ••• ... ••• . .. 46 .. LBTTEllll, ••• 66 ... ... • •• ... ... .. . -STJIA.ll LETTI!Ill, ... ... . .. . .. -· . .. 66 }i EWII' APERS, ... -· . .. ... . .. n PoST·Y ASTKIIS. ... . .. m ... ... -· V4. POST 0FI'JCB, ... ~ ... - ... . .. . .. 8~ JiODBEIIIES, .... a . ... ... . .. lioAD EsuJLtiKJIENTI, ... . .. . .. 87 0FFJCB ST.un•s, ... ... . .. . .. Ul REC&JI'T :roa FBIU'J.JltHO Buc1: STUII'III'a I.N1:, ... ... 93

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RULES llEL.lTJNO TO 'l'UB BsornauloN or LuTTBaa, ••• 98

Spprnbix. ACT No. XVII. or 1854, ... - ... ~- ... L RULES 1'011 'I' dB )bJUOBliBNT or TRB Post' 0FFlCB DEP.I.IIT•

)(E):T, .... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• XXIII. GENERAL RULES 1\EL.I.TINO TO TIIB RII:CEII'T, DltiP.l'l'Cil UD

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DEt.Jnn oF Luna aT D1naiCT PosTs, ... ... ... :xnvnr. A.'PPENDIX or FORltlS u1iao u 11111 1'0.-)f OFFICft'DR-

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-·~·-Jlulr• (nr tho irnJIOI'ition or Fine11 on Officials. or t.bo Post

Onite for nr~lcct. or duty. ................ ........... ................. ........ .... XLI· lu•lrl In Ordcl'll and Rule& ttlaliug to Tlll"iou& descriplionl! or.

Cltltl~tns, ............ -............ .......... ............... ............... ............ ............ XLIII.

Jna:ttucti•nut tAr 111o fJUUla~f--Pntct limclt t8 nutl oUJerS in than At oF. or r~tu•tt••4rfl "it h. flullurlt Trnln 6ffitu•; X'':X.

ltalt•!i rtl:al i• c I" tlu• T•a• Pit 1.,- C evarnmcnl BuUodt ~n, 't.~C'J' .......................................................... ••••••••• ·-······ .., ••••

cPm-mH~e alurtG ..Die• 1-o+w-lAr ................... h .......... !12:1'1 to rxxzrx '·'·Lor POIIt Office~~ uocl•·r tho ronlrol (\r the Post lota~lcr

O.CnerfLl of Dcnga.l, ........................................................... . Tlitto ditto ditto or Mndrna, ................. . llillo llillo

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T 1\ B L E S 0 li' P 0 S T A G E. TADLE No. 1.

Rnlr.s of Postngc 014 Pre·l)(tid Inland Letters.

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One·qunrter Tolntt • • • • • • .J boll ;•n ann~ • • • • . • • • One rate. Hnlr 11 Toln.h • • • • • • • • • • Oul' anna • • • • • • • • • • • • Two rntes. One Tolab .. . • • • • • • • .. • • 'l'tn• :tnnn~ .. .. • • • • .. .. • • F nur TALe"-One nnd a l•lllr Tolllh • • • • Tim • ..: nnnn!< • • • • . • • • • • Si~ rntC!I. Two T n1t\h~ ~ • • • . l•'"r-ur :.nnM .. • .. • .. • • • • • Eicltt rates;;.

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T.HJLE of Brili$h Colonial and For1.ign Postrrg1.

--~~--~--------~--~==~=~=-Nawllr&P!il\5 01!. £'1110tll COI\n!~t.

Colii!TIItr.s ,um PLAcr.~ To Wl!rcn LF:T· 'URl! CAlli!!': stilT DT HEn MAJ!STY'8

.r.uu:. STF.AMEM rt•o~t h•lltA. .,

Great Bri!n.!n ,.,;,1 Sonthn~nr•tnn •• Dlltu tii•l ~1nncill~• .,

•Ditto 11ifl TriH~ttt ... 0\nl\t!l\ ~• ""Y J>lnro In Rriti•h North}

A merit t\ t"IU ffoutlunn1'tan ... Ditto 1>i1l :.tnuulllo~ •• *.Forolgn Europo rid 'l'ric•te , • Gibroltnr •• lnnlan l$ln.n•l! · ••

-..::.J • An•trnli:1n C'olotil~• .. Malt& • , "China (l':>:copt ltoug-Kong) •• •r.f:lCn.O • • •canton. ... •Mn.nHlt\ •• •nat.o.vi."'• J'aY:t. .. r • llourbon, or MY rorOI!;II ports, tho}

routa to which doM not l'"H through

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Lanluts. j N&w•PJ.fi!RS Oil Pntcrs 01.'11Rt:n. T ., 8' 8' 5' f' e· ~· R' TTI' .. r

COr.MTIIIEB i.:O • • 0 4 .Port Natal .. 0 4 A.oeeud11n • • 0 -l S!t.lnt Scion!\ • • 0 4 Jlolghun ~i·l Soul hllrtt pton • • 0 7 Ditto ciJ l[nnollles .. 0 9 An1 pl&>ee In Fprelgn }

Eui"CCpo •ld. Grut 10l.l Soutbaml'ton 0 1 DrltahtanJ. SeiAhun

Ditto 10id &Camillos .. 0 II

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Tho n.steriok• pro fixed to ""Y piiiCe indkn.tes Utn.t letters fut• that rt~r• DIUJt be pro·pn.ld lu lndlll. Lettnrs or Naw•I•aro•·~ for Fr.mce llud f.J' •·oreign l·:urotte •'•I Frno~o

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AllSTltACT

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DAILY WORK IN POST OFFICES

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DEPUTY POST-MASTERS AND OFFICE CLERlts . •

OrEN the Letter Box half an hour before the time appointed for

rrcf"'ring Letien for the closing of the Mails. Separate Paid from de•J>ntch. Unpaid Letters. ·

W cigh :-mark on the f:~.cc in black iok, the Postage chargeable

P ~>irl Lcttera. on any to which Postage Stamp Labels of sufficient value arc not attached : obliterate

the L..1.bcls with the Ohliteral.or supplied for the pu~pose : st.arn fl them with the "Paid" red dated Stamp on the back, if the fun Post.'lgo is paid.

Weigl1 :-mark the proper Posta;e on the face in black ink,

Unpnid Lcttcu. st..1.mp with the "Unpaid" black dated Stamp

~ on the jTonf, (the direction side,) taking care not to deface the Address. ·

Si.:l.mp with red •• Paid" St.amp :-weigh all Letters from one De-

Service Lct.ten. p~rtment together, and enter the charge against each in the Service Lett.er A c~unt :-

mlcu~ate the Postage on t.he gross weight of all Letters from each Department, and charge. al. the rate of Two Annas per tola.b.

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\Veiglt :-mark wit.h Postage :-St."l.mn with Forward Stamp.

,r..,..11rd, llc-dirr.eted, Tbe Post-master, Deput.y Post-mast.cr, or aucl Rcfmcd Lcuon. ot.hcr person in charge of Office, is respom;il>le

for all mistakes in fonmrding Lct.ters. Unt'lalnted ~..etten ,..; Mark with red ••Paid" Stamp, whether p.'l.id

turned. or unpaid, and consider t.hem as Paid Letters.

The Letters of each kind having been weigbe

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The Dn.g being openc•l,_ count nn1l comp:uo the Packet., received Pnrk.,t.•tt>bc comJ'IIred with Lhc PacketChulana. Turn the lVallcl.1

with Chuhm. insule OtLt. •

Sqmrnto Forward Separate Forward Pncket.s from those for Packet~. the Station, and receipt the Packet Chu1an.

At. the time of delivery, open the Pacl•et.s, compare tho number, weight nnd posbge of the Letters received

Distribution of Lel.tcrs. in each Packet with tl1e Chulan. If the Post-

age on nny Leiter hn.o; been under or over-charged. correct the mistake, enter the correct Post...'\ge in the Cbula.o, o.nd enter the number, weight and post.,.ge of Letters a.ct.unlly received in the Rf}gist.er, under the he:td of the Station at which they were posted.

Distribute the Letters among the Peons for delivery, a.nd place F.ntrie_~ in Peons' Ac- n.p:ut, Letters_ to be forwarded, to be de-

c:nunt. livered through the District Post, and those to remain in the Office, in deposit., for future delivery :-enter the number, postag-e, &c., of the Letters delivered to each Peon in the Peons' Book, as also the number, &c., &c., of those reserved for the District Post, or to be forwarded, or for deposit ; and before the Peons leave the Office, be ca.reful that Lbe totals of the entries in the "Peons' Book" agree with the t6l.al of the Receipt. Re~ister.

Weigh :-mark both Weight and Postage in large letters and

Prc:pnrinc Pa.rcols for despatch,

Paid a11d Unpaid Par-oeb.

figures: stamp Paid Parcels red, Unpaid black: date: forward an Advice Chulan by Letter Mail to the Office t.o which the Parcel is di-recteJ..

Stamp "·ith "Bearing" Stamp: mark wilh additional Postage :

~ F onra.rd Parcel&

Full address to be n:&istcred.

send an Ad \'ice Cbulan by Letter Mail : enter Postage in the proper column of Register.

The full address on a.ll Parcels, with Weight, Postage, &c., must be entered

Re~ster.

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No Pnrool in any \'fti.Y iul!eCurely p::u:kod. or bearing an appearance of having been opened, sbould bO received for despatch.

Weigh.stamp,date: enterio Receipt Register: receiptaod return

Pan:cll (or delift17.

Addressee.

Advice Cbula.n and Transit Chulan: enter in R'lnglty Index_ and take a receipt from Lbe

N. B.-Any Parcol injured or damaged should be weighed before wit.oesses, and a memo. ta.ken of it.s exact appearance.

lmmedio.LelJ before t.l1o Office is closed, balance a.nd total tho Cash Book, make the necessary entries in the De-

Ac:connt.• to be elOIIId • A h o· . n A beroro t.he orucc. . pomt ccount, t e •stnct .cOst ccount, and tho Postage A.ccouot., and see that no

&.nghy Cbulans have been deta.ined which ought to have been returned or despatched.

In the body o£ the Jl anual ".A" is intended t.o denote Act XVIL

Abbreria&ions. o£1864, "R." the "Rules Cor the Management of tbe Post Office" passed by the GoYernor

Geneml in Council on the 12th August 18o4. All alterations in any Chulan Register, or ~er Document.s, must

be made in red ink, never by erasure, or in black ink.

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POST-i\IASTERS ANn llQST-OFFICE CLERKS.

Tm:; following Instructions aro t.o be con!'ider

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(:t) The .11 bstract i11 tl1o •tontlaly Pay B.ill of the fixed 1~t.-iblish· mcnL nf nn Office.

(+.) JJangky, the oonvcyanco for Parcels nnd Paekota of Ncwa· . .. papers.

(5.) Cl,ula.ns are Invoices al1owing t.he Number, Wcigbt. tuJd Postnge of Letters, N ew11papcrs, Packets and Parcel•; ooo of which accompanies each Packet from a Post Office, m1d each Ba.nchy Despatch. (Sec PaTagrapks 72 to 83.)

(6.) DeGJlalck, t.be scmliug of Mails by Post from an Office, and also the lJnil sent.

(7.) Dilbursing OlficC8. TI1e Office situated in the aame Town with the District Treasnry from which disburseroeota are made for t.he Post Office Establishment. in tbe District.

