Mobile register and journal., 1846-12-19

| Hr ekptHulthFts TOT lle year cntllnS
 9aih June, ls46, 4,0si297 22 Reduction first year nnder tie new
 law,.,....=....... .....,.',... 4I5 ,ESb 90 Reduction first year, compared with
 last year, '........,......... 23S,43l 77 The expenditures for the ,esr ending
 8olh June, l8d6 6........ ..... 4,0s4 .297 g The increase do. du do, 34S7,I99 B Deficiency of Revenue, ,..... .,.. 597,097 S7 The drafts made upon the Treasury
 were for.......... .......... 65O 0OO % Leaving balance ia hand 30lh June
 Is46 ,,.... ...... .......... 52,9O2 32 The number oi contractors IS. 3j3l The number of pest routes ..... 42S5 The aggregate length of do. .l49 ,679 miles.
 The transportation of iha mail during ihe year ending 3hh June, 1916, amauat"d 10 s7 POS, ,4l4 miles
 The cost of said transportation was 2.665, ,o78.
 The length ol rouie5 exceeds those oi last year 5,7S9 miles.
 The amount of transportation exceeds that of he previous year ,76l l45 niles. The expense, how ever, is less by S202 ,9l3.
 The cost of transportation in Texas from 18th February 10 30lh Juae is s9,lS9.
 The relrenehmenis ordered during the year amount 10 s45 600.
 The new and improved service ordered (excusi,e- Iy of Texas) to S72 900, of which S3l 900 is the cost of new post routes put in operation
 The reduction in lhe amount al which Ihe con tracts ia lbe x urth Western and South Western States nave been let for lie present and ensuing years over that of year ending Both June, 1916, Is $323 ,90l.
 The Mails between New York and New Orleans have been expedited 24 hours--lram Washington to Si Louis and Nashville by wayol Louisville 24 hours and 5 hours 10 St, Louis by way of Springfield and Dayton.
 The Department has met considerable difficulty in many eases in putting contracts into operation un der the law. The deductions from inc pay of contractors for I Ga durin thp XVul GD6 o79 Hl On ihe 30ti June, le46, there were li60l Pos; Offices.
 New Post Offices established during 'he year. ST Post Offices discon nued. during lhe year. .459 Incrcase over last year.............. .4l8 The numb, 7ih December, inst, was. IA .793 The number of Post Masters appointed during ihe year, 4a58 in consequence of tes gnalous deaths 2905--chauge oi sales oi nost ohces 3hi--estab- lishment oi new offices S77-by removals S7I-cnm- missions expired and not renewed 4 Nearly third oC the Post Offices in the United Sia es have been voluntarily yacsled since the pas sage of lhe new law Recommends prlyision to he made for increasing the compensation of Deputy Post Masters.
 Gives the foil wing statement "l ine income al some of the large offices. N Y. St3i4,77I 323. .59a 323 ,45O 2'I.5ll l9l 69' phi'a .I67,S79 l4s,7S7 l5a,7il l3974s es.l52 Batm'e .s4 930 sl,l22 Sl72l Fl 3o0 12 03S | Weight ol mails sent from these offices for one | week m June, iS5o New foik.... .........''''' IS'S-a h's' | Philadelphia a...............ZOo olS | Baltimore e.................. zstEV
 42,7aO Weight ol Mails sen, from these offices over Rail ! R r,d ard Steamboat f,ues for one week, In May lS46;
 Ne" York ............. .-oI.Vco 'ns.
 Philadelphia. ........... 3H.zoi "
 B,lIimnrs, (esiimated). ..... ioOO "
 S aies lhe ugen, requests winch .ee been made l 10 the Department tn establish Express from At,l4n,a. Georgia. Mobile. tp compete wnh the lrlyats Express. and decides against n.
 The Sieamers Tor the hne belweea New fo'k and Bremen. ae rspIdt, an1 satisfactorily progressing Rec ninlents a line irnm Charleston ty way of ila yam to Chagres. aud from raaama 10 Oregon. The Telegraph between Washington cn, and FaIlmlre has been krpi regularly in "peraiinn iis expenses from ls Agiil, 1915. 10 3J'h Sewenber, is4G, Vt S9.3f6 ss and ils receipts Ss2,3l2 sS | An arrangement has been made ~lil Messrs Val & Rogers by which froln the list Decemher. they take the line and keep n in operation for the profits Strongly recommends that Congress should pros vide for the purchase of the patent right oi ile Iele graph and put II under the exclusive control oi Gov ernmenl. or else that provision should be maie b, law for It's reguallot