✨ Post Office Operational Rules and Procedures
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As much of the apparatus supplied for the service
of the Department is necessarily of delicate construction, it
should, in all cases where handling becomes necessary, be
treated with the utmost care. In order to prevent damage to
apparatus in transit, relays, galvanometers, and keys should be
screwed to a false bottom, between which and the real one of
the box should be placed a pad of paper; the vacant spaces
must also be filled up with soft paper, or other suitable packing,
and then well padded between the top and the lid. This will
prevent any sudden jar, which may be occasioned in many ways
during carriage. -
Any damage occurring to telegraph apparatus which
cannot be fairly attributed to unavoidable accident or to reasonable
wear-and-tear will have to be made good at the expense of
the officer under whose charge the apparatus was when injured.
The relay cover must not be placed on top of the key when
sending; nor may pieces of tin, glass, or any other substance
be used for a similar purpose. -
Inspectors of Telegraphs, and other officers concerned,
will follow the instructions here given with respect to material
consigned to them by rail for use on railway-construction.
(a.) All material for railway-construction must be con-
signed as “on service,” the consignment-note showing
on its face to whom the way-bill should be sent.
(b.) Way-bills must be certified as correct by the Inspector
of Telegraphs under whose supervision the work is
being done. Way-bills must also show on the face
the Railway authority and nature of work on which
railage is charged.
(c.) Way-bills, after being dealt with as stated in paragraph $(b)$, are to be sent to the Railway official on
whose authority the work was put in hand.
(d.) Way-bills dealt with as stated above are not to be
treated as vouchers for expenditure incurred by the
Post and Telegraph Department, consequently the
particulars are not to be given in Forms Acct. 235
and 304.
- A standard list of printed forms, books, stationery,
mail-bags, &c., Form P.O. 108, kept in stock by the Storekeeper
of the Department, is issued to each Postmaster, and attention
is directed to the instructions printed thereon.
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