(8.) Distribution is the delivery of articles to tbcir addressees . after they reach their destination.

{9.) Ezpr·csscs are extraordinary deFpatebes by Post, for tbecon-Teya.nce of important public or private communicntion&

(1 0.) Labels, &uperscriptions pasted on Packet& ( &.. Pat::kcls.) (11.) Letters nre divided into the following ten classes, vt. :-

1.-Paid ... ... •.. • .•••. ) 2.- Unpaid... • .. 3.-Service ••• • ..

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'1.-Forward or Re-directed 8.-Ship ... ..: ••• • .. 1 9.-Steam .... ... . .......

1 0.-Soldicrs' and Sailors' ••• J 'l'hc Rules relating to each are given in the 11.ppropriate Sect.ion. · (12.) MilHending is the transmission of an article to a place

to wlucb it. ia not direct.ed; Forward Postage is not chargeable on a mis-sent &rticle.

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(1 !l.) A l'ackct, in tho Po!'L Office ,;cnsc, conl'ists of nll' the article.

~. In tlic mnjorit.y of rost Offices, tho ouly cli~parcd in each Post. Office.

6. The Deputy Post.-~-uu;t.ers of the Stations at wM.d, a District "' .A nr. aDtl cr. C'uh TreaBtW!J is situaletl will each submit a Cash

AC!"nnnt to bo fnmi••ll· Account. (l!"orm 21.) I nst.ruct.ioos ro-.1rdinrr ft! hy Diebunin:; l'oeL -..- to Ollic.:e. its prep.·untion are given l~elow, and tbe Post Office will be styled a Disbu1"siflg Officr...

6. The Deputy PosL·mast.er of every other Po~t Office will Ollidl$ from which dis- submit on f/te ht of tl1e followifl!] mo;•.l r,

bureclucuts 1\Fe not mAde s•-t.e t t tl D t p t. . f h to fura•i6h ~t.atcment of a ""' men o lC epu Y OS -mastero t e Collectione. Disbur;;ing Office of bis District, (Form 2~,)

showing the Collections during the past month, tbe amount re-mitted to the Treasury, and t.l1e b..-.lance in hand. All Collections are to be paid weekly, or oftener, into the nearest Tehsildars, J,Iamladars, or other local Troo.sury. On t.he last day but. one of c:l.ch month, all the Cash in band must be paid 'into tlte lornl Treasury, and a general Receipt in duplicate, (Form 23,) taken for the total sum paid during the month.

7.. One copy of this Receipt must., in the evening of the 1st day lustnactions 11o11 to of the next. month, be sent ru; a· Registered

lransmilll!ion of receipt~~ Letter to the l)eputy Post-master of tbe Dis-and prepuration cf Ac-counts. bursing Offic-e of the District, togeti\er with

the Statement of the Collections of the Office i on the 2nd of the following month, the Deputy Post-master of the Stn.tion in which the District Tre:~sury is situated will send to the Officer in charge of the Troo.sury the"locafRcvenue Officer's Receipts, whicll have been sent in from all t.he Post OffiCes in the District, and will exchange them for a. genera1 Receipt., (Form 23,) showing the gross sum paid in by all the Post. Offices in t.he District, including that. paid in by himself; on the evening of t.he £tb of the mont.h, he ·

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must forward his own Cash Account. to the Post-master Gccip15 1\lld propornt.ion or Accounts.

are uot authorized to make disbursements,

is simply a copy of the totals of the sevP.ral columns of the Daily Abstract. of CDEh col ..

lected. The cxpln.nn.tion at the foot of the Account will he copied from the " Post.nge Account." in the l'eons' Book, (Form 26 B,)

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nncl if tho book& of cru:h Office 1uo kept. np.corrce&Jy n.ml tot,:dlml cll'lily, th11 f!Tl!jJ."rnLion of tho Cash Account. will not OCCUllY n1oro t.imc t,h:ln i.'l rt'f(Uired to copy the aovernl entries ·or figures from the D:lily (A.c;h Book aad Peons' Book into the printed Form of the 'Monthly AccounL

12. The Daily " Postage Acco11nt'' llcmo. in the Peons' Book is necess:uy to reconcile the entries in the

n .. ns 1'"t:~g• Acccmnt. CM\1 Account. of Cash collceLo(l with tlac Rcgilltcrs which sltow t.he amount. for which tho Office is respon· sibJc. Jt. is of considcrnh(e imporf..'\nC:O to keep a very cnrcfnl check on t.lte Accounts of Postage on Unclaimed Letters. Even in 11m.'\ll OfficeR, where bnt. few Unclaimed Let.ters a.ccumuLh irrcgul:lrities hn.ve often been detected, and there has been reason to suspect peLLy peculation of the Postage on Undelivered L6Ltera. If the Post."ge Account is daily made np. it. will not occupy two minutes, n.nd n.t. the end of tho monLh, the last d:i.y's memo. wil1 furnish ~he explanation required at the foot of tbe Cash AccounL

13. In Offices in whiclt B:mghy Parcels are not delivered hy the Letter Peons, it is to be understood that

&oshr P""'~ to be enlllrnd in P•lll£0 Ac- a sepa.rnt.e memo. iu a similar Form should count. be made in LhP. Bn.nghy Account Book. When Letters n.nd Banghies are delivered by tl1e same per-sons, tho Parcels ma.de over to each Peon will be entered in the Peons' Book, and the Postage memo. will include Banghy

Postage.·

I-1!. The above explanation will, it. is hoped, be sufficient to Acconnt• to be kep~ prevent mistakes in regard to tbe Accounts

ill eTer'f Office. - to be kept up in whnt o.re at. present termetl Subordinate Post Offices. A Daily Cash Account and Peons' Book must be kept up in every Office. A Uonthly Accoon~ will be fnmished to tl1e Post.-mast.er General by every Subordinate Pos~ Office : this Account will exhibit the Cash Balance and the act.ual

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Cash Collcctiom:., n.n!l will state tl1c nmonnt. which ha.llur~~ements. ... Every entry on the CreJit side of t.he Account rom;t be supported by a. Voucher; and as much of the labour of clH•ckitl§ t.he Post Office Accounts will depend on tl1e method n.ud form of the Voucbers required, PU.cb Disbursing Pnst

Office must bC' iurui5hed with priuted Forms of a uniform size to be used for Tre.•sury Receipts, Contingent :Bills, and .Monthly Abstracts

of Establishment. ] 6. The Peons' Book (Fonn 28) contains four distinct Accounts,•

.. all of which ~ust be kept in every Post Office, . Exph•?ntion of Fol'1\le however small. In lnr..,.s Offices it will m Peono lloo~. o

probably be found convenient. to keep sepa-

rate books for each Aa:ount, or two books, one for tbe Peons' Ac·

count and another for the Postage, District Post nod Deposit

• A. l't'o:l!' ;\erouot. Jl. l'oatn~;o Account. C. Depoeit Aetoulll. D. Dillllicl P011t Account. ·

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Account. For am:t.ll Offieol\ wharo thoro 1\1'0 only one or two Penns • •

the wl1olc can be printed on ooo pa{;e, n.nd oBly ono book will be rcquirfKl

17. An oxpln.nMory not.c on o.:u:lt Account is given under tho bcatl t.o which it belongs ; in tbia placo

D•iiJ POlliA,"'~~ Aceoant. the Daily Post.ago Account only will be not.iccd •

. 18. .As only tho net C.'\Sh oollcck'tl iu c.'\Ch Post. Office will be cre

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:!U. From t.hc gross sum oLLa.inetl in. the manner cxplainctl in

l's r•l,.not inn nl' the drrim:::t.ittn~ in Uni11l'uto~ •f!'C Ar:t"OU'Ul.

tho rrccetlin:; paragr:~ph, tho Officer in chnr~t' of the Post Ollicc is entitled to de-duct., .fi.rBt, the nmount of unpaid Postnge

duo on nil Letters returned or re-directed ami forwarded, whc· thcr from deposit or from (ldi,·ery during the 1st, since the close of the previous month'a Aceunt; sccond./.9, tho amount of unpaid l'o.~t."'gc duo on Letter11 actually in deposiL a.t the close of the Ollicc on the 1st j tiLit•cUJ;, the amount a.ct.nally duo from the District Post when the Oificc is dosed for the day. The total of the above three entries, dcduck'd from the tot..'l.l of the entries des-cribed in paragraph 19, will give the actual net balance colJected

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21. The two preceding- p:lra:;mphs explain in del.t

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2t The Cn.sb Account will I' how only nctual ncL CMll Collect.ionll

A •lcduction i~ tn 1Hl .,.,Je in the atollllhly (:••It Ac('«ltlflt ofUttutnn rtfnt~•lcd 011 tltc "'tnrn nf lin•kli.-en:d Leiters to lito Office.

As tberefore the snms pn.id by C.be Peons on receipt of Letters for delivery nrc in f.'\ct only fleposits, it will Mt be neccs.

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t.be amount. for wl1ich t.bey ~ r!:JIO.Whle, iL · .. nt,;n~~V7 to enter in dJe Debit. aide of the Cnah . Account. the Posta.;e. ,charged on t.ho opJlOI'i\o side of \he .AcCount. as · remit.ted under the authority of t.he order quoted. ·· · . · · · "

