The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-05

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M free delivery system operation forty six
the principal cusa me number of carriers employed
vas ssa at an aggregate compensation Of $3.50, 2so
This mode Of delivery las steadily crown In favor Win
psoTresa has most marked the local postage shows
Z gratifying Increase Exenencc has shown IL super.
sot 81 The lat two year conmend Il 70 Congress Is
permanent branch OF the postal service. Its effects In
saving time the public, insurng tbs correct dey
sfy by inducing tho habit u directing letters "
ana numb~r 10 reducing TIE great number Of advertised
and dead letters 10 facilitating correspondence especially
iocal In obviAiing tho necessity Of the many fuliess
eals al post once are rolled on 70 prove is advAn-
tasss over Tho old system ofscc delivery.
DEAD STrrU
Tho whole number Of dnd letters received, examined
and disposed of during ihevcar SAs about four and
half millions upwards u Dirty per cent Of vhich we're
from forty OF the npsf post ofhces About sir
hundred thousand other letters received being
mailnble for want Of pfsp~msr, of postage,
count Of misdircctlon or nlgibie sddress
During the year there wee registered and rensief 10
the respective owner, ~ sclosinR money 10 Of
an and upwards 81 sf4 letters containing an aggregate
OF o2sa $50 81 which sumbcr zT,sss, containing
Sx2l ooe were delivered. biog ninsty per cent TIC
number Of lettcrs snclosinoums Of money css than o.
remslled 10 the respectiy owners. wss 1884 con-
talplns an aggregate snlouf Of t3s52 O these I-5
eontainng 1901, were lowered
The nultr 81 letter. Cotsning Of value other
than money a. deeds, biis,f exchangc drsts ch.cks
40 received Registered AZ returned Tor delivery 70 tbs
owners, v,s 2o,olo and thnominai vslas o. The %.
closures therein 81 s7cni The number u thsso
letters delivered vac "a os3beng eghtv.tve per cent
The number Of letters AL paeksgss eontan Ming photo
araphs daguerreoiypes I'D ARTICLES q Jo~ely va
81 Is u which s35s2 sent out containing for tho
meet part photographs anedAsuscosypesl and a. Tts
or 20 pr cent, delivered
Alsrge number Of psckrss containing misoslIsnsous
Articles Tor which no owns could 10 found so.d
Al public anction the prccsds amounting 70 t3,t<3
Tho number Of s'iers rNirnsc, unoyensa - forsisn
countries during the yea wM laS, TA The aInorirt a
unpaid postage which y, ~ s7s The nsmber
oeved from foreign COUNTIES IN the ,sne condition
dur,py IN. sane period ~ad2 go and the amount "
unpaid postage thereon sz,@
1he rarnbsr q Copressnai and orcid pspsrs r.
TUNED 70 the proper departments wD ~ SO
The namp.r Of letters s;losinr soldiers. Discharges
and other military gapsn ss 70 tho Adja1Ani 6ss.rais
Once Al was s,sis
M number u Ordinary tsrs remslsd v tho writer's
nupbef II the charter re.srnsd the yesr pre-
y,ous On thess .sb vrs delivered
The wLos namb@r o. Ieos Of ali descriptions ssn,
vsr- delivered, being seyev-.eysn PER cent
or toe number ~ ordiny stisa s~rt oat ~ a.
lysry since the iss JAY ~, from whirk Tine, " ar
cordsroe with tho Lac. %, have bs-n rsnrnsd ffo",
eight, thros per vsrs aversd, beng sa Dese~ss
of seventeen per cen, owe tbs percentage delivered
auyns the same PERIOD II "a ye~r prsviguk
Abosi 100 90 dssd lstis have ben destroyed oar.
irr n. year OF thee upuds ~ srty pr cent vsfs
ord.rsry bsiasss q lo,isry
ard sU su.erprsrs nosics ~ corpcrsis s~siis~ and
usdsanens blils, The reminder bsinv eyfnpossf u
letters not slsnsi o. - vrsn - 70 y nhnni. s'ese
lsstey, confirms stAisnss male 10 We lat report
thsa thrs. fourhs " ths vbs namb-r fs - reach ne
paris adsrss~~i through fsn ~ The writer's sud y
Hes ben sscersinsd that tbororafton o. stlew fsy
sdfrs,s~d retained from os sbrrs The free delivery
10 ssAbllsbsd u ~>s thsn The p~r rsrt yro<a ~
thsss oo~s fstars hsfs - revived IA wbick nd
rnsse letter - sdsrssssd syrr without . s.ssfssssry
psssoa fer ibs nonas~ry Prom forty u en- p~r
Of as>d is,isr ss rsssrr~ffrm usss oxsss ssd ~
has sppsAr that more esxui sisspsse 70 We ssss 10
q scssss % Ne - u mn @ssssw IN ssrs