Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-21
ON REGISTERED MAIL
NOTICE IS SENT OUT
TO THOSE INTERESTED
Carriers Will Do Work at Homes
of People in City Some of
Advantages to be
Gained.

Under the heading Letter Carriers
viii Register Valuable Letters" Ed
win c, Modem, third assistant post
master general, has ISSUED the fOnOw-
ing notice Of importance to those con
ccrned:
Post Office Department, Washington.
DC.
To the Public:-Valuablc letters OF
parcels should not be sent in the or
binary mails, because the Department
can not trace and recover them or their
value in case of loss or depreciation
Have them registered. 1t costs but
cents in addition to postage. Then
they will be safely carried and cor
rectly delivered and a receipt for them
will be obtained from the addressee OF
his authorized agent and at once mail
ed to you.
Your letter carrier will register let
tiers at your house door as safely az
ii they we're taken to the post office.
The conditions are that they must
|. BE in good order and inclosed in q
secure envelope.
2. Bear the name and address Of
sender;
3. Bear the name and post Office adj
dress of the person to whom they are to
DO delivered; and
1. The postage and registry fee must
be prepaid either in stamps attached
to the letters, or in money to the let
ter carrier. who will write the amount
in the receipt which he gives you.
The carrier can not wait for you to
prepare your letter, or to make a
change or engage in conversation. L!
you give him too much money for post
age, ii will be returned to you direc'
from the post Office, but not If the post
age and fee are paid in stamps.
The domestic letter rate Is cents au
ounce or fraction thereof, and 1t APP
plies to the Island Possessions, Cuba
Mexico. and Canada.
The foreign letter rate is cents Q
half ounce or fraction thereof, and II
applies to all foreign countries in the
Universal Postal Union not mentioned
above.
All valuable letters and parcels, as
well as those the correct delivery OF
which is of importance to the sender
I should be registered If sent in t.,
mails.
The charges are reasonable. The
registry fee is but s cents in addition
to postage.
The service is unique. II insures tn,
[ ,lgpt al
1 Of registered matter. and in addition Il
: the receipt given the sender at til,
u time his letter or parcel Is accepted. /
. obtains and sends him without eXtr,
s cost the receipt Of the person to WHOM
= delivery is made in every instance 70
domestic articles, and upon demand TO
foreign articles.
A registered article can he traced By
u perfect system of records and re
Il ceipts from sender to addressee.
e II registered article of dOmesti
$ origin. addressed to a United State
- post Office. and prepaid at the lette
:. rate of postage. be lost or rifled il
Z irrecoyerable, an indemnity therefor
A up to $40, is provided by law.
e The Registry Service is peculiarl!
- adapted for the transmission of letter
q or parcels containing rcmittGnCes o
money. bonds. orders for goods. news
Z paper and magazine subscriptions
deeds, legal processes, valuable book
@ or papers, merchandise, and all arti
o clcs the delivery Of which the sende
v wishes to he assured Of by reCelp
: from the addressee or his agent.
EDWIN c. MADDEN,
:. Third Assistant Postmaster Genera