!6. lluch passive resist.ooce may be. upected t.o t.he order directing that. t.be aeveral Accounts contaioed

~~~ X::U""::: in t.he Peons' Book shall be carefully And punctually prep:ued, and it will be \he espe-

cial duty of tbe Inspecting Post·m

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Presidency Post Office!!, and in other large Offices where sealed Gunny 'fr.msit P;\cknges are made l1Jl1 Transit Ohulans must be JII'Cl"',rod, contniuiug lists: of tlte cont.cnU! of CI\Ch Paeknge. These Chulnns arc of t.he nature of Advice ChnL,n.s, and will be sent to the Offices to which the .Packages nre add~d ; and in such (::~Sell, the Transit Obula.n, seut to the next Office in advance, "'ill merely show the addres.

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Pn~la inTnicccl in c:u:h. A SCJl:lraf.a cnlry i11 required (or ·~. A\•h·icc Chulan; Um nddfC'CII o( Ute Clmlnu CAll be em\ercd in.·~ cuhnun or Uto Tmnl'lit llc-n.V.ter, lumdeq., Addreaa." The~·; of Lho . .\

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ht'\arin~. c:tlculatc!l an1l marketl upon it. Tho Receipt brought. by the J'ostcr should be t.heu Rtamped a.nd returned to him.

37. The addro.o:s, wt~ight., postage, &c., nf the Parcel should he nL onco entered in an Advice CIJUlnn. After

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1bcl tcference to the Ba.ngl1y Index, the Chulan

n•~urc au n:,g~tu.crct .. sbcmld Lc properly numbered, and the entry

tr:m11fcrred to t.he Dosp.'\tcl• Register ; C.."'Lch Parcel will t.hns appear in the Despatch Re:;is~cr in the order of it..q receipt in the Despatch-in~" Post Office. Rt-·directed Pnreels can be entered in the Regis-tc~ 11.nd Chulnns nt any t.i1~c durin; the day. lYitcn the Office closes, tlu: J)C6pa.tclt Rc!Ji$ttT sluml.d l>c compute, and Ute Banghy .Advice Chulans ready for l!i•:naturc and dcsrH1Jcl,. It will then only be Dect'.ssary to prepare Tmusit Chulans, and sort and p~ck llie Parcels.

3ft. In very fe"· rl\. .. t Offices can an hour be fixed for the f'odctentionofl'arct"l' despatch of Bauglty· Parcelil. It is of the

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\OtiTIS f'«!Ci.ved. AU rcmn.rks on the condition of any Pn.rcel, wlaich may have been mado oo. t.lut Transit. Cltulan recoived, mullt. be copietl on t.\ta.t. dcspat.ched.

40. As soon llB t.he Trnolrit. Chulan ia prepared, t.be Banglay • llo.il shouM be forwarded. Parcels ,receh·od for clelivery will tlum h 'WGiglwl, &c.. aDd

any discrepo.ncy recorded, iil t.lac amo manner as wae dooe with t.l•e Parcels in t.taosit. Tbe necessary en&.ries will then be made in t.he Transit and Receipt. Rogist.ers. and_ t.he Tran~t. Chulan receipted and ret.urned t.o t.he Office wb~ce it. was received.

41. Advice Chulaos will generally be received somo timu Ad-.ice Chalau lrn- before t.be Parcels invoiced in· them ; they

gularitiee to be a'fOided. shonld be filed and ret.uroed to t.be Despatch-ing Office the day aft.er their cont.ents are received. II uch confu-sion is caused when aU the Parcels invoiced in ·one Advice Chula.n do not. reach their destination together. This occurrence can rarely happen uulel.ill t.here is neglect in some Office on the line. A report should be made t.o the Post-master General whenever a portion of the contents of any Advice Chulan is det.ained in transit, and in every case inquiry sb"uld be instituted t.o ascert.a.in t.be cause of the irregularity. It is obvious, t.ltat unless all t.be Parcels in each Advice Cbulan arrive together, it. will be necessary t.o make more t.ha.o one entry in t.he Baogby Index for each Cbulan, and the daily total will be incorrect.. ..

42. The Indices, if carefully and correctly prepared doily, will Hoo.n .. h Jmlex.• c:heok make every Post Office a check on every

vn all -;,,Zcr Ollic:es. other Office to wbi.cla it may despatch, or from which it may reeeive, a .Ba.nghy Parcel. To perfect. the check, it. it necessary t.o require a sepamte culumu.Jn--the-Regiitiif·t;, be kept. for unpaid Parcels· re-directed. Under the system detailed above, t.be address of no Parcel will be enterf.'ld more t.1tan once in the Regis-terB of any O&ice. It. is not. necessary to record t.be .oddr8115C8 of articles sent. by Book Poe~ under Section :XI L of the Post Office

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, • ., 00 examined h.r examined in t.he Post·ma.ster General's Office, l'u•t·lfL"-''~r c;eneml and an explanat.ioo called fur jf any difference

is dio;oo\·crctl between tho corresponding entries of two Post Offiees. J t. will be suRlcient if the Accountil of Lwo or more large Offices aro cnrt!fully checked eooh month.

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H. Parcels exccmliu:; 600 t.olahs in weight may be received at

l.iottitaliunaslowcight the tliscreLiou of any Officer in charge of 11 .. r l'.tn·ol•. PosL Office for despatch n.long any Jiue of

ru:u1 on whiclt Llm Bangl1y Parcels are not ca.rried by foot-runners; hut w1 (';u·ml cxcccrling 2,000 tolaltR in wei~hf. shall be recei~ed a.t nny l'ost. Office for desp."1t.ch by Bnnghy or Letter Mail under any circmnst:mccii what-Jver. ( R. Sect. JT I., sec also A. Sect. X JT I I I.)

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maximum weight, which may be sent by lln.nghy Post, shali be ma.de over to the Collector of Customs for publication in his lists of Unclaimed Packages.

-lG. Receipts will be granted for Parcels only when presented ready writtcn;''either in books or on separate

RmiJ•t• will be gh·en slips of paper along with the Parcels. Rc· fur l'areelo. ooipts so presented will be duly St8.'TI1'1'"1 .. ,

(R.. Sect. XXV.) ·l7. In order to protect, M fa.r as possible~ the public 'Mails

from . the chance of robbery, Officers in 1'""1 Ollieo.• no~ to re· ·

nhil •llinabln r.n dee· charge of Post Offices shall not knowingly pntch. receive coin, bullion, precious stones or

jcwols, for t\cspat.ch, either by Letter or Ba.ngby Post.

(JL Sect. XX~l.) · . ·lS. A Post-master is not a.utliorized by the above Rule to make

l'..,L·m:lllf'r•not.aulho· ri~"'\ In hHJUire u to f'fllolollt• of an7 Loiter or l'arcol.

inquiries r!'lga.rding the contents of .any Let. ter or Parcel. but if he is informed, or other-wise becomes acquainted wit.h the fact, that a.ny Letter or Parcel contains valuables, he

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abou1d refuee io recei\"e it.-balv• of B.-lnk-~k-11 wiU noL tome · _ · within tho prohibition. . :

49. Parcels bearing t.ho appcataiu:e ofharing been opened and l'arolll• imp~OJ"'ffy re-closed, or ot.herwille impcvperly deal\ wiLl~, ·

packed 10 be nfMGIL &baJ) DOL be received unless the lf'Dder atte&L, wit.h hill full aignature, tltAi &hey were sent io ·thai llt.'l\e, ud DO Po.rcel shall be received for transmi88ioo hy 'Ban-glty P~ unle&~~ it be securely p.'lcked in cloth or wax-cloth. or tin ; and no such Parcel, packed in cloth or wax-cloth, slaan be received u~less teals bearing dilti.n~ impressions or some device (not. t.ha.t. or a current. coin) be fixed at intervals not exceediog t.breo incites along the 'lines of r;ewing by which t.he cover is secured. ( R. S6Cl. XXI. modi6ed by Govemment. Order, No. 470, dated :March 30, 1855.) Post.-masters are oot. authorized t.o.diapense with the enforcement of any port. of tlte above Rule, but. where, as in the case of a Printiog Office, such a course ia obviously unobjecti.oaable. the Post-master General may authorize its being dispensed with, pending a reference t.o GoveromcnL

50._ As all Banghy Parcels o.re registered and invoiced in detai~ Boob may );, regis· it would be an imposition to receive a fee

well •pcclally. for the special registration of any part.icula.r Parcel. Articles sent by Banghy Post at Book Post. ~tea may be apecially registered . . ·. iil. On Banghy Parcels tltc exacL weight mU;St in all cases

E:.uct weiglltot Bm· bo entered in writing on the face thereof: lhyl'an:eleto be m&r~tod. ( R. &ct: XLI I.)

.!i2.. Ofticera in charge of Post Offices in Sea-port Towns will re-

Ba.ughy Parcels lor Forai~n Porte 10 be ao-compaaicll by Cu10111 Bousel'aa. ~

fuse to fonvard any Parcel through the Post Office by Sea to any Foreign Port., unless &uch· .Parcel be accompanied by a Custom Bouse Pass. (A. &ct. XLV IlL) The

· sa.mo Sect.ion · prescribes t.he coume to be adopted in the event of an Officerin.charge of a Post Office Sllspecting that any Parcel contaios any contraband article or wriLing or enclosure io contra·

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'"wLion of the prov.~sions of Secti!lns V~II., XV., XVJ. or XJ~VII. of the p('I,;L Office Act.

63. When t.l10 Banghy Post in conveyed in t.he samo ea.rriage

Wllfl"t:1rct in U.e a10mo eanin&t>-

witl1 the Le!.tcr llnil, it is not.lawfnl to send by Ba.nghy Pont a.ny Letter or written com-mnnic.-.tion of less weight than twelve tola.bA,

ornny Pnc'ketof Newr::pnpers. (.A. Beet. XVI.) 54. Banghy Ship Postage, chargeable \mder Sf'Ct.ion XVII. of

Act, may, in the caso of a Parcel sent hy Sell 1\tlnp'l' Ship l'mtago

m•;< t-e pr•po:irt or n01.. from one p.'Lrt. of lndi.'l. to another, ho pre-paid or not, :~.t the option of the sender. Ir

the full amount of Ship a.nd Inland Banghy Postage is 11re-jmid, noLhing is elaim:~ble on delivery to the addressee. •

55. In order to guard against any unnecessary detention of Ban-

1 'l"fll"'t.ch of Extra H:tn· a;\uu.

ghy Parce1n at Post Offices to or from which there is not a. special Ba.nghy Establishment.. Deput.y Post-masters should be held res-

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for ADJ time ia ~ l'oat ,Of&ce. t.Ue Paid and Unpaid. r..-..., ~·. c. • • ,; • ;/.

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VL or VII., a.s if sent scpamt.cly, n.nd the scnuer will be "ul~ett ran:cls uxcecdins Cor- to the pen.a.lt.y hcrcinrut.er provided. Parcels

'1 toJ.I•.. exceeding forty toln.hs and not exceeding six JJunrlrcd t.o]n.bs io weight, shall be t.rn.n,.mittcd along any such line as D:.mghy Pn.rcels ; but it shall be in the discretion of the Post-master or Deputy Post.-ma.ster, to wbom such Parcels are brought for despatch, to forwa.rd them at. such times and in aucb manner os may be convenient. (A. Sed. XV.)

oS. The most c.'\rnest atteut.ion of all Officers of the Dep:~rtment l'acl

-• Gunny l'**aga inaide, wei' a bn.aket. IU'O well ~mend, the Par· eels inside ought 10 De 111.fe, -even .if the. bas'keta were for a few minutes under water. 1£ bas'kota are llled, they should, darioc the rains, be ~ -·.to prevent the JM*Ubility or t.beir being carried in pain as ~ies. .· .. ; . . •

