on any
pretence whatever, be allowed to have access to the letters and papers
in a post office.

[Sidenote: Situation.]

A Post Office should be in a convenient and central situation, and must
not be removed from one part of a town, village, or settlement, to
another without the approval first obtained of the Postmaster General.

[Sidenote: Protection.]

Postmasters are required to take every precaution to secure their
offices against burglary and fire.

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OFFICE HOURS.

[Sidenote: Principal offices.]

At the principal Post Offices in Canada the hours of opening and closing
are regulated by the Postmaster General.

[Sidenote: Country offices.]

In country places Postmasters are required to keep their offices open
during the usual hours of business in the locality, and to attend at
such other hours as may be necessary to receive and despatch the mails.

[Sidenote: Sundays, Canada West.]

On Sundays Postmasters in Canada West are at liberty to close their
offices to the public.

When an office in Canada West is closed to the public on Sunday it must
be closed to all persons alike, and no exceptional or partial delivery
to particular persons can be allowed.

[Sidenote: Sundays, Canada East.]

In Canada East, Postmasters keep their offices open on Sundays at least
one hour either before or after Divine Service, as may be most
convenient to the public generally.

[Sidenote: Notice of hours.]

A Notice, stating the hours at which the office is opened and closed,
should be posted in every office, in such a position as may be readily
observed by the public.

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MAILS.

[Sidenote: Canada railways.]

Mails are conveyed twice each way every day, except Sunday, over the
principal lines of railway in Canada. Over the less important lines of
railway they are carried only once each way every day, except Sunday.

[Sidenote: Canada common roads.]

Mails are also conveyed once each way every day, except Sunday, over the
principal lines of common road, and once, twice, or three times per week
over the less important lines of common road.

[Sidenote: Lower Provinces.]

The postal communication between Canada and the Lower Provinces is three
times per week each way <i>via</i> Quebec, and once per fortnight each way by
Cunard Steamers <i>via</i> Boston and Halifax. Also twice per week each way
in summer <i>via</i> Portland.

[Sidenote: Postal routes to the several por