§ MR. TORRasked the Postmaster General, If his attention has been called to a statement in the public prints as to the loss of a registered letter containing Erie Shares of the value of £2,500, which letter is reported to have been left, with the form of receipt, in the letter-box of Mr. Charles Potter, Liverpool, the party to whom the letter was addressed, before the office was opened in the morning; and, whether it is the custom of the Post Office letter-carriers to leave registered letters without getting a receipt for the same?
§ MR. MONSELLSir, the attention of the Postmaster General has been called to the loss of a registered letter, containing Erie Shares of considerable value, addressed to Mr. Charles Potter, at Liverpool, and the matter is being investigated by the Post Office and Police authorities in Liverpool. It is not the custom of Post Office letter-carriers to leave registered letters without getting a receipt at the time, except on the written sanction of such firms as desire this course to be pursued. There are about 150 firms in England who prefer running the risk, which must exist when no receipt is given, to waiting for a later delivery. In the particular case in question, there was no written sanction, but there was a clear understanding between the letter-carrier and Mr. Potter's clerks.