US Presidency
1839

The revenue of the Post-Office Department for the year ending with the 30th of June last was $ 4,476,638, exhibiting an increase over the preceding year of $ 241,560. The engagements and liabilities of the Department for the same period are $ 4,624,117. The excess of liabilities over the revenue for the last two years has been met out of the surplus which had previously accumulated. The cash on hand on the 30th ultimo was about $ 206,701.95 and the current income of the Department varies very little from the rate of current expenditures. Most of the service suspended last year has been restored, and most of the new routes established by the act of 7th July, 1838, have been set in operation, at an annual cost of $ 136,963.