bot il is raribg of oonsidcrrtien ahether, wilbin oertlio limita of siEe,
nny csr<l rith tha addre?s oodloed to onc sidc, rnd rith r ooe ooot
suimp vpon it, sliould ool te perniiltod lo plss throuDh Lhe port.
Tlle isonit forther utoosion in rireiit Bliiain of tbe ayptem of
Eompelir;ition for lorm of re:ir~-rcd iet?rs reepen% tho subjeet Iiore.
Our C:lnsdiao Rgstem ia verg ?Iioin;llou<. Tlie fee ip hilher rlian in
?I?cal Brit;iio, Iiul ihe onlg J~ui?ity Ilie ~.dcr Ii;iR, beJideJ his recei~t,
ir tlirt i? tbc lctor arrirca ut i<s dc~tinrrion, 1 reoeipt will b~ t;iten
fioln iI,e pory to aliom it ir dciivered. Tlie oovemmcnt arauuies uo
li;,biliry ~2iaterer io enseof lox~, but ir prerulned to ina~e somc ~ffort
io rraoc iuinning Ictter~~. Tlie inoreaae in tl,e f?a, tlirec g~iirs r)o, fron,
Iro ccnis to sre ceois, hnr eoiisidcrrbly dceieared <hc Dumbor of
ra,~sicrcd Isllere, sLoain? thnt I I?ri~ seotioli of' tlie publio ?oes Iiot
uiosidcr that ibe pmt~ctioo i~oi?o? ~nrranta II><? lsrrPr fpe iioa
clia~?e?. In 1890, tiie liiuir or Eompoi>Rotion Ziseo b~? Ihe Blitidi
I>ort OBiee fbr lo?a or drnia:e to inlri>d ~fiale~d pac~ets raar )50; io
18Y2, diia raa iucrr;i?ed to 818o, sod io 189B to S?SO-tl,c ~~siinuio
linbility oo cnch Icticr being lred by tlie fee p;li6 in Jcoordnnoo iailh a
re~,~ikr acr\ls, commclieiug ritb tlie orili,lciy i?i?~i'tlrtion t?o, sliicli
iLIoif covcrs ro iBsuranoeop Lu g$i>. Bvery re~?isarr? leltrr lhcro is
tliuu inrured to al lanst (25.
Nou, ahal rould our C~;ioadiai> Go?iei?n>lieiit :rin, alid alist riak o~
lok- miRllt il incur uodB. tlie iiihur?oec a)?sie,ii ? i~ ruliimlry of' the
Post OBi?o busioem for tho prrt four years 6i~,eJ the folloning resulis:
Tainl rcgislared leiters.................... .......... 1S,SO'i,OUO
Ilnordiob ir ut 5 cena ench, R rcvenuu oe....... )615,850
Tlio mido~ rrDiatorod ieiMIa wore.................. 691
Ot rlii?h there wero iior rccwere?.................. 401
'Wliiah rereillc~:ed tocontuiii....................... )23.366
But tllir total lon~ iialud* t*u rcmittiiooos f'rom biiib, noouotin.? to
111,000 of dieir oisn billJ iahicb iserc burood ili r postri o;lr, xnd nrBrc
there(br~ oot an roLnul loss U> tliu b.nks uoi>e:rocil. Tl~ese i?eaolts
anlre olevr tro ?Icts-llle Irr~c r?roliua obtiiinuble frum io~irLl;itioo,
nod lliu coinppnti?icly smr(l risL oE lorr iI>i: (ioveruliionc aouln suswin
by iidoFiing the pg%t~ui of ooliipeBsnrioo. I\noilisr fiicc is,lion~<isr,
P9Y311p ole~r. Tbe revcnvc nould be Iii.~ly ii,sreilsed by Iho nrluptiun
oP rllo sgrtem, as v~il aa a EieaL tiuoli oo~frrcd i:n the yublio. I? tlie
ardinrry rogisUntion he iosui~d ns in Briuiin ?very lotrci up lo (24,