8. In the event of the office being a Money Order Office ascertain—
1. If the entries in all the books are properly made.
2. Whether the Cash Book at Offices where a Cash Book is kept is made up to date, and whether the date of the Deposit Receipts agree with the date for which credit is taken therefor.
3. Whether the Postmaster has in hand the balance due on Money Order Account.
4. Whether all the numbers of the Money Orders taken from the Order Book are properly accounted for.
9. You should take every opportunity of ascertaining and noting down the character and standing of the several parties employed in the Postal Service. The information thus obtained may be of value.
10. You should also take every opportunity of collecting accurate information in regard to the settlement of the country, the position of Post Offices, roads and distances, and with this object you should carry a map of the section of country through which you pass, and mark thereon as much as you can of the above information.