The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-07-28
P~oST-oFFICE NOTICE.
Suggestions to the Public, with Regulations
Relating to the Mailing and Registry of
Letters, Papers, and Parcels,
Rates of Postage to Countries In and out of the
Postal Union.

/. Mail all letters, etc, as early as practicable,
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 letters legible
and complete, giving the name of the post-ofice,
and State, when addressed to 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 a 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-ofices hav-
ing the same names as post-otices in the United
States and in England, the name of the country as
well as the post-office 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 to
Burlington, y. ;. Nova SCOTIA, often go 10 Bur
lingtOn, New York, on account Of the resemblance
between 5 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.
4. 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, excset either by means of
a money-order or in a registered letter.
6. Postage stamps should be placed on the
upper right-hand corner cf the address-side Of all
mail matter.
Z. The cutting Of postage stamps IL two or
more pieces IS prohibited, and no letter having n
mutilated stamp on il Will be forwarded.
s. Postage stamps are regarded as cash, and
the sale Of them on credit Is strictly prohibited.
9. Anything in addition TO an address written
or printed on the address-side Of postal cards
renders them unavailable.
10. To insure q domestic letter being forwarded
in the mails, 1t must have not less than two cents
in postage stamps affixed. II less than the full
postage has been paid, double the amount due
must be paid by the party receiving it.
II. \ subscriber to q newspaper or periodical,
who changes his residence and post-office,s should at
once notify the publisher Of the change and have
the publication sent TO his new address.
u. 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.
Is. 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.
II. Send all letters, newspapers and small par
cells TO the pOst-ohice. 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 10 their being sent by chance conveyance
outside the mails.