Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-01-19

when there was more than one nnon n sheet
should ha CHARGED Nth nootooa accord;oolv
~ $500. 49,. - u .. e a.
30 u 'no uePai'uen' ~ .ho
yoat lou, ihcluuing payments Tor lorelSu
hostages, VIII probably amount TO SlO, l99,U24,
TO wit:
For TRANSFORMATION incIudino foraian p,aiIs ronta
and local agents and mail neas
sengers. CT an CSC
steamboat. and wav leiIers wrap.
ping paper. office furniture, adyer.
Using, mail bags blanks maillocks,
lions and special agents. hostage
s,an,n. anJ s,a,,,..i
ter-carrieis and miscellaneous pay
menls. .......,......... 3,5sl, 500
ror payment OF balances 10 the
i."oon sHa Dfen'h oii'ees 70 'o'h - one
lOle9 O24
The means evailabI,. for ,be se,vic. Of he wear
1856, are estimated at. ........... s9OlOs73
To Vol, gaanc. 70 ,ba cradi, or he revenue ac
count on the both June last, as stated
by the Audror... 1927, 7Gi
From this balance should be deducted
Tor pad ana doubtful debts me aceu-
"nn -. , :, .uns se.s :, yea's,
than ooo nm
Probably available. 32775I
Estimated revenue from hostages and
=, miscellaneous receipts. ........... To76,e22
nc ANNUAL appfo prl maze ny me
1881 IN fnr,hsr navm.n, Of mail
services 10 The govsrnment. 500 600
The appropriation made by the act of
March g. 1855, 10 supply deficiencies
in 1885,. ................. l,lO6,ls7
-. oo,oe-o
io'' =, means -. io'o.'..'. 9'oio'o'o
b1asms 1%snoleaey 70 DC PROVIDED
y 9-,lo o,
sIol99 Oo4
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The service on the several United States
mail steamship lines during the past year has
generally been performed with regularity and
in an acceptable manner. The steamers of the
Collinss line have made their trips with great
| regularity, excepting the halftrip lost by the
wreck of the Arctic. in Septefnber. 1854. A
new steamer, to take the place Of the Arctic,
is now in course of construction. and it is un.
derstood will soon be placed upon the line
On the Bremen and Havre lines the full num-
Der of trips has been performed. On the line
from New York to Aspinwall there has been
no irregularity; but between New Orleans and
Aspinwal there have been several failures.
principally owing, as the contractors alleee.
vana and New Orleans Betwean San Fran
cisco and Panama, the mails have been con.
veyed with great regularity and dispatcb. and
with one or two exceptions the connections
have been duly maintained at San Francisco
with the route to Astoria. The trips on the
Charleston and Havana line have been per
formed according to contract; but MS vet. on
the New Orleans and Vera Cruz route semi
monthly service only has been rendered.
have adopted the plan pursued in nv last
annual report of presenting. in the form of an
appendix, the principal operations and results
of the foreign mail service during the wear. as
shown in the tabular statements prepared bv
the Auditor. which ACCOMPANY this renort
These results are stated in the appendix
marked A, and compare. as whole. very
favorably with the operations of the precediny
wear. TO some of the more nrominent of which
invite vour attention
The aggregate amount of postapes-sea. in
land, and foreien-on the mails conveyed dur-
ing the wear by the United States lines of
ocean steamers exceeds the previous year in
the spm Of sleI os0 II Tb;s ;noro.sal :
chiefly confined 10 the mails convened Inv the
Collins steamers. and was consed Nv The tom.
porarv withdrawal in November 1874 nc tho
British mail packets of the Cunard line RIM.
ming between New York and I.;vernool IN
consequence of which the amount of mails
conveyed between those norts bv tho steamar0
of the Collins line was largely Increased. As
II is understood 70 he the nnrnosa nc the Rr;t;,h
Government to Mace their steamers again pnon
the line in the month of January next when
they will resume their regular rims from New
York ON every alternate "Wednesday the tenn.
porary increase of revenue from the Collins
line. caused by their withdrawal. will of course
cease, IN. increase &c nostaoos as comnored
with The preyious wear on mails conveyed bv
the Collins line was sl96.776 CT. bv the New
York and Havre line eli $40 AZ and nv tba
New Orleans and Vera Crnz line se7i "a.
bile the decrease bv the New York and
Bremen line was s.. asa "a: bv the New York
and California lines. 81 500 o.. and Inv the
Charleston and Havana line. s3.325 81
1t is fact worthy of notice that the corres.
pondence exchanged with Great Britain dur
ing the wear. under our postal arrangement
with that country. was considerable less in
amount than in the wear precedino. the do.