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:--
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 | -------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+