Korea.

Labuan.
Liberia.

Luxemburg.

Malta, and its dependencies, viz: Gozzo, Comino and Cominotto.

Mauritius and dependencies (the Amirante Islands, the Seychelles and Rodrigues). Montenegro.

Natal, Colony of, including Zululand.

Netherlands.

Netherlands Colonies

1. In Asia: Borneo, Sumatra Java (Batavia), Billiton, Celebes (Macassar), Madura, the Archipelagoes of Banca and Rhio (Riouw), Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, the southwestern portion of Timor and the Moluccas.

2. In Oceanica: The northwestern portion of New Guinea (Papua).

3. In America: Netherlands Guiana (Surinam), Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire, part of St. Martin, St. Eustatius and Saba.

Newfoundland.

New Guinea, British Colony of.

New South Wales, Colony of, including Lord Howe Island and the Norfolk Islands. New Zealand, Colony of, including Chatham Islands.

Nicaragua.

North Borneo, British Colony of.

Norway.

Orange Free State.

Paraguay.

Persia.

Peru.

Portugal, including the Island of Madeira and the Azores.
Portugese Colonies-

1. In Asia: Goa, Damao, Diu, Macao and part of Timor.

2. In Africa: Cape Verde, Bissao, Cacheo, Islands of St. Thome and Princess, Ajuda, Mozambique and the Province of Angola.

Queensland, Colony of.

Roumania (Moldavia and Wallachia).

Russia, including the Grand Duchy of Finland.

Salvador.

Samoan (Navigators) Islands, German postoffice at Apia.

Sarawak, British Protectorate of.

Servia.

Siam.

South African Republic (The Transvaal).

South Australia, Colony of.

Spain, including Balearic Isles, the Canary Islands, the Spanish possessions on the north coast of Africa (Ceuta, Penon de la Gomera, Alhucemas, Melilla and the Chaffarine Islands), the Republic of Andorra and the postal establishments of Spain on the west coast of Morocco (Tangier, Tetuan, Larrache, Rabat, Mazagan, Casablanca, Saffi and Mogadore).

Spanish Colonies-In Africa: Islands of Fernando Po, Annobon and Corisco on the Gulf of Guinea.

Straits Settlements (Singapore, Penang and Malacca).

St. Helena, Island of (British Colony).

St. Vincent, W. I.

Sweden.

Switzerland.

Tasmania, Colony of.

Trinidad, W. I.

Tunis, Regency of.

Turkey (European and Asiatic).

Uruguay.

Venezuela.

Victoria, Colony of.

West Australia, Colony of.

Zanzibar, British Protectorate of.

THE SPECIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM.

Mailable matter intended for special delivery may be mailed at and will be delivered from any postoffice in the United States, upon any day in the year, Sundays and hollJays included.

Accordingly, every article of mailable matter to which is affixed a ten cent special delivery stamp, in addition to the postage required by law, will, upon its arrival by mail, have immediate delivery by a special messenger within the carrier limits of any free delivery postoffice, or within one mile of any other postoffice in the United States to which it may be addressed.

Drop letters and other mailable matter deposited for local delivery, and bearing special delivery stamps in addition to the postage, will be entitled to immediate delivery in the same manner as matter received at the postoffice by mail.

Registered letters or parcels will also be entitled to immediate delivery, the same as ordinary letters or parcels, when bearing special delivery stamps in addition to the full postage and the registry fee required by the law and regulations.

The hours within which special delivery will be made will be from 7 a, m. to 11 p. m. at free delivery offices, and from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. at all other postoffices. Special delivery stamps will be sold at all postoffices in the United States; they may be used only to secure immediate delivery, and are not good for any other purpose, and the article must have the postage thereon also prepaid by postage stamps. Under no circumstances will special delivery stamps be recognized in payment of postage or of the registry fee, nor can any other stamp be employed to secure special delivery except the special delivery stamp.

