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(3) No packet bag should be prescribed or abolished without the concurrence of the Head of the Circle concerned. 175. Stages and runners’ huts.- On main lines, the letter mail stages will ordinarily be five or six miles, and the parcel mail stages ten or twelve miles apart. A hut will be provided at each stage for the accommodation of the runners, and as each parcel mail state will ordinarily be at every alternate letter mail stage, the same hut will accommodate both the letter and parcel mail runners. The object of providing huts for runners is to ensure the speedy transmission of the mails onward from stage to stage by securing the punctual attendance of the runners at their respective stages when the mails arrive. 176. Branch lines.- The foregoing rules relating to mail lines may be relaxed in the case of branch lines, i.e. lines which radiate from head offices and large sub-offices connecting them with less important sub and branch offices in the interior of districts, or lines which diverge from through main lines. The speed of the mails and the length of the stages on branch lines will be fixed by the Superintendent. As these lines are of less importance than mail lines, an equally high rate of speed need not be maintained, and the stages may be longer. A daily mail service is not always necessary on unimportant branch lines. As a general rule, huts will not be provided for the accommodation of runners on branch lines. 177. Cross mails. – Cross mails, i.e. mails from branch lines which converge to one point on a through main line, should be timed to reach the junction of the cross lines before the arrival of the main line mails, so as to avoid any detention to the latter. Sufficient time should be allowed between the arrival of the cross mails and the main line mails to permit of the work of sorting, preparation of mail lists, and closing of bags, when necessary, being done carefully and without hurry. Mails for branch lines should not be despatched till after the departure of the main line mails when a prior or simultaneous despatch would result in delay to the main line mails. 178. Protection of mails.- (1) The Superintendent should pay careful attention to the arrangements made for conveying mails across unbridged streams and rivers, and for carrying them over difficult roads. The overseers should be made to travel constantly over lines which present special difficulties to the safe and speedy transit of the mails. (2) Waterproof bags should invariably be prescribed by the Superintendent for mails exposed to the weather during the rains. 179. Time statements.- The Superintendent will receive monthly time statements (M.-8) from the terminal offices of mail lines on which time bills are used. He should note the maximum excess and calculate and note the average excess, over the prescribed time in transit and see whether the excess has been satisfactorily explained in the statement. The time statements should be filed in the Superintendent’s office. 180. Detention to mails .- (1) When prescribed by the Superintendent, the time bills (M-7) used on all the mail lines or those used on any particular line or lines, will be sent to him daily by the terminal office. In other cases, whenever a mail is subjected to any unusual detention, the time bill will be forwarded by first post to the Superintendent by the terminal office. In cases of detention to the mails, the remarks in the time bills will furnish the Superintendent with information regarding the cause of delay; and he should take such action as may be necessary. If no time bill is used on a line, any case of detention to the mails will be reported by the post office which first observes the delay. (2) Important cases of detention on main lines should be reported urgently to the Superintendent, R.M.S. if the R.M.S. is concerned.
181. Penalties under mail contracts.- In the case of contracts for mail cart lines, penalties and forfeitures for delays and other breaches of agreement, will be imposed by Superintendents of post offices or first class post-masters in accordance with the provision made in the agreements executed by them. Superintendents, R.M.S. 182. Classes of mail vans.- (1) The work of section is done in mails vans which are of the following standard description:- (a) Standard whole van, consisting of an entire 4-wheeled carriage or its equivalent in a bogie carriage, provided with a well under the flooring of the van; (b) Standard three-quarter van composed of three-fourths of a 4-wheled carriage or its equivalent in a bogie carriage, provided with a well under the flooring of the van; (c) Standard half-van, composed of a half of 4-wheeled carriage or its equivalent in a bogie carriage, provided with a well under the flooring of the van; (d) Standard quarter-van, composed of a quarter of a 4 wheeled carriage or its equivalent in a bogie carriage; (e) Standard one-fifth van, composed of one-fifth of a 4-wheeled carriage or its equivalent in a bogie carriage. (2) The terms italicised in the preceding paragraph are the technical terms for standard accommodation and should always be employed in all official correspondence and interviews, whether with officers of the Department or with Railway authorities. Accommodation which is not a standard plan should be specifically described; for instance, a 2 nd or 3 rd Class compartment should be so mentioned, and not as a “half-van” or “one-fifth van”. Furthermore, non-standard accommodation may be either fitter or not fitted, and this should be stated when referring to such accommodation. NOTE.- Where the accommodation consists of part of a bogie carriage the proportion which the space allotted to the <strong>Post</strong> Office bears to the entire carriage should be specially mentioned; e.g. fitted or unfitted 1/11 th compartment in a bogie carriage of F. 1/11 (B) and so on. 183. List of mail vans.- (1) The Superintendent should keep a list, corrected up-to-date, showing particulars of all mail vans used on each line of railway in his division. The list will show – (a) the No. borne by each van. (b) the dimensions of each van: where the entire carriage is not set apart for the mail service, as in the case of three-quarter vans, half vans, quarter-vans, and one-fifth vans, the measurements of the space occupied by the Railway Mail Service, and the space reserved for passengers, should be specified; (c) if any vans are not of he standard pattern, a ground plan sketch of each together with a specification of the fitting, e.g. the number and position of fans and lights, size of doors and windows, measurement of well, etc., including a sketch of the sorting case. (2) The Superintendent should know the number of vans in ordinary daily use, the number of spare vans kept in reserve, and the stations where they are kept, on each railway. He should periodically verify the correctness of the list by an inspection of the mail vans, note any defects or want of repairs, and submit a report to the Head of the Circle.
