The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-04

being ninety per cent The number OF letters on.
closing sums OF money les than one donar, rcmaled
20 the respective owners, was IL S3l contain nc an
aggregate amount OF So66256. Oh these, IL t76 con
taIniIg $3OO1 %, were delivered
Inc number oil letters containing papers of valuo
other than money, as deeds, bills of exchange,
GRATIS checks etc received registered and returned
Tor del very TO the owners, was 266l0 and the
nal value Oftoe enclosures therein 81 1926 les
The number OF these letters delivered was "a 053
The number OF letters and packages containg pho.
tographs dagueTreotvpes, ard articles of jewelry,
was 67,016, OF which 53 572 sent out contain.
inc, ioi the most part photographs end daguerreo-
fypes) and 42746, or 80 per cent delivered
large number o. packages containing miscella-
neous articles, for which no owners could be found,
were 60 at public auction, the proceeds amounting
The number of letters returned, unopened, to
foreign countries during the year was 1893 75i the
amount of unpaid postage on which s9879 40.
The number received from foreign countries in the
same condition during the same period was 72,440,
and the amount OF unpaid postage thereon S2039 26
The number of Confessional and official papers
returned to the proper departments was IL 8OO
The number of letters enclosing soldiers dis
charges and other military papers sent TO the Adiu.
tant-General's office etc, was S9l8,
The number of ordinary letters remailed to the
writers was 1746,166 being an increase of 5S3,472
over the number OF the character returned the
year previous. OF these 275, ,s45 were delivered
The whole number of letters OF all descriptions
sent out during the year was 2 093,444 of which
1,602,224 were delivered being II per cent.
Of the number OF ordinary letters sent for de-
Hvery sinc9 the LIST of July last from which time in
accordance with the law they have been returned
ree, 63 per cent were delivered being an increase
OF IL Der cent over tne percentage delVeled during
the same period ot the year previous.
About 100000 dead letters have been destroyed
during the year. OF these upwards OF sixty per
cent. were ordinary business circulars, advertise
ments of lottery and Gift enterprises no ices of
porate societies and tradesmens bils the remainder
being composed OF etters not signed or so written
as TO be unintelliglble.
An Investlgahon into the cause of the nom
delivery of letters confirms the statement made IN
the last report that three of the whole num-
Der fa led to reach the parties addressed through
aauts OF the writers, and 1t has been ascertained
that the proportion of letters fully addressed re-
turned from offices where the free delivery is estab
1ished is less Than three per cent From some of
these offices returns have been received, in which
not single letter so addressed appears without
satisfactory reason Tor the nOn.deIivery. From 40
to so per cent. OF dead letters returned from
these Offices and 1t thus appears that careful
attention to the details of address the part oil
writers, together with more extensive use of re-
quest envelopes would materially promote tine GER
tainty OF delivery, and greatly diminish the number
of dead letters.
Postal Money-Order System.
The number of money order offices now in opera.
tOn is 766, being 347 more than at the date oil the
last annual report and measures have recently been
taken to establish 81 additional Offices in the Pacific
States and Territories.
The number of orders issued during the
year was 23 609, OF the value Of. SO 977 25928
The number paid was
233 124 OF the value of. SO 85l, ,S39 49
To which js 10 be added
amount of orders paid to
purchasers, ,..,,,,,,t,.,, 62,06073