The postage of one cent each is paid by the stamp impressed on these cards, and no further payment is required.

No card is a " Postal Card" except such as are issued by the Post-office Department. An ordinary printed business card may be sent through the mails when prepaid by a one cent postage stamp attached; but such card must contain absolutely no writ ten matter except address; otherwise it will be treated as not fully prepaid, and refused admission into the mails.

In using Postal Cards, be careful not to write or have anything printed on the side to be used for the address, except the address; also be careful not to paste, gum, or attach anything to them. They are unmailable as Postal Cards when these suggestions are disregarded.

THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES ARE UNMAILABLE.

Packages containing liquids, poisons, glass, explosive chemicals, live animals, sharp pointed instruments, suger, or any other matter liable to deface or destroy the contents of the mail, or injure the person of any one connected with the service. All letters upon the envelope of which, or Postal Card upon which obscene, scurrilous. or abusive epithets have been written or printed, or disloyal devices printed or engraved, and letters or circulars concerning illegal lotteries so-called, gift concerts, or other similar enterprises offering prizes, or concerning schemes devised and intended to deceive and defraud the public. Also, all obscene, lewd, or lascivious books, pamphlets, pictures, papers, prints, or other publications of an indecent character.

NOTE. The following is the form of Publishers' oath in accordance with Act of June 23, 1874:

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State of - County of The undersigned publishers of in the county of State of does swear (or affirm) that neither he nor any other proprietor, clerk, agent, or employee within his knowledge, will send, cause, or permit to be sent through the mails without prepayment by postage stamps at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof, any copies of the except to bona fide and regular subscribers thereto.

Registration of Domestic Letters.

THE Post-office Department or its revenue is not by law liable for the loss of any registered mail matter.

Only letters, or other mail matter on which letter rate of postace is fully prepaid, can be registered for transmission between Post-offices in the United States or Territories.

Letters may be register d by paying postage in full and a registration fee of 10 cents, to all parts of the world. Registered

letters must always be endorsed on the back with name and address of the writer.

Postmasters are required to register all letters properly preBented for that purpose, but no letters are to be registered on Sunday.

When a domestic letter is presented for registration, the Postmaster requires the name and Post-office address of the sender to be indorsed on the face of the envelope, which must bear stamps of sufficient value to prepay both postage and registry fee.

In case a package too large to be enclosed in a registered package is presented for registration at any Post-office, it should be securely wrapped, and a registered package properly directed and numbered, secured to the wrapper by paste, twine, or otherwise, in such manner that it will not become displaced before reaching its destination.

Letters addressed to initials, unless directed to a specific street and number, or Post-office box, cannot be registered, neither can liquids, poison, glass, explosive materials, live animals, sharppointed ins ruments, obscene books or pictures, or any articles which from their form or nature are liable to destroy, deface, or otherwise injure the contents of the mail-bags, or the person of any one engaged in the postal service.

Postmasters should not make any inquiry as to the contents of letters presented for registration further than to ascertain whether or not they are by law excluded from the mails. They must not therefore, in any case, give a receipt showing the contents of a registered letter.

The registry fee must be paid on each letter presented. There is nothing in the postal law to prohibit a person from sending more than one letter in a package to one address when such package is prepaid in full at letter rates of postage.

Registered letters will not be delivered to any person but the one to whom they are addressed, or to a person whom the Postmaster knows to be authorized to receive them.

If on the receipt of a registered letter, it is found that the person addressed is dead, the letter may be delivered to the legal representative of the deceased, who must be either the executor of the will, or the administrator of the estate of the deceased, and who produces proof of the fact, which proof the Postmaster must retain for future reference.

A registered letter is not subject to attachment while in the hands of a Postmaster, as the Department holds it in custodia legis for delivering to the person addressed, or to his or her order.

After a registered letter has been deposited in a Post-office for transmission it cannot be recalled by the sender, but must be sent to the destination named in its address. If not delivered,

it will be returned in accordance with the registered letter regulations.

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 probibits him from sending the same information in a letter inclosed with his Order.

The following instructions are intended to secure payment of the Order to the rightful party. After once paying a MoneyOrder, by whomsoever presented, the Post office Department will not be liable to any further claim therefor. The public are therefore 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 money, besides leading to delay and trouble in obtaining payment.

Under no circumstances can payment of an Order be demanded on the day of its issue.

The fees or charges for Money-Orders will be as follows:

On Orders not exceeding $15

On Orders over $10 and not exceeding $20.. 10

10 cents.

