The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-02-07

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which already makes nearly onefourh Of all the single
letters transmitted In Russia In 1852
The special mail service with the kingdom Of Poland and
the Grand Duehy of Finland showed in 1857 total OF
6l6s94 letters and 7465 paekes73 900 Ia ALL than
in 1851, The aggregate postage mail matter transmit,
ted from the empire those countries shows Of
than two millions of roubles that Of the mail
matter from those countries 20 the empire
The correspondence with foreign countries exhibits to-
tai OF 93l 794 letters and 90l5 packets transmitted and
Notwithstanding nearly $4,000 more in ALL than 1852
The postage mail matter sent 10 foreign countries has
increased nearly millions OF roubes The locality
most active in foreign correspondence has been St Peters
burgh.
The aggregate Of the sums of money RENTED by mail
from all the post offices in the empire during the year
1852 amounted to 50sg6 1888 roubes ut kopecs of which
$40 roubles 434 kopecs belonged the State and
234 5604l7 ronbes 33i kopecs 10 private individuals
Remitanees of money made in notes Of banking insttu
tons in drafts, letters OF exchange, and other papers
which although in reality representing money consd
cred merely documents by the post office not ncu
ded in the above aggregate.
Premiums for insurance the conveyance of money
have brought the department. in 1852, Of Il
937533 roubcs 65f kopecs which l9T,999 roubles
81 kope than in 1851 Moreover there have been
transmitted 4so9i9 in excheqner bills, on which no
premium for insurance has been paid
The value Of insured packets amounts TO 6,399,s3l
roubes.
glance the last twenty years win be sufficient to
show the gradually increased transmission of money
through the mails The aggregate OF these remttances
both by the State and private individuals Was in 1882
only 1874 100000 of roubes in 1872 It had risen to 253
100000 and in 1852 to 50a00o000 During the ten first
years the had increased 30 cent and during the
last the increase has been at the rate of loo per cent
This result evidently owing to the facilities afforded BY
the plan of insurance in operation for the convey
by mail Of large amounts in the form Of exchequer
bills.
OF the aggregate of remitances made through
all the post Offices those Of ST. Peersburgh and Moscow
figure to the amount of "a per cent.
The operations OF the post Offices during the first half
of 1853 conducted with success. Their gross
cepts rose in the aggregate to 2386650 rouble 5o4
kopee which exhibits excess Of $4,000 roubes over the
year 1882 The aggregate amount of correspondence
veyed by post both to foreign countries and to the Interior
may be thus partcuarized of private correspondence
5,649i75 single letters, 1880 with remtances of
money 5lT,o44 insured and III 93S packets--in all
TI30o47: of government correspondence, 7736655 de-
spatches with or without enclosures Of money and 206-
| 7sl packets-in all, 7,943,436
In 1853 the receipts Of the post Office increased s2s72
roubles at St Petersburgh and 2220s roubes at Mos
COW.
AT ST. Petersbnrgh there sent in 1853 by the PEN
post 2s6 letters under stamped and plain envelopes
1901 notes. 1854 newspapersin all, l,39470l. At
Moscow there sent by the penny post 26563 letters
and noesin ALL 279674 In the two capitals there
3s65o letters and packets sent by the penny
post than in 1852.
In consequence of the facilities afforded to the public by
the reception of letters the railroad depos and also in
consequence of the rapdy of communication the trans
mission of correspondence by railway has vsibly in
creased. ~ -
In 1853 there were received the ST Petersburgh depot
22S letters and that Moscow 704Sin ALL 298 584
which 1884 more than in 1852 The aggregate num-
Der of letters both those received at the depots of the two
capitals the day of departure and those carried In
mail wagons addressed to the different stations along the
railroad and conveyed to St Petcrsburgh and Moscow,
in 1853 to 6296o2 Of which 346 were private let
ters and 1926 government dispatches. The aggregate
shows increase of 29S25 over that OF 1852 Consc
quently the mail matter conveyed by railway has in
year increased than AT per cent that to say
ly one-half