Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-12-06

The of commissions aooed for that wear ,cih Ter.
added thereto, shall be allowed edited to the
postmaster for the year ending 3oh June, 1852
Prorided aisay That the commissions to be allowed at
post office other than distributing ofre) shall
which such allowance is made Provided clso That special
application for further allowance any distributing once
be whenever the Auditor shall certify the COM
missions authorized be allowed under this order
the actual and necessary expenses Office
including the compensation of the postmaster And provided
further That there shall be allowed any office where
the compensation of the postmaster is by law limited FIX
ca salary or compensation greater sum than shall be
70 pay such salary compensation and the actual and
necessary expenses Of his Office. ~
The rate OF allowance after the present fiscal year
ed for future consideration and viii be determined upon after
the accounts for the first of the present fiscal
year have been adjusted by the Auditor"
1t s OF course in the power of Congress to abrocate
this ORDER and fix by law different rate of compensa-
ton 1t was intended to make the allowance as liberal
as the revenues Of the Department would Justify but it
is believed that the increase Of compensation this
ORDER will not be with the REQUIRED in
crease OF labor and that, the old rates of compensa
on postmasters rendered service in proportion to-
the remuneration allowed them than the officers of any
other Department Of the Government tits believed too
to be polite well just to pay fair compensation to-
postmasters may cheerfully and zealousy
operate in rendering successful the perhaps hazardous ex
pertinent of adopting in this comparatively new country
large portion of which is but sparely populated rates
Of postage which, considering the expense Of Transports
ton the traversed by mail routes and the nu-
merous points of delivery, give beyond all question
the cheapest postage in the world rFt
The expenditures for the present fiscal year
The annual cost of transportation foreign
and inland, as authorized and under
tracts at the close of the last fiscal year DIG 88 90
Additional cost in the Southern section
der new contracts, which went into effect
July /, 1851 ~1s- sl,sH 90
Cost of service ordered, and of new routes
let, during the quarter ending 30th Sep
Increased cost Of transportation, under
ders of the Postmaster General, for the
Improvement and extension of mail SER
vice, and the increased expedition Of the 80
great mails -3f9 100000 90
Cost of new routes let during the present
quarter, and probable cost Of putting in
operation the new routes established by
Congress at the last session, and now
der advertisement 29,328 90
Expenses equal to those of the last year.
under the heads Of compensation to post
masters, wrapping paper, Office furniture,
advertising mail-bags, blanks, mail-locks,
keys and stamps, mail depredations and
special agents, clerks for Offices (of post Eo
masters, and miscellaneous items, with
123 per cent. added, (such expenses
cessarily increasing with the increase of
mail matter transported 2,7e7,967 So
Amount added to the usual annual cost of
mail lockssand keys by changing the $4,000 90
Cost Of publishing laws and regulations, and
list Of post Offices 10000 90
Cost of postage stamps $4,000 90
Total estimated expenditures for the current
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