The daily union., 1852-12-12

Offices OF exchange on the part oi The bned States ana
AK Ia Chapele is the corresponding ofce OF exchange
on the part OF Prussia.
BY this convention a uniform postage rate OF thirty
cents. prepayment OF which is optional IN either county,
is established Tor all letters not exceeding hall
in weight between the two countries Six cents ia c
rate established for each newspaper to be prepaid This
convention also provides Tor the transmission oi mails
not only through Germany. but also through the United
States 10 couniTeo beyond and has induced the depart
ment 10 discontinue the closed mail to Bremen II is
estimated that the countries including The German Aus
trian postal union. which thus brought into postal
communication with the United States, embrace popula
lion OF seventy millions.
As necessary consequence OF our convention with
Prussis, The larger part Of the continental correspond
ence, which formerly went by the way OF BTe@en, is
via London, Ostend, and AK la Chapele-lhe
latter being the more expeditions route The mails for
Bremen, however and such may be addressed via
BeBen TO other German States and countries beyond
will continue 10 be despatched monthly by the New York
and BIemen line.
A proiec, OF a postal convention between the United
States and Belgium has been prepared and submitted by
this department for approval to The Belgian government
and is confidently expected that IN the course OF lew
months, al iaTthest arrangement which shall be mu
iualy advantageous will be duly sanctioned and put IN
operation
Our postal convention with Great Britain has not yet
been so modified TO admit OF the exchange OF closed
mail with France via England the British government
with reference 10 each mail, still insisting on transit
postage OF twenty. four cents an ounce.
France has manifested disposition Tor improved mail
facilities with this country and has made proposals for
postal treaty with the United States. operate ndepend
emily OF our treaty with Great Britain How far the
goliaons this subject have progressed not al
present prepared TO state Ii hoped however that they
may be conducted to favorable issue early day.
Connected with this project France proposes, in conlunc
lion with the United States, 10 establish union line OF
mail steamships direct between New York and Hayre-
Under our postal treaty with Grea, Britain additional
articles have been agreed upon and are ready Tor sigma
'are providing for regular mail arrangement between
the United States and the West Indies generally, and
points the OF Mexico and northern OF South
America, al which the British mail packets touch. To
The British West ndes the United States single rate OF
letter postage which must be prepaid letters sent from
and collected letters received in the United States will
be ten cents where the distance from The mailing oce is
under Two thousand five hundred miles, and twenty
cents when The distance exceeds two thousand five hun
dfel miles To the West Indies-not Brlsh-Mexico,
and South America, by this channel the British postage
OF twenyfour cents the single also required 10 be
prepaid be added the Ten or twenty cents United
States rate according TO distance above. This arrange
men, il is expected, will 80 into effect without delay
In accordance with The wishes of the Hawaiian gov
ernment arrangements have been made by which letters
for the Sandwich Islands despatched in sealed packets
by each mail steamer from New York, and conveyed
through 10 Honolulu without being opened.
On all letters and newspapers for these islands, how
ever as well as 10 China BY this route is required tina,
the United States postage San Francisco be prepaid.
The act of March 3d. 1851, io reduce and modify the
rates OF postage in the United Sates and for other pur
poses, authorized the Postmaster General TO allow in
creased commissions to postmasters whose abors had
been increased and their commissions reduced by The OPP
eralon OF that act
The maximum allowance thus authorized was twenty
per cent added to the amount OF commissions received
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1851.
In the exercise of the authority thus granted the late
Postmaster General issued order The 2gth Of Octo
Der, 1851, allowing increased commissions TO all post
masters entitled thereto varying from ten to twenty
cent according TO the gross receipts OF their offices
This order applied 10 the settlement of the accounts for
the fiscal year s52 and reserved the OF allo
be made thereafter for future after the ac-
OF the three first quarters of that year should have
been adjusted by the auditor.
When the result OF this adjustmen, was reported to
him. the late Postmaster General issued the following
order, which IS now IN force:
INCREASED COMMISSIONS TO posrMAsrxas.
PosI OFPIcE DEPARTMENT,
August7, 1854
The Postmaster General being satisfied that labor,
have bsen 20 with the iocre.sny bu
siness Il the country, and by the operations the
reduce and modify the raes OF postage the United States
highest additional allowance OF conmi by
the sixth section OF that act will afford them Than
Odsed, That with the restrictions and limitations here
tna e menroned the Hudor Of the for the Post
oace Department in serdng the account, Of postmasrers
sca year ending 3o June 1854 and io each sue
ding until otherwise ordered shall, upon saisscto
~ proof being furnished him. by afRdavit OF oherwise
that the abors Of postmaster have been and
hts commissions reduced, provided Tor by said al
low and crer such a.ter the same amount o; com
his office for the fiscal year ending the
3oh June ls5 with twenty thereon added there
any post office oiher than distributing ofrce) shall not
exceed the poslages collected such office during PEE
rod FOR which such allowance is made And yoratd f
fhq That there shall be allowed any office where
the compensation OF the ~ by law limited
fixed annual salary pensston any greater than
shs be required to pay such salary compensation and
the actual and necessary expenses of his office.
N n. HALL, Postmaster General.
II will be perceived that this order makes il necessary
in the settlement OF each posmasteis quarterly account
to current business OF his office with that OF
the corresponding quarter of the year 1s5 and that his
commission account for each quarter remain unset
tied until the end oil The year, that the aggregate
missions accrung may be compared with the commissions
allowed for that year.
The effect Of ths, in delaying and embarrassing The
settlement OF accounts in the auditors Office and increas-
ing the labor OF such settlement, is fully shown in the
following letter from the auditor. who recommends
peal oil the provision requiring ths mode Of settlement
and return TO the old system Of uniform rates of
mission on the Of postage collected. concur in
his recommendation. both to the repeal OF the existing
law and the rates OF commission TO be allowed
AUproRs orrfcs p o. ID, Nov Is, 1889.
Sin Ii Is found practice that the OF Couges.
sprotng the allowance Of additional post.
ma sios extremely nconvcnen and bordensome this
Office The sixth section OF tho net entitled An
duce and modify the rates of postage, NC, approved
March 3, 1851 provides that any postmaster whose
commissions may reduced below the amount allowed AT
his Office for year ending The Both OF June, 1851, and
whose abos may be increased, the Postmaster General
shall be Authorized In his discretion allow such add
commissions he may deem just and proper pro-
videi that the whole amount OF commissions allowed such
during fiscal sha exceed. by more
than centum, the amount of commissions ut such
office the year ending the Both day Of June, ls5i
the ninth section OF the act entitled AN act 10
tablsh pos-roads, and for other purposes.
proved August 81 1852 provides That the audi OF the
treasury for the Post Office Department may under such
regulations and restrictions the Postmaster General shall
prescribe, allow every whose office
until after the first day of July, 1850, whose
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