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that he is quite new to the work and has had to pick it up
as best he could, and it may be that with alittle practice
and with rules laid down for his guidance he might improve.
He informed me that he had had little or no practice in writ-
ing or account keeping for some time before he joined the
Post Office and also complained of the hurry in which his
work had to be done owing to the numerous interruptions and
changes of work,
22. The 2nd.Clerk's work to remain as at
present he receiving assistance as suggested in paragraph 25.
23. The 3rd. and 4th.Clerk's work to remain
as at present.
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24. A fifth Clerk to be appointed to deal
with inward and outward parcels mails and registered letters
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and unpaid correspondence, if the Senior Clerk is relieved of
it, and assist generally as required.
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25 A 6th.Clerk to be appointed to deal
with letters in Poste Restante, attend to requests at the win-
dow,clear the drop box, and assist the Second Clerk. When the Poste Restante registers are properly written up he would
have time for this.
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26. To sum up,my suggestions are that, in
order to carry on the work of the Shanghai Post Office in a satisfactory manner and one befitting a British Post Office, a staff of 6 Clerks should be allowed. I have endeavoured to
sketch out roughly how the work should be divided, but this
is
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