New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-04-27

letters ia ere mstsd tine 10 q o. u ,ne C-o'fS
Ofice by $50 o. H. A.. COW t.veret .he ssrs ever
ry. TIE vas, .coa s1d trans, business OF toe Lo7iol
Pos-Ofiice i .rstsac,ed by mans Of the toLoTi5s
perors: Thee axe 10 clerks in the Money'prieT
Osce. cC3 offers ard clerks employed specis.y IN
the General PostOfice ~ clerks in the C.rcrls,ioa
Ders,men: oc32 letter cs1;ers many Of ,hess sctirg
a. times a. sarpers snd scY'er- $50 letter receiver
nd 20 servant sre neers ard wAchmen; in all i9i
IL .Ge the go .eceyDg houses in he Loador Disto',
,hsre ale tx chief Dis'go. 0icss ent Is letter psrs
e, W at tie corners TIE streets. Dung tie Sst
ytss. .95 Of these pi,s: or road letter boxes bsvS
teen set ID in dh,rert pag Of the Kingdom, making
il luow use 1O3.
Tbe Money. Oder bus;rsss throughout the kingdom
nsie tie Usua. progress, showing business Of enoc
Uou. II sgn'ude. The number Of Noney-Oriers -
sue8 wss go 7C3 sgar,t 6l7S9S2 tie year before.
The smcult Of money RENTED in these oters drrcg
e. year wss see 90l 800, snt Il 1876 s59,027 SO.
The Beck PC:t hsvi-g teeu s.mpEfed and the rates
,fncstsge reduce d in amount AID number there
sst ytar eco coo SIX millions book packets, while the
wear before there were but 100000 and il 1850 less
thsn $4,000. The aversge weight of tue book
packets was 81 ounces, aud the average postage I'D
a. ctrtsl The lowest pO-,'se for book - Id. up
20 ources d. I'd TO OUNCES ard in tia, proper.
ton scI packages Of greater weight. Each III ounces
OF printed matter ltochs, pamphlets, &c, brings
ceIts pcstage or Is cents for - ounces being almost
the same as the postage charged in the Ured States
while We are Eerpexei and anroyed, ard Postohce
cl TX tortured and bamboo zcd with orer Seyen har-
drod different rates Of postage i. G. regular rates by
weight, beside many thousand Irregular rates depend
ing Gu tie number Of sheets in package while IN
Crest Britain there aie six or eight.
There ale in Great Britain, IN all H. lOl stOice
icing $40 Head POs-OfficeS, and 1921 Suo'Pos-
Office There were established IN 1851 2lD. There
ale "a the kingdom > 233 Money-Ofder offices, us
being opened last year. The Gear profits over and
above expenses Of the Mopey Order Offices amounted
ISl0 to slG $50, in 1854 to $50 1885, aud IN 1857 to
.I.O.S7j TIE report tells US that Notwithstanding
Il e depression OF trsje during large part OF lest
,esr. there was no falling of in the num6er o!
money orders, but, the contrary, considerable
increase" This Increase extends even over the
last qualter when the depression was greatest 10
all the colonies letters are sert for six pence post
age; favorable postal conventions have been com
pleted aid brought Into operation during the year
with Belgium and SaIdinis;' "some progress Ass
'teen made in tie convention with the German Postal
"Unon but the Posmsster-General adds that he is
sorrv 70 say uore in that with the United States Portu
gsl or Span. All this--soI al Is LUG oH'eu ''a'e'
conccined-is in consequence of nexpcabe crochet
Of our profound First Assistant Postmaster1
who insists that no convention relating to reduction
of postage or equazing the rates on books, shall 20
| rward unless Great Britain will consent to ne"
| terms as TO transit rates for continental mails.
| This report shows how much can be done by
Rowland Hill-the right mau in the right place-and
in comparison wth.he unsatisfactory position o. our
own Post Office it shows in striking light the differ
,uce between a good and bad system.