THE CHICAGO POSTOFFICE.-CONTINUED. SPECIAL DELIVERY LETTERS, 1896. Number arriving in the mails from other places... Number deposited for local delivery. Total... Number failed of delivery by messenger 157,556 34,464 192,020 20,989 85,529 NOTE. The greater portion of special delivery letters and parcels that failed of delivery by messenger, were returned endorsed "closed," "not in," etc., and were afterwards delivered by the regular carriers. The registry division gained materially in 1896, but it still falls short of the business done in world's-fair year. Following comparative statement shows business of 1895 and 1896: World's-fair year the number of pieces handled was 3,675,594. The figures represent registry business done by registry division of general postoffice, twenty-two stations, fifty-eight sub-stations, and fifteen branch postoffices. THE CHICAGO POSTOFFICE.-CONTINUED. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT MONEY ORDER BUSINESS TRANSACTED AT POSTOFFICE. First Asst. P. M.-Genl's letters acc't dual paym'ts-am't collected. 109 95 190 80 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT MONEY ORDER BUSINESS TRANSACTED AT CARRIER STATIONS. |