Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-12-26
Synopsis of the Report of the
Post Master General.

Synopsis of the Report of the
Post Master General.
1t appears that the whole number OF
Post Offices in the United States on the
3oth of July, 1861, was 2s,5s6; and that
the entire number of cases acted upon du-
ring the same period was IO,6 ,63S, including
appointments made by the President Of
the United States. The whole number of
appointments made by the Postmaster
General, 9,255, and the number by the
President during the same period, 337.
The aggregate earnings of the different
Transatlantic steamship lines during the
year ending June 80, 1861, were S302,-
Ss7,67.
The expenditures of the Department in
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1861,
amounted to l3,6O6,759,1..
The expenditures were $14,s74,772,s9,
showing decrease in 1862 of sl,26s,-
O13,7s.
The gross revenue for the year 1861, in
CLUBBING the receipts from letter-earriers,
and from foreign postases, amounted to
IS, S,296,40.
The estimated deficiency of means for
1861 as presented in the annual report
from this department Dec. 8, 1859, was
$5,9ss, ,424,O4. Deducting the actual de-
ficiency, $4,651, ,966,9S, and there is an
excess of estimated deficiency over actual
deficiency of s1,436,457,O6.
The revenue from all sources du-
ring the year 1860. am'ted to- 9,2l3, ,O67 40.
The revenue ftom all sources du-
ring the year 1861, am'ted to- 9,O49 ,296. .49
The net proceeds from Post Offices in
the loyal states for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1860, $3,6ss, s,69O,56, and IN
1861. S3,3OI,4S7, ,Os, showing an increase
in 1851 of s112,796,52, and in the dis
loyal states in 1860, ss2O,546, 81, and in
1851, s677, ,7O6,7O, showing decrease in
1861 of $142,s39,sl.
The decrease in 1851 from the net pro-
ceeds of 1860 in all the States appears to
be S3O,043,29.
Statements of the receipts and expendi-
lures of disloyal States and amount al
legged to be due to contractors; also the
amount actually paid to contractors from
July l, 1860, to May 81, 1861.
Total expenditure SO 663, 160, Al.
Total gross receipts - ,241 ,220,05.
Excess of expendit over receipts $2,l57 ,94O,43.
Amount alleged to be due 10 con- .l.rr
tractors for transportation q, l35 637 ~.
Amount actually paid for transport
tallCn -%,ooo,ool ,ol.
Leaving amOunt ALLEGED to he dine
and unpaid $S42 sos. .63.
The estimates of the total expenditures
for 1860 is somewhat less than those Of
previous years heretofore submitted. This
difference arises from the fact, that only
partial estimates are made for the cost Of
postal service in States where it is now
suspended.
The appropriation for defences in 1862
was S5,391, ,35O,63, while the amount es-
timated 10 be required from the Treasury
for 1860 is So, J. 900.
The whole number of ordinary dead let
ters received and examined during the
year was about 100000.
The number of these letters containing
money, which were registered and sent
out during the year ending June 80, 1851,
was 1O,5SO.
The number of dead letters returned
unopened to foreign countries during the
fiscal year, was 111,167, which added TO
the number of domestic Letters (103,e8O
sent out as above, gives the whole number
sent out from the dead-letter office for the
year, 2l5,033.
The result of successful Investigation in
1860 cases confirms the past experience of
the department, that the failure of a let
ter to reach its destination is, in the vast
majority of Instances, the fault alone of
the writer and sender. Out of the above
1860 valuable dead letters, 3,095 were di-
rected to the wrong office; 467 were i'm
perfectly addressed; 612 we're directed to
transient persons; 257 to parties who had
changed their residences; s2l were adj
dressed to fictitious persons or firms; SO
were uncalled for; 10 without any direc-
tion; 2l36 were not mailed for want of
postage stamps; 70 were missent; and for
the failure of Postmasters to deliver 1873,
no satisfactory reason was assigned. The
department, therefore, can justly be held
responsible for the non-deliveIy of but212
of these letters.
Much other valuable data is given on
this subject, and it is worthy of remark,
that out of 76,769 letters. before alluded
to, originating in the loyal States, and ad-
dressed to residents of the disloyal States;
10000 could not be returned, either be-
cause the signature of the writer was in
complete, or because the letter contained
no clue to his residence. The experience
of the department shows that larger pro-
portion of domestic letters, written by ed
ucated persons, and particularly women,
are deficient in one or both of these re-
spects.
There Shall be NO Pain There.
This is one of the golden clusters that