THE NEW ZEALAND DEAD LETTER OFFICE.

Colonist, Volume XXV, Issue 2932, 13 August 1881, Page 4

THE NEW ZEALAND DEAD LETTER OFFICE.

The annual;' report 'for , .'this'__' yeah .states;:--; \ ; ' A >yr.^ '{'.\.:< ...,.., V;-V V 4 I •'['''■ ; In addition to 99 book-piaciets arul circulars'; returned to'; 'foreign coUn-,■ tries, 3,3/17 were rjeturijed, "tot th« ' senders.Yrpm'itliayp'cad .fetter ;Offioe',' and 3,Q97 were returned to the-.sejaji^* era" unopened' by- the -Chicf1 Post-" masters, making a total of 6,543 bookr,: packetsi and circulars. ~;-' , ; sti ; The ; V,special ,• request '*, envelope^ were largeiji used-;by: the t public, as. may *be ' gathered from tue^ lact that no less't^anjlljl6o Jetters' paving the; . names,of tHe writers'Jbr. sendera ,dn the covers,.were, returned; unopened, and! without passing rthrough the Dead" iietteroffice. .■.' _'....' ]", Ui [' ,\l' - v ■'.■•■ ■ tpThe proportion of letters sent to the Dead rlietter ;;;Ofiß.cei .and; of; letters otherwise dealt with aVunelaiined ad'^ retu rhe d j;'! o v t ' ; of; the to tain umb ex ,'fcranstuittedi,,Vas"'as,' 1. to, 259.,!V,The* prppprtio.h in i§79'was ag Ito ; 27^i;': ~ The-: following are: the ■particular of the number; and- articles of-value, "enclosed iri; letters' opened ih! the D^adi -r^etteifOffice^'"""" i' :V' '■'^■'^;:; | v.' [..a - ri-.j:: ;y.-i.Vi V fv.'.-i: ?.% r.; .i. d.';.V i cil22tnoney : ordo/9':; 1.." 433 1^10:,; 52 bank drafts- .^ 2,716 180 3 ,":." -^■cheques ... ... 1,720 3 11 (: 3 projDißßoi"y.noteß!!' '■ v.. 1,233.18 2 ; ?.;: Postage..»tampa. ..■, >■ ..; ■ ' ;:3 ; 9 8 , :■:. Bajak.notes ~; -;.. " 94...:0 Q!.. i.:; G01d.... !..;. ',;.;!; ;29.10 6f, }'■:. Silyer. end.capper; '■■■"•<:- ... "; •••■'''l-12 5 ". t ■ •• .. ■;.'',i'..".i;i!''.i'.:v> - ' ' ! .' i:j; Representing, a £6,233) 10 3 <.; wei*e' 'al'Sq: irfe'ceired in th&JDeadj tlietter 'OfffTOVntXiiiyßr i .hunting watchj] Pj g6.icl.l rrjingß l(onBsof ,which,w>aß eejr -with precious stones), 1 greenstone Jarid -gold broqcht .1 pair of gold ear^i tioga, I 1 silver brea#s,itr, ;il;: goldlocket1 1 chain, X^^^!\^^i}t^^^^r i. iiair vvatch.guard imt^unte^nin ; ;goid,i .1 greenstone and goldupendanti ,;andj $ silver watch'Jcas^ijuiLjSOO^uuclaim'ed vregiafcered^ letters^.. !fl^ferß;^(£ted;; ;;^ttioa^ddre^eß"is.r3'e^e^ i4iwp(J;JeprepaiilrftalliJorw'arde^.elJ^;

'n"ew"BpapeFa"SfiS'SUCCßoo'ka 'anp~affieifl l.Spiljßtierft^itlj obscene nandolibe lpus* an& •wV&rit!f^a^s^rfi^Tefu^ed;lejt^«, previously! :iiißpid:lpoi itage ui.ii^he^depftrfement/waßinntriUmen ;a!l \nfittt^rcefptiag^ fjfndcretufofng'* to tbe '^r^ : ;no^^iiioii|g. |rd^JJnfl che, ;q'uesj, ~taithe' piroaiofcqr, |pf:* '(^isu|tfttiQii ; ':« ; for t |'ia''ir:rvery ; )i: Mf^. atiloiintsonsdne ot fthe'prilicipal' n^rse J leviuJMI; witfi ";a;jc|ri«ndiEii;ab(e ! : 'ppnioh: s li air him >' opened, I were; • also /ret v r ned. ito t \\ e-Bost o.ffice s;fro m ( thc - bu^i ness establishment 1 of h.t!ie j iAn l;exa'irtifidiEioW rjpf; j these''disclpaei j ,|tijp ireinjijtoncesi'irf { Dptjes^a,nd "gold Wad !feee|i:i i?ppi!opriated1 ,0 buc'fi-tbat>:!money orderiiaudobanlc drlafw had not ibeen 7distu£be~& circumatapce is : merely %^!. |b® ■;Ru' rP^sp;> °^ 'sbowing / tbe .. f additioiial / 'Becfiri ty affor.d^d ithosev.who jeend remittincea ,thrbugfrtbe post byfndeins 6i \money ordefeiibank^raftß^or cbeqju^s. 4; | - J^ThjS; extent;,^ ~]wbic^;boguai; jcompaniejs.!have jbeen iestabjisbed.in' the ;,United.State«,:and advertised -\ for, the purposes offraadjisw^llkupwD; ; TKe evil had? the:lJn|/bd Slates'J^oßt O^ce der termined, in ' the public;, interest, ] to -interfere, and to intercepc; '-letterai addressed.to persons or companies kno^n to J!have been' establisbed'.dn'd adverr 'tised fpr':fraudulent:^ ■purposes.;, :Orie Mof-the^ej the ;Kodariow ;; Watch Manu/facturing Company of Boston, recently advertised^ ;yery;.extebsively iri ; this colony, 'and;, number^ "of, persons, eager to Becu.re st. first class watch at; ampderate.price,,:sent.;re*caittanceiß to the: <80<called s company. ISixtyTfpur letters1 addressed; to :the Ho dainow Watch■Manufalctoiring^CJompariy, Boston, originating" ih ; this colony,; and cqyejring : bank notes, drafts, money iorders^bn London,- and postage stamps 'to the: value of £ 163, w ere ret timed to this" office, which ?vvo.ulil. "otherwise lost to the v ßenders but; for, of the; Post Office officials. It; has been .estimated-that no less than 207 persons or.firms; were,: at; the :{cqitimencemeht"o{'this year,'conduct-1 Wg.'.throughout /the United Sia.tea ifraudulent lotteries arid other schemes to defraud the public:; It therefore behoves the public to be Vatisfied of the fonafiies. of advertisers,; : It is not always possible,to detect fraudulent -companiesdn; their initial stages.