REGISTERED LETTERS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 229, 22 June 1921, Page 2

REGISTERED LETTERS

Sir,—‘Business men and others would like an answer to the following: Suppose I register a letter containing a diamond, addressed Wellington, and it is stolen on the way. Does the Wellington office necessarily know this? If so, does the district office immediately notify me, or the addressee, or both? No inquiry is made nt the office of origin as to sender, so I do not see how they could notify me, or how they could tell the addressee who the sender was. Also, suppose the parcel is heavily insured, arrives safely, and is opened, and no diamond found. How can I firove I ever put one in I mean, what sort of proof would be admitted? To steal a stone from a sealed packet is not at all difficult. —I am, etc., AD AM AS. [The official reply to the foregoing queries is:—"A registered letter is very seldom lost during transmission through the post; but the Post Office would know if such took place, and investigation would immediately be made. ‘ A diamond should not bo sent through the post as a registered letter, but as an insured parcel. If the regulations set out on pages 20G and 207 of the Postal Guide are strictly complied with, such a contingency ns suggested by the writer could ■not obtain.}