Special Delivery Service
The special delivery service of the postofflce Uepartment, whereby a letter can be delivered at once upon ts receipt at any offlee, by tlie purchase of a ten cent stamp, went into effect Jan. lst, 1886. It lias growu slowly but steadily ever since, and as the benelits of the service comes to b more gener.illy knowu it will be more extensively patronized. The following table shows the extent of the service since lts establishment in tliis city, the figures being given us by Postmaater Beal: let qr.ttd qr. Sd qr.l,lh qr.i Total. 18S6 14S 114 94 158 mT 1887 131 187 13 186 M( 188 163 194 137 104 658 18S ] 1.18 200 160 216 740 lftiH) 210 iMi 208
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