The Postmaster-General has issued the following Notice under the signi-
ficant title of "Letters &c. must be Fully Addressed." "Much difficulty is experienced in the delivery to their right owners of letters imperfectly addressed ; and Postmasters have frequently incurred unjust censure either for unintentionally delivering such letters to wrong persons, or for declining the responsibility of delivering them at all and sending them up to the Re- turned .Letter Branch. It often happens that there are several persons living in the same town whose surname and christian name or initial, are exactly alike, and sometimes not only is the name the same, but the trade or pro- fession, and even the street. The address of every letter ought to be full and distinct ; but in the cases referred to it is obvious that the correct de- livery cannot be secured unless the name, calling, street, and number of the person for whom the letter is intended, be all given. An instruction has been issued to all Postmasters directing them to deliver letters imper- fectly addressed whenever they have no reasonable doubt as to the persons for whom they are intended, but in other cases to continue to send tho letter to London to be returned to the writer.
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