The Gunny uaed ~mutng t.he rains should be of a close tuture. and, if possible, t.he ooatiug. of dammer should be evenly "Pead over t.be whole 10rface, leaving no part exposed, or IDore-subjeet --to abrasioo tba.n aoother. ------ •

BOOK POST 11' INDIA.

.5it.. i'acl;:ets i!onmung af •• BtKil:s, Publicati.ons, or lforl.::.s of Litemtu.rc or .d rl," wit.hont mkiction as to

Rata ofllook POII.,e. the number of enclosures, may be aent from .

place to place in India, by Banghy Post, at the following rates of Postage :-If nolo exceeding twenl.y tolahs in weight.. one anna; if exceeding l.wenl.y t.ola.hs in weight, but n~ exceeding forty tolal1s, two annas ; and for every twenty toL"'hs in weight above forty tolahs, one additional auna. sbail be charged ; and every fraction of twenl.y t.olabs shall be charged as twenty tolahs. The following conditions and rules must be ... strictly attended to :-

(1.) Every such Packet mus~ be sent. open al. the ends or sides, Conditiona &o u. ob- and either without a cover or in a cover or

aem:d. envelope open al. the ends or side&

(2.) No Lel.ter, either closed or open, nor any 811closure sealed or ot.herwi&e closed a.:,nainst inspectioo, shall be sent. in or with any such Packet, nor shall t.here be any Letter or comm unicat.ion of t.he nature of a Let.ter writt.en or printed on the cover or envelope or

any such Packet. (3.) The full amwunt. ~r Postage due must be pre-paid by meana

of a Stamp or Stamps affixed to l.he outside of every such Packet. 60. No Packet. exceeding one-bundred-and-Lwenty tolahs in

1\o Book PackeUo ex• weight. Can be received for despatch by Ban• ceedl20tolabe ill "eipt. ghy Post. at Book Post. Ra.t.es. '

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61. Packets which exceed one-hunured-a.nd-twt=nty tolahs in 1C all enndilirm• are wei~ht., or which B.rc not open at thfl ends or

rK>t •tl>,;c"rd, '"(' l'acloot sides, or wi1ich contain any art.icle clost'd iA cl•ftrwablo ,..ith llan· ~:hy l' .. sb~;c • against i uspcct.ion, or on which the full Postage ,;hall not be pre-pn.id by mca.us of a St.,mp or St.ampll, lVilJ be charged with Banghy rates of Postage a.ccording to Sect.ion XI. of the Postal Act No. XVII. of 185-1:.

62. Any person enclosing n Letter in a Book Post Packet will, Penally fnr endo.•ing a under the circumsta.ncea stated in Eections

Letter in Dook Paoket. XV. and XV I. of tl1e Post. Office Act, be liable to a penalty of 50 Rupees, and in the cases to which those Sections do not apply, the Packet in whi~h a. Letter may be found will be charged the Bangby Rate of Postage.

63. Book P~kets can be registered on payment of the fee of 4 aunas oo each Packet.; unless registered, the

Books mAY be resUtcred. addresses of Book Packets are ~ot ordinarily recorded.

64. No Packet w Parcel exceeding three feet in length, or Mn.ximum dimension• one foot in breadth, oue in depth, or two-

or l'acl.:e!, thousand-five-hundred-and-ninety-two cu hie inches in bulk, can be deo-pa.tched by Banghy Post. .

65. The Rules applieahle to Newspapers and other p,.; ·' ' ' Rulee rc&.nrdin& Newa· and Eogr:n·ed Papers conveyed by Letter

papers, &c. uuahc:red. .Mail remain unaltered.

66. The terms "Books, Publications, ·or \V orks of Literature or Definition of ten~~~~ Art" include all .Books, whether priated,

"Booka," &c.. &c. · ' written or plain ; Publications or Compila-tions, whether in print or in manuscript; Almanacs, Prints, llhps, whether on paper, canvas or cloth, and whether printed or written; and any description of Paper, Parchment, or Vellum, whet.her printed, writ.ten upon. or. plain, together with any binding, mount,.. ing, or covering of or upon, or belonging to any Paper, Parchment or Vellum, and any cases or roller& of Prints or Alapa, Book· markers, Pencils, Pens. or other art.icles usually appertaining to

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any mach Book,l'~P'.ionf Or Work, Paper, Parchment, or Vel Juan, or HOOO"S :'ij r;; ito& mfo -lirnOsmiaion.

Cf7. Book Packets. ou nHlireciion, are liablo t.o Forwn.rd Postage. t.hc cltn.rgc being Ute &amc aa upon a pre-p;U1l Packet. of t.bc ur.ao weight when originally posted.

BOOK POST-INDIAN, ENGLISH AND COLONIAL.

fi8. Under t.he following conditions as t.o ·mode of Packing. lWcs and ~ exclusion of all communic.'lt.iOD8 of Lhe na-

of o .. cdand IJoolr. a•-. ture of a Letter, o.od pre-payment. of Postage by means of St:urips, Packet.& of Books, Publica.tioDS, or Work& of Litem.t.nre or Art.; 'wbellaer British, Colonial. or Foreign. as defined in paragraph 62, and all Packet& consisting of printed Votes and Proceedings of the Imperial Parliament or the Colonial Legislature, may be transmitted between any part. of t.he East Indies, Great Britain, llalta., Oi~ra.ltar, the Australian Colonies, Hong-Kong, Ceylon, Mauritius, Aden, Singa.pore, and Peno.ng, M the ltates of Postage given in the subjoined Tables.

69. The fo1lowing Rates of Postage must. be paid in advance by ·~erms of Stamps 11t.f.aclted t.o the Packet; no Packet.u:ceedmgthree pounds (\20 tolabi) in weight can be sent.:-

T:ABLEA.

I Peale of Poata;c Charges on Packet. of Boob not. ~~ Rate. 3 lbe. in weight, llt!ll~ bt Dook Post. bct.ween India I and Great Bril.ein, ·M.aJ.ta. and Gibraliv. · j..a.. 11 . Ita. r:~

~r For a Paekot. DOt. e:oeedin~; " ounca, in weight . .. .... -:,. 0 2 Fo: 1b.P~~~ ~~':':.' '":~.and ~.~~~i~.~} 0 (j 6 3 For a Paekot. e:ceeding \ "pciund and not. ex-tingoae lb. ••• 0 11 0

G I For a .Pack• e:aoedmg II lb. and no~ e:cec!~lin~ S lbs. . •• •• I & (I 6 For a Pack• exceeiia: II btl. anrl noL um:ding ll 0... • .. • • . J 11 0 7 For a P~ escoollillg lllbe- and ~ nceediag 3 lbs. .... • I I 0

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~l.-Tho Packet. mnri IIGI. cont.a.in any J..et.ier,·Ciosed er open, or any enclnsure ~a1ed or o&.bcrwise ~ , ~~~":':~~· anr IDUIII. \here be &ftJ Letter, or &DJ CommUtikatiOD . ., ·~ aat,un, ·of a kUcr, wriUoo or printed in any loch f-et. or ma ibl ·~· · Entrlca, however, mtm!17 staLing wbo ac~~da t.he Book, &c.. or . whom i&. is given, are not re-.;anled M a. letter. . . .

511J.-No Book Packe&. can be received if i&. aceeda t.W. teet in 1

length, width, or depU.. GtiJ.-Any Packet. wl1icb aball not. be open a&. t.he ends or sides, or

shall have rmy Let.t.er, or any communication of t.be aature of a Lct.t.erwrilten ~r printed in i~ or upon its cover, will be charged wit.h Letter Pos~rre. · ~

'ith.-U a Packet. l~e found to contain any letter, whet.her closed or open, or rmy enclosure sealed or otherwise closed agrU.ost. inspec· Lion, or rmy other unau\horized enclosure, tbo Let.t.er or enclosure will lie taken out. and forwarded to tbe a.ddre.'iS on the Packet., charged wit.b full Postage as an unpaid Let.t.er, t.oget.ber with an a,d. dit.ional Book &te, Umt. is, with tbe Postage chMge.-~.ble on a Book weighing not more t.lmn l1alf a pound, t.he remainder of t.be Packet., iC tluly prepaid wit.h stamps, will then 'be forwarded to its at:ldress.

8tl".-l£ a Packet. be not snfficiently prepaid wit.b stamp, but nevertheless hear stamps equal to a single Book R:a.te, it. will be for-warded chart,

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71. Chulat.ll or various Form!! are required for tho dif'ferent. cll\SSCS of Letters and other articles pasaiag

,. ariouA ch:a:ripliona of tlnou,..h the Post Offici'~ A specimen of the ChniAnt~- 0

Form Lo \~e u . .;ed for each class is given in the Appendix. They :tre six in numh!!r, viz:-

1. I..cttcr Chulans. 2.-St.•un l'o4~gc Chul:ws. :l.-Di~;triet. l'o~t Clmln.ns. 4.-Pa.ckct Clmlanll. 5.-B:m:;hy Advice Chul:ms. G.-B:m~hy 'l'mnsit Chular.s.

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1..-nu t:l"'l'"'' 111 I.e nml ll:m~l·y t:hulans will lie returned to t.ll(l r.lcd. Office lvhcnce they are receh·ed by the find.

llnil, aft.cr the receipt of the nrl.icles invoiced. 82. The Sorting Office Chnlan ptescrihed in the fin;t. edition

""~"'rnto f"hulan to he Hill "i1h l.eUcro to bo tuutrtl

of the Alr£nttrLL having been found mmc-~snrily comtllcx, it.s 11sc ltas 'been di~>Jlf'DS· cd witb; only one frmn of Letl.er l:lml:m

will in fnlnre be used. I..etlcr:> sent. t.o a Sorting Office for dclin•n· will not be invoiced in t.l1e s."l.me Chulan as tl10se sent to he sortt>1l. Lt·tters sent. to n Sorting Office to be sorted nmr;t be packed "~'P:lrat.ely from those sent. for delivery, and if only one Chulnn is used for Lotl1 Pnckct.'l, it is obvious t.lu\t ei Lher the Station delivery or ll•c Sorting must be odaycd wllile the Clm}ans are sent from ODe Dc}larlmcut. of tl1c Office to another. 'The Chulan in which Letters to be ~;orted are itwoiced lvill have tlul lvord "Sorting" written liJIOU it, or if t.hc number of Sorting Offices is largely increased, n ccrlniu number of Chulans c:~.n be supplied of any colour to tlcnoio that they cont

80 .. bnmbrr or the Chnlans recoh·Oll lttcliecll (Form 16) will in future be ke1,t. or the numbers or All Leu.or Oltuln.na either . receiv,d or tler;pat.checl

DF..SPATCH. or MAU ... S, ANn RUL'E.C) ron POb'TINO or LET'rEll.S.

85. Letter BoxN Cor t.ho receipt or 1mr~tcred LeUers and

l.etttt Bollt'll Ia lie &lt• M in t"ruiTcnknt llitn.'\-uou.

Newspapers must be fixed in conspicuoltll p1:lCCS out.'li(le o£ ev~ry Post ODice and in otl1or convenient sites in every Post Town.

The words " Letter Box" must. be paintetl on or above each Box in English and Llae Vernacular in legible chara.c\ers.

86. · The attontiono£ Post-masters General and InSpecting Pt.s•. G cmJ maaters should be especially directed w the

Pt~~~\.-m:oeten en --•, b•t• { • . h ~ 'I' • r to etri~ to mcrea.•c f•ci- p ........ tca t tty o tncrea.smg l e .act 1t1e.s ••>r litica for JIOIIiing Let.ton. posting Letters. The Po~t. Office no longer grants Receipts Cor Lett.ers when t.bey are posted, and it. is more than ever desirable that. every person. should have the means or · posting his own Let.t.ers nca.t. to his own house. It is, ltowever, necessary to adopt meo.sures Cor the secure transmission to the Post .Office of Lette.rs thrown int.o the several Letter Boxes. When circumsbnces do ·not admit or a trustworthy person bt>iog depute'....

