The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-12-12
Annual Report OF the Postmaster-Gen.

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Randall shows satisfactory condition of af-
fairs in the postal department The revenues
of this department for the year ending June
3Oth, 1866, were ga, 1886, 1856, 81, and the ex-
penditures $15, 352 079.30, showing an excess
of the latter of $685., 093.09. The decrease of
revenue compared with the previous year
was 1 is per cent, and the increase of ex-
penditures 10 per cent. Including the stan
ding appropriation for free mail matter,
($70O, O00) the actual deficiency for the past
year is only 265,093.O9.
ESTIMATE FOR 1866.
The estimated expenditures for the year
ending June 3Osh, 1868, are $16,583, 900 the
revenues estimated at $15, 106,3a5, and APP
preparation for free matter ,000-total,
S15, 800; 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
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1925 as compared with the previous year.
The aggregate of stamped envelopes and
stamped wrappers issued during the year
ended June 80, 1866, was $4,000, 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-
liyered to the address, is very notable, being
about 66s per cent. The general use of such
envelopes will tend largely to reduce the
number of dead letters. During the year fif-
ty-seven claims, amounting to $3,S52.04, on
account of robberies by armed forces, have
been allowed, and nine, amounting to 1874
OF, have been rejected.
MAIL SERVICE IN OPERATION.
Of mail routes in operation, there were
$3.50 aggregate length, 1SO,021 miles ag
gregate annual transportation, II, 1897 ,914
miles aggregate annual cost, $8.410, 1874
The length of routes was increased over the
preceding year 1851 miles the annual
transportation, 13,724,42O miles and the
cost, 81, 1913, 590-the increase arising princi-
pally from the restoration ofservice in the
Southern States The amnunt due for ser
vice in the late surgent States for the year
ending June 36, 1856, was $769,21S !; the net
postal receipts for the same period, $685.
1856 liabilities exceeding receipts by $751;
1888.
The whole service now in operation in
these States ofal grades number 1923 routes,
with an aggregate length of 60, 1901 miles,
at a cost of 81 ,845,623 "a per annum.
The number of Southern railroad routes
not in operation September 80, 1866, was
l., n ,x,sI
All the routes in these States wre duly adj
vertised to be let to contract. but on large
number no proposals were received, and on
many Others the bids were extravagantly
high.
The overland mail route to California has
now two points of departure 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 by the topo-
grapher, and is we'll advanced.
The next amount of fines and deductions
during the year was $50, 3O2.09 The kinds
was $50, 62750, curtailment over the pre-
vious year of $3S, 0S8.36.
FOREIGN NAIL SERVICE.
The aggregate amount of postage-sea, in
land, and foreign-upon the correspondence
exchanged with foreign countries, was So,
2S9 ,219.39, being an increase of 1858, 290.70
as compared with the previous year. The
number ofletters exchanged in the mails with
foreign countries was 9,430,546. The unm-
Der of newspapers sent to foreign countries
was 2,804, 442, and the unmber received from
foreign countries, 1,3S1.724 making total
of 4, 1S6, 166. The cost of transatlantic mail
service performed by steamships employed
by this department was $525, 1907. 46. The
cost of ocean transportation of mails to and
from the West Indies was $57,87169. The
amount paid for sea and isthmus transporta-
ton of the mails exchanged with Central and
South America Uia Panama, was ST, 377 As.
Balances against the United States on the
settlement of the international postage ac-
counts amount in the aggregate to $278,714-
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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
considerable reduction in the amount of
ocean postage.
APPOINTMENTS.
Total number of officers in operation, 49,
1928. Number of officers subject to appoint
ment by the President, 709; number by the
PostmasterGeuer 23,119 Total appoint
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 &C
count of instruction 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 $3,977,-
229.2S. The proceeds of the system from its
commencement up to the close of the last ifs.
cal year amount to $90.82.
The report concludes with an allusion to
the lettering condition of postal affairs and
recommends several changes in existing laws
as calculated to improve the efficiency of the
department. af4 ~ ...
While Governor Worth of North Carolina
was writing his message, in which he saga
ciously recommends the deportation of the
bulk of the laboring population of the State,
a large number of his fellow citizens, Mr..
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