The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-11

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Committee ON Federal Relations.
Annual Report of the POstmaster-Gen-
eraI.
The annual report of Hon. Alexander W.
Randall shows a satistac DRY condition of at
fairs in the postal department. The revenues
of this department for the year ending June
Both, 1866, were $14.3S6, 9S6. 81, and the eX-
penditures S15,352,019.3O, showing an excess
of the latter of 1865 09309. The decrease OF
revenue compared with the previous year
was Is per cent, and the increase of eX-
penditurcs II per cent. Including the STAN
ding appropriation for free mail matter,
$500, O00.) the actual deficiency for the past
year is only $265, O95.09.
ESTIMATE FOR 1866.
The estimated expenditures for the year
ending June 3O;h. 1868. are $16,5S3,00O; the
revenues estimated at $15,1O6.33J, and APP
preparation for free matter S1OO.O0O-total,
81, SOC, 225 excess of expenditures, $1,776,-
665. For this deficiency no special appro-
priation will be required.
There will be required. however. $780,
600 for mail transportation between Atchi-
son and Folsom, New York and California,
San Francisco, Japan and China, and be-
tween the United States and Brazil.
POSTAGE STAMPS AND STAMPED ENVELOPES.
Postage and stamped envelopes produced
in all. S11 ,99S. 66S.25-a decrease of $685.
1925 as compared with the previous year.
The aggregate of stamped envelopes and
stamped wrappers issued during the year
ended June so, 1866, was 1904, 725-an
increase of nearly so per cent. The increas
ed demand since LIST of July for envelopes
with printed cards and requests for return
ing direct to the sender. if not promptly de
livered to the address. is very notable, being
about 663 per cent. The general use of such
envelopes will tend largely to reduce the
number of dead letters. During the year ff-
ty-seven claims. amounting to $3.952.04, on
account of robberies by armed forces, have
been allowed. and nine. amounting to 1914
OF, have been rejected.
NAIL SERVICE N OPERATION.
OF mail routes in operation. there were
$3.50 aggregate length. 1SOO21 miles ag-
gregate annual transportation, 11.S37.914
miles aggregate annual cost. $S.410, ISL
The length OF routes was increased over the
preceding year 3S.5S1 miles the annual
transportation. Is, 420 miles and the
cost. s.. 1913 590-the increase arising princi-
paliy from the restoration of service in the
Southern States. The amnunt due for ser
vice in the late surgent States for the year
ending June 36, 1856, WAS S1G9.21S /; the net
postal receipts for the same period, $685.
$50 liabilities exceeding receipts by So
3S3
The whole service now in operation in
these States ofall grades number 1.523 routes,
with an aggregate length of 601704 miles
at cost of $1.945623 81 per annum
The number Of Southern railroad routes
not in operation September 80 1866, was
fourteen aggregate length. CSC 12-100 miles.
All the routes in these States wre duly adj
vertiSed to be let TO contract but on Il large
number no proposals We're received, and on
many Others the bids were eXtravagantly
high
The overland mail route to California has
now two points of departure-one from juno
ton City, Kansas and the other from Fort
kearney, Nebraska. The lines from these
points meet at Denver City. Colorado Terri
tory. The Junction City road connects at
Wyandotte with the Pacific railway from ST.
Louis, Mo-, making continuous railway
connection with the eastern cities.
The preparation of post-route maps for
publication has been continued bv the topo-
grapher, and is well advanced.
The next amount of fines and deductions
during the year was SGT, 10000. The kinds
was $53,627.50. a curtailment over the pre-
vious year of $38, 0SS36.
FOREIGN MAIL SERVICE.
The aggregate amount of postagc-sea, in
land, and foreign-upon the correspondence
exchanged with foreign countries was So.
2o9,219.39, being an increase of 1860 800 20
as compared with the previous year. The
number of letters exchanged in the mails with
foreign countries was 9,430, 546 The unm-
Der of newspapers sent to foreign countries
was 1904, 442, and the number received from
foreign countries, 1881, 724, making a total
Of 4, 1876, 1866. The cost of trans Atlantic mail
service performed by steamships employed
by this department was 1925, 307 49, The
cost OF ocean transportation of mails to and
from the West Indies was $57,971.69 The
amount paid for sea and isthmus transporta-
ton OF the mails exchanged with Central and
South America, ciG Panama was S17,377 As. |
Balances against the United States on the
settlement of the international postage &C
counts amount in the aggregate to $279,714
10.
POSTAL CONVENTIONS.
A liberal postal convention has been con-
Guided with Italy. A preliminary basis for
a new postal convention with Great Britain
has been agreed upon, which will result in a
considerable reduction in the amount of
ocean postage.
APPOINTMENTS
Total number of officers in operation, 90
e2o. Number of officers subject to appoint
ment by the President, 7O9: number by the
Postmaster-Geueral, 23,119. Total apnoint-
ments made, 10,074.
DEAD LETTERS.
The whole number of dead letters received
was about 100000. About 100000 other
letters were received, being unmailible for
want OF prepayment of postage or on ac-
count OF misdirection or illegible address.
POSTAL MoNEY-oRDER SYSTEM.
The number of money-order Offices now in
operation is 766. The value of the orders is-
sued during the year amounted to S3.977.-
229.2s. The proceeds of the system from its
commencement up to the close of the last fis.
cal year amount to $90.82.
=, The report concludes with an allusion to
tne lettering condition of postal affairs, and
recommends several changes in existing laws
as calculated to improve the oil. :iency of the