The New York herald., 1861-12-06

Sept 80 go. 1s9,25o 577T95O 27,750 I0,250
Doc. 81, 60. 146 $50 3,76320O 1880 1860
June so' 'si.. $500 s'4se7oo $500 $3.50
Totai....... 47Isso 15e55,45o 1sl.75o 4o45o
cent, 4oeat, cents,
Gudfr endng- letter size. letter size, note size rid
Sept 80, go. 0....... 2S45O
Dec. 81, go. 5o4,50O $4,000 4O35O
Mch 81. 'Gi...... bss.250 1850
June 30, 01...... 403, 500 81 800
Toal........... l,5a425o $4,000 lss,95O
2uarter endn9- letter yd. letter sse,rld letter size rld
sept 20, 6o....." 66s750 =
Dec. 81, Co.,. 1,G57,750 $4,000 $4,000
Meh 81, 'oi,... 2,54l,l5o o2775o =
Total. 66lG,35 I31Oy50 35 GOO
Whole number stamps, 21l 7SS 518 value $5 0O8 500 co
Whole number stamped envelopes, 26,027,-
800; vaae...... ........................ 7s171 10
;. Total amour. for 1861. 50, 600, ,2ss 70
Total value Of postage stamps and stamped
envelopes issued during the year ended
june oO 1850. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 6,870316 10
Decrease during 1901. 1............... $3.50 ,os2 40
The aggregate value of the envelopes included in tho
above statement Is 1881 III 49, this does no.
give correct idea OF tho real amount Of postage
sened nasmuch as includes the of the envelopes
as well rs tho yauo OF the stamps.
The postage represented ds........... is. $T34 1854 so
Leaving as the cost Of tho envelopes and of
The above in the issues OF postage stamps and
stamped envelopes Is contrary 70 all former experience,
ton of mail communication with the disoyaI portion OF
the country the amount Of each distributed continued
steadily TO up TO the of the second
quarter OF 1861 at whca!tmo orders from posmasters
IN that section wholly partially suspended.
was not deemed advisable to MI orders from posmasters
in States which claimed to have "seccded y without first
ascerainng their disposition TO hold themselvc person
ally responsible for such amounts might be sent them
With this view a circular was prepared about twelve
hundred copies Of which addressed to different post
masters upon tho receipt of their orders Nine hundred
replies were received, all but twenty Of which vowod
accrong at their respective Offices and their regret
tho action of their Slate authorities Stamps
cordiDgly sent them until June when it appeared
the POSTAL service could no longer be safely continued.
The balance OF stamps and stamped envelopes remaining
unaecountcd for in the hands of postmasters in dsoya
States tbest of October, amounted to S20 0O0 with
out reference to commissions and allowances which may
be placed to their credit in the future settlement Of their
accounts.
The total amount Of postage stamps and stamped cnve
lopcs sold during the year SO 7Dl 43
Amount used in prepayment OF postage and
Leaving afoat and in the possession Of pur.
chasers and being used to some extent
The contract for tho manufactue Of postage STAMPS
having expired on tho 10th of June, 1861, a new
one was entered into with the National Bank Note
Company, Of New York upon terms worry advan-
taseous to the department. from which there will result
an annual saving of more than thirty per the
of the stamps.
III order 10 prevent tho fraudulent of the large
quantity OF stamps remaining unaccounted for in the
hands OF posmasters in the dsoyal States it deemed
advisable to change tho design and the color OF those
manufactured under the contract and also to modify
the stamp upon the stamped envelopes and to substitute
as soon possible the for the Old ISSUE II the
design of the department that the distribution the new
stamps and envelopes should commence the first Of
August but, from unavoidable delays that Of the latter
did not take place until the fifteenth Of that month
The number Of postage stamps of tho new style issued
Der of new stamped envelopes $3.50 G50 All post Offices
in the loyal States with thc exception Of certain offices in
kentucky and Missouri, have been supplied therowith
Those Of the old issue have been exchanged and super
scded. The old stamps on hand, and such were re
ccived by exchange at the larger Offices have been to
great extent counted and destroyed and those at the
smaller Offices returned to the department II proper
to state that in anticipation of the substitution Of the
stamps and envelopes for tho old issue, bat limited
supplies ct tho later were sent TO posnastcrs during
June and July, so that tho amount thereof remaining ia
their hands was comparatively small.
