The daily union., 1852-12-12
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also think that postmaster should be entitled to sma
compensaton-say the amount OF two mills (or about
his Office subscriber each newspaper not charge
able with pos,agr. - 49,,
Hon. S. D. HUnpaRp Postmls General
The attention OF Congress should. think be called TO
the fact that although the sixth and seventh sections Of
the act OF ID March, lS5l-before referred to-provde
that neither the compensation OF pOstmasers nor the
duary extension of mail service should be diminished in
consequence OF any dminuon Of The revenues resulting
C that Gcl, provision made Tor the protection
OF the rights and interests OF large class OF persons
ployed contractors special roules and mail
sengers, whose compensation depends upon the amount
received from postages at the offices supplied by them
There are not less than two thousand five hundred
persons employed in carrying the mail for The net pro-
ceeds OF the Offices supplied limited however, in every
case, to certain equal to that paid for similar
vice on the public routes in the same section.
On few Of these special routes the amount collected is
more than sufficient 10 pay the contractor and consdera
Bile balances remained TO be applied TO the ordinary
penscs o the department; but large portion OF them
the amount received under The old of postage
service Upon This class OF contractors the reduction OF
postages operated with great hardship, and every add
noDal allowance 10 the postmaster has still further d.
minshed the fund, which alone can be applied to the
On the 23h OF March last the Senate adopted resou-
on by which the Postmaster General requested 10
questions embraced in the resolution relating 10 the busi
OF this department and lis receipts and expenditures
under enumerated heads for the fiscal year end
ing 3O.h June, 1852.
Much OF the information sought by these questions
could not be furnished in the form desred from the
counts ordinarily entered by postmasers nor from the
books OF the auditors ONCE in which the accounts OF this
department kept. Neither couId it be furnished with
perfect accuracy for the whole year, any other mode
than by prescribing to posmasteIs before the
OF the year, form OF accounts TO be kept for
this object, in addition to those required from them
and nearly three months OF the year had elapsed be-
fore The passage OF the resolution, was obviously i'm
possible TO overcome this difficulty. DESTROYS, however,
comply tar possible with the request OF the SEN
ate the late Postmaster General referred the resolution to
the auditor for thus department Immediately its
cep and desired him adopt such remained in
his power for collecting the information called for.
By correspondence with posmasters al the principal
ofnces and from the accounts returned TO his Office for
settlement, the auditor has made Tin when per
tect accuracy could be obtaned estimates which
deemed reliable, and has thus been enabled to furnish
the annexed report, to most OF the questions
referred TO.
The whole number Of paid and unpaid letters which
have passed through the post Offices OF The United States
during the last fiscal year was 9k, ,524.
OF those passing 10 and from places in the United
S,aes exclusive of California and Oregon, there were