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[LIVRO de Registo de Ofícios da Sub-Inspecção Geral dos Correios à Administração do Correio do Porto]. Porto. 1828-1832. - [LIVRO de Registo de Ofícios da Sub-Inspecção Geral dos Correios à Administração do Correio do Porto] . Dois termos datados do Porto, 20 de Dezembro de 1828, assinados pelo fiel encarregado da Administração do Correio: o primeiro declara que o livro serve para nele se registarem os ofícios recebidos da Sub-Inspecção Geral dos Correios e que o registo teve início em 22 de Dezembro de 1828; o segundo certifica que o livro contém 198 folhas numeradas e rubricadas. Último registo datado de 3 de Outubro de 1832. Porto, 1828-1832. manuscrito sobre papel; 198 ff., numeração manuscrita (texto até ao f. 112, restantes em branco); 305 mm. Register book of official correspondence received by the Porto Post Office Administration of the General Sub-Inspection of Posts and Mail of the Kingdom, based in Lisbon, covering almost four years, from December 22, 1828 to October 3, 1832. The entries, dated Porto, December 20, 1828, are signed by Luís José Botelho Seabra, the official in charge of the Post Office Administration, who declares the destination of the book and certifies the 198 numbered and initialed pages. The official letters, numbered and copied in full, are signed by the sub-inspector-general. The first two entries document the change of title. The letter of December 22, 1828, is signed by José Basílio Rademaker. The one of December 24 communicates that, since the King had appointed Rademaker to a commission of royal service outside the Kingdom, António Xavier de Abreu Castelo Branco had been appointed by decree of the 9th of that month as Sub-Inspector-General of the Mail and Posts of the Kingdom, and that official correspondence should henceforth be addressed to him. He is the one who signs the following entries, including the last one. The items listed are the usual tasks of postal administration: requests for medical certificates regarding the health of the administrator, reports of incidents and the necessary procedures to be followed up with the judicial authorities, proposals for the dismissal of a trainee due to absences, the presentation of monthly accounts, the payment of balances, and the salary of a deceased administrator. The last entry, on folio 112, dated October 3, 1832, deals with the current account of the Administration, the sending of receipts by the Insurance Administration, and the salaries of the postal workers serving in the Army and the pack animals of the post offices, which must be paid according to the law and not in cash, citing the example of what is practiced in Lisbon and Coimbra. It documents the inner workings of the Portuguese postal service in the relationship between the Porto Administration and the central management in Lisbon, during the reign of King Miguel and up to the period of the Siege of Porto. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate