40 
figures will show the aggregate for the year ending December 31st, 
1883 :— 
Forwarded Received Transmitted Total 
8,214 7,800 6,201 22,215 
The money business for the same period was as follows :— 
Money Orders issued... 1,479 
Do. paid ee Lj2r7 } ents 
The Postal Orders issued and paid far exceed the money orders, 
the numbers being for the same year (1888) as follows :— 
Postal Orders issued cet 11,239 
Do. paid 53 6,232 } otal a7 ate 
This enormous increase of the use of Postal Orders has caused a 
decrease in the number of letters registered during the last year, 
but they are still very numerous :— 
Year At Keswick At Sub-Offices Total 
1887 1,867 698 2,565 
18388 1,139 756 1,895 
Showing a Decrease of 670 
At the outset I mentioned that I had only one female letter 
carrier and myself to do the whole work of the office, except of 
course the assistance I had from my family. To contrast with 
this, the service had grown until there were, when I retired, no 
fewer than thirty-five persons in connexion with Keswick and the 
sub-offices under Keswick, viz :— 
Postmaster I 
Clerks and Assistants 4 
Sub-Postmasters 7 
Rural Postmen .... ia ate Ms °) 
Town Letter Carriers... i a 5 
Telegraph Messengers ... “es ave 6 
Sub-Office Rural Postmen nis ane 5 
Total 35 
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