{"newspaper_name": "Mobile register and journal.", "edition": "01", "page": "p2", "byline": ""}
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THE OPERATION OF THE NEW Posr OFFICE LAw.-Upon application at the Post Office Depart ment, we learn the impossbiity of acquiring correct information. at this time, concerning the general op- eration of the new postage law. Nor shull we be able to lay before readers any general exposition of its effect, until after the end of the quarter which expires the last day of the next month"; From the city post office we learn that the number o letters papers, and packages, passing through helI hands, unconnected with the business of the govern. meo, has increased about B per cent, when cons pared with the business of the month of June. The gross amount of proceeds from postage on these has fallen of nearly 66 per cent, while the postage charg ed to inc government for it's letters, &c.,. received and sent. IS enormous. For the Post Office Depart ment alone, II js said to reach near $40, 900 for the Wontb just past.-LUnion.