The additional expense incurred by the change very
inconsderable in view Of the greatly diminished cost Of
tho new STAMPS compared with that Of the old wbe
tho prevention thereby OF the use of stamps
counted for in c hands of disoyat postmasers saves
the department from severc loss Although the cnume
ration and destruction Of the old stamps envelopes
is not yet completed there ample evidence that few re-
ceived In exchange were sent from disioyal States
EnvTopes o. o,ca, sas a. nsner @ rates Of postage,
have been prepared during the past for the purpose
of mailing largo packages and for foreign correspondence
The aggregate number Of these issued 100 or the
patent ruled envelopes nearly $500 GOO have been dis
trbuted posmastcrs together with $50 letter sheets
and envelopes combined, and $1,000 newspaper wrap
pers The demand for the latter has Of late rapidly
creased.
1t is believed that change or the present system of
issuing postage stamps and envelopes would prove be
highly advantageous. Instead Of being delivered as at
present. orders from postmasers and charged their
account the latter might be required 10 purchase sum
cient quantity to the wants Of their respective
Offices. This would simplify the accounts Of the depart
ment expedite the collection of its revenues obviate
losses from bad debts and supcrscdc the necessity i
CATION for their recovery IT is. therefore, respectfully
recommended to the consideration Of Congress.
LETTERS.
The whole number Of ordinary dead letters received
and examined during the year was about 2,550,c00.
The number of these letters containing money which
registered and sent out during the year ending June
30, 1851, was 105S0.
Tho number containing deeds, bills Of exchange, drafts
and other articles Of value, was 10 235.
For details Tables (Nos. and 81 hereto appended
There have been received and examined 125 900 letters
which could not be forwarded to their destination be.
Of unpaid postage carriers fees because mis-
directed &C. OF these there were sent out IS, 1884
From the st OF june to the 1st OF November there we're
received at the dead letter Office in consequence Of the
suspension OF postal communication 76 100 letters ori
gnatng in loyal States and addressed to residents Of dis
loyal states. Or this number there were returned to the
writers o6,I11.
During the period "a 7s2 foreign letters destined
for that section, returned Hdead, and 2246 of
them delivered in the loyal States authorized
agents Of the parties addressed making the whole nun.
ber sent ont $50, which is considerably than
three times the quantity sent out during the previous
year when the number was unusually large.
addition to the above, about 40 000 letters from dis.
loyal states addressed PARTIES in the loyal States were
sent TO dead letter Office after tho suspension of the
postal service large proportion of which
to their destination The three classes are not en-
braced in the above enumeration Of ordinary dead letters
FORE.GN LETTERS.
The number Of dead letters returned unopened foreign
countries during the fiscal year Ill l47 divided as
folows:-
Returned to England Observation-Disclosures. $500
Returned to France. 100s3
Returned to Prussia OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. II oS4
Returned to Hamburg. g........................ 2St3
Returned to Bremen Observation-Disclosures. 1902
Returned TO belgium. ....................... 113
Returned to Canada. ...................... % 337
Returned to Nova Scotia OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lips
Returned TO New Brunswick .................. 1888
Returned to Prince Edwards Island ............ 1S3
Total. Ill 147
Which added to the number Of domestic letters 03 SS6
sent out above gives the whole number
the dead letter Office for the year, 2l5 ,c33.
are expended for which the ordinary letter postage
scarcely sufficient recompense.
For the unregistered letters thus returned