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932.12

Mail Count and Route Inspection

 

Handbook M-41, TL-4, 03-01-98
Update With Postal Bulletin Revisions Through April 5, 2001

        • 932.12 On the day of inspection, the manager making the inspections makes and records the count. The examiner enters the carrier's name in the space provided and signs the form below the name of the carrier.
           
      • 932.2 Auxiliary Assistance When necessary, the auxiliary carrier completes a separate Form 1838-A and/or Form 1838-B in duplicate (using carbon paper). The Auxiliary Assistance box must be checked and a separate form must be used for each route given assistance.
         
    • 933 Form 1838-A Worksheet -- Preparation (Exhibit 932.11 (pp. 1 and 2))
       
      • 933.1 Clock Rings Begin at bottom of Clock Rings column and ring up recording time for each trip.
         
      • 933.2 Type of Service Use following symbols to identify type of service for which time is recorded:  
         

        • T

        Transit or travel time

        P

        Parcel Post delivery

        R

        Relay only

        C

        Collection only

        R­C­F

        Combination relay, collection, and firms

        I

        Inter- and Intra- city

         

      • 933.3 Mileage
         
        • 933.31 Record odometer readings and type of service from bottom up for each trip in spaces provided. The trips should coincide with trips made in Clock Rings column.
           
        • 933.32 The route examiner computes Elapsed Miles for parcel post, relays, etc. daily, and enters and circles his/her initials by each entry.