The post office and its story an interesting account of the activities of a great government department

Sir lordmear = The Lord Mayor of London of London Mansion House manchouse Mr. Rosenheim 21 Rusſelstreet = 21 Russell Street Komerseldok Commercial Dock Michael Kelly Little elfet = St. Nicholas Sir Nicolas Dusty Industrial School School Little Ilford Tom Jenkins Haselbeach = Haselbeach in no Jamtshere Northamptonshire Mr. Wallace = Messrs. Wallis & Co. Drapers Drapers Iobin High Holborn Ferar & Son = H. B. Fearon & Son Obanvidock Holborn Viaduct Then there are instances of extraordinary abbreviations in addresses. For instance:— Messrs. CSSA = Civil Service Supply Association Qvst Queen Victoria Street People, too, sometimes address their parcels with word pictures instead of written characters, and of course the funny man who sends a parcel is also in evidence. Messrs. Parsons & Co. Cocks and Hens London, E., which is obviously intended for Poultry, E.C. Of insufficiently addressed parcels there are a great number, and the difficulties with these are not lessened by the number of towns bearing the same name. For instance, there are as many as 24 places in the United Kingdom alone bearing the name of Newton, 12 named Milton, 16 Middleton, 20 Newtown, 12 Newport, 9 Mount Pleasant, and so on. The covers of some packages are embellished with drawings, pen-and-ink sketches, and even paintings, and the monotony of the sorter's duties is relieved, though when the address of the parcel is hidden among the foliage of a landscape or written in small characters on a boulder by the sea-shore his difficulties are not lessened.