noL mnny latton, Mntoioiog nioney or ialuablcs ~aould bc wnt, as t)ioy
often oew aio, uorrgistered;nnd if, bg paying s I.~gor feo, iooreasBd
eonipens?tion, aocordiq to a Bacd sBrle, would be obtnioed io ease of
losr, a Pery largc numbrr of thc iottor. noa repi~ter~d aould bearsn
ioorersed f~e. IiI Grelt Britiin rhe maaimum fee is 2? cene, aavclng
sn iosurGocc of 82o0.
It bns b~eo aiiid thnt the sgatom rill eotail much additionsl labor
in iIie Post Offieo. T?ia is not tbo Ease. Tbe sgileui caniee
simplicity nilh it. The ordinary bwLs for eolcrion rob?ister?d le?ers
aould merelg hu.e one niore colunin diowing r6c fee prid, nn? there
fom tlie limit of oompnsnlion, nod Uio present iegiatraiioo r<~ceipt
nould be strmpcd ~silb tlle fec as well. The productioo oF lhia reoDipt
bg the sender of Ihe letter, ita eomp?rison with tho eotry book, and n
short offioinl forni of oluioi 6110<1 up aod pmporly srom to by tlie
seoder, should bo auaiciont proof iii tl,e eveot of Ima.
Tbo mn~.e0our pmmptitude ?od thc fralocng of oollection and
deli.?rl iu Ihe great ?tips of Blifiin a~o hnrdlg U> bo c~~peeted io our
lesa popnlou. ~nlron, ond yot our aervioe inight be muoh iinproucd in
Pieso respeoo. Tlic poslmcn shoiild bo a?rried bg eleotric oar er post
oeioe v3o Lo aoa f.no their rteriiilg poinls, riod csrlicr delire~ thus
Boco.ed; ~he peaple Pbould be ancouroged to pmvido lolter dits io lhsir
dmrs in ord~r diat thB postman ui3y oot bc dola~ed nt 8o vrr)? mao~
housos aoiting tbe aoswor to his LnooL; aod, ns lettcr-lio~cs nro of~c~i
found to b.at iliooo~coieot distrnces arg, nll letter earrieis shonld be
instrueted, aathey sre in Ottnsn, to meive letters, when n~Led, pnd
to dali~er them proinptly ut Lha poat ofsoe oo thBir retum fmm oicb
rouod. Burtbpr,ns aoirespondrnce goep ?hi~81, bythc oight mnils,
nod na io our countrg o~ loog diataocee, po~ting Ictton; io tinie for
tbcse ioaila gonerally sare~ taenig-fonr hours, the letter?boraa sbould
nol onlg indiont~ tbs boun d cdlectioo but that ~olloeiion rhiah
Bosurea tniosmia<iion bl thB oisht mails.
The popular impraaPioo is thst Ua Post Ofhce eiista for tbc mo-
seoico~e God adsaolrp of tha publio, aod, nitbio the limits o? ?
bslnoce sheet shoaiog no nluslity of rcPenvc nod oxpenditor~, Ibu
impraraion Bhovld be u>rrcot. Th~rr oao be no npologg ocoded for
aa~ing the Depnrtmcot to coosider imprwemenls nhioh tlie sller?
gmriog annUlof tbe publio soem to demand.
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