Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-12-07

i IN thc act approved July -, 1860. lnclud
9 ing the standing appropriation Of 500,
o uUo for free mail matter, as a legiti
5 mate portion OF .he revenues yet remainin.
: uncxpcni,l, the actual efficiency for tht
: past year Is only 500 ,O93-a sum within
{ S3I,lll ID the amount estimated in tn,
S annual Tep0r. of 1851 The decrease o.
C revenue compared with the previous ycal
S was one ami one-Glth rcr cent. and the in.
, crease ul expenditures, owing principally tC
2 the enlargement Of the mail service in the
+ South, was twelve per cent. On the 30th
! Of June last there were in operation six
thousand nine hundred and thirty mail routes
Z with an aEgyeg &c length %. one hundred
and eighty thousand nine hundred aud twen-
ty-onc miles, an aggregate annual transpor-
tation ol slyenty-0ne million eight hundred
eLd tlirty-slyen thousand nine hundred and
fourteen miles, and an aggregate annual cost
including l. cxVCuiitures, If s ,4l0,lSi,
The length oI railroad routes Is thuty-two
-Aolsand and ulacty-;Wo miics, aEI tc an
ut3l -ldn-l r'atI thirty million six hun
drcI aud nine thousand 'Jur hundred and
siZtF-cygu miles. Tie ltuzth Ol steamboat
routes i- fourteen thousand three hundred
and i.riy-=iE miles, and Gle annual trans
rsaJau three million four hundred and
eleven thousand uiuc hundred and fIxty-twO
ml.-s lie maI! service is rapidly increas-
I -1- ttlla- -h.ut tHC whole country, and its
lcsjy extension 10 the Southern States in
icatc their constantly improving condition.
/ ihc growing importance 90 tie foreign SET.
( wee also Al.it- attention. Tie Post Office
/ Department % Great Britain and our own
. have agreed upon preliminary basis Tor
/ lew Postal Contention, which It Is believed
{ viii prove guiH1at.y beneficial to the COM
/ uClcial interests Of The United States, mas
I mLcl as ]. e.ut.mI ilt-s q reduction of the
F International l.t.tI U5-,age o. Ouc-ha!t the
F ,AlaIDs r-,g. reduction If postage with
/ aI other luLJ-.-s O. and from which cor
/ rcsrluiguo1 is transmitted in the British
mall VI In closed mails throughout the
Omitted kingdom. tho establishment Of uni
{ .m and .uahlc charges ,or the sea and
I territorial transit af corl,sI dencc in closed
D. I'D ami au aii Ulncc o. ch Post Office
/ j. ier.ucn- 0l tae righ; G. use all mail
G. lmluicati'l- established under the au-
3, .ri.y yl tia other l'r the dispatch Of cor
j. gla-euce. either 30 open or closed mails.
900 lhs same terms SIS those applicable 10 the
iuAahiau-s OF the country providing the
means ll transmission.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
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rl3r exhibits llc condition of those branches
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