Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-29

The subJ0lned Ofhclal Letters, containing lnte-
resting information relating to the operations of the
PostOfice Department, were laid before the Senate
yesterday:
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, MAY 20, 1852
Sin, Upon the receipt of official copy of the resolu
ton Of the Senate Of the 18th Of March last by which the
Postmaster General requested to report to the Sc
mite the whole number of letters which passed through
the Post Office Of the United States during the fiscal year
ended June 3d. 1851 distinguishing the paid from the
paid those paid by stamps from those paid in cash. to-
geher with certain other matters therein specified re-
ferred the same with the exception of such parts there
of relate to the operations Of the dead letter oce to
the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Depart
men who has by law the settlement of the accounts of
the Post Office Department and the official custody Of the
quarterly of postmasters, and the other papers
and books necessary be examined for the purpose Of
furnishing far practicable the information called for
by the said resolution and directed the proper exami
nations to be made to enable to much OF the
said resolution related the operations of the dead let
ter Office for the last fiscal year. tH3i
In compliance with the said resolution have the honor
transmit herewith the report of the Auditor upon SO
much Of the resolution as was SO referred.
Presenting that the object of the Senate in calling for
the cost of transportation and the amount Of postage col
lected in each State was to furnish the of COM
pairing the cost Of transportation with the receipts from
hostages By States it is deemed but just to say that IN
the division OF the cost Transportation among the State
the whole cost Of route extending from one State to
another and through several States is charged to
the State TO which the route is assigned by its number
generally to the State in which the entered
the route register is made to Thus the whole
cost of service on from Buffalo, New York. through
Erie, Pennsylvania, and Cleveland, Ohio, to Detroit
Michigan if embraced ina single contract, would be
charged to the State of New York Again the entire cost
Of extending quite through State and used for
the transportation of great mail may be charged to such
State although nearly the whole of that cost is incurred
for high grade of service necessary for the Transporter
ton of letters and other matter which the postage is
collected great commercial cities in other and perhaps
distant States Thus $75 900 per Of the cost of
transportation charged to the State Of North Carolina is
for transportation Of the great Northern and Southern
mail over route which is Of very little importance to
that State. In the manner the States OF Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois are charged with the
cost OF service which is important and expensive,
mostly in consequence of the weight Of the great through
mails which made up and delivered in other States
and the State of Missouri is charged with Sl9,5O0
for the cost of service from Independence its
boundary to Salt Lake. and for the service from
Independence Santa Fe while probably but small por-
ton Of the postage earned by these routes is collected in
| Missouri.
1t win therefore be that in institutng any
parison these circumstances should be duly considered
well the fact that the great cost of transportation
the important is incurred to large extent
account of the mails passing between such Offices the
following which there collected in hostages du-
ring the last fiscal year the set opposite the Of