“Blind” parcels are those which are incorrectly or incompletely addressed. All such parcels have to be examined at comparative leisure, and the public would be surprised to learn what a large amount of time is spent by the Post Office in making good the many defects and shortcomings in addresses on parcels and other postal packets. The Parcel Post comes in for many kicks from the public, but in justice it must be said that the officials spare no pains to trace the proper addresses of parcels. They exercise, too, great ingenuity in the task, and books of reference are in constant use. Bad spelling in addresses was formerly a very common source of trouble to sorters, but it is less noticeable now, and possibly this may be one of the results of universal education. I will give some instances of addresses of this kind which have been successfully dealt with by the Post Office staff:— 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.