The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-13

Each contract provides for thirteen round trips
nually; and the compensation to be paid Is limited
to the United States hostages, and inland. accr
served is very considerable reduction upon the for
mer pay, assuming that the hostages for the year
will be nearly the same as for the year end
ed 30th June last, when on the Bremen line
Havre line to $4,000. Moreover, it appeared
TO be fit occasion to inaugurate system of self
sustaining mail service; and shall esteem it
fortunate if the present temporary arrangements
permanent system.
A contract has been made with the Panama Rail-
road Company for the conveyance of the mails as
frequently III may be required, between Aspinwall
and Panama, at an annual compensation of one
hundred thousand dollars. IT tool effect ON the first
day of April last and is to continue until the first of
October 1885, the date Of expiration Of the contract
for the connecting lines from New York and New
last, the price of the Isthmus service regulated
by the weight Of the mails, the Law authorizing the
payment OF twenty-five cents pound and at that
March last was $50 s2i, being ssosSi a year more
than is now paid under the contract
The original contractors on the New Orleans and
Vera Cruz line having abandoned the service, /
made temporary contract with Mr.. C. X. Garrison
for semmonthly trips the line at 81, 2lo % the
voyage, or 29O62 81 year, This is the same rate
Of compensation paid the old contractors, who, al
though their contract called for three trips month
never performed but two The present contract will
expire the 30th June next the date fixed for the
expiration Of the original contract
By its terms, the contract with the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company Dr semimonthy
service from Astoria, by San Francisco &C., to
Panama, expires on the LIST October. 1858, while,
under the decision Of the Navy Department, the
contract of the connecting lines on this side
runs until LIST October, 1859. Therefore, to keep up
the connection with the Pacific line, as provided by
law and originally contemplated, it will be ne
ccssary to extend the contract on the Pacific one
year; and as the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
have performed their service generally in highly
creditable and satisfactory manner, cheerfully re-
commend an appropriation for such extension.
The aggregate amount Of hostages tsea. inland
and foreign) on mails transported during the year
by the steamers of the New York and Liverpool
Collins line was $40 463 03, which is heavy de-
crease as compared with the amount ($46l ,575 94)
Of the previous fiscal year. 1t should be observed,
however that the additional allowance to this line
authorized by the act of 2ls July, 1852 having been
terminated on the Goth of February, 1857. and six
yearly trips dispensed with from and after that
date twenty round trips. only, instead OF twenty
six as formerly, were performed during the year.
The hostages upon mails conveyed by the New
York and Bremen line were $l37,754 7S, and by the
New York and Havre line $97 $50 05 being de-
crease of IS 491 "a by the Bremen, owing to the
fact that much of the time there have been several
foreign steamers running and carrying ship letters
on this line, and an increase of 81 l25 OF by the
Havre line, as compared with the fiscal year ended
30th june 1856.
The amount of letter hostages upon mails ex-
changed during the year with Great Britain was
$S74l94 IS Prussia $326,S72 81; Bremen, $751;
0e2 80 France Cfrom LIST April to 30th June 1850
SAL 1888 10: Hamburg, 81 ,059 60 being decrease
on British mails of 1928 453 95 on Bremen mails of
So FOG sc, and an increase Prussian closed mails
Of s27 ,406 sc, compared with the preceding year.
OF the amount OF hostages on mails exchanged with
Great Britain s574 l94 IS was collected in the United
States, and $500 1873 80 in Great Britain the
of United States and British hostages thus collected
in the United States being s274,06l As. In like
manner of sos 1897 95 of the hostages upon
mails exchanged with Prussia and of 1872, 494 Is on
mails exchanged with Bremen, was collected in this
country.
The gross amount of United States postage-sea
and inland-on mails transported during the year,
BY the Collins line twenty round trps) sls9 456 81
BY the Bremen line Twelve round trips). ia 1913 81
BY the Havre line twelve round trps). 90,042 AZ
The ocean postage upon mails conveyed by the
Collins line amounted to. sl54,445 IS
ny the Bremen line. .................. i,25l II
The following statistics will exhibit the operation
Of the United States and British postal treaty during
the last four years.
tt,cce the Uned States and Great Britain from July 1,
1853, to June 30, 1857, INCLUSIVE ris-
j Ts, &C. sa i s SIS Ks N a.Ssss Tsrs
yn g. ass sssss
June So 1857. l,22o7aa 1,l7s,e20 2oSs,s4a 2l4s42s
Total. ,ssO,ss7 5,5ao,osi SiOs, 500 s,s2s asi
Origin NJ the dtors correspondence.
Sent from he q s. ~ReedTm O. Br'n>
Fear cadg Letters. Newspapers. Letters. Ne,rspaprs
June So 1854 .2l3T GIL l,5l28I1 2l99,093 900 los
June 80 1856 1881 572 1,e75,2ss 1904 ,656 l17s3l2
June 60 1886 1sa7 ST. 1884 102 1911 ,55T 124lel2
June 90 1857 LOTT ,a34 2o4i ,466 142 l2so5s6
Total. - $780, ss 74sa,527 7,o7s44s 4eei ,sl5
Amount Of Postd0es collected in each Country
Fear COLLECTED by u S. COLLECTED by G.. BRIT
endq Unpaid Unpaid
Je so. Paid sent. received Paid serp recetred.
1854 S2T6 45e 90 1868 2s SO s465e4 So $le3 26S l6
1855 276 ,060 rs 32s ,046 Al 49, $50 81 143703 9s