New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-07
MONEY AID OTHER VALUABLE Lxrrrss.

number 20 05a containing 1i0f 665 o. were delivered
49, Letters containing go 4sS ~ were returned %
address.
| The number Of dead letters containing papers Of
gaiue ouer than money. deeds. bills Of exchange
ffaiss checks, &c. received, registered and returned
for delivery To The owners was l9 1885, and the nominal
value OF the Enclosures therein wss s656s4 rs being
an increase over the previous year Of l0i about
ty per cent While the Increase In the value OF the in
ciosures bet s7l.46 g. The number Of these let
ters delivered war II ,31e, or ninety per cent
LETTERS CONTAINING IKENEsSES, JEwELRY &C.
During tho year A. go letters and packages woe re-
ceived containing photographs daguerreotypes. and
articles OF jewelry OF this number 90 sss were cent
and daguerreoypes l,i0 articles OF ewery. and $50
other miscellaneous, articles. or the whole number
sent out ai3 were delivered to either the sepders
parties addressed, the postage on which amounted to
Si.9if "a.
SALE OF Articles NOT DELIVERED,
In May last large number Of packages containing
miscellaneous articles which had been accumulating
for several years, classified and sold at public
auction. the proceeds amounting to sl,i75 e.
1 ACCELERATE OF VALUABLE LETTERS.
The number Of valuable dead letters registered and
sent out for delivery Ca ls7. being 1904 more than
the preceding year. and there returned to the Ad
lufant-Generals Quartermaster Generals. and othsr
public Offices H. ll6 letters and packages containing
muster rolls descriptive lists. and soldiers discharge
papers % osl letters containing postage stamps and
money III less sums than dollar. articles OF less
than one dollar In value wore returned to the sende
| UNAVAILABLE LETTERS, &C.
The number of letters which it was found impossible
10 forward from the offices where deposited to de-
liver TO the parties addressed because of tho postage
being unpaid. account Of being legiby directed.
and which in consequence sent To the dead letter
Office, IL, sl3 OF this number 72074 were "heM
for postage" being addressed to foreign countries
which the prepayment Of postage is compulsory, or
70 those countries with which the United States have
no postal arrangement; q, 06s Of the number were
| 'misdirected" or so imperfectly ilegibly ad.
dressed that their destination could not be asceraned
large number Of this class were without any address
mat mi
of value
During the year there were received at the Depart
meat Jl2 applications for missing letters Tor all OK
which examinations were made and the applicants
notified of the result.
LETTERS ADDRESSED TO PLACES WITHIN The
REBRLLIOUS STATES.
large number letters addressed 10 Rebel Localities
have been returned from various to the Dead
Letter. Office amounting In the aggregate to 81 ~ Of
which number @ 42l were Of domestic and asO02 OK
foreign origin. They were all Endorsed mails sus
pended" and returned the domestic 70 the writers and
the foreign the countries in which they originated
LETTERS WITH FICTITIOUS ADDRESSES.
Within the past year go letters. addressed to fcti
ous persons or firms by PosInasters to tbs
Dead LetterOce. aud thence returned to writer's or
selders The addresses assumed evidently for the
purpose OF conducting some fraudulent business and IN
many instances these letters were found to contain re-
fnittanceo.
ORDINARY DEAD LETTERS AND REVENUE THERE
PROM.
Under tho provisions of the act approved January 81
1862 40 ordinary dead letters or those not evi.
dontly Wort hiess returned to the writers, alter
having been placed in new envelopes Ont o. ,hs mum
MES 90 ESQ 20 business firms and 9lIJ9 TO lndisdn-
ais Included in the above aggregate are g76l letters
returned free OF postage these consisted Of ocia4 let
ters from the various departments and letters semitic
the various hospitals for sick and wounded soldiers
Forty one thousand and sixteen deadleters written IN
foreign languages were also returned during year
delivery to the writers failed to be delivered and wese
| again returned TO the departments.
AMENDMENT SUGGESTED.
The cross reyenue derived from the dead letter post
ago collected on the letters sent oct and delivered
amounted to SIS J5S % out Of which were paid tho
clerks employed in redirecting them. 1t is recon-
melded that In future unpaid letters be restored 10 their
owners without charge.
WHOLE NUMBER OF DEAD LETTERS
The number of domestic letters OF all descriptions
sent from the dead letter Office during the year was
The number Of letters returned unopened to foreign
countriesdurng the year was lts sol the amount OF
unnaid postagtAm which was 60 l6l So. The number
from foreign countries IN the same condition.
during the came period 62 42 and the amount OF
unpaid postage thereon Coe ST. For particulars see
Dnrinc the first wear OF the Rebellion the number Of
letters which passed between the United States ana
European countries decreased while o: the same time
no ratio OF letters returned increased Each suDss-
1uent year the correspondence has been increasing.
while the ratio of dead letters returned to Europe has
POSTAL MONEY ORDER SYSTEM.
The act approved May II. 1904 authorized the Post.
master. General to establish, under such rules and
regulations he may find cxpedient and necessary
uniform money order system ut all post oces which he
nav deem suitable therefor" and il further provided
that this system should be put no operation during tho
fiscal year ending JrDe 3D. 1869
superrteudant and assistant have been appointed.
one hundred and forty post offices have been desg-
mated as money order Offices and the operation OF the
system commenced on the first instant
The maximum amount FOR which q money -order can
be issued fixed by lay at thirty dollars the object OF
the system being to afford cheap immediate, and safe.
agency for the transfer through the mails OF small ,Sms
of money The tendency OF the system 10 to exclude
money from the mails the presence OF which In letters
is frequent Of the loss OF correspondence even
when the Latter does not contain money Inc iiDit Oh
thirty dollars is believed TO be sufficiently large 70 III.
cude all that class Of remtt8nces now sent In money
through the mails but in exceptional cases more than
one order can be procured Inc average amount coz.
famed in each money letter received at the dead letter
Office during the fiscal year ls62 was "a So; during
1888 IL was 81 30; and in 1864 - lsshowig that e.
rule money remittances by mail are made IN smaA
| amounts.
The mode by which safety In the transfer OF money 10
secured consists In leaving out Of the order the name
OF the Payee or party for whom tas none m nrnav
bank draft or check. When money order Is appie0
for the postmaster will furnish the applicant win
printed form Of application. in which the later WIN
enter all the particulars Of amount name address, @c..
required 10 30 stated In the money ofder ana aayc.
From the items contained in such application the post
master will fl up the monsy.oraer sna aso .ae r,sS
is handed TO the applicant upon payment OF the sun
expressed therein and OF the fee chaygeaoe thereon
Nv the mail mned lately following Tie Issue OF money
oIder the postmaster transmits the corresponding od'
vice to the postmaster at the office upon which 1t
Drawn The latter is thus furnished, before the order
,ses an ne presentsd with the necessary information
70 detect fraud. any should be attempted. A money
order is rendered invalid unless 1t sPresented TO the
postmaster on whom Il is drawn within ninety dsys
from ia date; but the PostmasterG can issue
order on the application Of the payee upon the pay
mani Of second fee The course 70 be pursued
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