THE POSTAL MONEY ORDER SYSTEM.

The Money Order System is intended to promote public convenience and to secure safety in the transfer through the mails of small sums of money. The principal means employed to attain safety consist in leaving out of the order the name of the payee or person for whom the money is intended. In this respect a money order differs from an ordinary bank draft or check. An advice or notification, containing full particulars of the order, is transmitted without delay by the issuing postmaster to the postmaster at the office of payment. The latter is thus furnished, before the order itself is presented, with information which will enable him to prevent its payment to any person not entitled thereto, provided the remitter complies with the regulation of the Department, which prohibits him from sending the same information in a letter inclosed with his money order.

Any postmaster whose compensation is not less than $200 per annum, upon application made in the form of an ordinary letter addressed to the First Assistant Postmaster General, Washington, D. C., may have his office designated as a "Money Order Office," and be authorized to issue and pay domestic money orders, provided he first file in the Department a new and satisfactory bond.

A postoffice at which the annual compensation of the postmaster is less than $200 may be designated as a "Limited Money Order Office." The postmaster at an office thus designated, after due filing of the proper bond, is authorized by the PostmasterGeneral to issue money orders for amounts not exceeding five dollars each, but is not authorized to pay money orders.

The following instructions are intended to secure payment of the order to the rightful party, and postmasters are required to enforce them rigidly in every respect, so far as a due regard to public convenience will permit. The public are strictly cautioned:

To take all means to prevent the loss of a money order.

To be careful on taking out a money order to state correctly the given name as well as the surname of the person in whose favor it is to be drawn.

To see that the name and address of the person taking out the money order are correctly made known to the person in whose favor it is drawn.

Neglect of these instructions will risk the loss of the money, besides leading to delay and trouble in obtaining payment.

No application for compensation for alleged injury from delay in the payment of money orders can be entertained by the Department: but persons aggrieved by delays of this kind, whether occasioned by non-receipt of advices of orders, by mistakes resulting from carelessness in the filling out of orders or advices, or by alleged lack of funds at the office drawn upon, should make the same known to the Department by addressing the Superintendent of the Money Order System, Washington, D. C.

Domestic money orders may be drawn only upon United States postoffices enumerated in the lists of "Money Order Offices."

The fees or charges for Domestic Money Orders are as follows:

For orders not exceeding $2.50,

For orders exceeding $2.50 and not exceeding $5,
For orders exceeding $5 and not exceeding $10,
For orders exceeding $10 and not exceeding $20,
For orders exceeding $20 and not exceeding $30,
For orders exceeding $30 and not exceeding $40,
For orders exceeding $40 and not exceeding $50,
For orders exceeding $50 and not exceeding $60,
For orders exceeding $60 and not exceeding $75,
For orders exceeding $75 and not exceeding $100,.

3 cents.

5 cents.

8 cents.

10 cents.

12 cents.

15 cents.

18 cents.

20 cents.

25 cents.

30 cents.

The maximum amount of a single order is $100, and no more than three Domestic orders may be issued in one day to the same remitter, in favor of the same payee, payable at the same postoffice, wher. said postoffice is of the fourth class.

A person applying for a money order will be required to write the particulars upon a form of application which will be furnished him therefor by the postmaster.

Parties procuring money orders should examine them to see that they are properly filled up and stamped. This caution is necessary to avoid difficulties in the way of payment.

The person who presents a money order for payment must be identified, if unknown to the postmaster, unless identification has been expressly waived by the remitter of the order on his application therefor.

More than one endorsement on a money order is prohibited by law; and a second or any subsequent endorsee, to obtain payment, must forward the order, through the postoffice at which it was issued or the one on which it was drawn, to the Department, with an application for a duplicate or a warrant to be issued in lieu thereof, and must furnish proof of the genuineness of the endorsements.

A money order may be repaid at the office of issue within one year, provided it bears not more than one endorsement. The fee will not be refunded.

