The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-01-03
Leaving for the gross revenue

Leaving for the gross revenue
of the year S5,552,971 48
The expenses of the year amounted to S.,
2l2,953 43. The undrawn appropriations un-
der the act OF l847 are $665,555 55. The
available balance to the credit of the department
is S64o,I65 81. There is a net balance Of
$I,l32,045 50. The Postmaster General then
gives number of statistics, among which we
find $S0,470 for the mail service in Oregon and
California, as far as reported
The expenses for the current year are esti-
mated at Sc 019SO9 go. 1t is estimated that
the increase in the revenue from postage will
amount to at least eleven per cent. The esli-
mated revenue from all sources is $6,l66,6I6
%. The following extract contains the impor-
tant recommendations of the Postmaster Gen.
eral:
The subject will doubtless again engage the
attention Of Congress at its approaching session;
and, with nm earnest desire that our rates of
postage NAV be reduced TO the lowest point that
is practicable without calling for contribution
from the treasury beyond what should be paid
for the transmission and delivery of the official
and public correspondence, recommend that
the inland letter postage be reduced to three
cents, the singe letter, when prepaid, and be
fixed at the uniform rate of FIVE cents when not
pre-paid: and also, that the Postmaster General
be required 10 reduce this pre- paid rate to two
cents the single letter, whenever it shall be
ascertained that the revenues Of the department,
after the reductions now ret commended, shall
have exceeded its expenditures by more than
five per cent. for two consecutive fiscal years.
i also recommend that The postage 10 California
and Oregon be greatly reduced, and that the post
age charged on other sea-going letters be made
more simple and uniform. With the numerous
rates now charged-some with and some with-
out the addition of the inland rates-ronfusio1
and mistake are frequent and unavoidable.
therefore recommend that twenty cents the
single letter be charged on all correspondence
to and from the Pacific coas.. South America,
the Eastern Continent and its islands, and
points beyond either; and ten cents the single
letter on all other going letters, without the
superaddition Of inland postage in any case.
excepting, however, all cases where such sea
postages have been or shall be adjusted al differ
ent rates, by postal treaty already concluded, or
hereafter to be made; and power should be given
to the Postmaster General. by and with the
advice and consent of the President of the
United States, to reduce or enlarge the sea rates,
with the view of making better postal arrange
1BtS QUIET
any adverse measures affecting our postal inter-
course with other countries
| also recommend that The provision which
imposes an additional half cent postage upon
newspapers sent more than one hundred miles,
and ont Of the State where they are mailed, be
repealed, so as to leavethe uniform inland postage
on newspapers, sent TO subscribers, from the
Office of publication.
The postage upon pamphlets, periodicals, and
other printed matter Except newsPapers) may
be simpifed and somewhat reduced, with ad-
vantage to the department. Two cents for the
pamphlet or periodical Of the weight OF two
ounces or less. and one cent for every additional
ounce or fraction of an ounce. is recommended
as the inland rate upon all pamphlets, periodicals,
and other printed matter. instead Of the present
rate.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
The first suggestion made by Mr. Stuart, the
Secretary of the Interior, relates to the name
of his department. The act of Congress des-
ignates It as the aHome Department. and the
aDepartment Of the Tteriorn This ambiguity,
the Secretary thinks, ought to be reeti6ed
The estimates ofexpenses this year are 3 132-
043 At, against S5,403 "a, the estimates oflast
year. The excess is principally under the
heads of aLand Service @Indian Affairs, 2
sPension Office, and Omitted States Courts"
The whole number Of persons now on the
pension rolls Of the United States is 19,758
The whole number who have drawn pensions
during the irst and second quarters ofthe present
calendar year is 13,079
The number Of deaths reported within the
last year IL SAG.
The whole number Of persons pensioned
under the act Of March 1s, 1878; is 20.4s5.
0l these there now remain on The rolls bnt
,523.
under the act Of l5th May, 1928, there we're