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FOUND IN POSTED LETTERS.

A VARIETY OF ARTICLES. Accprding' to the annual report of the Post aud Telegraph Department, the undermentioned articles of value were found in letters opened in the Dead Letter Office,- and returned to senders where practicable: 652 postoffice orders, £1497 12s. 5d.; 54 bank drafts, £3678 Os. 7d.; 495 cheques, £3374 6s. fid.; 18 dividend-warrants, £141 9s. 2d.; 6 promissory notes, £169 6s. 3d.; postal notes, £524 75.; British postal orders, £71 10s. 6d.stamps, £42 2s. 4d.; bartk notes, £384; gold, £54 12s. 6d.; silver and copper, £12 12s. 6d.representing a total of £9949 19s. 9d.

Amongst other things, there were dealt with 8 gold, 19 silver, and 21 metal watches, 43 gold rings, 41 gold and other brooches, 21 greenstone and other pendants, 3 gold lockets, 2 silver lockets, 3 gold and S greenstone hearts, 10 gold tie-pins, 5 gold and 9 silver watch-chains, 6 silver sovereign-cases, 1 gold bangle, 1 gold medal, 3 goldmounted tusks, 1 gold neck-chain, ■ 1 silver tankard, 1 silver cigarette-case, 1 silver tobacco-pouch, 3 gold-mounted silk watch-guards, 2 butter-knives, 1 electro-plated butter-knife, 2 silver salt-spoons, 1 pair of binoculars, 2 pairs of gold-rimmed spectacles, 1 greenstone penholder, 2 pairs of gold and 1 pair of greenstone sleeve-links, 1 miner's right, 1 fire brigade long-service medal, 25 lottery-tickets, 10 pawn-tickets, 2 share certificates, 4 books, 100 packets and 7 sheets of used postage stamps, and 1 third-class-passage order, London to Wellington.

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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 858, 2 July 1910, Page 4

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FOUND IN POSTED LETTERS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 858, 2 July 1910, Page 4

FOUND IN POSTED LETTERS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 858, 2 July 1910, Page 4