Show I IFOR I INCREASED Hf FEE FOR I Postoffice Department to Ad Advance Advance Advance I vance Cost of Service to toI I Ten Cents I I An increase in the fee required for forI I registering matter sent through the mail from S 8 to 10 cents to take effect I Nov 1 is one of the measures adopted with a view to lessening the losses sustained sus sustained susI I in the postoffice department A report received recently shows a deficit of last la t year ear which is 15 an in increase Increase increase crease of over the previous record A of this loss is said to have han resulted from the decreasing of the rate i i on mail matter to Germany and Great i Britain from 6 5 cents for ounce to o 2 cents for an ounce The I Department favors the system of postal banks as a means for covering a part of the loss It is possible that a system system system tem of retrenchment may take place during the coming year in the th rural route department and that certain of the franking privileges may be cut out outI I During the year ending June 30 70 I pieces of registered mail mall matter were I ent out through the local locoal office and andi i j the increasing of the registry rate will wiM 1 add idd nearly 2000 a year to the income I of the local office |