Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-02

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appendix.
In Aprll. 1855, phrsuani 70 The authori-
W given by section 1923, Revised Statutes
I slNned convention with The postal De-
paflmcnt 81 Japan for 90 Interchange Of
money orders with The Offices Of that en-.
pifc, which war executed by the Japanese
acknowledgement on the ed of May, and
went into Operation on the lsi " October,
copy NJ u ls likewise appended,
" VIII Do Oi interest 60 note tliat from
returns already received II appears That
pp ~ November 40 nine orders nggrc-
SAILING 82Oi,0D, were drawn 10 the United
states on Japan, and up 10 Ociobrr -
iWeHty-iOur orders, nggfCgaliOg -fl1b3,
were drawn ma Japan 90 thc United
HtAifg. or the latlcr 80 far as the
names indioatr, eleven were purchased
by Japanese aud thirteen by Amcrcans.
These were drawn on The following
n0lccs, respectively. Five each on New
York aud San FuuciscOi four on Boston;
three ou Rochester, n. ~ two ench on
Brooklyu aud WashlhgtOn ono each on
Mcldylle, pn., Buffalo, N " aud Oak
inud, chi
The rolurns, though mcagcr tend 10
show thar One system VIII facilitate tic
deportation tO japan oi email articles Of
merchandise.
luE CtuEr Nmrc1oH's
report summarizes cuWpactly ihc paricu-
lars OF the work OF the Inspecting force.
Tho figures give but barely hint OF the
ldrsullory yet lnbOnous aud often trying
lpbors performed Gases % the number
OF % ,2la wcw mvcstigatud aud reported
on during thc year. Necessarily, many
were Of comparative insignl,icuucci but q
large number were Important.
Tue Inspectors mlde or caused $50 az.
rests; in POS eases convictions followed ,
in 40 ncquitnls or dsml,s0lsj iu 282
TRIALS bad not mkcn place; one prisoner
escaped, tbree lonoitcd bail aud nltocu
cnsrs 10 the state courts wore iurucd over
Tor prosecution by employers
PoHtnilcl4 no the number Of i6g were
rohrd during tllc ycar aud 2jG burned.
/ lil2hNRyucn took the mail iu thrtythfec
instances, and minor thcits and losses
were reported
OF cases affecting The registered mal
1863 occurring in previous years were
disposed OF, aud i9l2 rolcrred FOR inycsti.
CATION during the ycar, OF the latter,
actual losses occurred, ua Investigation
proves, iu leas than onc.6lth; or AZ
1 proven OHd estimated, ID but $50 cases
out At iOj3l ,0l2 pieces OF registered
matter Il gratifying proof OF the security
OF TIC systcma security which ls in-
crcaslng continually WllhlmprOycd meth
ODDS.
IN This cmss Of cases The inspectors
collected Slj,2O3I8, either from the
| dcprcdntors or officials churgeablo with
negligence contributing 10 the loss, OF
I 4
aud 81 002 .i3 TO the treasury because the
owners could not DO found
OF ordinary mail matter 3G,il0 cases
were referred during the year. aud 81 ESQ
| disposed OF, including some arising IN
previous years It win be seen that sew.
cral Thousand cases remained uninye.ti-
| gated fact which ought to be relieved
/ bya sufficient Increase Of the force IL
promptly briug the work up to date. De.
lHycd cuses usually fail of useful results
| prumptncss Of action being essential in
nearly All Instances la which Inspector.
! prove OF substantial value.
From delinquent pOsjmastcrs and cX
/ postmastcrs and their surctics the grOs,
sum Of sos. a52.ii was recovered and pnit
into the treasury, ns against S2G,027Il
the year before.
A large number OF other cases wer,
considered, TO which no general Interest
attuChes
roBMAsrEHs' CLAIMS FOR LOSSES
"oi moncy-ordcr funds postage stamps
stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers
and postal cards." resulting from bur
Enry, lire or other unavoidable casualty
including remltmnccs OF mOncy.ordol
funds lost or stolen while In transit, were
authorized by the act of March ~, 1872, &c
be allowed by The general
upon his determination of The luCts, anc
that "such loss resulted from no fault oi
negligence on the part Of such postmas
tcrH," with Limitation that claims accru
Ing before the passage Of the act must b,
presented six months after that date, nnt
those arising after IL within three months
of the loss.
All such claims arc referred L
the assistant Encouragement of th,
department Tor examination, and upon
his report aud ilndug In each case, are
finally reviewed and determined A con.
siderable labor Is Imposed upon thu
officer and the inspecting force IN III,
performance OF this duty, In the up
prudiX viii be found report 10y n,
assistant Encouragement of the claim,
considered during the past fiscal year
and a further report, as required by law
VIII be luld before congress
FIVE hundred and nlty Cnscs wcro con
slderod during the year, of which 3si
were allowed aud lG5 disalowcd. IN,
total sun of S59HO8s was allowed iol
loss Of monry-ofdrr funds S3l65 Win,
Ia transit, sl7508 by fire aud 82GO0 20 b.,
, burglary. bur stamps, stamped paper
and cards the gross allowance was So,
1901 SHo622 by lire, Sli,g8O.0O b,
burglary.
OF The dhallowcd Claims the amount
ipr muuey-ordcr funds WA H8iN8 800, ant
for stamps, etc, GS,a9Gi OF Ga,
former, 62t35 were claimed as lost ia
transit $40 by IRE, a5328B by burglary
aud $3.50 by larceny; oi tho Rtiof
SlaIg.sl by fire, S21s721 by burglary
Si70l.o7 by larceny aud Ssh 80 by Other
casually.
twill bc observed that LOSSES hy lar
culy do not tnli within thr act So ats,
claims for los4rs of postal funds are moi
admissible underlt
OF the claims dlsallowcd, "a were OF q
character not embraced by the law, "a
were chirgeahlu to the poAtmastcr',
fault or negligence, 6s were not sui
lcienlly proven, ~ were Withdrawn Oh
dismissed aud - were not presented
within the limited time.
considerable number of dlsallowod
claims were meritarious, aud viii prob
ably receive the favorable attention al
congress, TO which body the department
win bc ready 10 communicate such In,