__ daily to collect. and bring to the Post Office the Letters posted ill the detached Letter Boxes, the object wil1 perhaps be att.a.ined most conveniently by t.he use of a small light. wooden or tin moveable Box inside or a heavy OUter Box of iron Or lVood. The outer Box shoUld not. be moveable. The opening in the inner Box can be . con~ect.ed lViLb the out&r opening by a: t.in pipe or shoot..

87. About half an hour before the time fixed Cor the des--

Letter Boxee to ~IIJ'811• • patch or the Mail, the LeUer Box should ed hollf an. hoar before be opened. in the Post. Office, t.he Let.t.ers clo5e or KaU. ..__ ,_ • ed d · h . - , ~o~o~Aen out,_ exa.mtu . nn we1g ed ; all

Letter~~, &c., -to be • wei~hcd,.&o.,andBtamp!l Postage Stamps should be eare(ully obli-oblile.rated. wrated by def&A:ing each Label with obli-.

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krntin;:: ink, with llttt Stamp linflfilicd fQr t.he purpose; tmpaiil or insuflicico~ly pnid Lei.U!rs !

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ren•1er t.ho usc . of 'l'ransi\ .Baga unnoceaary, _, but. as their u&o will at.iJI aomflt.imes be

convenient., an es:1llanation is given of t.he manner in which they arc used.

9!. They ·are iut.cmled to sa.ve t.ro1sblc and ~me, at. as rna.ny Sta.Liona as poll&ible be\ween the Posting and Delivering Offices. Suppomng tha.L t.en

PackeLs are despa.t.cbed loose along any litte for places at. a dis-tancf'., nod that. five· Post. Offices are pa.o;sed before t.he first Packet r• aclus it.s desLinaLion, it. is obvious t.haL every one of Lbe five Post Offices between t.be Post.ing OOice and the Office at which ihe first Packet is delivered, must count, examine, number, and register every one of the t.cn Packet.s; whereas if the whole .ten had been enclosed in a Transit Bag, addressed Lo the first Delivering Offioo, trouble and time would have been saved at the intermediate Offices.·

93. When several Packets for the same place reach any Office by a cross ){ail, they should be tied up

Traasil Paciketa.: ... together with the Office Packet for the same

place and forwarded as one Packet: the ticket of address should be over the knot of Lbe string by which the bundle of Packets is secured The bundle of Packets is styled " Transit Packet."

9!. At each Presidency Post Office, Newspnpcr~ aud Letters

Jlonra or receipt a will be received every day; S..whzr~ e~;eettted, Presidency I'~ Offices. for d~pa.t.ch, from 10 A. X. till 6 P. lL, afLer wlaich hour they will be received t.ill 7 P. :.L, on payment of an ext.ra half-rupee each, which shall be credited to ·Government.. (B. Sect. XI.)

96. At ~iving Houses and place3 where Lhere are Letter Boxes, Let.ters, Papers and Packet.A not. ex-

A' ReceiTiDg Bou-. d' 1 l b • . h 'll be • cee mg twe veto a s lD wetg t wt rece1ved daily from 11 A. H. to 4 P. x., or at such ot.ber hour as may be determined by the Post-mast.cr General, provided t.baL no Receiv-

in:: linn~ _llhnll rrm:un opc•:J f•lr lr•!'l titan nvo honrll ,J:lily, nntl tilnL l..ctt

.. }uu·in;; i.o'f'11 opened an•l fO clf'MC'II. or otJuarwiJM iiDfi"OperiJ dealt. •ill•. uulc. the writer or ~~eaulcr thereof ah:dT au.est. wit.lt his £11li signature t.1)81 they were sent in tLa.t. state. (R. &d. XX 1.)

101. \\"hen t.he number of eovera rec:eivf'l1 at. any P05f. O!lico

Whea 1"'111; of Maile 41Xtftd'l ft'(C'tlaleo\ W elr;hl how 10 ba diloJ'UI'C!fl of.

shall C\U!iO tho weic.;bt. of t.he llai1 t.o exceed t.he Fft{,-ulatcrl weight, t.he. Post-master is nnt.hori7.crl to keep lm.ck a )lC'Irtion or t.he"

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"' f·ntriC'• m:u)l'! in tlu~ nt"C('ipt J:,.~ho:tcr. Tim I..eU.C'rS \Vill then lw. ,jj,-t.rilmt,.fl IAt !he l'r.onl', nml iut.n t.ltu Thn.nmd•, l"orw:ml, nml Hep••~it DnJu•_o;. Wlmn t.bc · whnlc Al~il hns )l('('n dist.rilmlcrl, nn aromnt. of tl1o numhcr nnd Post.'\ge of t.l1e Let.ten wit.h e.'leh Peon, nml in the 'l'hatlMh, Forwanl, and De~it. BoxeR, will .be ent.()rcd in the Peons' Book hy the Deputy Post.-mnster himself, care being t.1.ken that. t.hc entries nrc correct. and that. tlte totals agree with the Hc~ist.cr : if there is any dil'>crcpancy, the Peons must ont ,~,.•:\Yc the Office until tho mist..'\ke is dincovere\1 and rectified. The inilia.ls of ca.ch Peon should be t.'lkcn in the margin of tlte Peons' Book, a.~ nn o.cknowlndgmcnt of his h:n·ing·received the number of T..ctlors cbn.r,.,od t.o him. . "

106. No excuse shllnt.l he nccept.()rl for neglect. on the pn.r

l r of a Po~;t-mastcr to n.tt.r.nd to the tlis-J'eT!IOn"l at\em at•ee fl t•..,..t-•nMler to be in•i$l· t.ribntion and despatcli of !\lails, a.nd personal otl on. at.tenrlance must be insisted on. The fact

of tlu:~ hour being generally a.n inconvenient one may diminish the ,·aluo of an appointment in the Post Office, but does not r('llllcr tho performance of the ilut.y less incumbent on one who bas accepted service in the Department.

107. The Bearing Postn.ge on Lettern delivered must be paid l'n

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lO!J. LcU.Cn diret'.tetl to 'Nal.i.vc Ofliccn;, or - of Ito-•

1. ..,...,_ J:lmcnt.s or Dctnclnnord.s, &hall 'he do-

( -"'""' •...: """""" ,...,7 n'""in• 1....ucn rur li"crcd t.o ao Onlerly, or :my othf'.r l.hdr _ .. K.,P.-11. L!• • h -'--'1 be l •-..I 1.. .t ..

ll• · person, "' o 111am ' opuwu .,3 WJO Officer Commaauling tbo Regiment or Detachment to recehre Lhe ume ; but Letters on wbieh Postage may be due shall noL be delivered to aueb person nnlCSft \he postage be first paid. ( ll.. &L XXXIV.)

110. Whatever Post.'lge is marked on a'Let.tc.-r, Paper or Parcel C.nmrWnta bow 10 11o m:.u;t. be p.'\.id at once on delivery, after ~L which aoy complaint. of over-charge will be duly at.tendetl f.9. In all complaints of over-charge or unnecessary delay in delivering Let.tcrs, Pnpen or Parcels, t.he coven. u envelopes bearing the Post Office Stamp must '?e presented for inspection ; and when contplaint.s are preferred ~..a,inst. any Peon, the number on his badge &hould be speci6ed. ( R. &ct. XVIII.}

Ill. At. each Presidency Post Office, there shall be three ... _,. r•..... *"- dehveries daily, the 6rst. delivery not. t.o be · ·-·.-en (I ....... - .......

11t 1'&uidu~y l'DIIt ur- later t.ltan 7, tbe aooond at 11 A.M., and t.he ftc"- tltir,l at. 3 r. It, at which hours, resptll(tively, t.be Peons slta.ll quit the Office lYit.h the Letters, &e., eotn1sted to them. All LeLten, Papers, and l'a.rcels received from 3 P. M. t.ili ~ A. M. shal~ be sent out at the first delivery, all from 5 to 10 A. M. at. t.he second delivery, and all from 10 A. M. to 3 P. J.L at Lhe third dPilvery, and )lnils received after 3 P. li. shalf not. ordinarily be ope.ned till tl1o following morning, except. when received by Express or f{OID Seaward. (R. sect.. ·XV.)

112. AL Provincial Post. Offiet'.s the delivery of Let.Lers, Papers, : , A.L rro,.inciAl Poet and Parcels must depoud upon t.he hour of t.he

Ollit:c&. arrival of t.he llails at. each Station, after which ' . t.heysball be delivered with all possiblo despatch. (R. &ct. XVI.) •

· 113. The Delivering 'Peons are prohibited from going out o£ :bnmcdiato paYmea' t.heir u~;ual course to deliver Let.ten, Papers,

ol' l'uetage fiiCIUireit. ·or Parcels, a.nd from delivering t.hem without

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inunc•liatc p:lymcnt. of l.hc cxnct amount. of Post..n~c i nnfl they nro 11COI. bound t.o give clm.ngc. Shoultl t.hcy be aul!iocl. t.o detcn. titm, t.hcy nrc not. Lo deliver t.ho · Lcttcrs, Pa.pcn or Pnrccls, but. to

rch1rn t.hcm in C.he C\"cning to the Post Office for delivery t.he following dny. ( R. Sec!. XV 1/.)

1 H. On t.he delivery of n Registered Lct.t.er, a receipt for t.he ~nmc musi be given Lo t.he Delivery Peon. (f.!.. Sect. XXIV.) .

115. All Letters, e:xccpt those conta.ioed in Sorting Packet.'!,

A II T ... ·ucn 110~ drlivet· ~·I W 1., !!nlt:n:d ill De· l"'•il A ttounl.

which, from any cause, cannot. be d!.'livered at once, must be entered in the Deposit Ac-

count of t.he Peon!!' Book. The entriea in

tlmt Account should show the Letters retained to be re·dirt>Clf l. C"Vcn though they are not mnde over to any Peon.

11 G. The punctual de1h•ery of Letters by the-Delivering Peons is one of the first objects ofthe Post Office, and

J.ti:;~~.t.ual delivery or it is tha.t whicll is perhaps t.he most difficult of attainment ; it is only by constant \'igi-

l:mco thnt. the superior Officers of the Department. can hopitto pre-wut or even to check the suppression and theft. of Letters by theDeli-\'cring Peons.

117. When several Letters mi~c:~rry, whH!hwerc posted in differ-

ent Post Offices, and addressed t.o parties residing within t.he },eat of any pnrticnla.r

l':I~J>J to be taken to •l•·vrt and J>uni~h mie· ~ .. lllllld.

· · Peon, the responsibility for their loss must. be

lliriJcd between the Peon a.ntl the Distributing Clerk, but in the

mnj?rity oi cases, the circttmstances attending each will be sufficienL

lu relieve the one or the other from the stigma of dishonesty. When

thcro nro grounds for suspicion against any Peon, be sbonhl be strictly . wnlchcu. .Marked Letters should be given to him, inquiries made of ll1o .Address&s, n.nd all lawful means t.akeJl t.o ascertain the truth mul oht."4in evidence sufficient for conviction, should the suspicion

bo woll founded. In other cases, though the · evidence may Dot be Fuffieicnt to justify a criminal prosecution, it.· may be ample t.o nuthorizo the disch~ge of the suspected party. ·

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118. Ca.'leS not. unfrequontly occur in which emn commif.tcd • by the senders of Letter~~ are imputed to dis-T"'''l .. lieor t.. ,_ ..

p.,., ~al. ,,! r-":-;1...,~ a'Dil ,l.i!a'>nflSty or wbieh Post Office servants have r•.:a1!J ~ guilty. T(ltrict and ian partial inquiry into e'>ery complain~ cor charge which may bo brought agaiosL any individual on their F..atabliahment.. •

119. It is impossible for any Post-master in all cases to prevent · theft and misconclueL on t.he pan of his sub-

Pnni•hmllnt. wllicb will _y t_ ·r. b 1. • p1 • '"" ;,,:;1,,,. _ _,:. orumat~, uut 1, y taKing up a com am\

a.c; a ch'lrge against himself. he delays and throws clifficult.ies in the wa.y or nn in,·est.igat.ion, he bec:om~s practically an ncenmpliee of t.he wrong-doer. Any exhibition ofthe feeling'indicat..ed above must be visited wit.h severe censure, and even if it. does not lead to removal from the Depart.ment, will act as a. bar to promotion.

120. It is or.ly by careful and constant at~E!ntion, and the in vestigation of all complaints which O.re made,

• Cnnwtant ,.;gilanee H· that.· ·Post-masters a.nd Deput.v Post.masters CJUirad. J

