The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-21

The number Of letters delivered the United Kingdop
In 1857 amounted to 5ot oeo i'm average proportion
OF IL to each perso,D being Increase %. per cent
on the year 1850 In Eogand each person receives 2i
letters In Scotland 16 and IN Irelsun (prooaoy oSins to
only l. Az compared With The year before tae msm,ra
Die nwos ucon OF the penny postage, this namoer Of
to4 ooo GEO letters shove increase ioniiti y anks
OF AS 900 900, making the present nam Der Of letters
more than sxfoi what II ia 1899. The average II,
crease during the ast dve year5 IL cent qasrer
Of the whole lumber Of letters delivered 10 L9adin
and ia SUBURBS. rhs great bulk nlsnd leers, the
colonial ano foreign bich included the 5o4 600.
O00) for ming less hfieth OF tue whole number
delivered The whoe nber or letters posted In Russia
IN 1855 about % 400 900, almost exact tue
IS ths pumoer posted 10 'he nge cy Of Msochestsr aad
tered letters" last year. The number OF ness.
papers delivered in toe uuitsd Kingdom r1, as
of which bore the impreassd
stamp, and the res the postage stamp. Ths for
newspapers and bo1xs form nfth Of tho WHOLE
the pos,age seng mu5h lover foreign paocrs
foreign letters, and tins gives rise 20 much pcty aud
letter writing raere wers roo 0Oo rournci or .sai
letters as, year, and $50 coo "deas" or n0o delivered
newspapers There were some oeo book c.cses the
average weight Of these So and the postage about
ga rbe average weight OF inland isuer Is ra,her
above one fourth Of ounce and the average vegn Of
posted newspaper rather more than ~ or Last year
63so 702 money orders issued in ibo United King
dom, 10 tbe amour, Of 4 2. 272 Toe comm,-sioo
charged flo5 ,s52, and tho profit g.. Ito
the deprces,ou OF trade thero ~as no
falling o las year IN the number OF money orders but,
on The b,rny, considerable increase On Christmas
land ana walos in one dss) attained tho maximum
Of $4,000. rno reason Ia oosious In Scotland where
Chr ttmas Is not KEEP, as Sth Us, tae masinum nun
pteaonu) occurs on Nov Yesrs day. Tue gross
o. tho Post once last yosr sa3 cJOJ57 (fl
e2s sbs Tor posas) and the net reyonuo OF tbs ros
Once vas 81 3Z2257 ngans. 81 l04 393 10 i515 Ia
,l15 SAG The actual expen ure Of the dsptrt
nsnt was 81 10 sj hciniing gas s73f0r saisfs aod
pcnsons, f2e 367 for buings fis2 alS Tor c1nveyny
mails BY railroads, fiG7 s23 for Conveying them bg
coaches Cars sc fiZ 2os for the u'2I packet service
y f.yza
stan Of fost ONCE servants 81 1857, nambef
ed 70 73i, bcuopg II ioi pstmsssrs 50 clerks, 2D5
guards, ami i0,hs2 icor carr,r-, msssergcrs &c of
this stat anout Oo9 belong 20 chief o,o ia Loo ion
ano zoo Qneudng theao cOo) to tho ION Jon dtstrt
ger era improvement (much nee1ed) has akea place
the report asserts at easta the cearosss Of the
the date snd "exler meUtsn gong ~h "
further improvement. The public may oopsn the
B'it,sh I'stoI Gsib without delay by sving 10 tneir
names ~ postmaster as regular purchasers
and payIg the small aobual cost ia sissuce ms
ro@tmas;n- General hap taken tho trD11le " worm
out TIE secret Of ee'tan silly advertisements
ally appearing toe pubic papers Tor dsfscsd postage
stanF- has Always bee found thai there truth
whslsver IA toe object alleged by tho advertisers
uDsboTn Porsan appars atty sctuaed bs xcse desice
70 give useless Gouble The public wi Therefore, 10
well never u take any cs OF sach ,dyertscnssts Tue
report aiverts u tho bfath Of tho ~ the oe
which generally good ~ tho system of 'e
established among then. aud - MISCELLANEOUS mlsra
there aso an scooort ~ colonial postal arranscmso,-
but ths nature Of hese Is O. cay known 70 sae plbio
Tho postal conventions with Belgium and Sar iips have
hceD brought into rperson prng-es has nate
10 the convention ~rh 'he crn.n Petal Unop out
10 that with no Uuitsd stses, Portugal sai sVaio rhe
high postage b. America ls grsA, egl NsEolsuoos
progrets FOR conversions erb Ner Granada and tas
NetberlsDcs; TIE Brazilian aDG ArReruOe service wills
De erestly mDrsved and British PCT ONCE h.a 1esn
opened NJ Corsts pt DOye There au,en1cM
N the report l. should he galoh TIA, the report
mates from the late Potm General tns Duke of Argyh
ana dsied the 25th February, ls5s--snory before
hIs secession irou ofe