Inspec- 
tors. 
Postal 
Union. 
206 THE DOMINION ADMINISTRATION. 
The statutory duties of the Inspectors are! to 
a. superintend the performance of the mail service, 
b. instruct new postmasters in their duties, 
c. keep postmasters to their duty of rendering ac- 
counts and paying over moneys, 
inspect every post-office from time to time, 
inquire into complaints and suspected cases of mis- 
conduct, 
J. and generally to do all they are required to do by 
the Postmaster-General. 
The Dominion entered into a postal agreement with the 
United States in 1875 by which a common rate of postage 
was adopted for the two countries, each country to return all 
money collected. At the second Congress of the General 
Postal Union held at Paris in May 1878, Canada was ad- 
mitted into the Postal Union, 
The Postal Union was in 1874 replaced by the Universal 
Postal Union formed at Berne, which now embraces all 
British Possessions except the Australian Colonies and South 
Africa. 
10. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 
Duties of 
Minister 
a8 such 
By the 81 Vic. c. 89 a Department of Justice was con- 
stituted to be presided over by the Minister of J ustice, who 
for the time being is to be ex officio Her Majesty's Attorney- 
General for Canada. The Governor-General has power to 
appoint a Deputy and, subject to the Civil Service Acts, to 
appoint clerks and other officers in the department. A recent 
Act 50 and 51 Vie. c. 14 has made provision for the appoint- 
ment of a Solicitor-General to assist the Minister of Justice, 
The Minister of Justice as such is the official legal adviser 
of the Government, and is required to advise the Crown upon 
all matters referred to him by the Crown. It is his duty to 
see that the administration of public affairs is in accordance 
1 R. S.C, s 14.