Note 46 — Chapter XVI
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The following is an instance of one of these circulars:—
“The Heads of Departments and Officers of the Secretary’s Office are requested, before acting on any papers forwarded by Mr. Hill to the Postmaster-General, to satisfy themselves that the minutes upon such papers have been entered in the books of the Secretary’s Office, which can be easily ascertained by an observation of the number of the minutes endorsed in red ink on the back of the paper by the Minute Clerk. Charles Johnson, Chief Clerk, Oct. 26th, 1847.”—Sir R. Hill’s Journal.—Ed.