es in Mail Services taking
effect during the previous month.

6. _Return of New Post Offices established, Post Offices closed, and
changes of Names in Post Offices_, to be transmitted not later than
the seventh day of each month, and to include all operations under
this head up to the first day of the month on which the return is sent
in, inclusive.

7. _Weekly Journals of Railway Mail Clerks_ in your Division to be
transmitted every Tuesday morning.

8. _Return of Losses of and Abstractions of money and other articles
from letters_ to be transmitted on the first day of each month. This
return can be made out from the record of applications for missing
letters, and should include all supposed cases of loss and abstraction
entered in the record during the month which have not been erased, in
accordance with the instructions under the head of "Cases of Loss and
Abstraction." Those cases not erased should be consecutively numbered
and the number entered[1] in the return. In the event of a letter
being reported as lost which is subsequently found, you should state
in the next month's return "No. ----reported in the return for the
month of ---- found;" and erase from your record of applications for
lost letters.

9. _Return of transfer of Post Offices_ to be transmitted by the tenth
day of each month, and to include all transfers taking effect up to
the first of the month (on which the return is sent in), inclusive.

10. _Journal of Travel and Proceedings_ not later than six days after
the expiration of each month.

11. _Requisition for payment of Miscellaneous expenses_ to include
travelling allowances, telegraph bills, and all outlays, except
salaries and contractors' pay, not later than six days after the
expiration of each month. Only one requisition should be sent in each
month. Each requisition should be numbered consecutively throughout
each fiscal year. No. 1 should be the first requisition made, for
accounts the dates of which should embrace the month of July. On each
voucher it must be stated clearly for what object the expense has been
incurred. Further, each account must bear a certificate as to its
correctness in the hand-writing of the Inspector, and must be
accompanied by an official voucher on which must be written the number
and date of the authority for the expense.

Trademen's accounts should be included in the requisition made for the
last month in each quarter. All outstanding accounts should be