ABRIDGMENT OF UNITED STATES POSTAL REGULATIONS. POSTAGE TO ANY PART OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE TERRITORIES; AND TO THE DOMINION OF CANADA. Two cents for each ounce, or fraction thereof, on letters, sealed packages, mail matter, wholly or partly in writing. Two cents per ounce, or fraction thereof, on drop-letters where free delivery by carriers is established; where such free delivery is not established, the rate is one cent. One cent for two ounces, or fraction thereof, on almanacs, books (printed), calendars, catalogues, engravings, pamphlets, photographs, posters, printed cards, proof sheets, corrected proof sheets and manu. script accompanying the same, circulars, seeds, bulbs, roots, scions and plants. One cent for every four ounces, on newspapers and magazines of the second class. One cent for each ounce, or fraction thereof, on blank books, blank cards, card-boards, and other flexible material, envelopes, merchandise, sample cards, samples of ores. FOR POSTAGE TO GREAT BRITAIN AND OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES, SEE "RATES OF FOREIGN POSTAGE." REGISTRATION OF MAIL MATTER. The Registry System is intended to give to registered mail the greatest security within the province of the Post-office Department, and this special security is obtained by a distinctive cover for the matter, its retention in special custody, and a system of records and receipts showing a complete chain of receipts from the time it leaves the hands of the sender until it is delivered to the addressee. Any class of mail matter may be registered at any post-office in the United States. The fee on registered matter, domestic or foreign, is eight cents for each letter or parcel, to be affixed in stamps, in addition to the postage. Full prepayment of postage and fee is required. Every letter presented for registration must be fully and legibly addressed and securely sealed by the sender, and all letters and other articles must also have the name and address of the sender endorsed thereon in writing or print before they can be registered. Registered mail matter can only be delivered to the addressees in person or on their written order. All persons calling for registered matter should be prepared to furnish reasonable proof of their identity, as it is impossible otherwise, at large post-offices, to guard against fraud. Safety is considered before celerity in the transmission of registered mail, and as delays are sometimes necessary to secure proper receipts at points of transfer, due allowance should be made by those mailing such matter and those to whom it is addressed, as registered mails cannot be handled with the same despatch as ordinary mail matter. A return receipt, signed by addressee and showing delivery, is returned to the sender of each domestic registered letter or parcel, for which there is no extra charge. The sender of any foreign registered article may obtain assurance of its receipt at the foreign office of delivery by endorsing it with the words, "Return receipt requested." Letters and packages containing money or articles of value should be registered, and never deposited for transmission by ordinary mail. The Post-office Department is liable to an amount not exceeding ten dollars, or the actual value when that is less than ten dollars, for the loss in the mails of any piece of first-class registered mail matter. MONEY ORDERS. The fees or charges on domestic orders are as follows: For sums not exceeding $2 50,. 3 cents. A single money order may include any amount from one cent to one hundred dollars inclusive, but must not contain a fractional part of a cent. The postmaster of any foreign money-order office in the United States - the same being designated by the Postmaster-General - will furnish a blank form of application, on which the sender must enter all the particulars of the amount (in United States money), names, address, etc., and must state the full name and exact residence of the person to whom |