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

post poor fund In France the punishment is TO place
the driver who falls behind his time at the foot OF tho
roll which 10 kept of all drivers with view to their
promoton and II the fault continues reduce him to
a route yielding inferior comps usat' on II would
be an improvement to have the contracts instead Of
terminating all at time in each ,ecton to end on
different years so that entire service OF one quar-
ter of the Union will not be left to the hazards inc
dent to new get of contractors.
V.-CWY PosTs.
An Immense posofice business Is done in Lon
don and Paris In transporting letters from one
nifty letter carriers employs in Paris, and my
memorandum shows, 1867 in London, Cat q pay Of
ire los to SOs sterling week. besides SUPER nten
dents surveyors inspectors clerks sortsrs sub sorters
ana messengers, connected with the me branch of
service Its estimated that the number Of letters in
cIcustonin the delivery of London exclusive Of those
Of the General Post in S47 over thirty three mil
lions. II Is great mistake, which have fallen
into, that this service Ia done without charge to the
citizen. He pays as much postage for a letter con-
yeyed from one street to the next in London from
Landsend to the Orkneys viz one penny. In Paris
the city postage was in 1s47 sous Letters are de-
Netsa Ten times day in London, and from o to 2 In
it, enyirons, extending twelve miller from the General
Posofice In Paris the deliveries are m.ds save times
day. complicated and extensive organization IN
oevGed TO TINS business embracing sub.ofices,
ceving houses and accelerators. From IL a large
revenue Is derived and it Is further used to
collect collect letters for the General Post and to de-
the mails without any additional charge The
CITY post businefs in the United States is performed
four cents, which the law imposes or at the English
rate OF one penny two cents individuals under-
bid the COVER nment for this business
legal prohibition To compete with them SUCCESSFULLY
not only must the city postage be reduced but the
department must get up like arrangements those OF
London and Paris. The plans you have In contena-
plaon Of re- arranging the carrier service with SUBJ
ofces and receiving houses accompli,hss all purposes
80 far as public accommodation Is concerned a. a cost
to the citizen Of one cent per letter. which is two.
thirds LEES than in Paris half less than in
and from half to thirds or three fourths less
than present city rate The object on is that II
sacrifices oil revenue from city post letters but all
that we have hitherto obtained has been insufasisnt
. "a
effect free delivery OF General Post letters but
that is On extra accommodation, rendered after the
the mails and before it is exte nded either exclusively
to the citizen who lives within easy the Office
to shcud be devoted to the mere needed and moro
equal reform OF reducing postage matter within the
mails to Its minimum.
VI.-THE FnAsxrNG PaivILEeE
IL abolished In Great Britain but members Of
Parliament are entitled to receive, free of charge
petitions addressed to either house, provided they
are sent without covers, in covers open at the
sde. and 90 not exceed the weight Of thirtytwo
Of postage; In France, the ranking privilege is
extended BY order of the Minister Of Finance to
certain public officers for their official correspon-
dence only. In the German States the king aud royal
family and Postmaster General enjoy the franking
privilege. Government officers possess it for their
isauther'ed to extend 1t to societies for the promotion
of science and arts and benevolent objects but their
correspondence must pass unsealed
VII. MONEY ORDER OFFICER.
ON the continent, special provisions made
lot the conveyance OF money through the mail
the department ensuring it. The French charges
amount to an average of five per cent the de-
posite Of coin-snd an order payable ct any OF
the offices in France will be given for such deposte
at charge of five per cent, with a stamp tax, /.
the order Is over ten francs, equal to ns In
Germany the like facilities fur nished by the mails
either for forwarding the money in specie, or by
an order, at complex scale Of charges founded
on their portage rass-gold and drafts being placed
at half the charge Of silver. In England orders
are not given for larger amount than f5 ana
the charge tbreepence for orders of e. and
| faa TO- 49,
ting small sums, Is used in Great britain to IN euor
nous extent the transact ms amounting in 1si7 TO
| it occupied the time of but three CLERKS, nad nov
nearly 900 Officers and clerks are employed at the prin
in every considerable post Office in the Kingdom /
brought with me complete and vouminous set Of all
meet such operations with present detective mode
OF mailing forwarding aud accounting have deemed
it premature even to enter upon the discussion
whether 1t would be expedient and proper establish
such an institution in connection with che Post
Department.
VlII.-MIscELLENrous Matter.
find the following features common to the mail
estabthDeD ts of Great Britain the contine Mt
fscal officer subordin nate to the head of the
Department to act tr. ssurer, and to check upon
the accounts of the Postmaster General In England
saw that the accounts kept In detail in the
charge OF an oicer appointed by the Postmaster Go
neral, called the Accountant General The ascsl
cheer first referred to who Ia commissioned by the
Lords of the Treasury II styled the Receiver General
z Guards to accompany the mails. furni,hsd by the
Department with hre arms livery and chronometer,
sre half guinea week in England, with permission
to solicit feee from passengers On the railways they
receive go Year advs nced 100 the third year
OF service to els on the tenth, and to f13o the
fifteenth.
3. Registration of letters for an extra charge-on
the continent called recomme nded letters In ease
Ct their LOSE, no ndem Indication is made by the Eng
iii post Office but there is by some of the German
poet establishments, to the extent of 20 thalers in
each cafe.
4. The delivery of letters by letter CARRIERS and
their prompt return to the dead letter Office, when
ha md
marked "postc restante' or {" to be kept till called
forn
the single letter cannot exceed half ounce in
France, . quarter Of an ounce in Germany, three
fonrtbs Of 10th, now changed under decree Of the
recent Postal Congre" ut Dresden to 10TH which il
half an ounce.
8. The conveyance Of money by mail under special
regulations See money order Office
!. division Of post Offices into at least two classes
Those that account to the General Post Office, and
those that 90 lot In France and Germany, Office
alone Tor district, receives the accounts all the
offices OF that oistric and renders those accounts
with its to the general Office In Great Britain it
j. only those that subordinate in other
that renGsr their to another Office instead OF
the general Office and this IL the division into min
cpal and sub offices that the growth Of depart
men, wiu compel Useventuay to adopt IL, with this
division OF the post offices, similar one should be
made ~ TO the routes the inferior into
subordinate class TO be attended to specific in
structions, by certain postmssters local agents
designated for the purpoe both in for the
service and in supervising it, great relief would be
afforded to the auditing branch and to the coatract
Office
The most general mode for paying postmasters'
funds or balances Is by remittsnces through the mail
"A mode consider inferior to ours.
Having stated what GENE nts common to the
several European systems, will refer to such a.
are peculiar to each.
In London, they have postmaster. They substi-
tute for that Office president Of inland
and foreign mails salary E700; and experimenting
president of district posts salary the Every thing
coming and going through tho mails, falls under
the charge Of the former and whatever Of mail matter
originates and delivered within the populous circuit
OF the London delivery extending twelve miles in each
direction from the Office at st. Martins LIE Grand is
under that Of the atter-tbe one accounting with
every mail and the other every day to the Account
ant General witnessed the making up and despatch
OF the evening mail The operation superintend-
ed by two presdents there said be 500 persons
on duty but there were, apparently, but 500 in the
rooms. They had powerful coaijutor in steam
eng ne, that performed the labor of conveying ths