Chapter VII: Mail Arrangements

1. The principal object of all mail arrangements is to ensure the transit of the letters and papers to destination with the utmost possible despatch.

2. The main routes throughout the Provinces should connect with each other as closely as it is possible.

3. The branch routes should be so arranged as to form as close a connection as possible with the main lines.

4. Through bags should be exchanged by all offices between which pass a large number of letters and papers, including Travelling Post Offices on different routes.

5. When, as a general rule, an office has a large number of registered letters for another office with which it does not exchange a direct mail, the registered letters may be enclosed in a sealed registered packet, addressed to the office for which the letters are intended. The address of the packet, however, should, in all cases, be entered in the Letter Bill with which it is despatched.

When a packet is sent as above, it should be accompanied by a Letter Bill containing at foot an acknowledgment for registered letters. This acknowledgment should be filled up by the receiving office and returned to the despatching office by the first post.

6. Where large numbers of registered letters pass between two offices, it is desirable that bags secured with the lead seal should be used.

7. An Inspector should always be on the watch to ascertain what improvements can be made in the postal arrangements in his Division. It should be his aim to anticipate the wants of the general public, and to combine, as far as practicable, efficiency of service with economy of expenditure.