The sender is responsible for an insufficient address, and can only rectify the same by sending and paying for a new despatch.
| By Post (as Registered Letter) to all places in Europe, | 0s. | 10d. |
| By Post (as Registered Letter) to all other places, | 2s. | 0d. |
Messages addressed to “Poste Restante” are subjected to the above charges for postage.
By Express (Foot Messenger) within seven English miles, 2s. 6d.
By Estafette (Mounted Messenger) a charge must be made at the rate of 2s. 6d. per three English miles for countries comprised in the Austro-Germanic Union, but for other towns the charge is 1s. 6d. per English mile. If, however, the distance is unknown, a sufficient deposit must be taken.
All charges to be prepaid by sender.
TELEGRAMS TO BE PLACED IN THE STREET BOXES.
Mr. Hubbard’s proposition to put telegrams into street-boxes is simply absurd. Telegrams are always of an important nature, and need despatch. Imagine a message announcing sickness, death, or any other circumstance, being dropped in the street box, to be taken out when the carrier happens round! As for post-offices, how many are there in any of the large cities even? Few have more than one, and this is closed when a mail arrives,—a circumstance that seems to have rendered the closed condition the normal one with many post-offices.
To give an idea of the extent of present facilities in the principal cities, the following statement, showing the number of telegraph offices now open, is submitted:—
| New York, | 100 | offices. |
| Philadelphia, | 35 | „ |
| Baltimore, | 19 | „ |
| Washington, | 16 | „ |
| Boston, | 24 | „ |
| Chicago, | 22 | „ |
| Cincinnati, | 21 | „ |