The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-25

which plies and retained exclusively for their use
The primary office mails should go and return under
the small brass lock; and all other mails under the
iron lock.
RECEIVING MALs.-The mail bag on being re- opened,
should be turned inside OUT and made Of such form
and materials that 1t be readily done. The entire
paid and postage stamped letters will be counted and
respective amounts entered in the receiving Post
masters column and such Of the unpaid for his
delivery If the amounts with the entries Of the
mailing Postmaster, the bill will be retained for about
year and then destroyed II they disagree the bill
will be sent with the monthly voucher to the General
Posofce The letters that to be forwarded will be
simply by tying them with the matter for the proper
office; II unpaid with post BILL If the letters ad
dressed to corresponding oice otherwise not Every
letter for delivery should be impressed its back,
with the office dates stamp, to show when 1t was
ceived. The amounts in the post BILL according to
the Receiving Postmasters count, he will enter the
receiving side Of monthly voucher opposite to the
date of the bill, and under the head Of the mailing
once or missent redirected and dead letters, will
NEwspAPERs.-The practice Of the English Postoice
furnishes no regulations suitable for this country
to the mode Of mailing newspapers and accounting for
neration for conveying newspapers in the mail in
stamp DUTY OF one penny on each newspaper and
Is immaterial what number of them is placed In
the mails. Foreign newspapers subject to spe-
cihc postage rates, varying from 1id to 4d but
these are mailed as letters. They impose, also,
specific postage of Id newspapers, handed into
office delivered from the same; but this amounts to
what it intended for, a prohibition-to prevent
publishers from using the their carriers
In France, newspaper postage is centimes -four ffths
OF cent?, on sheet OF small dime nsions and 1t must
be prepaid In Germany 1t is fourth of the let
ter rates for the distance according to weight.
Transient newspapers should be mailed and for
warded as letters As to those regularly issued through
the mails to subscribers plan should be devised
enable an account Of them to be kept and checked
but which will not subject them to be overhauled.
sngly for the purpose Of mailing, each despatch of
the mail The practice of calling publishers for
list of the number Of papers sent by them to each
post office, has become obsolete from their neglect and
refusal to furnish It, beg leave to suggest the follow
ing regulation Every post office, where newspaper
each quarter, have special and minute mailing Of all
newspapers sent from it, made, at least, once though
at the hazard of losing despatch by the outgoing mails
of the day which this mailing is DONE for the pur-
pose ofaking full list Of the newspapers sent, giving
the names of the post offices, alphabetically arranged,
and the number of newspapers sent to EACH with the
frequency of their issue, whether weekly semweeky,
trweeky, or six times week. As the result of this,
q voucher of newspapers sent should be trans
United to the Auditor of the Department, soon
after the expiration of the first month Of each
quarter Every office in the United States should i'm
dately after the expiration Of the first month of
each quarter send voucher Of newspapers received,
showing the number Of newspapers received thereat,
and the post office from which received, alphabetically
arranged; with additional statemen Mt exhibiting
what number are delivered Free and what refused
to be taken out giving the names Of those refusing
and the names and Offices Of those receiving free. As
the postage is to be taken at the commencement for
the entire quarter these reports will enable complete
account to he kept upon returns from the sending and
receiving postnaers checking upon each other the
whole newspaper postage for the quarter. The add-
tonal stateme mt will enable credit to be given the
ceving postmaster for the number of free and refused
newspapers. By this means, the overhauling of the
newspapers, before each departure of the mail will be
prepared ban should be provided for the above re-
turns and blank notices to be filed up and sent by
each postmaster, that he has newspaper return of
either kind to make, whenever that s the In
Newspaper postage journal journals in the Auditors
Office or in the dead letter bureau the newspaper re-
turns could be duly collected and ready for
m he In mi chera
or quarterly return. And with said quartely return
should be sent additional voucher Of newspapers
have received during the quarter in addi
ton to those alfesuy reported.
AccoUNrs.-Ths first exhibit is the monthly vouch-
err to BE- cent In soon after the end of the month
have already described it. would make this addition:
A column fHr amount Of postage stamped letters
1t returns two monthly vouchers for posted letters;
for those sent to and received from such primary Of
fce and for those sent to and received from all other
port Offices II 1t be Office having su office then
third monthly voucher of letters will be required
There should be also a fourth monthly voucher for
local letters Filthy, newspaper voucher received
for the first month Of each quarter and followed up in
the third with an additional spaper voucher. And
hxthy, monthly voucher Of ms-sent and re- directed
letters cbarged end receipts and dead let
ters This voucher requires more particular descrp-
ton.
The accounts thus far described fix the liability of
the postmaster net only for the postage prepaid him
in money but also for the unpaid letters coming to
his office. Some of there may have been mis-. sent,
some misdrected, some overcharged and some remain
on hand upcalled for. How is he to get credit for
them! By this monthly voucher of mis- sent redirect
ed cvercharged and dead letters The process is as
follows On mssent or mis- direc ted letters, received
they are then mailed forward in their true direo,,
ton, with an appropriate post bill, and the ex-
animation Of the same BY and signature of, the
On overehsrged letters, the fact and amount
of overcharge is to be entered on the covers,
of the amount refunded and for oyercharce
will be made only to the exten shown by the
and receipts Such overcharges and the amounts of
re.directed letters will be entered ON the monthly
voucheras should be also that Of the dead letters
returned-and the present very Questionable prov-
fed as to allow Of the folio wing arrangement :
DEAD LErTERs.-A letter uncalled for remains in
the office till the end Of the quarter and is then ad
verified; and not TILL the expiration of three onhs
from the time Advertisement CONNIE noes, can 1t be
ssntto the General Post office dead letter, and
months longer before reached in it's and opened
So that letter of value may be In the Post Office
ana Dead Letter oiice nine months before it is re-
the following Primary Offices, and such other post
offices Of the larger class as may be instructed,
should make return of dead etthrs the LIST and 18th
OF each month all other post Offices the LIST OF each
month When letters refused, or the persons ad.
dressed are ''dead or "gone away not know where,
they are to be sent to the Dead Letter Office on the
FIRST return day, without being advertised. But in
each care the cause should be written in red ink
the letters on hand at the expiration of the
fortnight or the month Except those received by the
last mas are to be imme diatey advertised and those
remaining by the next return day to be transmit
ted to the Dead Letter Office. Letters left in an office
to be rent but which cannot be mailed from the lille.
gibty oft address, or having address, or being
addressed to foreign country without postage being
PREPAID, bould be Immediately enclosed to the Dead
Letter Office, having written upon them in red ink
cannot be mailed
blank should be provided called the account Of
mtsent, redirected, and dead letters, overcharged
covers and receipts for the month of - and in it's
columns, opposite the proper dates and under tie
name OF the post offices 10 which the redrected letters
letters are entered by their number and amounts op-
potite the dates on which they sent TO tina Dead
Letter Once. The post bills that accompany the re-
directed matter shoud be sent by the receiving post
master to the Dead Letter ONCE | will here remark
that in view Of the increase Of duties there arrange
nts would impose upon that Office it's force .honId
be considerably increased. The principal officer who
might be- called the inspector of Dead Letters will be
the examiner Of all claims of credit for and
dead letters and overcharges he should have charge