The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-12-03

year eoooz,s1l 40
The expenditures of the yeaE were as follows:
For hs and d sas Is 50
Compensation TO postmastsrs, 1,5a9576 10
Wrapping paper :. :. :. :. 27 ABS SO
Office furniture :. =. :. :. $3.50 70
q Advertising -. :. .. :. 726ss so
Mail bags :. :. :. :. :. 3lI60 50
Mail locks, keys, and stamps. :. $500 80
g Mail depredatiOns sad special agents 2s,72s 10
Clerks Tor offices, (oiices OF postmas-
" Misceilaneous items :. :. :. ss526 90
" Post office laws and regulations >. liza "a
" Repayment Of money found in dead
letters ~io %
s5,2l2,s5s 40
Leaving as the excess of the gross re-
venue over the expenditures OF the
year, the sum OF fofo,oio 10
The undrawn appropriations for this de-
partment, under the 18th section ofthe
act of lS47, before referred to, amount
ed, the seth June last, Including
the $500 coo embraced in the revenues
foregoing EGG bsisnoeJ to............. seS,55S SIS
The Auditor OF the department estimates
the balance to the credit o. the revenue
mentioned, which wiz be r,timately
found to be available, land which does
Toned at -. e4s,l65 81
Making available balance, from all 90
Out Of Which there is payable to the Bri-
tish government, for hostages collected
under the postal treaty, during the IFS
cal year ending June 80, '49. .$35, 6el Go
And during the year ending
June so, 1900. 'i4!ioio 90 io-'o'o Vs
Leaving net balance, (as estimated by
the AuQitcrD OF 9iiioS,Vso o.
For more detailed statement of the fiscal condi-
ton and affairs of the department, you are respect
fully referred TO the report of the Auditor hereto
annexed
The new contracts for mail transportation 10 the
northern section composed OF the States of Name,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut and New York, made in the
spring OF 1919, showing an increase OF annual COM
pen sation of 500, 9Sl being an increase of more
than eighteen per cent upon the previous cost OF
that section
The new contracts made under the lettings of
last spring for the western section of the Union,
embracing The States of Michigan, Indiana, Hi
nois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana,
and Texas, and the Territories, exhibit a still
greater increase in the annual cost OF transporfa-
ZION in that section.
This increase is estimated in the contract Office
at 1926 600 per annum, being about % per cent.
advance upon the annual cost OF that section un Ter
the contracts in force up 10 the end OF the last scai
year o. this, about 10 and four-hfths per cent Is
attributable 10 the increase OF service in that Sec
ton, and about II and oDefifth per cent TO the
incre ased rate Of compensation provided for In the
late contracts.
Union, under the orders for the improvement and
extension of the service on existing mail routes,
made by the Postmaster General, during the first
quarter of the current fiscal year, will amount,
(aiter deducting the curtail msnts order
And similar orders to be made during
the expenses. ................. 10000 90
The placing Of the steam mail packet
Franklin on the New York and Hayre
line will add the cost OF halt monthly
line Tor about ten months !. ........ 500 90
The service In California and Oregon, so
year 'a W.. ~. ~. so47o 90
boldt ON the New Yor and Havre line,
and the putting In operation of the new
routes established at the last session,
far - 1t can be done within the re-
mainder Of the current ys ar, In accord
with the requirements OF the laws
regulating the department., will pro-
baby add TO the expenses OF the year. 10000 90
The estimates upon this item, and that OF the ad.
diional service yet 10 be ordered, are made upon
very uncertain data. Indeed, the extent and cost
of the mail service, as we'll as the revenues OF this
department, are Subject TO constant fluctuations,
and the best considered and most careful estimates
can furnish only reasonable approximation 10 the
The expenditures for the current year are esti-
mated as follows -
The annual expenses CT transportation,
foreign and inland) as IL stood at the
close OF the last hacal year. S3O25,V1s %
Additional coet in Western section under
contracts, which went into effect July
Cost Of improvements in other sections
ordered In the first quarter OF the cur
co,t Of improvements to be made under
similar orders during residue Of the
New YORK and iiavre line. ........ $500 90
Service Ina California and Oregon already
Cost Of steamer Humboldt. 10000 90
Expense Of publishing revised list OF
post Offices and postm asters, and new
With map to accompany the latter. 1880 %
Expenfes OF last year under tbs heads
Of compensation TO postmesters wrap
ping paper; ONCE furniture; adver-
Using; mail bags; blanks; mail locks
keys, and stamps; mail depredstions
and special agents; clerks for offices,
(onices OF postmssters1 and niscella-
neous items; with eleven per cent
added, (such expenses necessarily In
crossing with the increase OF the reye- - -
nue. and general seryice). .......... 2f1lv' W
sSolssoe %
To meet these expenditures the department must
rely on the receipts of postages the annual appro
praton OF 500, 900 under the l2th section OF The
act Of 1917, which has been before referred TO, and
the ring appropriation made at the last session OF
Congress- as a compensation for the transportation
of the matter sent free through the mails under the
act for taking the seventh census.
Before giving en- estimate OF the revenue OF the
current year. IL h. proper TO remark that no reliable
estimate OF the receipts from postage can be made
The increase for the year ending June 20, ISL,
was u q 100 per cent Tor the year snd ~, June
ending June 90 1919, ~ 2O-l00 per cent being
an average, for the three years, OF 10 sp-lOO per
cent and the increase for the year ending June
30, 1870, excluding the balances in favor OF Great
Britain, was II SIS per cent.
IL IL beiiev, that the postsges Of the cur
rent year will show an increase over those
of the lsst year OF at least ii per cent, and -.
amount to..s Foivs'.OiV -
Deduct British postagt s.estins-
- 80 80 $500 $3.50 S,sSi,sls %
Add the appropriations for ranked matter
OF the department and the appropriation
Tor the postage q census matter. ..... 2l2OOO 90
Making estim ated revenues. f6165 GIG IS
From which deduct estimated expsndi-
lures ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 0 Ol9 SOC 90
sli6s06 IS
The conveyance Of correspondence between this
and foreign countries, and between the Atlantic aud
Pacific portions Of the United States, has become
a large and important branch Of our mail service.
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