New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-22
'eDsus reports

laton OF New York aud .'ndon, from the .i,
census reports:
Fac. New.York. London p.is N.w Ysrs La,so,
100 50 40 s1.Ss ls9..'.'. E 80 s8ssl
isas .......Is,5G i.5iSS isSo........ss. 81 sSss.
In 100, London had ten tmes "a m, ~ peopls
as New-York; in 1850 no: FIVE times as many
During The last thirty years the population o.
New-iork has had an average increase Of 60 "a,
cent every ten years. At this rate, ia the year
lesO, il will number two million souls. Th.i,
ba,ed on the increase ia New-York alone, inds
penden. Of Brooklyn, Wilamsburgh, and other
surrounding places. If this rate Of increase can.
not be expected to continue, there is not spsr.
ticle Of doubt but within radius of six or eight
miles there will be, in less than forty years
population Of more than two millions. The Lon.
don postal district i, a twelSe-mie circle, that IL.
. radius of twelve miles from the General Post
Office, being an area OF IS miles in circuit In
postal wants New-York has increased quite fast
SIS London, but not in postal facilities. Accord.
ing to the official Post Office reports there were
employed in the New York Post Office, 10 lsi3,
,Ity four clerks and in 1852, ninety six; an in.
crease of only fifty per cent in nine years.
We will now look at some pregnant facts
connected with the use msde Of the Post Office
in cities Very few have an idea Of the greater
amount Of correspondence in cities beyond that
of the country and small towns, or of the far
greater profit of such correspondence to the Post
Office Department. In Great Britain, SIX or
seven cities containing lees than one eighth OF
the population of the Kingdom, pay mora than
oue-half Of the postal revenue in letter and news
paper hostages, and the purchase of letter stamps
In the United States the inhabitants Of eight or
sine cities, containing less than sne-twelfth
part Of the population OF the country, pay one.
fourth of the postal revenue, and write more than
one fourth of the letters. Aside from this, far
larger proportion of the postage money in cities
is profit 10 the Government than that derived
from the country And yet our Post Office au-
Horiies scarcely seem TO appreciate the factthss
the city circulation OF letters is fostered, drawn
ont, and increased, BY giving the greatest facll-
IVES and accommodations TO the people for carry
ing on their city correspondence. The city OF
London alone has fifty times a. many drop let
tiers" as all the United States. This enormou,
the complete development of their postal system,
which is equally practicable in all our cities,
since il s extended 10 all Of theirs. The profit
on these drop letters in London, though prn
cipaly consequent upon their large force oflesser
carriers not only snilces to pay these csrriers, but
nearly all the wages of more than 1000 more,
scattered through every town and country dis
trict in the Kingdom. 1t is generally thought in
this country that the system of lettercarriers Ia
Great Britain, only extends through the cities
and large towns. This is not so; they are en-
ployed st every Post Office in the kingdom, and
their walks usually extend four or FIVE miles into
the country, and very often the rural lettsr-car-
riers walk from ten TO twenty miles day. These
statements are based on the following figures.
taken from the United States official Report for
Ic5l, and the Parliamentary Reports Of ISL and
1853:
Drop the United States In io5i...... 1872
Drop letters N London IN 1851 Ss s ss
Letter esrie r. ia cities sad town, Grs, Britain. 1895
Letter fo rural dsrc;ssDc subPost O;es 4SS
Tots foree Of lettsrcsrier- IN the hlnglom... sIn
Vases Of these leercarers tocal r~por 81 sssS
Attention is now called to the following table,
giving series Of cities in Great Britain, of differ
ent sizes along with their population in 1851, the
postal receipts, aud the entire expense attending
each Post Office, and the letter distribution, and
the collection of postage in 1885, with a column
showing the per centage or proportion that the
expenses bear TO the receipts;
PLACES. Population. Recepts Expeusss Pr
London ............,25 6l Us IS 6f ili S9984l5 II
Liverpool .............. SIS 95j 1877 1896 IS
NJ nchtster............. 36N3 5000 600 ~
B IN In gham............. 23e8fl 1908 1885 q
72l8 SisB 1870 4
Leice er.............s.. 500 $685. 1850 %
LimeTict .........s...... bo4fS sJfNl BIS u
Great Britain e53 sol si287lOp s3IG42I u