The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-07-21

Burlington. y. :. Nova Scotia. often 60 to Bur
I5uZ-gu. New YORK aL account ~ t-. resemblance
between > and y when Care-as-ly written.
Q. Away write the address With ink. and not
wf-L pencil Of any kind as pencil marks often be-
come erased and tho adde's rendered i~leElble.
l. avoid a- much % possible using envelopes
made u t.5u paper. ,-.-.-ali- where more than
one sheet d paper. or any other article than paper
Is enclosed. BENZ often utuG-ed-aud especially
i'll tile overland mail bags carried oH Lor=eaaeh-
such euve.ope- NOT UulrelunuttE split OPEN e-'AtE
cause "! complaint against officials who ars entirely
innocent in the matter.
J.. Never send money or any other atj-c-e q
value through the mail. except either by means Of
z mOncv-oTdcr or in a registered letter.
s. Postage stamps should be- placed on the
upper right-Laud corner 81 the addres~--Ide Of all
: Tie cutting Of postage stamps IN TWO or
more pieces j. prohibited. and no letter having 4
mut.lated stamp on II viii be forwarded.
: Postage stamps are regarded as cash. and
the sale Of them on credit Is strictly prohibited
g. Anything in addition 10 an address written
OF printed Oh the a.--,---.de Of postal cards
renders them unavailable.
no. To insure a dom ..- --rter being forwarded
in the mails. II must have nor less than two cents
in postage stamps affixed. II less than the ful!
postage has been paid, double the amount due
must be paid by the party receiving il.
II. 4 subscriber 70 a newspaper or periodical
who changes his residence and post-ofice. should al
once notify the publisher of the change and have
the publication sent 10 his new address.
u. Publishers and news agents mailing printed
matter in quantities viii facilitate its distribution,
and often hasten its dispatch by assortlns. such
matter DIV states ana territories anu AZ itlEf4
cities. if foreign. or by Islands. if domestic.
y. All inquiries, whether from pOstmaster- or
the public. relative 10 lost or missing mail matter
Of every description, both foreign and domestic,
ordinary and registered. should be addressed 70
the General Post-Ofice, Honolulu, and losses or IL
regularities should be reported as soon AS knowl-
edge Is had Of their occurrence.
II. Send all letters, newspapers and small par
cells 70 the pOst-ofice. As a rule, they will go safer
ana reach their destination more quickly in the
mails than when sent in any other way. Most OF
the complaints about the nou-receipt Of letters are
traceable 10 their being sent by chance conveyance
outside the mails.
-. Domestic postal cards, costing one cent each,
can be purchased at every pOst-otfce. Also, two
cent postal cards, mahable 70 the United States,
Canada and Mexico and three-cent postal cards,
mailable 70 any country in the Postal Union.
l6. Double postal cards, called &c return postal
cards, intended for an immediate reply TO a cor
respondent viii soon be prepared, the cost being .
cents-l cent for the inquiry card and / cent for the
return card.
siding in Honolulu should have the street and
number, or some other designated place Of de
livery, as II IS the purpose Of the department 10
establish letter carriers in Honolulu as soon "a
practicable.
IS. The issue Of money-orderz on credit l.
strictly prohibited, and no money viii be received
by a postmaster in payment for moHey-Orders is
sued except that which Is legal tender, or bank
checks, orders and certificates of deposit.
10. Letter boxes Will be prepared as soon as
practicable, in all the post-ofices in the Kingdom,
and all persons who are in regular receipt Of let
tiers and newspapers viii find it greatly 10 their
convenience 70 have boxes.
20. \ letter deposited in the mail can be re-
called only by the writer, and then only on giving
a written receipt for the same. After a letter leaves
Of the person to whom it is addressed, or his legal
rcpTesen IA tive.