Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-12-14

hostages returned within that time, il is conf
IDENTITY believed the losses, in collection, will not
amount to one fourth Of one per centum.
The whole amount Of hostages
from July first, 1923. to July
lst, 1929, was S1,707.41S IL
From July 1st, 1929, to July LIST,
1880, 1850, 5S5 10
From July LIST, 1880, to July LIST.
1851, l,997,Sll "a
The increase of hostages within
the year ending July Est, 1929,
above the amount of the year
preceding, was S1os. $40 AZ
The increase of the year ending
July Isl, 1880, above the amount
Of the year preceding, was 143, 1854 6S
The increase Of the year ending
July 1st, 1881, above the a.
mount Of the year preceding,
was l47, 228 Al
The expenses of the Department
for the year preceding July
Ist, 1923, exceeded its reve-
nues in the sum at S23,0l5 W
For the year preceding July LIST,
1899. 74.7l4 Is
For the year preceding July 1st,
1880, 82, ia 30
But for the year preceding July
LIST, 1881, the revenues OF the
Department have exceeded its
expenditures in the sum OF 62,252 IL
The favorable terms upon which the contracts
were last year made for the transportation of the
mail in the southern division, commencing on the
lst day of January last, have assisted IN produc-
ing the result exhibited by the following fact:-
The revenue of the Department for the halt year
beginning with the LIST Of January last, exceed
ed the expenditure for the same period IN the
sum of S15,47o vi
Whereas for the half year pre-
ceding the LIST January, 1881,
the expenditures exceeded the
revenue in the SUN Of 1898 10
The difference in which results
constitute the excess OF reve-
nue. over disbursements for the
year now reported, of $3.50 lS
From the LIST Of Ju-
ly, 1880, 90 the
lst July, 1881,
the transporta-
ton of the mail
was increased in
stages equal to S54,450 miles a year.
On horseback ard
in sulkies 1875. 252 miles a year.
Making an annual increase of transportation
equal to s6s, 702 miles beyond the amount OF any
former period.
Many routes have also been improved. by sub
s~tituting stages for horse mails, 10 the annual
amount of 362, 52l miles.
The total annual increase Of
stage transportation from July
l, 1880. to July 1, 1881, was 1867 7 miles
The animal decrease Of trans
p~ortatiOn on horseback, with
10 the same time by substitut-
ing STAGES, was 29S, O69 miles
Making the annual increase as
aboveequal to 96s, 700 miles
On the 1st of July, 1881, the annual transport
tation Of the mail was,
In stages and steamboats, TO- sS. s4s miles
On horseback and in sulkies 4,74O, S44 miles
Making the whole annual trans
p~ortation equal to l5,46S, 692 miles
Other improvements are also determined on,
in which remote parts of the country are imme-
diately interested; among them are, the estab.
lishment of a regular steamboat mail on the river
Ohio, between Guyandotte, in Virginia, Cincin-
natl, in Ohio, and Louisville, in Kentucky; to
form a daily connexion with the line of Post coach
es from this place, and from Richmond, in Vir-
gina. to Guyandotte: and the Improvement of
the route to a daily line between Macon, in Geor-
gia, Mobile, in Alabama, and New Orleans, so as
to constitute a daily intercourse between New
Orleans aud the Atlantic cities, with a despatch
Il k..rI,,o 1oys hotmaou Novu nrlaapo aud tho