Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-12-23

of tie autl.ar to make such u work uoei,il aud nc
ceplahe, we most cordially wish him success III
dis enterprise.
rOSV MASTER GENERALS REPORT.
The L. NJ. General states that the wloe amount
OF mail irausponalirp for the yedr ending June
3Oth, iS4I, was 3409G525 mlies, at contract
eos, OF S3IJ9315. The whole amount OF trans
por,a,on Tor ,be year ending June 80 1912, was
Sd S359Si miles, ut contract cost OF 50 cS1 706.
Yhe amount of expenditure OF the Department.,
for the scar ending June, 1912, was ,stmoled, in
tny report OF December last, al 81 100000. Tie
reyuuuo 10 bc derived iionI postage, &c. Ia the
same repoft. was estimated ut $43S0000. The
amount estimated Ter The expenditure did not in.
cludo the sums due Ivy the Department prior TO
The 3Ist March, lS4I. Thus exhibiting pruba
bic liability OF 10000, beyond its estiHiuted cur
rent receipts of that year.
To bring tho expenditure within the Income OF
the Department was duty demanded at nay hands
hy Il regard for t!iC observance OF the principle
,ron which desire TO cuuducl the administration
Of tl,e General Post Office, VIZ: that, rhile the
Department should not he regarded as source ol
revenue 10 the OveinBigtt, q tlust not becoule
an annual charge upon the p,ii'|ic treasury.
In regard TO the number Of tnilCs OF anal trans
por,uliou and the an,ount paid Zoe such service,
The reIort says that in the North western aud
Souih. western districts comprising the STATES OF
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky.
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and
Loui >iamn, aud HE i erritGrics OF Wisconsin aud
Iown, prior to the lst July, 1912, aud The service
under lle receiit lettings. The whole number OF
mics OF mail service IA these districts annually
was ! | COS SG5 costing annually The sum Of s ! =
l02 Oi5 prior 10 The let july last. The receul con-
tracts require the transportation OF the mail, in
cach wear, aga l2S miles at a cost Of S9a7 16S
thus giving, in fact, i ~ 263 miles more Of SER
vice for Sil4 III less expense. And do not
hazard much when assert That this saving has
been made while the service iteefha been, in The
ugcregu,e, greatly improved.
The report shows great saving in tho expense
Of Blail bags. 1t appears that about the same
quantity OF Bags have been manufactured each
wear, wi hout reference 10 the wants Of The De
part.nent. For inslunce, il. tue year
le37, s56zo2 Is
I'm 1898, oS,'3I 81
in 1870, 3o'uo2 4t
In le4O. 35,337 g
From Isl Of April, 1e4l, up to LIST Of April, 1912
the au,oun, expended WINS bu, 5 $50 so.
From let Arri, 1912, to L., October, 1872
six months s7G3O so. A large proporlion q
which was The mail bugs manufactured prior Il
l64l.
1t will be seen by reference TO my repor, OF De
ccnIhcr last that the amount received from post
uge on leiieIs and newspapers, aGd fines, for III.
year commencing LIST July 1910, and ending BOIL
June, lS4l, was s.aied 20 he S4,379,3l7 "a.
The amount arising from the came sources 70
year tillilS ouH Julci lCfSi Oi<3O t'l
Thus showing an increHse OF tie revenue OF ih
Department, Of Sl6602S b, over The revenue o
the preceding year.
i lie increase has not been the resul, of all IN
crease Of mail matter, ] anI persuaded, hut la
arisen from more systematic aud yIgilaut execu
ton OF the law
Tie gross expenditures of the Department 70
the year ending 3Oh June, 1912, so far as the
have been audited aud paid, are "a G277 % ex
ceeding the amount derived from postage, uurln
the same year, SOL ,47O 40.
II will he remembered that by the oct app Ove
Tie 0h September le4l, there was appropriated
"to enable the Post Office Department TO NEE
its engagements and pay its debts" tho sum
S462G57.
OF this SUN, there has been expended durin
the last fiscal year, the sum Of 2.664 81, in sa
isiaction OF demands against the Department, pr
or 10 the month of April, le4l. The report
the Chief Clerk upon The subject, No. !, will e,
hbit more in detail the application Of this fund
There remained unexpended Of this uppropr,
ton on the 30Ih June, 1912, SS9992 40 10 me-
sucl other demands tvs may be established 10
due prior 10 3isi March, IS4I.
This SUN oil r3y2664 81 constitutes no pnr
the S4, 546,245 l3, given above us the revenue f
the last year derlvable from postage and fines.
does however, constitute part OF the S3627 z:
81 the gross expenditures for the year, and. If d
Quoted, will show the gross expenditure, for O
binary current services TO I've f,235, 055 IL.
THIS would present an apparent balance or
excess Of revenue, over expenditure OF S3ll l94
Abstract olMe Report of The Secretary oCMe "
Uy- lhis Report slnes that The Home Squadr,
las been put III commission as directed 10y act
Congress, but us The number of vessels allow
was too large for The services, he has assign
that squadron the duty OF the West India sta
in connexion with il. The steam ships nre flu
too expensive and are 10 he taken out of comm
sion.
An increase Of force is recommended in /
Pacific, 10 give countenance to the settlement
the Columbia rivGr-he trade OF which il rep,
sehied as last leaving our hands and falling il
that OF the English. A large force is also reco
inended on the African coast, for The protection
our trade IN that quarter and squadron for
Gnli OF Mexico Tor the couItenance Of the lar
portion OF our commerce engaged in that quartz
The Secretary does not urge the building of II
new vesses, but thal those now built shnl! lie /
IN commission, aud earnestly urges that the ma
be al once put on proper footing, and its ahu
reiormed-ior which purpose liza recommeL
that Naval schools for the ed ucaiion OF officers
established on shore, and that no boy should
cevc an ncIng appointment until he has passe,
given time at ilen and that their ndminislrni
shall be regulated The same as the military Acat
my NJ West Point
Higher grades of Offices are recommended
the purpose Of rewarding meri,orious Office
VINO VIII necessarily reinuin obscure under
present system. lie also says that an increa:
force of Marines is almost indispensable.
The employment ot articles of American n
dnciion, for NIL The purposes of The navy, is war
ly recommended thus 10 afford encouragement
our own manufacturers and artfcers A red,
lion oil The wages paid nj the Navy yards is urg
and more strict inquiry made in regard TO
quality Of articles 10 be furnished for lie N,
TO lie mnde, articles having been furnished Of
that havs not lasted more thun one third Of
dime commonly allowed. hoston Atlas