can eecure the Puhlic a.go.inst Joss. The Peon or the Clerk who finds tltat he bas with impuniiy stolen one Letter, will of course be encouraged to cont.inne the pract.iee. whereas had he found hifuself watched, even though h~ first. act of di&honesty passed unpunished, he would Tery probably bo deterred from a repetition of it..

121. Whenever the loss of a Letter is reported, inqniry should in every case be made of the Despatching

Ito~ &ll7 uu.r to and ReceivingOffiee as to whether the missing · Letter was noliccd in eit.her Office. In 11mall

Offices, where few Let.tcrs are daily delivered, Lbe Deputy Post-mMtor will often, from his own recollection, be able f.o sLate

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)JOSitivcly thnt. a. p."l.rt.iculnr J..ctt.cr, which mny not hnve heen deli· vcretl, wa.s received in his Office· or was Jesptlt.cheu ; and even in Oflicr.s o£ more import."l.nce, it will often happen that the Clerk by wltom n 'Mail i11 opened or desp."l.tched mny be able lo give direct c\"irleuco ns to the fact. of n. Letter lut.ving Jla..'ISOO through his lut.nds.

l 22. All Let.Ler11, Pnpers and Pncket.s whn.tevcr, re~ived n.t n.ny Post. Office, hy Post., for delivery at such ·

All t.cumo. &c., rc· «ind f11r tlrli.-cry, tn bd Office, are to he sta.mpCll with the appro· otAmpetl. bu~ the l1MtAj:C, ,mica~ ""'ler-cbRrged, 110L prillte Office Stamp, and marked with the to loo marhtl. date of the month and year; but tho amount

of Postage paid or

1 ~;. Pultlic l>e~~pntchl'fl to 1oe t.r:utmniU.cd by Express mul¢ lur on- tlte face ·of t.bOm t.hc wonla ., By Ex~" ,.nd Lhc aigna.Wre in f>;Jll of the

Offioor110ndin!!t.hrom. (B.. !t."!d. XXXI.) 12. hl' Ofli ·- celerity .amhegularil.y of- ,tho ornin.- Mails, ..-a te u:cn ... -· - - '" ·-.,

t-kr"- apMingl7 _.. and he AU.cndcd with ~lfpenae, Pnl•lic Ofticcra •lrr • .-•lti• • • 1 1 - th ;

tve enJomec ~ emp.oy _ em ~ spannglyas possible, and any Public Ofticer dcspn\ching All Express. when tlte ex1gency of t.he Public Serrice does n~ in the opinion o( t.be aut.l1orit.y to whom he ia 811bordina.&e, require it, will he bcld answerable for tluil upenses at.tending tlmt. met.ho1l o.f t.ranl"llli'l· aioo. Public Expresses from a Presidency Post. Office c:a.n only be ordered by a Secretary~ GovemmenL (R. &d. XXXII.)

• 129. Expre!lSeS must be immediately delivered to the Ad-

dressee, even if received at a Post. Office in t.he middle of t.he night. 130. On roads on which there is a Al:l.il C.m Establi11hmeut,

Expresses should be conveyed on horaeba.ck, not. in Mail Cart.. 131. Rules regarding c:ha.nges of Address:-

!st.-Letters arriving a.t. the Presidency 1ownll by llail Steamers, will be immediately sorted for delivery wit.hont any reference to instructions whi~h may have been rece!ved regarding chn.n.,ne of Address. Such changes will be left to be diJ!covered by the Delivery Officers, and be corrected in the Forward and Unclaimed Departments of the Office.

2nd.--A separate instruction will be required for evr;ry change of Address, and no instruction will be attended to for more than three months aft.er its ~ipL

3rd.-Under Section XXIII. of Act XVII. of 1854, Forward Postage will be charged in addition t.o all other Postage due or paid

. t11ereon, upon every Letter without exception, which may be re· directed in any Post Office. For example, if a Letter posted in Calcutta and addressed ~ Hooghly, ia onder instructio11s which may have been received. from the Addressees re-direc:Led in the Calcutta

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Po~;t. Offioo, And sent to &rrackpore, Forw:ml Post.."'gc will h ... dJnrrrcd in ad1lit.iou to t.he.Post.'l.""

0e which would laa.ve been due l1a.d

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t.lteLetterbeendesp:~.t.che!l to HooghlyaccordingLoitsorigina.J AddrC'it'i. 4th..-The pmctice of giving inst.ructions to t.be Officers of the

Post. Office to intercept. nnd ro·direct Let.t.ers not only imposes much labour upon them, but in largt~ Offices seriously rct.·mla the

. delivery and dcspa.tcl1 ('If t.he llail"l. A J.U.gister of iusLructions regarding changes of Au•lrcss will be kept in every Post Office, hut it. must be understood that it is impossible to guarant.ee that they shall'be att.ended to, except in t.be case of Letters received for delivery.

FINES.

132. }t'incsn.re to be imposeclon PosL Ollie&-"&t.n.hlishment.:. .,,:

J.:ine• to be imro~Nl all petty acts of C.1rCies.

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t>ot ciAimaW. ror Of- 136. No fine can be claimed by oa Oftice kel to ... hich tt.ekelun from another to whiQh i~ ~G,fllll nM make up DOl nuode •r- Packota. .

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137. Ten percent. on aU fines :rauo4.~ .~ P~maat.erO~ .. Ta. per _L. to bere· ral will be aent 1.9 Lhe Pos~ Ocncral'• =~ to 1'011&-m..wr Office to cover ~. C08t f.# printing Yme

• St."\t.cments, Bitls, -~ ·• 138. Fine Billa• must bo submitted with an AecouuL of tlte QaarterlJ BiJhl to bo previous quarter, and a Certificate (Form l'i)

auhmit.tod. quarterly, wi~b TOUChers attached, for check • Form I&. in the Office of t.be Post,..master Oeueral•

After uamitmtion and correction, they will be forwarded for pay-ment to the Office from which they may be due. If Lhe correct-ness of t.be claim is allowed, the amount of the Bille is to be aeot in Postage Stampe to the detecting Office, as a Registered Let.t.er, with a receipt for si~JU&ture. ·

139. No Fine Bill wilt be passed, unless received at the Office of the Post-master General of the Presidency

Billa to be m&miUed within t.hirtv-one dn'l7s after the close of the within a month. " -..,

quarter in which the fines were incurred. 14:0. A Frontier Office. under the superintendence of one Post-

master General, is authorized to claim fine; Fron\ier Office may

- claim finea from a Pron· from an Office under another Post-master tier Office. General, but bis Bills musi be 1111hmiLted for approval to the Post-master General under whom the Office may be from whom a fine is claimed. No Office, DM a Frontier Office, can o]aim or is liable to a. fine from any Office wid:oin the jurisdiction of another Post-master General

141. Conppondence on the subject of fines between Post--. masters or Deputy Post-masters is prohi·

lal~~ndenea JII'C!" • bit.ed ; if any 08icia.l in charge of a Post Office consider, that he or his Subordinates

have been unjUBtly fined, he ie a.t liberty to submit, in the pre-. scribed Form, • tbe objection whicb he wisheli

• Form 20. to Ul'gf'. Tho Form having Leeo eeot to

t.llc tlcLccLing Office for A rerly •to the· objection, wiU be forwarded thence, with t.hc vo\lchcrs ol~ject.cd to, to Ll1e Poot-m~ter GenP.rnl of tho PreRidency. who will p."'.S.q n brief 6n:tl onlor dP.Cidiug t.l13 dispute. Tho Fonn will then be rct.urncd to t.l1o oltiector for bis guidance. No discuAAion ~;hould ever bo permitted in regard to lines remit.Lcd fllLrLia.lly or in wholo, aml though in some C.!UIC& an olticction m."ly be dis:LIIowe•l, which fuller explanation might. show t.o l1a.ve been va.lid, it would be ext.remely iuconvenieot. to permit a system of correspondence t.o be commenced, which it would be nlmosL impossible to fix any bounds t.O. When· a.n obviously frivo-lous object.ion is raised, t.he fine appealed against should be don bled. Wben a groundless cla.im is knowingly preferred, double tlto amount claimed should be levied from the part.y claim:.u&. This Rule is. o£ course, not int.ended to meet cases of actual fraud when vouchers are garbl~d or forged.

142. The several Forms to be used in carrying out the system of fines are given in the Appendix. • They

J-'orms to be printed and aul•l•lioJ by t'os\-miUilel' should be printed, a.nd supplied from each Oeuer .. l, p G 1' 0 ' • l:ormtl7 to 20. ost.-master en era 11 ffice : uniformity In. t11c size of the paper used for the several vouchers willll:).ve a

grca.t deal of time and trouble. 143. When the aggregate fines against any Office are hca, .1•

the person i~ charge ·or the Office is gene-Head or Office mpon· rally eiLher incompetent or indolent; it.

oiblo for no& '- should be generally understood throughout the Department, that. if in two successive quarters the amount of

·fines incurred by any Office is considerable, the person in charge

will be li&blf tO dismissal. .

l.U.. T..illt. of finable oft'enoH :

! n •. AL ' I. lli~t..-ding a T1'811ai~ D•:: or1 Wallf.t, .•. •.. .... •.. . .... 4 3 0

2. M'ill-~~ending a Packs or PIII'Ct!l ••• f o ·s a. )ti,...~~emclin; a Letter ••• ••• •.. 0 J 4. Negled.ing to enter a P~~elrt!~ in) I

a l'RCket Clmlan, t:IJnwitll: ( wbmce i~,.. dett~ or to { 0

:!i~i!~ ~d~. ~), 6. N~·ltd.in;: to retam A Danghy ~

T ran~it (,1mlan b,r tho finLI'CIIIt , 0 4 efh•r the m:eipL oC Uto artkii!L J

6. Ne::l_t"C~iu:: or ref Ullin; to 1!'1, ) I Dwb\o WtlJun fo11rtem d&,YII, 11'1J" Jr1n0 {_ amount. or Dill .-.cd b,y a POII~mut.er \ original DilL GC111etal • • • .. • • • • • •

7. Despatching a Packet., what.- f I I ever it. contnt.s, oC lea &be. 0 J t.bAn aht inchce bJ..&Iaree ••

B. Deapatcbi ng a Packet. without- t.beJ name or tho Deepat.dting or I

• Delivering OiJU:e, or both ilJe. 0 2 giblJ written • • • • • • • •

9. ldi...direct:ing a Packet ... • .. .... 0 8

0 .habcmt.

::I 0 I ' The original -I ftl' oC the Pac1tet.

0 I .habove. ... 0

10. Colludin; with other E.f.ab\illh-11 A fine equal to . ment8 to couceal an1 CIC Lhe lhM imposecl on

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INSPECTING POST-1\IASTERS.

H5. Eventually iL \vill perlm.ps be dCl'iimhl!! to restrict. the pow(lrs of ln~pecling Post.ma.st.en Lo t.hc

l'o,..cn of taspec:uag p001.,,.11.,tcn ben:aftcno limits which were originally preseribed for 1.e limited. Inspectors, but it. would be extremely incon-

venient. and dangerous suddenly to release from local control all t.he ill-paid nod ignorant. Dawk llloonshees in charge of amnii Provincial Post Offices. The dist.a.nt authority of the Post-master General woltld net too slowiy, and \vit.h too much uncertainty, to oo efficient ; and if tbe Inspecting Post-ma.sl.er h:i.d not the power of issuin..., and enforcing orders, great. confusion a.nd much fraud·

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would unquestionably be caused by t.be remov:'l of the control ,r the local paid o.nd ex-officio Post-masters. .

HG. It is proposed that the -Post·mMter Geneml shall deter-

