The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-07-14
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 Ont Of the
Postal CniOB.

/ Mail all letters, etc., as early as practicable,
especially when sent in large numbers, as Is fire.
The labor of the post-ohice is much diminished If
letters, when mailed in large numbers. are tied IN
bundles, with the addresses an IN one dlrectioH:
2. Make the address ON all foreign letters leglole
and complete, giving the name OF the Post-otfce'
and State, when addressed to the United States.
The name of the street and nunDer OF the mousse
should also be given, where letter-carrlers are EN-
ploved 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
ters for foreign countries. and especially IN Canada,
IN ~ hich country there are many post-otnces haY-
IL. tie same names As pOst-offices in the United
) les 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 CefSn, thereby causing
delay, and often serious loss. Letters addressed 10
Burlington. y. 5. Nova SCOTIA, often go TO Bur-
ington. New York. on account of the resemblance
between 5 and y when earelessly 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 illeSible.
!. 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 untrequently split open, giving
cause uf complaint against othcials who are entirely
innocent in the matter.
>. Never send monty or AMY other article of
value through the mail except either by means Of
a mOney-order "r IN a r"Elstered letter.
Is. Postage staIapr should be placed on the
upper right-hani rorucr of the address-side Of all
mail matter.
:. The cutting OF postage stamps in two or
more pieces i prohibited, and no letter having 2
mutilatcd stamp On II Will be forwarded.
&. Postage stamps arc 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-slde OF postal cards
renders them unavailable.
20. 10 insure a domestic letter being forwarded
in the mails, il must have not less than two cents
in postage stamps affixed. If less than the~full
postage has been paid, double the amount due
must be paid by the party receiving it.
IL. \ subscriber 10 a newspaper or periodical,
who changes his residence and post-ottice.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 10y States and Territories and the larger
cities. if foreign. or by Islands, if domestic.
I3. All inquiries, whether from posimasShrs or
the public, relative 10 lost or missing mail matter
Of every description, both foreign and domestic,
ordinary and registered, should he addressed to
the General Post-Ofice. Honolulu, and losses or If
Irregularities should be reported as soon ~ knowl-
edge is had of their occurrence.
II. Send all letters, newspapers and small par
GELS 10 the post-office. As a rule, they will go safer
and reach their destination more quickly in the
mail, than when sent in anv other way. Most of
the complaints about the nOn-receipt Of letters are
traceabe TO their being sent by chance conveyance
outside the mails.
IS. Domestic postal cards, costing one cent each,
can be purchased at every pOst-ottce. Also, two
cent postal cards, mailable to the United States,
Canada and Mexico and three-cent postal cards,
mailable to any country in the Postal Union.
10. Double postal cards, called q return postal
cards" intended for an immediate reply to a cor
respondent Will soon be prepared, the cost being ?
cents-1 cent for the inquiry card and L cent for the
return card.
II. Letters and papers addressed 20 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;offices 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.
30. \ 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
the office where deposited it becomes the property
of the person to whom il Is addressed, or his legal
representative.