The Postal Service (Fifth Edition)
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
A missing word is denoted by the caret ^ .
Fractions are shown in the format a-b/c, for example 7-2/25 or 1/4; the original book used the format a b-c.
POSTMASTER EDWARD M. MORGAN
By J. J. O’REILLY
EDITOR
THE GOVERNMENT WEEKLY
The Chief Publishing Company
5 BEEKMAN STREET
NEW YORK CITY
Copyrighted 1912
By The Chief Publishing Company
Unknown
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Beginning of the Postal Service.
New York’s First Post office.
Annual Postal Receipt Less Than $3,000.
Franklin First Postmaster General.
Physical Conditions.
Clerks and Carriers Are Bonded.
Promotion For Good Clerks.
Hours of Labor.
“Subs.”
Carriers’ Moral Responsibility.
Vouchers.
Subjects of Examination.
First Subject—Spelling.
Second Subject—Arithmetic.
Problems In Earlier Examinations.
Third Subject—Letter Writing.
Fourth Subject—Penmanship.
Fifth Subject—Copying From Plain Copy.
Sixth Subject—Reading Addresses.
Spelling.
Lessons in Decimals.
Addition.
Subtraction.
Multiplication.
Division.
Punctuation.
Rules for Rating Spelling.
Rules for Rating Arithmetic.
Rules for Rating Letter Writing.
Rules for Rating Penmanship.
Rules for Rating Copying from Plain Copy.
Rules for Rating Reading Addresses.
RULES GOVERNING EXAMINATIONS.
FIRST DISTRICT.
SECOND DISTRICT.
THIRD DISTRICT.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
NINTH DISTRICT.
TENTH DISTRICT.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
Uniforms of Carriers.
For Winter Uniform.
For Summer Wear.
Performance of Service.
Hours of Service for Carriers.
Article I.—Legislative Department.
Article II.—Executive Department.
Article III.—Judicial Department.
Article IV.—General Provisions.
Article V.—Power of Amendment.
Article VI.—Miscellaneous Provisions.
Article VII.—Ratification of the Constitution.
CARRIER STATIONS.
Brooklyn.
