Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-12-13

expenses have been largely reduced.
For the preceding year the expenditures
we're t2,4sl, 394.es greater than latt
wear. The following comparisons of
figures are Interesting:
Espenditu es for 1860. for service 10
all the States, l4,s74,772 50: reyen ues
for the same year, s9,2is,o674o; d eff :.
cheney, Is, 656,705 10 expenditures for
1861, service interrupted in 1861, So
o4e, 29e.4o; deficiency, s4,557,4G2 II !;
expenditures ter 1862, Sll,l25.36a. 10 :;
revenues t5r 1862, s9,oI2,549 So; def
Cheney, S2,ll2,sl4.57 reduction of ex-
rendiiures as compared with those Of
1860, S3,749, 40s; reduction OF expen-
ditnres as compared with 1861 ,S2,4Sl.
304. The Department has not been
Tor manv years so nesrl y self.s,lstaiDing
The result is largely owing 70 the sus.
person Of postal expenditures in the
South, which were greatly IN excess OF
postal rec,i pts, but not alone TO that.
A revision of all dl.cretiona, y expenses
has been made and large reductions or
dered. The pay Of agents has been re-
graded and equalized. Economy has
been re-establlshed IN the larger offices,
where waste was found. Incompeten
cy, Wherever found in official position,
has been removed, and an effort made
to adopt a standard Of merit and OF al
minlsira,ive efficiency in lien OF other
aud interior motives for appointment.
The Postmaster General expresses his
determination to adhere to this course
The number Of postage stamps issued
to Po1tmas,ers during the year was =,
o78, lss. Tue value of letter envelopes
was S733,2 55 SO. Tue value OF stamped
newspaper wrappers, S23.G48 30; in
crease Of issue over 1861, 81 .l44,S5S n.
The total value sold was S6,9l0, lGl.S9
he increasing demand on the part OF
the public for the stamped newspaper
| shows that their introduction has salts
hed public demand and promoted the
convenience OF correspondents. In the
first quarter OF the current Year ending
September 3oth, the number Of stamps
issued to postmaslers was l0i.00o,oo0;
Their calls for about 200, 900, 900, which
would have been nearly suilic eht 10
meet the usual demand foi year. This
extraordinary demand arose from the
ten porary use OF these stamps as a cut
,ency hy the public in lieu Of the smaller
denominations OF specie, and ceased
with The introduction OF the SO called
postal currency. Ine difference between
the value Of stamps I'D and stamps can.
celed in the fiscal year 1862 shows
| 1888 90 as the amount III hands OF
| purchasers On the 1t Of July, 1862.
The whole number of dead letters
received and examined during the year
is 2,2a2, OBS, we,ch IL 267 900 less than
in the previous year. The whole NUN
her Of valuable letters cent ont bv The
dead letter office was 5l,23o. May
interesting details arc given IN the re-
port touching the operat 0ns OF tn
Office. Out OF 1893 cases where eau
SEES of non-dclivery were as e'tained,
ONLY 225 were attributable to the fau OF
p,stmasters. s22 letters had no address
whatever. Congress, at it's first session,
passed m act authorizing the employ
ment of twenty five additional clerks to
facilitate the return Of dead letters to
Their writers, with the expectation tina,
the receipts of poisgc thereon would
cover the appropriation of 100000 for
Their compensation. The result thus
far shows hat an excess Of revenue there
4 b.. o. Ina Il
amount of several thousand dollars. The
whole number OF post Offices in the
United States, remaining established on
the 30th OF June, 1862, was $3.50, of
which there were In the loyal States and |
districts 1923, and in the insurrecuon.
sry States and districts there we're $685.. |
The net increase in the es,ablishe office
over last year was l,22l. TIE number
OF cases acted on by appointment Office
during the year was 1875. The total
postages accrued on United States and
European mails during the year amount. |
to Liza 095 50, being reduction Of the
amount OF the previous year of S2l1, |
94o.ss. OF the total amount collected, !
the excess collected in the United States
was S2l2,607 SO, which constitutes the
balance paid TO tho several foregn de.
partmentf, the cost Of exchange being
betrayed by the United States. The |
Posimaster.Genera, objects TO the cost
as inequtable, and proposes, if possible,
to relieve the Department from this bur
den.
The Postmaster General has made
special efforts TO rettlve the foreign cor.
respondenco of the country from its
now so embarrassing alike
to correspondents and to postal officers.
Separate negotiations have been found
altogether inadequate to secure simple
and satisfactory arrangements. He there
fore opened a correspondence in August
last, through the Department of State,
with FOREIGN pdminlstr atoms pronos,no