The Irish standard., 1896-03-21
REGISTERED MAIL.
Many Clerks Handle and Verify Eacf
Package.
And the end is not yet.
THE END.

Many Clerks Handle and Verify Each
Package.
In the New York post Office, when
letter is presented for registration it is
inspected by the receiving clerk to as
certain whether it is in good condition,
firmly sealed, properly addressed
and sufficiently prepaid, and that
the name of the sender has been
Endorsed on it. These requirements be-
ing met, the clerk records the letter in
IA book composed of alternate thin and
thick leaves, manifold copy of the en-
try being obtained by means of a sheet
of carbon paper placed between the
two.
The thin sheets are perforated in OBJ
long sections for ready separation, and
constitute the receipts issued to the
public Each receipt bears distinct
number in series running from one to
one hundred thousand, and every letter
registered has the number of the receipt
issued for it Endorsed on it's face.
The condition of the letter envelope
lis now inspected by another clerk, and
if perfect. the imprint of a hand stamp
is impressed across the edge Of the flap
to betray any tampering.
These preliminaries being completed.
a card known as the return receipt is
prepared and attached to the letter by
means OF rubber band. On one side of
the card appear the number, date of
mailing, name of addressee, and desti-
nation of the letter; on the other, the
name and full address of the sender, to
whom the receipted card Will be re-
turned when the letter has been deliy
cred.
In it's numerical order the letter
passes to separating clerk, and with
80 others, composing an even 100, is dis
tributed to one of the six cases, where
it will be further treated. The sep
arating clerk verifes the count of each
100 letters before separating another
1oo and, as frequently as may be neces-
sarv. delivers each subdivision to the
clerks in charge of the cases.
A case consists of q, long table with a
set of pigeon holes bearing the names
of the large cities i'll the section Of the
country assigned to that case. and in
these pigeon holes the clerk in charge
boxes the letters, and from time to time
parcels them out to his assistants.
The next step is the preparation of
what is known as registered package
envelope. This consists of an ingeni- 4
ously contrived envelope specially man
nfactured out of particularly tough
paper for the use to which it is put,
and also numbered in series of 100000.
On the face of each envelope appears
it's number and spaces for the name of
the post Office, county and state to
which it viii be sent, while the back is
arranged for notations of it's condition
by every postal official through whose
hands it subsequently passes. One of
these envelopes having been addressed,
entry of the letter to be Enclosed in it
is made on a registry bill, which shows
the date of mailing, name of the post
Office using it, name of the post Office to
which it will be sent. number of the
registered package envelope. and, final |
". the registered number Of the letter
to be placed in it and the name of its
nddressee.
The bill and the letter are placed in
this envelope, which then passes to a
clerk, who removes it's contents. COM
pares the letter with the entry on the
bill. and calls the registered letter and
registered package envelope numbers,
together with their destina ton, to an
assistant. who records these particu
lars in the, mailing book. The letter
and bill are now replaced in the en-
velope. and it passes to another clerk |
for final verifcation Of contents and
sealing. -
The sealing consists in an applica- i
ton of blue mucilage to the three flaps (
Of the envelope. which.when once closed
cannot be reopened without mutila- !:
tions. the blue mueilage exposing any /
attempt to open the enveiopr by anyrl
tteaming process. The postmark show
ing the mailing office and the date IS /
now affixed, and the enreiope,, with 9 /