Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-12-13

year eDulnB J une OOtn, 1000.
THE REYESUEs
of the department were SI4,556, I5S, 10
expenditures SI3,694, ,728,2S, leaving d
surplus of 1851 ,430, ,42-an increase of rev
enue of IL per cent, and expenditures Of
per cent. The expenditures for the
current year are estimated at SIS, ,6IS, 600;
receipts. H,470,5 deficit, 81 ,267 ,45l.
No special appropriation, says Mr.. Denni.
son, will be required to meet this deficit,
as previous appropriations are still unex-
pended. An appropriation of S50O,O00 is
however, recommended for the payment
of steamship mail service. The depart
ment has issued 3S7, ,4I6,4 postage
stamps representing $1,000, ,7S7, 50: 25,
$40, 425 stamped envelopes, representing
S724 Us, ,09; l, ,l65, $50 stamped wrappers,
representing S23, ,3l5,00, making total
of So, ,847 ,437 so, being an increase of 81, :
873, los, over the previous year. The sales
amounted to 2,399, ,727 ,82, an increase
of 1,623, 1882.
As stamped envelopes are cancelled by
use, and therefore safer against fraud
than those with stamps attached, BIT Is
submitted whether the Postmaster Gen.
eral should not be authorized in his dis.
cretion to furnish them as the separate
stamps are now, without reference to the
cost of manufacture
CONTRACTS.
The aggregate length OF the mail route:
nne 30, lS65-Of which there were c. 6.0l:
in number-was I42, $40 miles, costing So,
246, 1884 per annnm. The cost per mile
was, by railroad lI4c, steamboat l4fc, ce
lerity etc, 10c. The increased length o
routes was 3, ,l6S miles, and of cost S42S,
Ais. Fines to the amount of S56, AS, 3
have been collected from contractors.
The number of routes ordered into op
Grafton in States lately in rebellion is al
their length Is, ,740f miles; and compen
sation S72I, ,949; a reduction, compared
with former cost OF service in those States
of 1881 100 per annum. This, however
results in part from reduced service.
The report states the general results o
the foreign mail service as follows:
THE aggregate postages, sea, island
and foreign, upon the correspondence TX
changed with foreign countries, amount
ed to l,Sl9,02 sc; of which amount tC
s., AS, $50 rs accrued on the mails ex
changed with Great Britain; Franc, PrI
ssia, Bremen, Hamb=rg and Belgium
S275, 1877 06 on the mails exchanged witt
the British North American Provinces
and SOS, 200 "A on the mails transmitted
TO and from the West Indias, Central anC
South America.
''The cost of the United States trans
Atlantic service performed by steamship
receiving the sea postage ooly was S4O5,
479 Sc"
APPoINTMENTs
The number of postofficies established
on June 30th, 1855, including suspended
offices in the Southern States, was rs, ,SS2
new offices established during the year
$50; offices discontinued, 5S2; changes
of names and sites, 500 Total appoint
ments during the year, 5,441.
The number of dead letters received
examined, and disposed of, was +, ,36S, ,0s7
an increase of S59,2 over the previous
year.
1.-The number containing money, anC
re-mailed to owners, was AZ, l54, with en-
closures amounting to S244,3T3,9T. D
these, 35, PCS, containing S2l0, ,954,9O were
delivered, leaving {, $50 undelivered, with
enclosures of the value of S33, ,4l9,O1.-
The number containing sums less than
one dollar, was I6, ,709, amounting to ST.,
647 %, of which 1868, containing So,
81 62, were delivered to the writers.
"The number of registered letters and
packages was 3, ,966."
The report expresses the opinion thai
the time will soon come when the increas
ing prosperity of the country, and the
consequent increased business of the de,
partment, will justify a reduction in the
rates of postage, and recommends that
this reduction be carried out as fast as
possible without reducing the postal rev
enue below the postal expenses.
The abolition of the franking priv.
ilege is recommended as a means of ma.
king the postal department self-sustain.
ing.
The total cost of the FIVE principal
routes connecting at points on the Yves.
tern plains is 81, ,l96, ,743; total of receipts,
SEQ, ,923 As; excess of pay over receipts,
81, ,135, ,819 55.