When a money order has been lost by either remitter, payee, or indorsee, a duplicate thereof, or a warrant, will be issued by the Department free of charge, to the owner of the original, upon his making application (stating the circumstances of the loss), to be forwarded by the issuing or the paying postmaster, each of whom will be required to furnish a certificate that the original order had not been, and would not be, paid or repaid, as the case may be.

A duplicate order can be drawn only on the issuing or the paying office of the original order, and becomes invalid if it bears more than one indorsement, or be not presented for payment within one year from its date. Payment can then be obtained by securing a warrant from the department.

The issue of money orders on credit is prohibited under severe penalties. Checks, drafts or promissory notes are in no case to be received by postmasters for money orders.

A money order may be paid upon a written order, or power of attorney, from the payee, as well as upon his indorsement. The written order or power of attorney must

be filed with the paying postmaster.

A money order which has not been paid or repaid within one year from the last day of the month of its issue is invalid and not payable. The owner, however, may obtain payment of the amount thereof by making application, through the issuing postmaster or the postmaster on whom the order was drawn to the Department, for a warrant for the said amount. The invalid order, if in the owner's possession, must be forwarded to the Department with the application.

THE REGISTRY SYSTEM.

The registry system is intended to secure to valuable mail matter in its transmission through the mails the utmost security attainable.

All classes of mail matter may be registered.

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. Two or more letters or parcels addressed to or intended for the same person cannot be tied or otherwise fastened together and registered as one.

Postmasters before receiving a letter for registration must require the sender to have it securely sealed with its contents, to have it fully and legibly addressed; to have his or her name and address indorsed across the end, and to have affixed the necessary stamps to fully prepay postage and fee.

Postmasters before receiving third and fourth class matter for registration must require full address, indorsement and full prepayment of fee and postage, and further require that such matter shall be marked "Third Class" or "Fourth Class," as the case may be, and so put up as to safely bear transportation, and admit of an examination of contents, to ascertain that it is admissible to the mails as such matter.

Senders' Receipts.-The sender of an article accepted by a postmaster for registration is entitled to and should receive a receipt for it; and he is also entitled to a receipt, properly signed by the person to whom delivery is made, the latter to be returned to him by the delivering postmaster when delivery is effected.

Delivery.-Registered matter must not be delivered to any one but the person to whom it is addressed, without a written order from the addressee.

Indemnity.-The Postoffice Department will pay an indemnity for registered letters which are lost, not to exceed the value of the contents, up to ten dollars.

CLASSIFICATION OF POSTOFFICES.

Appointment and Salaries of Postmasters.

The classification of postoffices is fixed by law, and the Postmaster General has no discretion in the premises.

First, second and third class postmasters are appointed by the President, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and are commissioned for four years. But if the revenues of third class offices relegates them to fourth class, the term of the incumbent appointed by the President ceases, and an appointment by the Postmaster General will be made. The salaries of some postmasters are fixed by law, and cannot be increased by any increase of business, while the majority of the salaries of Presidential postmasters are adjusted on the basis of the gross receipts accruing at the respective offices for the four quarters ending March 31, of each year, to take effect at the beginning of the next fiscal year, to-wit, July 1, ensuing.

Fourth class postmasters are appointed by the Postmaster General, and their term of tenure has no specified limit, and under the law their compensation consists of1. All the box rents, if there are any.

2. Commissions on the amount of postage due stamps, ordinary postage stamps, stamped envelopes, postal cards and newspaper and periodical stamps canceled on matter actually mailed at their offices, and on amounts received from sales of waste paper, dead newspapers, printed matter and twine sold, at the following rates: On the first $50 or less, 100 per cent.; on the next $100 or less, 60 per cent.; on the next $200 or less, 50 per cent.; on the excess above $350, 40 per cent.

In no case is the compensation of a postmaster of this class to exceed $250 in any one quarter.

Letter-Carrier Post offices in Pennsylvania.