THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE.
A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION. (special to "the press.") WELLINGTON, July 9. The following is a list of articles of value found in letters opened in the Dead Letter Office, and returned to senders where practicable:— Article ' Number Amount £ Post Offite Orders ... 598 1274 Bank Drafts ... 48 452 ( J CinMiues ... 467 4244 Diviuend Warrants ... 46 59 Promissory- Notes ... 5 18G Postal Notes ... — 267 titamne ... — 35 JJaiiK Notes ... — '.i'.io Gold ... _ 45 tiilver and Copper ... — 13 Total ... £11,050 The collection made by the Department embraces practically everything, from gold ond silver watches to tie pins, studs ai:d artificial tcetn. .Some of the figures are given ac follows:— Two gold watches, fifteen silver watches, scores of cheap tiinepi«'cee, thirty-two gold-mounted greenetone brooches, seventeen greenstone hearts, quite a multitude of other goldmounted greenstone ornaments, two gold spectacle frames, one gold whistle, - thirty gold rings, silver matchbox, pair of silver-mounted greenstone carvers, ton gold lace pins, two pairs of tusks, oue electric belt, three sets of artiacial teeth, twenty p.wn tickets, a miner's and a dairy registration certificate.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12852, 10 July 1907, Page 7
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175THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12852, 10 July 1907, Page 7
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