When a larger sum than fifty dollars is required, additional Orders to make it up must be obtained. But Postmasters are instructed to refuse to issue in one day, to the same remitter and in favor of the same payee, more than three Money-Orders payable at the same Post-office. The plain evasion of this rule by the substitution of a different remitter for every three Orders

issued in one day in favor of the same payee will not be tolerated by Postmasters.

Money-Orders are made out upon printed forms supplied by the Post-office Department, and no Order will be valid or payable unless given upon one of such forms.

Any person applying for a Money-Order will be required to state the particulars upon a form of application, which will be furnished to him for that purpose by the Postmaster.

If the purchaser of a Money-Order, from having made an error in stating the name of the office of payment, or for other reasons, desires to have the said Money-Order changed, the issuing Postmaster will repay the first Order, and issue another in lieu thereof, for which additional fee will be charged and exacted as for a new transaction.

Partics procuring Money-Orders should examine them carefully, to see that they are properly filled up and stamped.

When a Money-Order is presented for payment at the office upon which it is drawn, the Postmaster or authorized clerk will use ALL PROPER MEANS to assure himself that the applicant is the person named and intended in the advice, or is the indorsee of the latter; and upon payment of the Order care must be taken to obtain the signature of the payee (or the person authorized by him to receive payment) to the receipt on the face of the Order.

When for any reason the payee of a Money-Order does not desire or is unable to present the same in person, he is legally empowered, by his written indorsement thereon, to direct payment to be made to any other person. More than one indorsement is prohibited by law, and will render an Order invalid and not payable. The signature to the receipt on the face of the Order should be that of the person who presents and receives payment of the same.

Any Money-Order office may repay an Order issued by itself, provided the Order is less than one year old, and does not bear more than one indorsement. The fee or charge will not in any case be refunded.

When the remitter of a Money-Order desires to change the place of payment of the same, or when a mistake has been made in drawing an Order, through error of the remitter, the issuing Postmaster is authorized, with the above restrictions, to take back the first Order, which he will repy, and issue another in lieu thereof, for which an additional fee must be charged and exacted as on a new transaction. But should the mistake be made by the Postmaster, he will be held responsible therefor, and must charge himself with the fee for issuing the new Order. If the advice has gone forward to the Post-office upon which the original Order was drawn, he will, by the first mail, dispatch a special notice, informing the office of the repayment of said Or

der. The special advice is not to be used instead of the proper accompanying advice of the new Order, but is additional to it. Under no circumstances must a Postmaster issue a new Order in lieu of another until the original Order shall have been returned to him.

When a Money-Order has been lost by either remitter or payee, a duplicate thereof will be issued by the Department, free of charge to the owner of the original, provided he shall make application (stating the circumstances of the loss), to be forwarded by the issuing or the paying Postmaster, from the former of whom he must obtain and furnish a certificate hat the original Order had not been and would not be repaid, and also a similar certificate from the latter that the same had not been and would not be paid.

The issue of Money-Orders on credit is strictly prohibited, under the severest penalties; and no moneys will be received by a Postmaster in payment for Money-Orders issued except United States Treasury notes or the notes of the national banks; nor can Orders be paid in any other currency than that herein described. Checks are not to be received under any circumstances for the issue of Money-Orders.

A Money-Order may be issued for any amount from one cent up to fifty dollars, inclusive; but fractional parts of a cent must not be introduced into any Money-Order or account.

The given names of both remitter and payee must be entered in the advice in full when possible; and married women must be described by their own names, and not by those of their husbands. Thus, the appellation "Mrs. William Brown" is defective, as it does not accurately describe the payee, whose true name may be Mrs. Mary Brown. Both names and sums must be written so legibly as to effectually guard against errors. When the applicant is unable to state the initials of the given name or ames of the payee, the Postmaster will refu-e to issue the Order. A Money-Order should always be made payable to one person or to one firm only, and not to either of two or more designated persons or firms.

Every person who presents a Money-Order for payment, will be required to prove his identity to the Postmaster, unless the latter is satisfied, without obtaining such proof, that the applicant is the rightful owner of the Order. If the payee be unable to write, he must sign the receipt by making his mark, to be witnessed in writing. The witness should sign his name, with his address, in the presence of the Postmaster, and the latter will then certify the payment by adding his own initial. The witness should be known to the Postmaster, but it is desirable (though not imperative) that he be not connected with the office. In no case should the Postmaster act as witness himself.