Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-09-29
General ADVERTISEMENTS.
DOST OFFICE NOTICE.
SUGGESTIONS TO THE PUBLIC.
WIN REGULATIONS
Relating TO the Mailing and Registry
OF Letters. Papers and Parcels,
Rates of Postage to Countries in and out of the
Postal Union.

l. Mail all etief., etc, eaylp a. e,deiasf es
peeally when sent in large NUMBERS frequently the
case win newspapers and circulars The labor d the
post-oihce is much diminished Il lettets when mailed In
large NUMBERS are tied in bundles with the addresses
all in direction.
Make the address on all foreign letter, lesille and
sompiee. giving the name Of the post Office and State
when addressed the United STATES The name OF the
street and number OF the house should also be given
where leercarierS employed while the letter will
eventually reach its destination without a number the
omission IS often a OF hesitation and DELAY In
the case OF letters for foreign countries and especially
IN canada, IN which country there many posoffires
having the as post offices in The United
States and England, the name Of the country as well as
the post.ofice should be given in full Letters adj.
dressed, for instance, merely to =" London" without
adding England" frequently sent to London
canada, and 57es srsa, thereby causing delay, and
often serious loss Letters addressed Burlington
N. 5. (Nova Scotia) often 60 to Burlington New
York, on aeconn, Of the resemblance between $ and
when Carelessly written
}. Away write the address with ink and NOT with
pencil Of any kind, pencil marks often become erased
and the address rendered illcgible.
4. Avoid As much as possible using envelopes made
thin paper, especially where more than one sheet OF
paper, or any other article than paper is incosed
Being often handled, and especially in the overland
mail bags carried on horseback such envelopes NOT
unirequently split open, giving cause OF complaint
against officials who entirely innocent in the matter
s. Never send money or any other article Of value
through the mail, except either by means Of a money.
order or in registered letter.
g. Postage stamps should be placed the upper
rghthand corner Of the address side Of all mail matter
7. The cutting Of postage stamps in two or more
pieces is prohibited and no letter having mutia,ed
stamp on it will be forwarded
g. Postage stamps regarded as CASH and the sale
OF them credit is strictly prohibited
g. Anything in addition to address written or
printed on the address side OF postal cards renders them
unavailable.
To insure a domestic letter being forwarded in
the nails it must have less than cents in post.
age stamps affixed. II less than the full postage ha,
been paid, double the amount due be paid by the
party receiving it,
II. subscriber newspaper or periodical who
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notify the publisher Of the change and have the pubca
ton sent to his new address.
Publishers and news agents mailing printed
matter in quantities will facilitate its distribution and
often hasten its dispatch, by asserting such matter by
States and Territories and the larger cities If foreign
or by Islands, II domestic.
- All inquiries, whether from postmasters or the
public relative to lost missing mail of every
description, both foreign and domestic, ordinary and
registered, should be addressed the General Post.
Office Honolulu and losses irres ularities should be
reported knowledge is had Of their occur
renee.
"a Send all letters. newspapers and small parcels to
the pos-ofiice As rule, they will go safer and reach
their destination more quickly in the mails than when
sent IN any other way Most Of the complaints about
the non-recept of letters raceabe their being
sent by chance conveyance outside the mails
Is Domestic postal cards, costing one cent each. can
cards, mailable to the United States Canada and
Mexico, and three cent posal-cards, malabe to any
country in the postal union.
I6 Double postal cards, called "return postal
cards" intended s'y immediate reply to correspond
en-, will soon btiry cared the cost being cents
nt FOR the inqyd and cent tor the card
s. to l ssi'S Sam issaa oE
puI,ose of the arnent establish in
S,,Oala as seen as practicable.
prohibited and no money @iri be received by posi-
master in payment for money issued, except that
which is legal tender, bank checks, orders and ceu
fcates OF deposit.
10 Letter Boxes will be prepared as pracca-
bie in all the post-oces Of the Kingdom, and all per-
sons who in regular receipt Of letters and
papers will find it greatly their convenience to have
boxes.
40 letter deposited in the mail can be recalled only
by the writer and then only giving written receipt
for the same After letter leaves the office where
deposited it becomes the property OF the person to
whom it is addressed his legal representative.