r .... t.mlll!tcr Gonernl 'h"ll tlotennino who -Mll loo nn•lcr tho ortlcra of lnlpcttin:; PUfii·II.Witcr.

mine what Deputy Post-masters are tmffi_ eiently intelligent and trustworthy to be at; once pl~ng of independent Post-masters. "!'he Officers placed in this

cln.ss will correspond direct; witb the Post.-ma.ster General and will \l(l subject to inspection, but except in cases of emergency, will not · rccoivo direct orders from the Inspecting Post-master-in ·f!"lc~ '1

"ill be almost. exactly in tlte position of Post-masters under the 'former system.

H7. All other Deputy Post-masters will be directly under the l'O!

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148. l~bg PoA-masten ~botttcfURe '~ ,~P'!~ ~maf• .. ter'a Writers "' lloonahee8 of Uae OJ&ce at

,.!:~:.CJ':O:.O:: which he ~1'''11at~ to' .. ,. i~rp .h. his r-~rs _. Gdlen Eo ... lish and . VemlllCUl&r. &i~cJeDce. I~ In CC'f'.TIIIG ldf.on. o . , ,:. . . . ·" ,;: . , : .•

will completely defeat ~·'b~~f@" wh~ Inspecting Post,.masters have been appointed if' they ire allowed establishments. · " ""·~

149. Should any Division be too extensive, application ahonld be tna.de for the appointment. or an additional Ina.IJeC'ing POBt-master, but on ·no account will establishments be 81Ulctioned.

lliO. The Inspecting Post.-ma.ster will be required to visiL daily Dati• ol' lmtp•ding the Post Office of aoy place. in which he

P~mat.cr. may be staying, and will, to a great, extent, be responsible for the working of the Office during his stay. A:l orders aod inswoctions given by.an ID3p8Cting P~t,-master must

be in writing. An Order Book should be kept, in each Post Office in which the orders should be recorded. The genetal purport. of such Orders must also be noticed in t.he Biary.

llH. The Road Esta.bliahments in each Division will be under -Authority enr BoMI the Inspecting Post-master, and it will be

Elltablishment. his special duty to superintend Lhe Establish-ment of Overseers aod Runners, to see that they receive t.heir pay punctually and in full. aod to punish neglect. H~ must pay atl.cn· t.ion to the state of the Ferri~ and Ferry Boats on Mail lines in his pi viSion, aod address the proper local authority in case of aoy irregularity or defect which may delay the transit of the Mail

152. The extent of power over Road Establishments, which Authority O'le1' 'Road · can be delegated to-Inspecting Post-mastel"B,

Esl;o.bliabmeut.. ~ will vary according as each line is under

contract.--or 86COndly, managed by Contracting Overseers-or tkif'dly, managed by Overseers on &xed alaries:-or fourlldy, is wit.hout.Overaeers. ~t must also vary according to the degree of confidence which the Post-master General may feel in .each Poat.-masLer.

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~53. 1 n l.l1o fir11t. ca.so lit.t.lo or no control can l10 c:a:erciscd ; it. ,hrlonrit1 OTcr ll.ud will only be necet~S:~.ty to assi11t. t.ho Cootr ... c.

E5taltlishmcnl. tor in his F

.. JiG. Tho Bangby and J..ettcr ~1"!1 alaould 1JO ~~1, i ..

T• ohclt QuaiQI ..a compared lrith the origioal Qhulaaa, .na Beci"4... · all di8cropancies noted, corfteted and repc)(~

,, eel by t.be Iaspee\log Post-master. . . . . . .

15'1. The moeL CORYeOieot mocle of providing for t.be p~~l u.a.., PI'O'ritti · for of P~ ?Rice :..atablisbmoot.s in \b~ interior pa,._,. ot :&ta':filh. of Du;tncts Wlll probably vary m\b local

meac. c:ircu'IIBtMces, and in Bengal, a.t Jeast, it will in some cases be necessa:ry to sencl cash from the Sudder Station-When this is the ease, the necessary amount ehould, 1 Lhink, be made over by the Depu~y Posf...master of the Sttdder .Station to the persons by whom the JXLY of the Road Estnblishmeuta 8.!'1 disbursed. The payment wilHbus appe.v in the-Sudder Post Office Accounts but if made by a Draflon the Treasury, it. will not. be necessary that any cash should pass through the bands of the Deputy Post-master of the Sudder Station. The Road Establishment being independent of the Office Establishment a.nd of Deputy Post-masters, the lat.t.er will at once bring to the notice of Vae Inspecting Pos1.-ma.ster a.ny delay or irregularity in payment of which t.hey may have reason to complain.· The receipts of the Establl.sbmeut must be att.esLed by t.he Inspecting Post-master.

158. . All Deputy Post-masters will be re.~ponsible for tbe work·

I ing of the Post Office under their charn-e : •

Rca~"bitit7 ot :n- o spec1iug ud Depu~7 those wbom tbe Post-master General may Pllli-maatera. •'-' k ffi_:__.1 • 11' 'll wm su t.avuwy mte tgeot wt correspond with the Post.-master General; the .rest will be under the orders of t.he Inspecting P~t-ma'Ster of V&e Division, wbo will address him on all pointa of doubt, and will receive orders through him. Ho will be held respoosihle for t.lte punct.ua.1it.y with which the Accounts of tbe Deputy Post-maaten under him are &Ubmit.t.ed, and it. will be his buainess to see that no erron a.re committed through want. of acquaintance with \be lnstruct.ions which have been issu~

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l;i!l, in somo special CMCiilr it may be jmlicioul! to retain the supcrvWoo of ElH•fficio Post-masters, buL

F.x-nlllcio l'CIIIl-mn•lcr In ...,mo c:Mt• &o "''Ain every such C.'\..W must be LrcaLotl a..

160. Tho ohservrLt.ions in the preceding paragraph!! t.o relate Aul\,..,.i\y nt ln•roct.- chiefly to tbo degree of auLhority to he cxcr·

In~: l'O!o Department, and every detail of the Post.

in•l"'"tcu. Offices lTithin the circle of his inr;pectioo. He

must mnko himself thoroughly acquainted with the practice of each Office, with tlm mode in which the work of the Office is distri-. uutcd, wit.h the amount of supcn;sion exercised by the Post Mas-ter, and the gcucral clul.mcter of each Subordinata in each·

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1 69. The followin:; n,re t.ho Books Aml Accounts ordered to be Li~l or Rookl

1,. o.tu:a .,.. /)a• lktir'" .~~~.,,_.,._ bp&: :_Xftough n~-o( Order aud Direct.iOfJI ~ lAyiDg Dawb ] ~ol 'l)etail of Receipts aDd Disburaemeot. W. lU:tODn' of Dan ~ ;;: llPAren ••• ••• ••• ••• ' . ·••• -... ••• 1 ,._

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Registcra 'or Packages .recei•ed aud despatched ••• ••• 2 , Abstracts of Invoices received aDd despatched ••• ••• 2 " Copies of 'Monthly Accounts rendered to P.-maater

General ••• ••. •.. ... ••. ••• • •• 1 , Draft Register, (in North-Western ProVinces only,) Bullock Train Transit Register ••• ••• • ••

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A Dook containiJ1g copies of a1J Perwa.nnabs issued to Sub-ordinate&

A Book containing copies of Roobukarees to other Post-master&

Receipts for pnyments to Chowdrees o.nd other persons not in the regular employ of the Post Office. 1. Qnories to be an"Wee'- 170. 'The pOints involved in the following

·~ ed by !t~~~pc;cting POll&- must be not.iced bv lns~-ing Post-masters :master 10 hll QuarkrlJ J rv• Bcpona. when reporting upon each .post Office :-

L"ET'I'EB ~AIL DEPABntENT. ' 1st.-What. Mails arrive daily n.t Post Office and

at what. hours t-2nd._:_ How many daily distributions are there t 3rd.-WbA time is generally occupied in -opening Packets,

registering, and distribo.ting Letters to the Peons t ~-Ia the Posta.,"O ACCOlmt. daily examined by the Deputy

Post-master and the Cash takeo from the Receiving W rit.er and Peons!

6th.-I a the Deputy Post.-master always present at. the opening and doaiog or tho SIAU.on Alaila 1

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Gth.-16 tho Peons' Dook in th_o lumu_-writ.ing of tho Deputy POKt-

mastcr 1 'itk-Dclllcrihc tl1e morlc in which t,ho Town and SL1.tion nro

•li,-ilh!(l :unnug lhc Dcli\'C~ring Peons 1 8/IL.-What precautions are adopted to ensure the defivcry oi

Nn.t.ivc Letters t 9tii .. -Are the Rules regan:ling the di11po.c;a.l of Unclaimed Letters

attended to 1-!R a list of Unclaimed Lct.ters exposed outside tho Polllt Office and at the J{otwallee 1

lOllL.-On tho return of betters as undaimcd, are any inquiries insiitlltetl n.s to tho C3\1SC of non-delil'ery and t.be truth of the Deli-

very Peon's St.atemcnt 1 lltl1..-Are Tabl(!S of Post.age and Dist.ance hung up in l.ho

OffiCE.' 1-Are they legible 1 12tlt.-Are t.be entries in tl1e Receipt. and Despa.tclt Registers

made daily before tho Abil is despatched and while it is being

distributed 1 BANGRY DEI'AR'DtENT.

l3U~..-Are the totals &f the Registers cast up daily and compa.r-cu wil.b the Cash Receipts 1 ...

1 4th.-Is the Ban~hy Index totalled daily, and are the entries

correct 1 liit/L.-Uoes the Deputy Post-master compa.re .the Return Chu-

lnns with the Register l l6Ut..-Are all Ba.ughy P.arcels, whetl1er for delivery or in tran-

sit, CJ.refully weighed and examined on their arrivalt 17t11..-What detention are Parcels in transit subject to 1 lSt/1. -Can you suggest any means o£ avoiding the detention, if

t\1crc be any 1 , 19th.-What arc Lhe Securit.ies for the safe custody of Banghy

:Parcels while in the :Post Office t-how nre .Banghy Despatches. packed 1

20tl1..-What arrnngements are made for the delivet7 o£ Baoghy Parcels and the collection of Bangby Postage t

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3-l:th.-Doscribo the plans adopted for tlac pn.c;s.'lgo of tho .Uails acrl'SS unbridged BLreams, dividing the streams into those across which t.be ~b.ila are conveyed in hoat8 or raft, or by ropes t

35t/1.-Does the stD.tement furnished to the Post-master Gene-rnl sl1ow the actual distribuUon of the Road Establishment. t

OmcE AND RECORDS AND liiSCELLANEOus.

36t!t.-Uent.ion. any unautl1orized Records or Registers which nro kept up, and state tho dates on which you requested the p0~;t-mastcr to discontinue them 1 •

:J7th.-)lention any Books named in the list which are neglected, and the dn.tes on which you brought the neglect to the notice of

the Post-master t 38th.- Are the Chulans kept in order according to . date of

receipt, and the entries in ReCP.ipt Register 1 :roth.-Dct.'lil the Office Establishment, and describe the mode

in which tht' "'ork is distributed t

4-0th.-Stn.te your opinion as to the relative efficiency of each

Subordinate i

41st.-Deseribe generally the state of the ·Records, and tho means adopt-ed for their preservation t

4incl.-Mention any deviation from the prescribed mode or sort-in" n.nll distributing Letters 1 .,

43rd.-Are all Cash Accounts and Contingent. Bills copied in a book ,vith tbe remarks of the Civil Auditor . ~