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POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS MANUAL VOLUME
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CONTENTS OF CHAPTER HEAD OF CIRCLES
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another person. 66 Payment of Posta
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2-A. The Head of a Circle will insp
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13. Registers and records in a Circ
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Monthly Summary ………………
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ED letters, magazines and periodica
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8 - Amount written off. 9 - Amount
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(16) Irregularities, enquiries and
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certificates irregularly issued). (
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(81) Register of Pakistan Policy Ca
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advances, and to enable to postal o
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(i) (ii) reduce the work of the int
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outes, and all cases of acceleratio
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shown in the memo. of authorised ba
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(2) Stamp duty will have to be paid
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e sent to the Head of the Circle, u
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extent the production of legal proo
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NOTE 6.- The Head of a circle has d
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Act, may be opened and destroyed. I
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The Assistant Controller, Foreign S
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himself thoroughly acquainted so as
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in each case of absence of a perman
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temporary officials while in milita
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300. Inspection of post offices. -
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CONTENTS OF CHAPTER 4 TOWN INSPECTO
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308. Memorandum book - The Town Ins
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315. Enquiries - All cases received
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CONTENTS OF CHAPTER 5 ASSISTANT SUP
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(vi) To initial and date the files
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sections. When not travelling, he s
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subsequent ones. All Circulars shou
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NOTE 1.- The SRM may at his discret
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CONTENTS OF CHAPTER 7 OVERSEERS RUL
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345. Thumb and finger impressions.
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353. Deleted. 354. Extraordinary oc
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361. Account of charges on goods de
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Hones. Ink powder. Ink pots. Ink st
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369-A. Black Stamp Cancellation Ink
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(b) (c) Indents for articles requir
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Serial No. Register of duplicate ke
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Marathi } Postmaster-General, Mumba
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(e) Every entry in each invoice or
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414. Preparation and use of R.L.O.
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CHAPTER 9 RETURNED LETTER OFFICES G
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(c) A sorting case with compartment
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404. Stamping of articles. - All ar
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clerk must bring the matter at once
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not known to the Returned Letter Of
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18. Santa Cruz Islands 19. Singapor
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NOTE - In the case of sub-offices,
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(b) Packets and parcels should be d
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CHAPTER 10 BREAKS AND ACCIDENTS 440
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449. Report to the Director General
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RULES Advance(s) - Aligarh locks Al
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RULES Procedure to be followed by S
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B Bags - RULES Description of diffe
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C RULES Camp correspondence - Card
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RULES Selection of a post office as
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RULES Powers of Heads of Circles to
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RULES Authority of Head postmasters
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RULES Duties of Inspectors of post
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RULES Supply of - to Superintendent
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RULES Disposal of monthly list of v
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RULES Entries to be made by Superin
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RULES Powers of Heads of Circles to
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RULES Pension - Control by Heads of
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RULES Postal article(s) - Disposal
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RULES Local - of furniture 376 Of a
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RULES Redirection fee - Red paint -
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RULES Punctuality to be observed in
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RULES Sealing lanterns - Sealing Wa
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RULES Method of dispatch of article
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RULES Stock register - Class of art
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RULES Disposal by R.L.O. of foreign
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RULES Supply by Superintendents of
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RULES Withdrawals - Disposal by Hea
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