The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-02-07
rVE posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT OF RUSSIA


THE posT OFFICE DEPARTMENT OF RUSSIA
The following report Of the operations OF the Post Office
peOarnent OF Russia during the year 1859 translated
expressly for the Uon) will be read with great in
trest:
The report presented bis Majesty the Emperor by the
drecorn-chfe Of the Post Office Department the ope
rsons Of the postal administration during the year 1853
exhibits among Others, the following data
The attention Of the Post Office Department during the
year 1853 been especially directed the acceeraon
and frequency OF postal communications with the points
where the troops have been stationed since the rupture
With Turkey and the commencement of hostiliues
Consequently the following arrangements have been
made After our post Office at consantinople had been
shut up its employees ordered 10 reinforce the post
Offices al Bucharest and Odessa and five courier imed
ately attached to She staff of the army Bucharest dis
charged the duties OF Interpreters for the detachments Of
our troops scattered along the Danube Further in
sequence Of the accumulation OF postal business occasoned
by the present state Of affairs not only the post offices at
Bucharest and fassy but also those mt kschne Skoa
any and Leoyo in Bessarabia received increase in
the number both OF their clerks and messengers Two
poray postal sections have been established Folks
chany lin Moldava the other at Kraoya Tin Wallacha
In order To facilitate the communications OF army in
the prnepalties il has been decided that the mail between
Bucharest and Yassy shall be delivered twice week. in
stead Of Moreover nj the request Of the command
OF the 4h and 9Th corps OF infantry that the cities of
Fokschany and Berlad be furnished with direct commu-
aication with Leovo, Kschncu, Yassy, and Bucharest,
there has been established by authority of his Majesty the
Emperor regular service twice week between Berlad
and Leoyo the hours of arrival and departure being made
accord with those of the postoues between Yssy and
Bucharest and between KschneR and Leovo There has
been established BY order ofhs Majesty the Emperor
extra mail running twice week between Bata and Risch
ne and service courers week between St Peters
bugh Kie Odessa and Kiscinef between Kischinefand
skouany Odessa and Ismai between Odessa and Sebas
topo and between Kie.f and Krementchoug. Further
more, for military communication arrangements were
made for the DESPATCH after the LIST of April of courers
from St Petersburgh along the northern shore Of the Gulf
Of Finland by the way Of Vyborb and Helsngors Abo
and bpek np II week on hnyi n
lar mail and along the southern shore of the Gulf of Fin
land, Revel Hapsa and Port Baltic and return every
day.
Ever since the letters and dispatches from St Petersburgh
Vologda have been conveyed by railway service has
been established for their transportation the y
ing the side of this road from the stations ynda and
0saschkof, and arrangements have been made make
this service correspond with the regular service all the
routes in the northern part Of the empire This
has greatly accelerated the transmission Of the mail
Theposal communications with Siberia have been consid
eaby improved Eversinee lists for the postal service
the great Siberian route from Moscow rkousk and
kahta and the lateral postal routes which there
meet in different governments into operation the
communications between Moscow and Kiakhta Irkoutsk
Krasnoyarsk and Tomsk have been accelerated by three
days Moreover besides the general acceeraon of COM
municaon between the capital cities and towns Omsk
Tobosk, Casan, Ona, PERM Catherinehourg, and Irbe
these cities have been furnished with the of
nicang frequently with all the intermediate loca
AT the request Of the Riga board of commerce. the COM
municaon between Riga and Warsaw has been acceler
Koono Vilkomir and Schavel of service by Duna
bourg and Tauroggen where it connects with the
mail service from St Petersburgh
In compliance with special order from his Majesty the
Emperor direct postal route has been established FROM
Samara by the Of Ncolaeysk Novoozene and the
mails served there twice week. Another service has
been also established between Sumara and Volsk coacd-
ing with the days when the mail from Casan to Astrakhan
passes through Volsk
The commercial route which existed between the station
on the Moscow and Ostaschkoh railroad and Tozok has
been changed into posroute and an ordinary mail
served there four times week.
Before the railroad opened the postal service the
highway from St Petersburgh to Moscow performed
partly by sage-coach propretors yamschks) and by in
dydual contractors, who received compensation paid to
them by the communes Since the opening Of the railroad
the number OF trips on the highway has considerably d.
mnhed which has naturally essened the number of horses
in the proportion The relays the stations this
highway with few exceptions have been placed under
the charge OF the stagecoach prOpreOrs This
has effected saving Of 64729 roubes % kopecs of sill
YER per annum which enables the routes in other Prov
nces TO be supplied with additional number of horses
without taxing the communes
The Post Office Department has always strven aeili
tate postal communications both public and private.
With this view it organized in 1852 Offices for ali kinds
Of mail matter at twelve post stations and offices for
private letters and government dispatches at fourteen
other stations.
During the year 1853 the mailcoaches have conveyed
34 passengers The carriages established at ST. Peters
burgh for passengers who arrive at the capital in mail
coaches have conveyed to their residences 2 persons In
consequence of the cessation of the trips of the acoaches
compared with the two preceding years has diminished
s876 on that of 1851, and 1876 that of 1862 but
the other hand taken separately the number of passen
gers on many roads has much increased beyond what it
was in those same years.
The maintenance and repairs of conveyances in the
workshops of the department have been conducted with
success and thrysx coaches have been constructed
In comparing their actual cost with that of the coaches
formerly ordered from abroad the result saving Of SO
per cent for the Crown.
The mail between St Petersburgh and Sten was served
IN 1853 by two steampacketsthe Vladimir and the Agle
Prusse Both sea on the I'd Of May and per-
formed during the time navigation open twenty -four
trips, going and returning.
The Vladimir ceased its trips the l4h of October the
day reentered the roads Of Cronsadt Comparing the
operations OF the steampackets in 1852 with those of
1853 the result shows considerable increase favor of
import and export; while the contrary, the number
Of passengers diminished during the latter year.
The receipts of the Post Office Department were in 1852
h6264s0 roubles 2A kopecsthat u.s. l9673 roubes sol
kopecs more than in 1851 Deductng expenditures for
the maintenance of post offices 53S56O roubles 9a ko-
for transportation of mails and for express riders
L2s7s54 roubes 2li kopecs) and payments foreign
governments for conveying the mail 25,633 roubes Lag
hopscs) there remains the receipts the of l.
44s2 ronbes 66a kopecs The highest aggregate which
me post office attained under the old high
rates was IN the year l843, when they amounted to A.
s394l ronbleSa which reached only after the
apse Of long of time Since the introduction of
he new reduced rates in force which took place in
o44 'he post office receipts in that year fell to 34o OIL
rouoes But this same tax is not slow in producing
apld increase In 1852, eight years after its introduction
NE aggregate receipts had risen 462648o roubes--
moving an excess Of 1889 roubes the income of
The ls43 and Of 225439 rouble over chat Of 844
ne date OF the establishment of the present rates The re-
Np OF the Post ONCE Department come from two prnci
PAL sources-postages and premiums for insurance The