Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-12-19

amounts at this time to 6,5O7 1913 miles in one veor
and from the LIST day of January next it will be in
creased to 6,785,8l miles The whole yearly trans
portaton OF the mail i'll coaches, s1tlkics and on
horseback, amounts to about - 700 900 miles
The whole amount CT hostages, 1.-THE only source
OF revenue to the Department,) from 1889, to July
], 1899, was, S26 AL doS
The whole expenses of the Depart
Inent, during the same period, were as
follow
Compensation to Pos,masters 81 829 925
Incidental expenses, 896967
Transportation of the mail 16o52,513
24,779 ,4O5
Leaving an aggregate amount of revenue,
of Sl,66e,9l
The Revenue of the Department is accounted for.
as follows
Amount of the several payments into
the Treasury from 1859 TO 1928 SIIO3 O63
Amount of the losses in the transmits
sion OF moneys during the same period 1Ya.c
Balance, as exhibited on the books Of
the department, on the LIST of July, 1922 SAL $50
81 ,662 ,09I
From this statement it appears that the Depart
ment has always been sustained by it's own resour-
ces, and that no money has at any time, been drawn
from the Treasury for the transportation of the
mails: but that 1t has contributed to the revenue of
the Government.
The sums paid INTO the Treasury by the different
Postmaster Generals are as follows:
BY Timothy Pickering, from December,
1898, to March, 1895, si7 400
BY Joseph Habersham, from June 1885
to September, 1901 o63,s1o
1901, TO December, 1913, 2e151o
BY Return J. Meigs from March 1914,
TO June, 1928, 1920
december, 1928, 1886
Making together, the foregoing sum of sl.1o3 oG3
The balance OF S54l,68O, exhibited by the books
of this Department, on the list of july 1899 covers
all the balances due from Postmasters and others of
every description, which have been accommodating for
forty years. including those of the most doubtful mud
many OF deperate character. The Report of the
late postmaster General exhibited balance of 1882
los TO- as the amount of available funds at the dis
position of the Department the 1st of JULY 1929
The amount exhibited by the books OF the Depart
ment on that day. SOL 1894; from which it appears
that the of 1884 ESQ, of old balances was esti
mated to be either desperate, so uncertain chm
racter, that reliance could be had upon any
OF 1t: and is bce'ed, from eXamnation, that this
estimate did not essentially vary from what will prove
to have been the actual amount of losses from 7s9
to 1885,
20 the above amount of 1854 289
Must be added this sum, due for postares
prior to July /, 1923, which is since
found to be desperate, 90 235
Counterfeit money found on hand 1864
Notes oil broken Banks 1872
4,506
Making together the total amount of loss
re, es by bad debts and bad money, S31o,83
Which sum, deducted from the above mem
toned balance Of 1850
-
Leaves the actual balancc on the LIST Of
July, 1899, $3.50 $50
The fractions i'll this statement being omitted
The amount of moneys OH hand and due from, Post
masters, including judgments obtained on old ac-
counts, was reported by the late Postmaster General
10 be, ON the first day Of July, 1927, 1870 033 81
lie also reported an excess of expendi-
lures beyond the amount of receipts for
the year ending the 1st Of July, 1928, of 37928 o.
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Leaving balance of moneys on hnnd