✨ Post and Telegraph Department Rules
or side, and must be kept locked, and the key kept in a safe
place. No persons should have access to the box except those
whose duty it is to clear it. An enamelled notice-plate, to be
placed over the posting-aperture, will be supplied by the
Department.
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A Postmaster on being appointed to an office where it
will be his duty to see that the posting-boxes on railway trains
are attended to should take steps to guard against any over-
sight in doing so. The consequences of an irregularity of this
kind may be very serious, and the importance of the work
should be kept steadily in mind and the duty punctually per-
formed. -
A copy of the Guide, of the notice headed “Post Office
Regulations,” showing the hours of attendance and times of clos-
ing mails, and of any other notices for public information, such
as the conditions governing the receipt and transmission of
telegrams, must be conspicuously exhibited at every office. -
Offices must be washed out periodically. An allow-
ance, to be fixed in each case by the Secretary, is made for this
purpose. No payment is, however, made in respect of railway
or non-permanent post-offices. It is the duty of a Postmaster
or an Officer in Charge to see that his office is kept in a clean
and orderly condition. -
Public offices must always be properly supplied with
pens, ink, and blotting-paper, as well as the necessary postal
and telegraph forms. Ink-bottles must be frequently washed,
and the ink kept fluid. -
Fuel (native coal, where procurable) and lighting are
supplied for official use only, and not for private purposes,
except in special cases. The annual consumption at each
office will be fixed by the Secretary, and, unless under ex-
ceptional circumstances, no further supply will be authorised.
Country Postmasters and Telephonists who are in receipt of
salary must provide fuel and lighting at their own cost. Rail-
way officers who are also Postmasters must apply to their own
Department for supplies of fuel, lighting, matches, &c. The De-
partment supplies to Railway officers only such articles as are
used exclusively for post and telegraph business. -
These rules are to be read in conjunction with the
regulations framed from time to time under “The Post and
Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act, 1890,” and its
amendments, in regard to the appointment and promotion of
permanent officers of the Department. -
Every person desirous of entering the service of the
Department must apply in his own handwriting, on Form
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