The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-12-11
The Postmaster Generals Report
SYNOPSIS AND STATISTICS.


including appointments made by the
President OF the United States The
whole number of appointments made by
the Postmaster General 9,235, and the
number by the President during the same
period 331
The aggregate earnings Of the diff
ferent transatlantic steamship lines dur.
ing the year ending June 30th, 1861 I.
were 1892 ,Ss1 63.
The expenditures of the Dept in the
fiscal year ending june 80, 1861. were
S13, GOG,1J9 IL
The expenditures in 1860 were Sill, :
S74,122 50, showing decrease in 1861
of Il PCS, 023 rs.
The gross revenue for the year 1861,
including receipts from letter carriers and
from foreign postage, amounted Ia 81
$40 ,296 40.
The estimated deficiency of means for
1861, as presented in the annual report
from this Department, Dee. J, 1850, was
81 .9ss, 434 "a. Deducting the actual de.
iciency, 81 ,651 ,0G6 81, AMI there is an
excess OF estimated deficiency over actual
deficiency Of Il 1915 Of.
The revenue from all
sources during the year
1860 was s9,21s, 06s 40
The revenue from all
sources during the year
1861 was s9,O4a, 29G 40
Decrease of revenue for the
year 1861, sl61,I.l 90
The net proceeds from postothces in the
loyal States for the fiscal years ending
June 80, 1860 was ~, 6sS, $50 56, and in
1861, ~, sol ,4sT ,.showing an increase in
1861 Of sil2..ss %; and In the disloyal
States in 1860, ss20,546 s., and in 1861
s617, zoo 10, showing decrease in 1861
of slf2, so 81
TIE decrease i'm ls6l from the net pro.
ceed> 81 1860 in all the States appears to
be ST.. 043 90.
Statement of the receipts and expen-
dilures Of the aisloyal States, and amount
allowed to be- due 10 contractors; also the
amount actually paid TO contractors from
july /, 1860 to May 81, 1861:
Total expenditure, 1869, loo II
Total gross receipts 1912 %
Excess OF expenditures over .
receipts $685. .g39 II
Amount alleged to be due
To contractors for trans
portation 3,235,63s II
Amount actually paid for
transportation 1923 ,ool 80
Leaving am alleged 10 b.
due and unpaid sSl2,595 40
The estimate of the total expenditures
for ls62 is somewhat less than those of
previous years heretofore submitted -
This difference arises from the fact Il at
only partial estimates are made for the
cost Of postal service in States where II i
now suspended.
The appropriation for DEFICIENCIES in
1861 was s. 3ol 800 -. while the am
estimated to be required for ls62 is So
lis, 900.
The whole number OF ordinary dead let
tiers received and examined during the
year WAS about ,. $50, 900
The number of these letters containing
money, which were registered and sent
out during the year ending June 30, 1861,
was 0,5S0
The number of dead letters returned
unopened to foreign countries during tie
fiscal year was III LAT, which added to
the number OF domestic letters l03 $50
sent out as abeye, gives the whole nunlber
sent out from the dead letter Office for the
year, 2l5,035.
The result Of successful investigation in
otto cases confirms the past experience
of the Department, that the failure OF
letter to reach its destination is, in the
vast majority of instances, the fault of
the writer or sender Out of the above
I ,56o valuable dead letters, 1906 we're
directed to the wrong Office; 467 were
imperfectly addressed; il2 were direct
ed to transient persons; 2a1 to parties
who had changed their residences; ST. !
were addressed to fictitious persons or
firms; 80 were uncalled for; 10 without
any directions; : 1876 were not mailed for
wait OF postage stamps; ~ were mis-
sent; and for the failure of postnasters
to deliver 1873, no satisfactory reason was
assigned. The Department, therefore,
cannot justly be held responsible 4or
the non-delivery of but 2l2 Of these let
tiers.
Much other valuable data il given ON |
this subject, and it is worthy OF remark
that out Of ~, 1b9 letters before alluded |
to, originating in the loyal States, and all
dressed TO residents of disloyal States, 40 |
cen could 80. DC returned, either because |
the signature Of the writer was incomplete
or because the letter contained no clue to |
his residence. The experience of the
Department shows that large proper |
ton OF domestic letters written hy edn-
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