The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-05

from the Treasury for 1862 ..,.,.... 5311 1T6 e.
| Exclusive Of the earnings of the depart
mcnt for carrying free matter under acts
of March ), 1917 and March ;. IS5l.... 700 GOO Ot
POSTAGE STAMPS AND STAMPED ENVELOPES
The number Of postage lamps supplied to rostmaster
during the year ended June 80, 1860 follows viz
lcent. cent scent lO,cent. 12cent 24ccnt
5o23lOO 49, 463600 57936O 3SgSl $50 lG535OO 50 35l
Whole number, 26 $40 G61; 92o $50 OC
stamped envelopes 90 go 02j; valuc...... g49377I
Total amount for 1860 e S-0 3IG 10
Iotal Vaiu" Of postage stamps and stamped on
yeiores issued during the year ended
June ''r iH9'''-'' 6,2Gl 1884
Increase during lSGO.................... 6os7s2S5
Larger denominations OF postage stamps have been
adopted and introduced. The new denominations are
twenty cents, thirty cents and ninety cents Tho
two latter have been introduced since LIST July last and
the sales up to November l. have been as follows:
Thirty-ccnt stamps, 14O $50: amounting to sl1 25s
Ninetycent stamps Il, ,SiO; auountinl, to.. II 2jG
Previously to July l, there issued oil twenty
four cent stamps, $3.50; amounting to. 10 5Gi
From lSt july to list November, 2S7 g75; amount
7 '' ''''''''' ''.'''''''... G9,iIl
Total issues gfnew denominations. 4o7 OBS: amount
ing ............ i3S I9Z
The number of dead letters containing money
registered and sent ont during the year ended
Both June last was................. 10 45a
The number containing other articles of yalur Il ES5
Tq.al:............:........................2 2lo35
being 5.G62 incrcas. on the work of 1859
IN addition, there have been sent out since
April last G9N2 other letters, uf a class which
were heretofore eitler dcstrovad or G}sJ not
containing Enclosures of sufficient absnirtc
value to u>tiry their REGISTRATION Go2=
Making whole number sent ort........... Al on
or 12,6i4 more than during the previous year
Whole number Of dead letters opened at San Fran
cisco. ............... Il Io-
Pcrseyeriug efforts have been made so far =, the lin.
tied number OF clerks would permit to find the tru,
causes for the non very cspccialI o Ittas
the result has been oconir the form yrerienra Of the
department, stated my annual report Of last wear
and my special report of 7th Nay last For eynl,ls ont
o. SoO2 cases. in which the inquiries of the department
have been answered. or where causes were patent with
ont inquiry, 9,3 letters Eisdircctei f2l ilehy
directed directed transient persons $50 to person.
moved away G57 not mailed for postage SIS al
rcced TO fictitious persons firms ~ without any al
dress or direction 81 missent leaving of SUC2 oniy
1911 letters properly addressed and only Is, for the non
delivery Of which the department is bamcable CD hay
ing become dead because not prepaid
IN reference to the class Of letters not containing
10 exist Inc number returned to the dead letter oic,
Tor %n OF postage during the past seven months to No
Femoer l, was -2259.
~ IS 'g MY "I S postmaster General to enforce the
prompt rendition OF the quarterly accounts Of p2stmasters
ana teieF ttn 70 te auditor or examination and adjust
% soe ,,t 81 o. ' '.; " Is - lltte were ia operation
POS! "le7S inaKi3S te number OF accounts to be
hauuisa IN a year iI"'"96 Their bulk is such tina
tl aU ,:s'l1l Slch5 ar1 required to conta'E
the accounts OF single quarter The post hills lwrigne
alone between 10000 and 5OO00 pounds each quarter
nave to be separated from the transcripts and stored il
regular order for reference and the dead letters
anu t,laPafsI WIN lgt Dis Then the accounts arr
Gls'erti aui Immediately transferred to the Auditor
only 25s failed to make returns for quarter ended 30t
'Gre my, I@Sl
me ucau et'eTS' %hcn nUmoer over 100000 quarter
are cacl'y opened ana tose "lth enclosures Of value
anu IgtltIl," 10, !" ''.e owners.
a'' Sol'hecteu WIN 'he accounts ana cead letter
"S oGase" over MY per cent "lthlh zen years Ter
lSa" ne" posi- ollces nave Deeh established, ana h
:" Va!naDic uead letters sent out has increased
Tt,a brarcL of h,,oial, " - ~, - 80, .
pr"nc" OF BUSINESS "hich mas most rapidly grown
Is at connected with the postage stamps and stamped
e'mHeI"leS.
me use {" stamps commenced in 1871 and between st
OF July OF that year ard 10th Of June, 1851, there
ea, aoo
n9i,UoO oi the ten cent denomination,
! 3,I2,2go five equal to $274,7lO
Cunder the act of 3D. March, 1851, reducing
and fayorng prepayment the issues were the year
! ended 5Oth June, 1872:
l-cent. cent. II cent. Equal to-
5,0U2.4oO 45,0s720O 137.75O Sl,446,170
For the year ending June 80 last there were issued
dcent. 5OI23 4O
scent l59 463 COZ
5ccnt.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ........... 579 SCI
10 3S9S 45
l2cent... 6j3 so
a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 52,3j
Equal $500 93
| Stamped enveIopes were introduced in 1872
| and the issues during the last yearamount
ed edto............,.,... 500 377 !
| Total of postage starops and slammed en-
velopes Observation-Disclosures. s7O31G1l
Being an increase in pirhl wears Of - : Iol 1IG i
! IT. .or,o- o,.,.,o. A.. -. 49,.
tbIs d,,rt,rt 49, 5 - | lG TI;. vi ! iGU r,I .or "
rnIs department rum hereto annexed EXHIBIT the following
VI oti oissIi man ice Iof 'le past iisca year
cianN on fnifeJ Stntes arI t3 l, 'l % i, az o-c m
80 o oi''e' ''es anu rutupeitiI nas was Sl,1'o'
Az -'' "S ioo"S, VI" ny th''ei clatcs AM
! 600 90 t'''7 ''S'''
U2a ", ny hriIlSh mai PACKETS, OF the Cunard line
S'oo,i!S.oo' and by the North German Lloyd and Ham
burg lines OF mail packets S6SSi3 10 OF this amount
SS3OOOo5o was collected in the United States and S5i6
5000 IN the ned Kingdom, France, Prussia Bremen
uamhnrg, and Begium. Excess Of collections in th
| Inited states, SIS, GUS 80.
The number OF letters and newspapers exchanged with
harope was as toiloWs letters sent from the Unite
State. "VS2o9O; recelVed from Europe 3,O29N; total
oiooot9 Newspapers sent, 2l27 SIC; newspapers re
ceIyed, l,33o,2OI total, 346G,C71.
Total postages mails transported by steamships be
tween New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco VII
the lsthmus Of Panama, including mails for Aspinwal
and Panama New Granadal and Acapulco Mexico, $500
S62 between New Orleans and San Francisco, via h
lsthmus of Iehuantepec from July to October TO- 1860
SL5SlSl between the United States and the West India
Islands, 500 i5 81; and between New Orleans and Eer
! Cruz, Mexico, S2,Ol9.I5.
The amount paid to the different home lines of oceal
steamers conveying mails to and from Havana and Ma
tanzas (Cuoa ana receiving as compensation the Unite
States postages sea and nand was 6S, and f.
transporting mails by steamship between New Orcan
and Vera Cruz, Mexico, seven round trips. $l9ll.l5
maze inc satisfaction OF announcing that liberal an