The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-05

cost Of g. ca, ca u per annun. Compared with
the service insopeston the 1ss November 1885, via,
s railroad . g. .1ss az .s
miies \ cost q sss geo per sanu%; and ia ".,l
niles a, cost or SIN, 74s per annum there appears
an increase OF nineteen routes, loes $500 miles and
2s% mss and sioa 400 annual cost Of Steamboat
service and 9s3 routes 49, 256h miles, and 1854 534 "a
annual cost OF 'star SERVICE" making total increase
Of t01e routes, lls72 $500 mies, and sl,ls73as 81
Another table Is annexed showing tho number, ter
mini and length OF Southern railroad routes not In
operation September 80, 1865; the number being only
fourteen and the aggregate length 600 1c100 miles.
Comparing this with ninety routes in operation having
aggregate length Of 6l701 miles, shows remarka-
bic progress 10 tho reconciliation ~ the railroad system
OF the South There being two thousand two hundred
and fifty routes IN all the States enumerated these state
ments show than haf the whole number 20 he In
operation, comprising nearly ninetonths of the railroad
routes All the routes In these States duly ndver
tsea 70 pc et 70 contract part from lst OF January
1855, and the residue from 1st Of july 1885, but
large number Of hcm no proposals were received under
the advertisement arr on many others tho bids were
extravagantly high In the latter case offers OF the
highest admissible rates wers submitted by tho
department 10 the lowest bidders and 10 some In
stances negotiations opened through special agents,
pos'masters and leading citizena By all these means
combined the amount OF service here stated has been
obtained
RIO existing contracts in MI TIE States nomcd except
Tenn essee Will expire the 3oth June, 1857. New nd
versements inviting proposals. FOR four years service
from 1st July, 1867 bang issued under which
u hoped oil routes Of real utility in the whole section
will DO let.
OVERLAND ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA
BY recent order OF the department the overland
been the initial point. has been changed 70 hive
two points or deraureone from junction City Kansas,
on tho Union Pacific Railroad tensiern dlvson),
running from Wyandote, Kansas; and the other from
Fort kearnev, Nebraska the Union Pacific Railroad
route. running from Omaha City. Nebraska Tho lines
from these two points meet at Denver City, in Colorado
Territory.
posr Rours MAPS
Tho preparation o. post route maps for publication
has been continued by the topographer, and Is well ad
vanced Two sheets, exhibiting tho post Offices and
mail service of the Now england Sa's In the hands
OF the engraver and will be ready Tor distribution and
vsrs AND DEDUCTIONS.
The amount of fines imposed and deductions mnde
from the pay OF contractors for failures other de-
nquences during the year wa. sss go and tho amount
RENTED Tor tho same period was 20 leaving the net
amount Of fines and deductions $50 302
BAGS,
table 10 annexed showing the number, description
and cost OF mail bags locks and keys purchased during
the year tho amount expended for mail bags Of all
kinds being $s9s27 This, compared with the expendi
ture OF the preceding year 1901, 7l6, shows curtai-
FOREIGN NAN rvpvlcr
The aggregate amount Of postage sea- inland and for
egn, the correspondence exchanged with fOroien
countries 81 9,29, being increase OF e469 200
AZ compared with the previous year. or this amount
Britain France, Prussia, Bremen, Hamburg and Hell
GUM; &32s,3i1 on malls exchanged with tho British
North American Provinces, and &l20, OF on the Cor
respondencc transmitted to and from the West Indies,
Mexico Central and South America
Tho transatlantic mail steamship lines employed In the
service OF foreign governments conveyed ais the post
which amounted 20 1915, 100; and those en-
poycd in the service Of this department conveyed mails
the hostages on which amounted 10 $865, COL.
The United stasea portion Of the hostages upon the
correspondence exchanged with Great Britain and the
coniincn. Of Europe amounted to s775,e47 with tho
British North American Provinces, tlsS, $685. with tho
West Indies Mexico, Central and South America,
sl2oo77
TI,n
egn countries WINS 430 5l5 Of which 4 ss6,e16
FROM and s.543630 received In the rni,sd States
countries an increase OF s5l $40 over the number cx
changed IN 1855.
