General Instructions for the Guidance of Post Office Inspectors in the Dominion of Canada | Page 7

and 25 per cent. on the balance, with a
minimum salary of $10 per annum in cases where the postage on the
matter pre-paid by stamps is less than $25. These salaries are to be
revised every two years, but in very special cases where there has been
an exceptional increase of revenue or work, the case may be reported
on for the Postmaster General's consideration.
2. In cases where the Postmaster is required to perform duty between
the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., 50 per cent. instead of 40 per cent. is
allowed on the first $800 per annum, or $200 per quarter of prepaid
postage revenue, provided always that the Postmaster General
considers that there are sufficient grounds for such increased
allowance.
3. Allowances for forward duty are made to Postmasters who are
required to re-mail letters and papers for and from other offices.
The amount of remuneration should be regulated according to,--
1. The number of offices for and from which the Postmaster distributes
mails.
2. The number of mails per week despatched to and received therefrom.
3. The average amount of matter re-mailed each week, viz.:--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 |
800 | 720 | 880 | 800 | 1,000 | 3 | 480 | 600 | 520 | 640 | 560 | 700 | 640 |
800 | -------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
8. In all cases where a Railway Mail Clerk is entitled to an increase of
salary, a special report should be made and the Postmaster General's
sanction obtained previous to the increased salary being entered on the
monthly pay list.
9. Railway Mail Clerks, in addition to their salaries, are entitled to half
a cent for each mile travelled whilst on actual duty. Until, however, a
Railway Mail Clerk is reported to the Postmaster General as fully
competent to take charge of the Mails, he is to be paid only one quarter
of a cent for each mile travelled.
10. The scale of salaries of Clerks employed in city offices is as
follows:--
1st Class from $1,000 to $1,600 2nd " 900 " 1,100 3rd " 600 " 800 4th "
400 " 520
In the 2nd, 3rd and 4th classes, the Clerks receive the lower salary on
appointment or promotion with an increase of $40 each year, until the
higher salary is attained.
In the first class there is no annual increase, the salary which is fixed by
the Postmaster General in each case, having regard to the merits and
services of the Clerks and the relative importance of the duty entrusted
to them.
11. Letter Carriers will receive such salaries and allowances for
uniforms as may be from