The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-04

Tur posrAL SERVICE IN ENoiAXp.-i nv. !,
are nearly l2,0 900 post-of'iccs in INC ut,,e'
Kingdom, and nearly 5000 ROAD ans pihai'
boxes, making nearly 10000 rcceptat"s ~
ell. Before the establishment Of penny sts Z.
age, in 1910. there were not io'Tlh o' sirs
number. In the wear 1871 the h'llhpe VI
ordinary chargeable letters passing 'urousL'
the post-oiiice for delivery IN the on.'.u
Kirodsn mot including sample anu pattern
T,acEetsl amounted TO 90 for every person
1ypoY an ayeragc-33 TO each person III Eng
land. - ia Scotland, 10 in Ireland. Inc cor
rcspondencc carried for public Offices "elShea
nearly Ii 100000 ounces, and the value OF
the postal service thus performed was Aioo'-
SIC. In addition TO the lI,0Oo,00o charge
able letters delivered in the United hlnS
dom. there were 100000 postcards carried
for The public, 9o,G00,0oo newspapers ana
10000, 900 book packets. The po>tu"'tc'
OF Belfast reports two instances OF Ieiiiaih-
able carelessncSs in 1871. a packet co"E.l'l !,
inga watch and two soycreigns was poslea
fvSi;hout being recistcrcdl unscaled ana even
united, and gold watch and locket loosely
hacked I'D and addressed TO America were
posted without anything either inside or out
side the racket TO show for whom these afti-
eJes were intended or by whom they were
sent. ,c-,
The Postmaster.Generalr received III 1911
tlle following testimonial from ali A.hei,'S:'l
gentleman: "Having recently arrived III
England, and not knowing the present where
abol,rs Of sister, addressed letter 10 ner
bate residence thus: Upper Norwood, Or else
where received reply in ordinary course
oil mail, saying it had been delivered TO her
on the top of a stage-coacF m Wales. VEN
ture to say that no other country can show
the parallel or would take the trouble ~ any
price" The annual returns show that there
are upwards of 4,300 moncy-ordcr offices III
the United Kingdom. About twelve million
money.orders were issued in 1871, number
equal to two to every five persons; one 10
evcryt two persons in England, one to every
four in Scotland, one to every six III lrea'hd
The amount due, upon an average, 10 caciI
depositor in post-oftice savings banks Is aoou'
$50 gold in England, $40 gold III Scoliand'
SS5 gold in Ireland. In Ireland there are less
facilities for investing small sums OF money
in commercial enter ariscs than in Great
Britain. The dcpoSitor* il. savings banks
Gucludjne the old trustees as well as TIT
post.ofIice banks are one i'll aijGut nine o
the population in England, one III aoo,l
thirteen in Scotland, one in about fltT u
Ireland.
The postmaster established more than
1900 new telegraph offices in the year lo' l
about four day. The telegraph is every
where. A special staff waits on events, ant
hastens TO every place where there Is ANY
thing moving" with which the ordinary
force cannot keep pace crwhicA demands al
officer to ''go special" Nnrin% The lines
of the Prince of Wales two mtwbers OF th'
special staff were night and day in >s'ndilrg
ham house. On the Thanksgiving dag tlics'
same officers were stationed in st. la'ii
cathedral, whence they transmitted as ih'
ceremony went on an account OF the pro
ceadinSs. The postmaster is now a TAX cor cor
hector. In the year Is Il ne i,s'l.0 'o-'1 =,
doc licenses at IS. cac.l: 1oSG5 licenses fol
male servants at los Cacil; lN4,9JS carriage
licenses, 81 1857 at a.. and 1%,lli at l3S.
1927 horse and mule licenses at lbs. 6d:
1925 liccpses for arm0rial bearings. 5,54'
at rs. for arms to he borne on carriages. ant
l0.303 ut 21s. and e., lGl gun licenses at los