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  TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

  Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.

  Bold (black face) text is denoted by =equal signs=.

  Underlined text is denoted by ++double plus signs++.

  A missing word is denoted by the caret ^ .

  There is only one footnote in the book, referenced eight times from
  the list of Carrier Stations on page 193, and it has been placed at
  the end of that list.

  Fractions are shown in the format a-b/c, for example 7-2/25 or 1/4;
  the original book used the format a b-c.

  Some other minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book.




[Illustration: POSTMASTER EDWARD M. MORGAN]




  The Postal Service

  (Fifth Edition)


  By J. J. O’REILLY

  EDITOR

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