Hth.-ls the Da.ily Cash Book properly kept up and attested by tho Deputy Post-master 1

45tJ,.-H:r.ve you ascertained tl1a.t the difft-renoo between the sums sn.nct.ioned for any purpose by the Post·mastcr General, and thnt actually expended, is in all cases duly accounted for 1

46ti •. -Bave you received any complaints against the Post Office Subordinates t-lf eo, briefly stat.e t.heir nature and resul~ of the inquiries which ba:fe been made in consequence 1

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47tii.-Aro nU Pctit.ions rrom all Subordin.-.los marl by or to U1o Dcpnty Post-master nimscU r Dy whom aro Vcmacular papora readl

48ti~..-Is the pay of the &tablishment disbuned .according to • tho scale aanctioned by the Government i--lf not, &tate tho actual arrangementa aod t.he cause of t.he deviation, and give your opinion as to t.he necessity for any change in the auLhorized Establishment, and call on the Deputy Post-master to explain why any change was made witl10ut previous 811.Dction t

171. The salaries of Inspecting Post-masters are personal not local ; it. is not necessary to remove an InspecLing Post-ma&t.er from one division to anotller in order to promote him. ·

172. Letter• arc divided into t.be- following ten claSses, 'VLz. :

LE'l"l'ERS.

17'::. 1.-Paid ... .~.. ... ••. ···l I"'~. 3 Se ·ce .. _ .- rv1 .... ••• ••.• •• 1-f:t 4.-Refused. ... ... ... • ..... ''17 o.~Unclaimed ••• ... ••• Lettera.

U>J/- ·G.-Forward, or Re-directed ••• JIO 7.-Ship ... ... ... . .... ~!!.0 8.- Steam ••• ••• ... • ••••• ;::7 9.-Soldiera' and Sailora' ••• 1

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-7 173. Paid. Letters are those to wbich Postage St.."UUlp Labels are affixed or value sufficient to cover the Postage chargeable on them.

174!. Inland-indian 'Postage when cbazgeable on Letters and . Newspapers posted for despatch by Her lrla·

LcUc:n for FOI'\lltJft • • u •1 h . Conntriee mu&t be pre· Je&t.y s .w.:u , or ot el'Wlse by Sea., to placea pid. ~ not. 'vit.hin the Territories under the Govern· ment of t.be East. India Company, must be pre-paid.( .A. Sec. XIX.).

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1,._ HI. Letter~~ wltich indivi•luals n.ddress on their priva.Ce aff~~oin

t..,uora addressed to to any Government. Offi\;er must be aeut J'abJie nmccrl "0 pri- L-'0':\IO aff"in co be pre· pre-paid by Stamps ; and t.ltis Rule is to • .., paid "':,tampa. understood to include Let.ters transmit.ting Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Receip~ Government Secu-rities, &c., to the Account:lnt General, Government Agent, or any other Public Officer. ( R. Sec. XXXV.)

176. Letters from Officers, Civil and Military, reporting their LeWin co Public: Of· df.'parture from a. Presidency, must, if ad-

ficc"' to be pre-p.Ud. dressed to any person but a Secretary to

Government, be pre-paid. (Notifica.tion of f:lovernment of India., July 13, 1855).

177. Loose Statops found in a Letter Box a.re to be credited to Goveroment under the head of " Profit a.nd

Dbposal of looso StAmps found ia Leiter llox.

Loss.'' provided that it. is impossible to as· certain to what Letters they were originally

attached. When practicable, loose Labels found in Box sbouhl be re-pa.sted on the Letters from which they may have been detached.

178. Indian Stamps attached to Overland Let~rs may be re-

Overland Letters w~th cognized if 11/twbliteTated. Tbe Stamps Indian Stamps. should he obliterated at the Post Offi~r> or the Presidency, and if their value is sufficient, the Letter forwardec1 as Paid.

__.;,._/ 179. f!npaid LeUers_!!:re those the Postage on which is not UnpAid Leuen liable · prepaid; they are chargeable with double rates

~ 10 double Postage. of Postage. (A. Sec. XX.) Letters partia.ll y pre-paid wilt, on delivery, he charged with double the difference between tlte _value of the Stamps affixed and the proper Postage. (A. Sere. XXll.)

180. Unpaid Letters received by Sea from any place not under the Government of the East India Com·

Imported Letters llo· paid, oharged •ioglo l'oa&· •r•.

pany are liable t.o aingle rates of Posf.!l,ge on delivery ; but if re-poot.ed by an Agent,

they are, if unpaid, liable to double rates of Postage. B

-• 181. Letl.en1 from Officer.- of OovernmenL Lo pri\'Ue iodiYid'uafs,

1.eum. (rnm O!m!rn- on private mat.t.cra, muiii.Lo RlllL uapid, tlta\ · mt'lt1 OII'IIIid. service. This Rule will iodude tlte follow· iog classes of Lctwn :- • ,

(1.) Bills or Exchange Drafts seoL Lo ltiliW., Officera on daeir requisition.

(2.) Di11s returned Lo lHlit.a.ry Officen after acceptauce. (3.) Corr~pondence on the above subject., or reapect.ing Bill.

and money ma.t.ters generally. 182. LeU.ers found in a Letter Box without Stamps affixed,

must. be treated as unpaid Letters. -'7' 183. St:nrics LetterL aro Letters relating to t.he Pobiie Service,

and for eonvenience allowed Lo Pass uadet the signature of certain Public Officera with-

out actual payment of Postage.

18-i. Service LeLters will be treated in every respec£ as Paid Lett.era, except as regards t.he manner in

To be trltllttd as paid. which t.he Postage chargeable upon t.bem ill

to be aecolftlted for.

185. AU Letters franked by duly authorized persons in \he cor·

l'fodo or c:~ias l'oor.ago on Sen·«:e Letter•.

"ON THEPUBLICSERVICE ONLY.

fie OJi«:r Ona-.di•g lit lltgt. I.e. c.-,,

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~rul':rnl, ncr.ordin~ ns the franker belongs t.o one or ot.l1er of tho Jlf'Jml·t ... enl.'l na.m

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(5.) Correspondence Oll the above 111hj~ with Officera Com• mandiog Companies, &::c.

(6.) Correspondence between Collectors and Officen Com manding Companies, &c., regarding Sepo)'8' family affairs, 11.11d on complaints and euita relating to land.

J 90. Lett.era 11.11d Packets exceeding t.welvf.'l t.olabs in weight may

LeUen•'boYet.welYet. be sent by Let.ter .Mail on \he wriLlen re• lab.ma1bo-U•yLett.er quisit.ion of a Secretary to a Government or llllil UDder Ceriikate. • 'L Cb' f Co . . f b p . b . to WJO te mmaSSloner o t e UnJa .

191. Ameens employed in Civil Suite at the expenae of tlle Amecae 11ohttthorized parties are not. authorized to· end Letten

to frank. ~ietntiOD on the Public Service without •actual pav-F.- on Ollieial Lct.lenl J mut. bo paid ill _,.. ment of Postage. If any Public Officer wish specially to register any Service LeUer, the _Registration Fee moat. be paid in money.

192. In modification of the List published by Order of the Go-vernment of India, in this Department, dated the 29th. September 1854, it is hereby declived that Secre~pal Boa.rda, Commis&ions, or Committees, are not authorised to send ~ten, Pa.ckats, or Parcels by Post, on thu Public Service, without pa.J-

ment o[ Postage. 193. . Postage charged on unfranked Letters addressed to Private

POttage on ufraaked Secretaries to the Governor-General, Go-Le&l•r~ JUDiued. vernors, · or Lieutenant-Governors of any

• Presidency, or to Secretaries to Government, may be remitted on t.be certi6ca.te of the receiver that the contents bond fide and exclusively relate to f.!le Public Service.

-7 .19~ M'IJ.Sitl LrJJ.m:s are those reject-ed unopened by the addressee ; if unpaid, the sender may be called upon to pay the Postage due on them.

195. Letters, Parcels or Packets rejected unopened by the person to whom they are addressed shall be forthwith ~t to t.be Office of the Post-master General o! the Presidency, wbo lhall open Lhe Letter, Parcel, or Packet, 11.11d take measures \o

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recover the Postage from the sender, or shall at his discretion destroy the LeU.er, Parcel, or Packet; a!ld aU. money, or other valuable properly, which such Letter, Parcel, or Packet m~y contain aball be diiiJIOsed of in the rnllnner prescribed in A. Sec. XLIV. with respect to &uch money or property contained in Unclaimed LeUelll. ( ~.

Bed. XLV.) 196. The orders given in the following ext.nu:t.from a letter from

the Secret.ary to Government, Homo Department, No. 1496, dated 14th October 1856, must be attended to:-

" Registrars of Deeds are not authorized to send by Post, without u pa.yment of Postage, any Letten or Packets on any account.

•• whatever. " It. is altogether unreasonable that Deeds, sent from one District

"to 1mot.her, to be registered for the convenience of private parties, "&hould be sent. free of Post.age as on the Public Service, and

" cnrried at the public expense. " Jt is equally unreasonable that. correspondence or other

., documents relating to such Deeds should be sent by the Post " free of Post.nge. Such correspondence is manifestly, so fnr as " the Post Office is concerned, of a private nature, and should be

" tre.'lted as such. ... " The Governor General in Council sees no objection tG the

"practice of requiring persons interested in having Registered " Deeds or correspondence relating thereto s~nt by Post from any •• Registrar's Office, tG pay the Postage thereon, and also the Re-,. gistra.tion Fee ·when registratioo is required ; hut the Govern-~ . .. mcnt ca.nnot, under any c1rcumstances1 he responsible for the .. Posta.rre on such Deeds or Documents."

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part (If such OffiCE< ; n.nd n.ll Ruch .Let.tc~ Packet., and Parcala which ~hall have remaioetl t.lu·oo weeks unclaimed iu any Office, ttltnll, if tbe sender's nam~ and add reM are wriLt.en on t.be co•er, be mturoed to tl1o Por;tin:; Onice, to he delivered tn t.be sender free 1)( all charge ; all Let.t.en, Packet.'!, and Parcels oC whicla the 11e11der'a nnme and Address cannot. bn :u;ccrtAined, unless they be opened, shall, after remaining unclaimed for t.ltl'ee wceka a."' nbo•c, be forwarded to the Office of tl1e Post-master General of t.be Presi-dency.

Clause 2.-The Post--master General, or some pe1"6011 duly

Pollt·mut.erOenoml to appointed for the purpose and bound to npcl'.l UndRimed J.e4t.e.-.. secrecy, shall immediately · open all· auch IA!t.t.ers, Packets. or Parcels, and if the address of1.he sender can be disoovered, shall enclose them in DE'nd IA!t.ter CoYem and re-turn them to tl!e sender. All Letters, Packets. and Parcels, of which neither the person addressed Dor the sender can be found, shall, after they have rem.'lined unclaimed in the Office of the Post-master General for one year, be destroyed.

Clause 3.-Ail money found in n.ny Unclaimed Letter, Packet., )tcl .. y, &c., to beeeu& . or Parc