Tn" number Of newspapers cent 70 foreign countries
was s04 Az and the number received from foreign
countries 1881 T24 making total Of lee or this
number s2a las were exchanged will Europe, song
increase Of 90 1877 on the number in 1885.
The increased correspondence with foreign countries,
particularly with the continent OF Europe, during the
year In unprecedented, amounting more than twenty
nve per cent compared with tho previous year
TRANSPORTATION
The cost OF transatlantic mail service performed by
steamships employed by this department under ths
provisions Of the existing law which allows the and
inland postage 10 American and the postage only TO
foreign steamers, was s5o5 307.
Tho cost Of ocean transportation OF mAs md from
the West indies by steamers receiving different rates of
s57 s7l being $40 Ta2 less than tho OF United
s,aics pos'ages upon tho mails conveyed
The amount paid for sea and sthmus transportation
OF the mails exchanged with Central and South America
via Panama 81, 1877
BALANCE prs yoRrrGs PoaT DEPARTMENT.
Tho postage collected In tho United States
upon tho correspondence exchanged with Great Britain
and tho continent OF Europe WINS $500, 627 causing
balances against the United sases on settlement Of tho
intern ,ona postage accounts amounting w the sGgre
gate TO t27s For full particulars of tho operations
Of the foreign service reference made 20 the appendix
and TO the report Of the Audesr annexed hereto.
cosvy~noS wiTs rArv
liberal postal convention has been concluded with
in international postal n,ercourse recommended by the
postal conference held at Paris In NAV 1853. u was
gotiated and signed a. turin on the s,h o. July lsos
Florence the l4th OF juno, 1900. This convention
copy Of which In annexed will be carried into scuton
az notice Is received from the post department OF
Italy tho OF transit by which the
change Of IN closed bars he effected
BASS or sEw PORTAL
Notice was given BY the British government, under
date OF July as 1885, Of s purpose 70 terminate the
stnr postal convention between this country and the
United Kingdom tho LIST Of January, 1888, simuta
neousy with the expiration OF tho mall subsidy contract
with tho Cunard line; ACCOMPANIED with an AZ.
conclude 4 now convention on . more liberal
basis reducing the present rates Of International
posase ana granting sn,rssc m' lsenss , 10:
object and HAYS the Subtraction Of Announcing that
preliminary basis for new portal convention has bcen
agreed upon by the pcet departmental reducing tbs
international charge single letter from twenty -four
twcve cents admitting Into tho mails prated matter
Of every kind and patterns Of merchandise si such
rates a. the despaichns country shall establish; and
granting 70 each country, reciprocay, tho right 70
transmit corespondenes 70 closed Bag o. 70 The oral
charge paid by the inhabitants Of the country through
which the correspondence y forwarded.
The principal advantages Of the now arrangement may
be briefly folows1 reductions Of the inter-
national letter postage onshs Of tho exstnv charge
The removal or all restrictions upon the exchange Of
printed matter IN the ais reduced postage chsrrea
B. Tho compulsory prepayment OF postage upon
letters and other mail matter. avoiding entirely
the keeping Of complicated postage accounts
upon international correspondence 4 reduction
OF postage with all other countries 70 and nom
which correspondence 10 transmitted In tho British mall,
or IN closed bags through the United Kingdom. B. The
esahmens Of uniform ana reasonable charges for the
and territorial Transit ~ correspondence In closed
mails and granting each post department the right 10
make Of all mail communications established under
the authority OF the Other for the despatch Of
pondenc. either In open closed malls, the same
terms az those applicable the Inhabitants Of the coun-
try providing the means Of transmission, Tho post
age n all international letters N belong wholly 70 the
ing country and charge wha,.vcr 10 be made
by the receiving country delivery Each post de-
pArmcnt make its for the despatch