Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-12
POSTAL AFFAIRS.
, what an Educated Nations COrre'
spondenec hfs Grown 100000
Dead letters ers-CuriOsitiesO of the
Newspaper Postage Law.
nat We Gain by the Treaty OF BeTne-
Frbe Now Pos al Cards i'm Demand
Specic Rates from France-An-
other Fast Mail.

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NJ ,errNaT,0N, November Mr.. L.
Barhzy. The third assistant postmas-
|r.gere,sI bgs completed his annual
r. II contains many facts OF inter
Tha number Il official letters re.
! lived IN that bureau IL the last II 'csi
ar was 6S5. coo These were opened,
j sifed, iudexed and disG 'louIs1 Sy
sur clerks. The figures SHOW INA. tne
tai cards we're very popular u ui1us ~
wear. There were issued H.
Is 600 of them, Of the value OF
,O76. 100. In the month Of Oc-
'ber last there were Issued of the
.w cards 20, 23S 900, which is one-tifth
the entire amount sCld during the
/ cal year. Tee estimate OF the number
/ [ce,sayv for tho next fiscal year is
II g67, 900. Toe amount of public Crii-
LLrv postal stamps issued to postmssteTs
kring the fiscal year was 6S2 $40 600, OF
value of SIS, ,27l 479 The value Of
:. s.age and periodical stamps was $751;
L The number OF officislstsmpsi issued
the executive departments was lS,-
|5 600, Of a value Of 1884 $40. The
tal number Of stamps Of ali kinds
IUed was 973, ,Z75, OPS, Of q value OF
b 476,5u. The incresss in the number
Eor5 ,-ary stamps is about ten per cent.
= incre. zee, including Official stamps,
seven per cent. The postage
4 ngns sent through the mails
registered pouches to posimssters
mbered 359. ASP. or this entire
|hount there we've lost only ten
.ckages, OF an aggregate value OF $3.50
/ . statistics of the dead letter service
4, of ugite romantic interest. The
uber Of dead letters handled during
l. wear va. about 500 600. Of these,
7g9 contained money aggregsting
II 900: IA 20 letters contained drafts,
- snd bills of exchange Of the value
= gg7. .si7; l35 or letters contained
res Of merchandise, postage
-. aud misCellaneOus articles; g.
n65 qntEiued nothing OF value.
~ -. mailed to foreign countries
- - T., 'tsd States, u 500 600 let
a. 'i'T ~, ,Gees 100, 200 were returned
i.,,,-trsJ lie number Of letters re-
yad from foreign co1ntLLes was IL
Il OoG. OF which 2'9, lOO were returned
|5aIiyerad. These figures snow the ad-
Dtage which this county VIII derive
=, The new postal treaty OF berne.
at treaty provides thai eacn County
III retzin the postage on all let'ers
,ired in it, own territory, ana tnst no
INIT shall he kept between countries
E. srcess Of letters mailed from thls
- g,-sr the number received from
-. countries il uesrly .OOO, COZ.
g. gain 70 the United States from
!. t-,.stv. therefore, presuming al let
IN 6a only single weight, Is DVe
= on ! 900 900 letter., OF
n co.. The result Of the operations OF
. new law. which requires prepay
4 ent Of newspaper posisge' pfeseies q
Irious psfsdoX. Whlie the Agst Tsa'e
sseipts from this source have not b-en
,Fge Is they were under me Olu sys-
Sbe net gain 10 the government ls
r. The postoffice department esLi-
atsi " tie new law would yield
Leo lel ,on On qauslly. This estimste was
,J3 w . t5s tsluIns from ntty-nNe
4 so 5..-. Ll'su s;lo. tgT 6 Uniform psriodi out
''ii Z ,lLlIs9. olll-S either eTred or old not
pls.lil'as s55 q, -, urps. Receipts from
sc lLu'Llu' lI. - - ban 81, O,OJO. The
soLICe ll',5.. a ( .,slss - gain, however
:, g IL i ,l' fs.t ina. ia V sum Is mslhiy
Iestzd in aGvauce, ,,A,.I : ~ 1r,on
ere no commission il SuO"oU p,n -.
4, sums collected The ainoSot a-I,
w. under this new systz m = ne = ;
N Oll. about the sum receives uHue-
oid system in 1873. or tue entire
lrunt collected, commissions were
H. mon only about SlOO 900. NeWs'
4 &per preuavment stamps have Deen
|I0lied 10 34OO offices, the total NUMBER
Jla,es in the United Stetes where 1t,
.ly newspapers are Publlshed: me 1hS
4 z.r,s.a in the number Of registered
I1c..s during The year vas ntteen Per
III. The system Of registered through
IrIobes works satisfactorily. They nave
IN reed upon all the principal routes
4 .tnssters generally testify to tneir uss-
ness.
--frp SPECIAL RATES From FRANCE
W ,suISaToS, November 7.-On and
,e~ IaTuary Is;, 1t which date France
in- lhe postal union. there VIII De ieS'
L. .r5 eI,lectea in France the follow
4 : -e-,ysI union rates Cf posts ge: Fo.
sassjJ e teIs, 20 centimes per i
- ao,1es; for unpaid letters, 6O cent
- Uer Is grsmmes; for postal cSrdS