The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-08-04
~PosT-oFFICE NOTICE.
Suggestions 10 the Public, with Regulations
Relating 10 the Mailing and Registry o.
Letters, Papers. aad Parcels,
Rates of Postage 10 Countries in aad Out Of The
s'ss:aI Union.

l. Mail all letters, etc, as early as pydcticable,
especially when sent in large numbers. as is fire.
quently the case with newspapers and circulars.
The labor of the post-ofice is much diminished if
letters, when mailed in large numbers, are tied in
bundles, with the addresses all in one direction.
2. Make the address on all foreign lettersleSible
and complete. giving the name OF the post-0hice,
and State, when addressed tn the United States.
The name of the street and number of the house
should also be given, where letter-carrierS are en-
ployed while the letter will eventually reach its
destination without 4 number, the omission is often
cause of hesitation and delay. In the case of let
tiers for foreign countries. and especially in Canada.
IN which country there are many pOst-uffces Law
ing the same names as pOSt-OfficeS in the United
States and i'll England, the name of the country as
well as the pOst-oftce should be given in full. Let
tiers addressed, for instance, merely to London"
without adding - England" are frequently sent TO
London, Canada, and rice rerSd, thereby causing
delay, and often serious loss. Letters addressed 10
Burlington, n. S. Nova Scotia). often 60 To Bur-
ington, New York, on account Of the resemblance
between ) and Y when carelessly written.
3. Always write the address with ink, and not
with pencil Of any kind, as pencil marks often be-
come erased and the address rendered ~illegible.
+. Avoid, as much as possible, using envelopes
made OF thin paper, especially where more than
one sheet Of paper, or any other article than paper,
Is enclosed. Being often handled-and especially
in the overland mail bags carried on horseback
such envelopes not unfrequently split open, giving
cause of complaint against officials who are entirely
innocent in the matter.
.. Never send money or any other article Of
value through the mail, except either by means of
a money-Order or i'll a registered letter.
6. Postage stamps should be placed on the
upper right-hand corner of the address-side of all
mail matter.
Z. The cutting, Of postage stamps in two or
more pieces is prohibited, and no letter having a
mutilated stamp on it will be forwarded.
8. Postage stamps are regarded as cash, and
the sale of them on credit is strictly prohibited.
g. Anything in addition to an address written
or printed ON the address-side of postal cards
renders them unavailable.
10. To insure a domestic letter being forwarded
i'll the mails, it must have not less than two cents
III postage StamDS affixed. If less than the full
postage has been paid, double the amount due
must be paid by the party receiving it.
IL. A subscriber TO a newspaper or periodical,
who changes his residence and post-otfice, should at
once notify the publisher of the change and have
the publication sent to his new address.
II. 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, if domestic.
ID. All inquiries, whether from postmasters or
the public. relative to lost or missing mail matter
of every description, both foreign and domestic,
ordinary and registered, should be addressed to
the General Post-Ofice, Honolulu, and losses or ir-
Irregularities should be reported as soon as knOwl-
edge is had of their occurrence.
IA. Send all letters. newspapers and small par
GELS to the pOst-ofice. As a 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-receipt of letters are
traceable to their being sent by chance conveyance
outside the mails.
Is. Domestic postal cards, costing one cent each,
cent postal cards, maiiable to the United States,
Canada and Mexico and three-cent postal cards,
mailable to any country in the Postal Union.
16. Double postal cards, called . return postal
cards" intended for an immediate reply to a cor
respondent will soon be prepared, the cost being 2
cents-1 cent for the inquiry card and l cent for the
return card.
II. Letters and papers addressed to persons re-
siding in Honolulu should have the street and
number, or some other designated place of de-
livery, as it is the purpose of the department to
establish letter carriers in Honolulu as soon as
practicable.
IS. The issue of money-Orders on credit is
strictly prohibited, and no money Will be received
by a postmaster in payment for mOney-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
ters and newspapers will find it greatly to their
convenience to have boxes.
20. A 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 leayes
the office where deposited it becomes the property
of the person to whom it is addressed, or his legal
representative.