Mail Lettings

notice to gonteactoks. Post-Office Department, Washington, D. C., 18^-. Proposals will be received at the Contract Ofi Sce of this Department until — a.m. of, 18 —, for carrying the mails of the United States, upon the routes, and according to the schedule of arrival and departure specified by the Department, in the state (or territory) of, from, 18 —, to, 18 —. Lists of routes, with schedules of arrivals and departures, instructions to bidders, with forms for contracts and bonds, and all other necessary information, will be furnished upon application to the Second Assistant Postmaster-General. Postmaster-General. And no other advertisement of miscellaneous lettings shall be required; also, that no " sub-letting " or transfer of any mail contract shall be permitted, without the