New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
THE ENGLISH PARCEL POST
THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN
EVERY RESPECT

From The Boston Transcript.
Al the prcsent time. while our own postal ar
rangements are receiving special attention i
interesting 10 turn to the system IN iorce IN
Great Britain for the conveyance or pa' habtS
as mail matter a business mat IN 'hs COUNT!
is entirely in the hands OF the eHI Iess oVi''
NAMES TIE English inland parcel post mas
now been established for about hfteen year
and is consequently no experiment, In
all undertakings Of an immensely su'h az y
involved in its operations there were lnahs w
focts and shortcomings TO be contended Win III
its inception. These have long since been over
come and now ii has become so HuCH vi d
necessity in the daily life Of inc Cohiuh2
mar neople who use IL wonder how they could
have got along without il before eNs''u'
Statistics for the last few years snow that III d
minimum OF cost to the pubic the postoH'Cc -
carving over sixty million packages annual
" with regularity and dispaich. a wei AZ a.
a substantial profit to the department ..
The regulations Of the English parcel post
ore ~,unlo The parcel to be sent must De
handed in at the counter Of postCfhcc ana hot
mailed In the usual way, although III cVu'.!
districts rural postmen on uelI i"ulluo a.
| authorized to receive packages for uansmis-
/ sion Parcels must be packed IN a IeAsohap.S
| strong and secure way to prevent INJURY 70
! themselves and also to protect Their contents
/ from damaging other parcels In transit: me
| must be conspicuously marked farccl fust
| and be plainly and fully addressed ana 'hrE
! eborld also hear the name and address OF the
! sender They must not exceed : feet lhches
| in length and must be prepaid IN postage
| etaups the rate being up to pound IN "tiRn,,
I
| cents; four pounds. II cents. and so on UP 10 ~
| mounds "a cents which is the maximum weight
| allowed 10 be carried. To this however, an e~-
| cention NAV be made for bundles OF newspapers
| when sent Immediately on publication direct
| from the publishing house 10 neWsdeaIers ~
| above rates which include free delivery. VIII
take parcels to- any point in the United hIlis
dom at which there is a pOstOnlCc. I'c'lp'
! can he obtained, II desired, FOR each parcel
which can also be registered II the sender
| wishes and the postofice will pay moderate
! and reasonable compensation in case or loss OF
| damage caused by the faul; OF lis employes
| TLouids glass china. crockery, eggs, frult, ish
meal butter vegetables and all sorts OF similar
! articles which may not be sent by letter post
may be forwarded by the parcel post, II prop
/ erly hacked and marked cOnsplcuously WIN
/ como such warning for the carrier as; Fragile
| with care" Eggs or "Perishable.' The aver
| age time taken in the transmission and delivery
of narces is only little longer than that OF the
| ordinary letter mail service.
SUCCESSFUL AT ONCE.
! The operatlons Of the inland parcel post
/ ,rovcd so successful that two years after us
! incention the English authorities In 1919 IN
! augiIratod the foreign and colonial parcel post,
/ wbicb now carries small packages at cheap
ratoe 10 nearly all parts Of the world except inns
countrv. with which IL has no reciprocal relation.
! In the Postal Guide published by the BTitlsh
/ postofice giving the rates Of postage and places
n which parcels may be sent, there Is TINS DrIei
line after the heading United States; Parcei
post not in operation" The foreign anu co'o''''