Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-12-30
Postmaster Generals Report.

according to the report of Hon. S. ID.
Hubbard, Postmaster General, the number
OF post offices in the United States, at the
close OF :he fiscal year, ending June 80, 1852,
was 2O,9Ol; postmasters appointed during
that year, 6,255. There were l,719 post
offices established, and GA discontinued dur
ing the year.
From the end Of the fiscal year TO Nov. /,
1852, 500 post offices have been established,
and 2}0 discontinued so that the whole
number IN operation at the latter date was
II, III. And lis close there were in opera
lion in the United States, Gill mail routes,
their aggregate length being 2l4,S94 miles,
aid employing 5,266 contractors. Annual
transportation OF the mails on these routes
5S,9S5,7 2S miles, at an annual cost of So
1887, being about 40 cents per mile ;
III ,6S2, 760 miles were performed on rail-
road, at cost of 81 49, $50, being about / l
1-2 cents per mile (; 6, 353 400 miles in steam
boats, at a cost of $685., S15 being about 8
cents per mile; 20 COS, 030 miles in coaches,
at cost of S ,029, $50, being about 1-2 cts
per mile and 20,650,621 miles in modes not
specified, at a cost Of 81 ,020,650, being about
l-2 GEMS per mile.
The inland service shows an increase of
1885 miles in mail routes; of 5,7l3, 576
miles OF annual transportation, and of $685.
2l7 in the annual cost-Ihe railroad service
alone being increased 2,5I4, 061 miles, at an
increased cost Of $3.50, sol.
There were six foreign mail routes in op-
Grafton on the 30th of June, of the aggregate
length of 10,34S-annuai transportation 652,-
400 miles.
The cost OF ocean steamer service for the
year 1852 was 81 ,906,25O; for 1851 81 ,O23,-
$50.
The gross receipts OF the Department for the
year ending June 30, 1852, were Sc, 1925, 971, :
~. But OF this only $4,226,79 were
from letter hostages and stamps, and $780,
1856 from newspapers and periodicals.
The receipts from hostages were less by ST.
3SS 3334 Az than those Of the preceding year,
being decrease of % per cent. since the new
law took effect. Sill the Postmaster Gen.
eral does not desire a return to higher rates
The expenditures of the Department for
the last fiscal year were $7,l08 459,04 ant
those Tor the present year are estimated a
$S,745, 777,20. The estimated receipts in.
GLIDING 81 100000 appropriation are STAT,
700, So; leaving deficit Of s 1927, 9S6, SO, tt
he provided for by direct appropriations
still larger appropriation will be required
for next year.
The increased speed attained on variou:
great mail routes is noticed by the 2. M. Gen
era.
Several topics of no general interest are
touched upon, and the report then speaks Of
the application Of the Havre and Bremen
lines of steamers for increased pay OH the
ground that while the Collins line receives
$50, 900 trip, they get but $l2, 500 "trip
for the Havre line and $l6,666 for the Bre-
men line. They consider that the increased
commerce and immigration from Germany
since the line was established, entItle them
TO additional aid.
Several postal conventions with foreign
countries are noticed, and the report then
proceeds to consider the necessity for in
creased commission TO post-masters on &C.
count OF the increased labor under the new
law.
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 $3.50 24. Ofthis number
80 ,672,76 were unpaid S,44S, $40 paid by
money; 81 1897, $50 paid by stamps; and
3,I46, 900 free.
The P. NJ. General recommends to Con-
gress to remedy the evil existing in Phla-
lphia on account of the want Of suitable
post office building.