The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-10-07

the name of the county should be
added.
Where mail matter is addressed to
cities of free-delivery Offices the street
and house number, or pcStotfice box
nnpehnnIns aho snUuRr aIways be gwen
when it is possible to do so.
Where this cannot be done, the
business or employment of the person
addressed, if stated, will often secure
delivery.
A small proportion only of the mail
received at the free-delivery offices is
called for at the general delivery of
the postoffice, the public expecting
delivery by the letter carriers; and
hence the importance of giving street
and number, or some other designa-
ton whereby the person addressed
may be found.
Letters addressed to persons tempo
rarily sojourning in city where the
letter-carrier system is in operation
should be marked Transient" or
General delivery" if not addressed
to a street and number, or some other
designated pl &c of delivery.
The name and address of the sender,
either printed or written, should be
placed upon the upper left-hand up
per corner of the envelope or wrapper
of all matter mailed.
This will secure It's immediate re-
turn to the sender from the mailing
office fer correction if improperly ad-
dressed, insufficiently paid, or other
wise defective; thus affording oppor-
tunity to comply with the postal regu-
lations and requirements, and place
the matter in proper condition to en-
title it to all the privileges of the
mails, and is especially useful in the
case of packages and other matter
mailabie at less than letter rate of
postage, which is restricted TO certain
conditions and requirements as to
weight, size, manner of enclosure, etc.
Letters and all other matter mailed,
So marked With liz, and Address
of the sender, that should it fail to be
called for or delivered to the person
addressed, and upon which full letter
rates of postage has been paid are not
sent to the Dead Letter office, but
are returnable to the sender directly
without additional charge, and with
reason of non-delivery end rsed there
on.
Packages and all matter mailed at
less than letter rates of postage, should,
in addition to the name and address
of the sender upon the envelope or
wrappe~, bear in connection there
with request for its return in the
event of non-delivery, in which case
it is also returnable to the sender
from the post office addressed, charged
with return postage at the rate re-
quired for the class of matter to which
1t belongs.
If it be borne in mind that only
such unclaimed and undelivered let
ters and o;her matter prepaid at full
letter rates of postage as do not bear
the lame and address of the sender,
and such other matter mailed at less
than letter rates of postage as does
not bear a request for its return, is
required to be sent to the Dead Let
ter Office. the Importance of the sug-
gestions in respect to placing the
name and address Of the sender, ETC.,
on all matter mailed, is apparent.
All matter mailable at less than
letter rates Of pos age must be wrap
ped or inclosed that it can
be readily examined at the Office of
delivery, as well as at the mailing
office, without destroying the wrapper;
otherwise it is subject to letter postage.
Much of the package and parcel
matter received at the Dead Letter
office is that which has been deposited
for mailing sealed and closed against
inspection and prepaid at less than
letter rate; being unavailable In such
condition, and the name and address:
of the sender not appearing upon the
cover, whereby it might be returned
for correction and proper compliance
with postal conditions, If necessarily
is sent to the Dead Letter office.
A large proportion of the package
sent to the Dead Letter Office are ad
dressed to foreign countries.
In addition to being sealed or closes
against inspection and deficient il
: postage, many of them contain article
that are unavailable through the pos
because of custom regulations an'
e conditions of the countries to whicl
they are addressed, or exceed tn
/ limit of size and weight.
Y In mailing packages addressed t
=, foreign countries, care should be takel
D to ascertain whether they are pro