u may so desire to examine.

17. You and any officer under you having the rank of Assistant P.O.
Inspector, have authority to require any Postmaster or Assistant
Postmaster in any Post Offices, Mail Contractor or other person in the
employment or service of, or undertaking to perform any duty or work
for the Post Office Department, to make and sign an oath or
declaration in the following form, or to a like effect.--

I (_insert the name of the person and the capacity in which he is
employed in or by the Post Office_) do solemnly and sincerely promise
and swear, (or declare _if the person is one entitled to declare
instead of_ taking an oath in civil cases), that I will faithfully
perform all the duties required of me by my employment in the service
of the Post Office, and will abstain from everything forbidden by the
laws for the establishment and government of the Post Office
Department in Canada, so help me God.

_______________________________________________
Signature of person taking oath or declaration.

The oath (_or_ declaration) was ___________ (sworn _or_ made)
and subscribed before me, the ____________ day of ____________
187__.

______________________________________________________
Signature of P.O. Inspector, or Asst. P.O. Inspector,
as the case may be.

18. When a formal investigation is necessary, always give due notice
to the complainant or complainants, and the party or parties
complained against, of the time and place at which the investigation
will be held.

19. In your reports to the Postmaster General of the result of an
investigation, state whether the enquiry made was personal or _by_
correspondence. State also clearly in the proper order all the facts
bearing on the case, and the conclusions which these facts appear to
justify.

20. In reporting on cases of a confidential character, in which it is
not desirable that the facts should be made public, mark the word
"confidential" both on the report and on the cover in which it is
transmitted.

21. In all reports in which a previous report is referred to, state in
addition to the number and date of the report referred to, its general
purport.

22. In all reports Post Offices should be called by their official
names, and not by the name by which they may be known in the locality.
This rule applies especially to the Maritime Provinces.

23. It is desirable that you should make yourself acquainted,