MONEY LETTERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 899, 19 August 1910, Page 4

MONEY LETTERS.

'.UNREGISTERED. AND UNGUMMED. The carelessness of some people in handling money is pointedly illustrated by the fact that during last month m the letter-carriers' branch .of the Post Office in Wellington eleven unregistered letters were detected containing coin or notes. Sonic'of the letters had not even been closed down. In one particular case a letter-carrier found an open letter containing .Cll in notes. • In another ca.«e, a letter which had been damaged in transit contained a .£5 note. It is said to be quite a common occurrence to 2nd letters containing postal notes not closed down. The Post Office, while- recognising that the public is paying it a high compliment in trusting it to' such an extent, naturally desires that money letters should be treated by the senders with at least a minimum of care. As all kttcrs have to pass through a great many hands from the time of posting to the time of delivery, it is most undesirable that money should be sent in unregistered letters. As the charge for" registering a letter is only 2d., it is difficult to understand why so many people should run the risk of Wilding bank-notes in unregistered letters. Quite apart from this, tho fee ,for remitting money by moncy-ordor was reduced a couple of years ago by 50 per cont., the charge for £5 being only