Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-11-04
NEW POST OFFICE Regulation

The instructions lately published by Mr.
Mci.ran were liable 10 The objection. that thew
required" the Publishers 6f newspapers 10
furnish son oath" a quarterly return Of all the
papers which they should deposit in the Post
Office. With this feature on their face, MANY
would have thought it their duty to decline
oheying the requisitiOn.-The Postmaster
| General has seen the error, and has according
~ modified his Instructions into the folio wing
form. we most cheerfnlly acquiesce in this
| new regulation, aud will accept the alternative
which he lays before the Publishers. Is il not
tar more convenient for them TO furnish the
summary return once quarter--than " TO de-
poslte their papers" so long before the drpar-
ture of the mails as to enable the Postmaster
to enter them on his way-bill Do they not
save all this time-may they not of course but
more OF the last news into their papers But
DIR. Mclean still fails to direct the publisher
to put dawn the exchange paptrs he sends off.
lhese are free and Of course ought not To b..
charged TO the p Office, to which they are
addressed.
Yet the present is wise regulation. If
fully enforced, it will save 10 the Post Office
some thousands of dollars now lost on ne,Cs-
phPtr PoStrge-and to the Publisher, some
hundreds that are lost on his dead papers
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
60, OcTOBER 28Tu, 1928
SIR The blanks which accompany ih,s circular.
are sen To you, that you may return TO this Deuort
mehi' 1T the close Of each quarter the number NJ
newspapers sent in The mail from your Office TO any
other post office IN the Union
10 enable you TO make this return with accuracy
+" WIZ ne necessary to take of the number
VI papers rharee"ile wnh postage rnm the endorse
mrnt on each packet. Its not material tbaI ,be
"'m"s 90 tie pfpeis should be inserted ~ your re-
'"'n You VII, ol necessity require the printers 10
endorse on each packet, sthe law Prose, hes the
NfHf Ia
mfnt WI ~Upcrsedc the post hills which have heen
Offices " W. ''''
lie very desirable, that in taking this account n
,"e "hef'ni pnckeis, he papers should be- so de-
layed, as not 10 be lorWardrd hv The erst mails il
w"uJ I've vel, therefore, apirize the publishers of
re"sppeTs ~ soar vicinity, a, Il vii bp ueressary
,"' ''em 10 drpn'ue tleir papers sufficient time
take lis account
Should The publisher of any newynaper agree to
furnish 500 wnh fefurn ~ the close oI The uuarter
~ me rnmher Of pagers SCOT ~ The mai to each pos
"i1t'' rom h,~ pripi"g nscs, you vii furnish iim
"'h blank iof thdi purpnse aud forward his t,.-
P'S' 0'''i"g 10 take tive numbers lrp,p fhr endorse
nfpfii~ 80 his packets
hon will observe inst fwo columns arn contained
=" ne hanks, 10 one Of which yon vii enicr TIC nun-
'rf oi p~prrs pn which the postage chsrt~Hhr is oue
c'"' "n each paper, and ~ the Oi5,e where tl,e
po.t'ge Is one cenf aud % hdr
io1 ate fegnested nls1 ~ make similar fcturn Of
me prr'odtrai pamphir.s nod magazines nia,ieJ ,i
YOU Office spccii,n tle rpn,er Of -hees cont ,,oel
10 each, "nd tie number IN the mail rof oxcre,4
'"a my mbes, also Tive nueier over fifiv AID
not exceeding hundred aud also the r,,..er sen,
cSceediug one huhdted ml's
Aihoush pat Of t1o present quarter has evpire,l.
YOU VII make rrifn If fhe cipsr nf ~ sud will
Pleas" IN state, whether fhe ,nu'efs avn pamphlets
re'urncd, h've graersiy htrn forwarded ~ the n,,il
/ ifom The commencement OF he qs'uler.
iin, sc'y respectfully. our o,,c.i,cot servant,
JOHN MLEAN,