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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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A
good
deal
of
trouble
has
to
be
taken
in
sifting
claims
for
moneys
in
the
Post-office
Savings
Bank--especially
in
cases
where
the
persons
concerned
are
of
a
poor
and
illiterate
class.
The
following
may
be
taken
as
a
case
in
point:--
"An
account
had
been
opened
in
a
manufacturing
town
in
Yorkshire
in
1868
by
a
girl
who
was
described
as
a
minor
over
seven
years
of
age.
Only
one
deposit
was
made;
and
nothing
further
was
heard
of
the
account
until
1872,
when
a
labourer
wrote
from
Northumberland
claiming
the
money
as
having
been
deposited
by
his
wife,
who
had
recently
died.
On
a
marriage
certificate
being
forwarded,
it
was
found
that
the
marriage
took
place
in
1851,
and
that
the
wife
was
thirty-five
years
of
age
at
that
time.
The
applicant
also
stated
that
he
could
swear
to
his
wife's
handwriting,
whereas
the
depositor
could
not
write.
He
was
informed
of
these
discrepancies,
but
still
insisted
that
the
money
was
deposited
by
his
wife,
and
employed
a
lawyer
to
urge
his
claim."
Sometimes
depositors
mislay
their
deposit-books,
or
lose
them
altogether,
and
in
course
of
time
forget
that
they
have
anything
lying
at
their
credit.
This
is
an
instance
of
such
a
case:--A
depositor,
upon
being
reminded
that
he
had
not
sent
up
his
book
for
a
periodical
examination--the
time
for
which
was
already
past--replied
that
his
book
was
lost,
but
that
if
there
was
any
balance
due
to
him,
he
would
be
glad
to
have
the
particulars.
The
amount
due
to
him
was
upwards
of
L10;
but
as,
when
a
depositor
has
lost
his
book,
it
is
usual
to
test
his
knowledge
of
the
account,
this
course
was
followed,
when,
from
the
answers
received,
it
was
made
clear
that
he
was
entirely
ignorant
of
the
sum
standing
to
his
credit--and,
indeed,
that
he
believed
his
account
to
be
closed.
But
for
the
notice
sent
to
him
in
regard
to
his
deposit-book,
he
would
never
have
made
any
claim.
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