[Sidenote: Advertized on 1st of each month.]
All letters remaining undelivered in a post office on the first of each
month, excepting drop letters and such letters as are daily called for,
are advertized in a list posted at the office door for the information
of the public.
[Sidenote: Advertizement in newspaper.]
If a newspaper is published in the neighbourhood the Postmaster is
directed to insert this list therein, provided the proprietor will give
it insertion at the authorized rate.
[Sidenote: Advertized letters to be asked for as such.]
Parties applying at an office for advertized letters should always ask
for them as such.
[Sidenote: When sent to Dead Letter office.]
Letters and papers after remaining undelivered in an office for three
months are sent to the Dead Letter Office, as also are all letters
refused by the persons to whom they are addressed or letters addressed
to persons deceased.
[Sidenote: Return to writers.]
Every letter which is opened at the Dead Letter Office and found to
contain the address of the sender is sent back to him; but such as do
not contain the sender's address are destroyed, excepting always those
which contain money and other articles of value, which are kept for a
reasonable time for the purpose of being reclaimed.
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