The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-22

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| age stamps sent by letter may now be converted
into money At the money order offices at charge
| of21 per cent. This has naturally Withdrawn
| from the money order system large amount OF
business, which would have gone 70 swell lae
| increase beyond what Ii is Inc amount Of post
| age stamps changed into money, in accordance
| with this rcgulati n, in 1862 in London alOnes
reached nearly 100000.
NUMBER OF MONEY ORDER OFFICES.
The number Of money order Offices in the
United Kingdom on the LIST Of January, 1863
was 2870. The entire number of post offices a.
the same period being four to five times that
number
On December "a, 1861, upwards of Al 600 orders
were paid during the day. Tho business is gene
rally very great nj Christmas time which proves
that the system Is mndc available for tho pur-
chase Of presents at thai period or the forwarding
of gifts In money; INC number OF orders paid in
and especially manufacturing towns, thpre Is
great excess Of pay mcn's, while in the fashion,
able cities and small country towns The reverse is
the case. The conclusion Is plain, thas money
orders arc much used for the purchase Of goods
in the che aper marts.
Tie number of unclaimed orders is very small
in proportion ~ the business done. Ia 1880 the
| amount was 1000, being only One-hftieth part
Of one p-r cent. on the transactions of ths year.
The unclaimed amount Is paid over 10 q fund for
the assistance of post office officials in tho insur-
ance Of their lives.
COLONIAL MONEY ORDERS.
| Canada in June 1858, and since then many other
| Of the British colonies have been brought within
its scope. It had been established previous to
this date (iu May, 1880, in Malta and Gibraltar.
| Money orders arc exchanged between the mother
/ country and the colonies a. a rate of commission
somewhat higher than that charged for orders
passing within the limits Of the United Kingdom.
| The orders received from Canada in 1851
| amounted 10 $4,000. Tho number Of orders
issued In England for payment in tn colonies in
1852 was 623i, and the amount Slli,495. As
between the colonies aud tho Uaited Kingdom Is
| in those sent TO the laJter-peOple who have emil
grated forwarding money to their relatives whom
| they have left az home.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONEY ORDgRs.
Facilities for forwarding money home were
| given to the soldiers during the Crmean war,
and are now given to sailors on board the ships
of the navy, which might az the present time be
adopted by the post office authorizes of the
! United States with great advantage, and would
be a boon to those who are fighting our blttles on
land and sea. AT the beginning of 1856, towards
the close of the war in the Crimee, the money
| order system was extended to COnstantlnOpe,
SCutari and Balaklaya, to enable the soldiers and
sailors stationed in the East to remit money 10
| their families at home, and the sum thus transr
| mtted duiug the year amounted to not less thln
| $530,C00. The system has also been introduced
| into all the vessels of the royal navy on foreign
service, the paymaster Of the ship being the agent
Of the post Office, and empowered " grant money
orders upon any office in the United Kingdom.
When Jack" receives MS plY, nc IS tnuS llluCSl
| 70 forward 10 bis wife or relatives at home the
earnings which he would be not unlikely to
squander away al the first port the ship touches.
CHIEF OFFICE IN LONDON.
From the number of clerks which we have
already stated afe employed in this office, IL will
be easily understood that /. is q banking estab-
lishmcut OF no mean dimensions. The business
Is conducted in large building separate from,
but very near to the general post office The base
ment comprises dminutive streets and alleys,
nod m oh lAplF nf
of advice and receipts 50 methOdically arranged
that, when required, any single order can be
turned to at once. The principal room in which
orders are issued and paid smaCks strongly of
banking rs in il nothing is heard or seen but the
chink OF money, talk about money, and money
and its paper representative.
There is a long counter covered with bowls
! filed with coin, and scales for weighing gold
with an iron grating In 'front.' through which the
clerks at the back look like caged lions; how
2 ever, they are very tame British lions, and are
more likely to growl at an ob'use customer than
\ | to bite, Further in the rear, wall honey
combGd with pigeou.holes, filed with orders and
) adyices, forms he background to the picture
+ Each OF these IigeOn-holes represents money
! order ouve. When an orderis presented for pay
meIt the clerk goes at once to the pigeOn-hOlC
marked with the name Of the Office where it wal
, issued, compares t with the letter of advice, anC
d ifall the fOrmRlities required are properly at
" | tended To, the order is Cashed. When an ofde
~ is required, a form IS given TO the applicant 20
T. I'll up, and on the principal slm and commission
y being pad, the order s handed over, and lettel
a. Of ADVICE prepared to send 10 the OlllCG on which
~ II IS granted
y Tie accounts of all the money-order Offices IN
5 tie United Kingdom are posted up in this estab
70 lshncnt; and 30 systematically and rapidly is thi
, done that nearly three thousand accounts ar
gone through and the balance Of the entire de
paumCut stuck daily by two o'clock, when th
e state of the financial position OF each Office
N known, as il stood at the latest postal COmmuni
n / cation.
% The su5.ofIices in the metropolis exceed on
Il hundred, about half OF which are within thre
M miles Of the general olcei so that in London
* person has not TO walk many yards before he vii
AZ find an Office where he can obtain an order, U
"a upon which he can have ono made payable.
Dj REGULATIONS.
70 The regulations for the issue and payment c
70 money orders are almost identical in the Unite
DO States and England, SO that a description q
D0 tn, Sc adopted in the later country holds good
80 this
70 The money order is printed document wit
- blanks, which, when properly hllCd up,authOrizC
- the postmaster TO whom IL is addressed 70 pa
20 the person mentioned in the letter of advice O
50 the postmaster issuing it, the sum named on tn
70 face. The order bears neither the name of th
% remiter nor the reCeycri the former is therefor
~ advised 70 send 1t in separate envelope TO thi
10 containing the instructions, rs in the case Of i
% being lost it is OF no avail TO the person int
of whose hands IL may fall unless he is aware
as the names and addresses Of both parties il
se terested, and which oay elsewhere appear in II
of letter Of advice that passes between the pos
in masters.
ns The post Office is not liable for an order aft
ot II is once paid in accordance with the regulation
We that 10, if it is properly receped with the nan
ut of the party TO whom IL is payable, and the eXa
ee ! name and address of the Tcmttcr given.
in England, If an order is presented through ban
les il ID sufficient that it is merely properly rcceipt
in There are also certain regulations in reference
j; issuing duplicates for lost or miscarred orie
to for the transfer of payment from one office
another stoppege Of payment, sc.
on MONEY ORDERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
uu The commission to DO charged on mon
~, orders issued in the United States is ten cents
le' amounts not exceeding $lOi fifteen cents
,. amounts above $40 and not exceeding go; ~
o.s twenty cents above 500 and not exceeding IS
,bboo beyond which amount no single order will
luo issued.
~ The list Of post Offices at present designated
IN money order offices is only limited, but IL is
m II be hoped that it will soon DO SO extended n
''1 every town having population Of over one tho
sand will be included.
tgG On arriving in Copenhagen, the Princess
@ @unl Wales wshed TO dress for dinner, when she su
ing denly found herself with "nothing 10 weal
ll5- Some stupid servant, who received orders abO
YIN YIN the luggage, followed out his instructions
Has leaving " at the palace, which he thought mea
~ W the Palace of Bernstorf, and 80 when, half
W., ,Sa hour before the dinner-tme, her Royal Highn