--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 | 80