14 THE DINGEE & CONARD COMPANY'S 



REMITTANCES, LOST ORDERS, &C. 



Post OflB.ce Orders. — Post Office Orders are the safest and most convenient way of sending 

 money yet devised. There is no possibility of losing your money when sent by Postal Order, because 

 no one can use the order except the person to whom it is addressed, and if lost, stolen or burned up 

 on the way, we can get duplicates, tahen you tell us the office of issue, the number, date and af?iozmt. 

 These matters should be noted for reference before mailing, and should be clearly stated in eveiy 

 letter of inquiry for delayed orders. 



Bank Drafts. — After Post Office Orders, the next best way to send money is by Bank drafts on 

 New York, Philadelphia or any principal city; these can be had of all banks and bankers, and are 

 safe^ because if lost or stolen, the bank will issue duplicates when satisfied of the loss. 



Registered Letters. — If not convenient to get a Post Office Order or Bank Draft, you can 

 send money by Registered Letter. Letters can be Registered at all Post Offices in the United 

 States. Inclose the money in the presence of the Postmaster, and take his receipt for the same. We 

 receipt to our Postmaster for every Registered Letter received. Registered Letters generally come 

 safe, but are not as good as Postal Orders, because the Government merely engages to take special 

 care, and try to deliver the??i safely, and if lost, will not replace the money. But when you buy a 

 Postal Order, the Government takes your money, and becomes responsible for its repayment as 

 directed. 



Wliy some Letters fail to reacll Us. — By a recent railroad accident in the West, 20,000 



ordinary letters and 500 registered letters were burned. The money in the registered and ordinary 

 letters was a total loss, but THE POSTAL ORDERS AND BANK DRAFTS COULD ALL BE 

 DUPLICATED. WITHOUT ANY LOSS. 



Prompt RetTirns. — All orders are filled immediately on their receipt; there is no deviation 

 from this rule unless for a few days in the veiy height of the season, when it may be impossible for 

 us to fill the orders as fast as they come to hand. In this case every order is acknO"wl- 

 edg-ed by postal card as soon as received, and filled promptly in rotation. 



Lost Orders — How to Find Ttiem. — If you do not hear from us within a reasonable time 

 after sending your order, it is evidence that the order has not been received by us, and YOU SHOULD 

 SEND A Letter of Inquiry at once. Remember that the Letter of Inquiry will probably be the 

 first to reach us, therefore, in every Letter of Lnquiry be sure to repeat your original order in full — 

 state the aynount of money and how sent — if by Postal Order — Give Name of Applicant — the office of 

 issue — where payable — the mcf?iber, date and amount and your own Post Office, Cotcnty and State. If 

 these directions are followed, it ivill enable us to fill your order correctly from your letter of inquiry 

 without waiting to hear from yoti again, which is frequently a great saving of time and trouble. 



FORM FOR A LETTER OF INQUIRY. 



Princeton, Gibson CoUxXTY, Indiana, March 16, 1878. 

 D. & C. Co. — On March 4th, I mailed you Postal Order No. 987, on Princeton, Indiana, for $5, 

 payable at West Grove, P. O., Pa., to pay for (here give list of articles exactly as ordered), to be sent 

 by mail. I have received no reply; if not already sent, please forward at once. 



Signed, Mrs. Mary E. Smith, 



Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana. 



Observe that this inquiry states the form of remittance, the number and amount of Postal Order, 

 where issued and where payable, a list of the articles ordered, tells how they are to be sent, and gives 

 the name and address of the writer in full. There is no difficulty about such a letter as this ; it states 

 the whole case. We refer to our record and find that this order has not been received, and is there- 

 fore probably lost or stolen from the mails. We fill the order from the letter of inquiry', and send at 

 once, and apply through our Postmaster to the Post Office Department at Washington for a Duplicate 

 Postal Order in place of the one lost. This is sent us, in due course, and the matter is ended without 

 loss to you or us, and with the least possible expense of time and trouble. 



