New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-05
REPORT or THE PosNMSTER-G GENERAL.

Guiding account o. SERVICE pIlulutu AuihN
tho prevou. fiscal yeaIl, FOR new mail routes. tL4'uE
aud 10 supply deficiencies. sl5000E making the receipt,
kinds, Including The iarc-n mail transportation, aud
service Tor which The above &Ncidt appropriations were
Slg2aS3 &C., showing 81 excess oil receipts over eApenli-
The "riE.-ry expenses Of the Department NOT ucud.
ing mail transportation provided Tor by spc,fd appiOpu-
aiion, were tsoia@6 ~ and ihr otdum! receipts IN
ClUdiug the amount drawn under appropriation ipT car
Ene l[o lni nar'.E' ss'-S ' No. . H.. 'I
met by the uurSrcndcd balances o former appropra-
tons, No appropriation Tor ihc past gear A therefore
TIC receipts for postage. as compared with Che pre-
vious year, show an ltcra.r or per cent AID tt '-
icvcuue concentrated Boo tc d po.oyes aud draft Olcre
was {GIGiT2s De-; collected lF tIr auditor, Si,I'I o.
retained by po>tnasiers for compensation aia office
pcuse~, tJ1tb So onf remaining u iIo hands u post
masters, awaiting collection >ai,J2' 3d.
ESTIMATES Iob I-',
The ordinary expenditures ~ tIc
year ending June 90 1859. ART c-t.
ADD f9r overland mail AMI marine
service between New York auI
st CSl.'III''' service bstvctr. ,in
Fuuci,co. Japan, and Cnua....... l5n,UD
United state, ard Ira.l...-. lsn,oO
Steamship service be,Wccu san
FRANCISCO and tie sandwich
To supply g. deficiency m scryir, De-.
tween the United STATE, Id HIaH
10 the fiscal year ended June sd.
Making the total c.tmarei e>ptpdi.
The Ordinary receipt, including re
standing appropriation at $4,000
for carry mg ioc uIii matter. are
n ''..'vu , o" If ,l. ID ,.,.,.... ''''"'
ton Tor CuliforuIf. China. ..ld lrt.
Ill maI, and Tor Tire dcnr.cacy
above NAMED. 49, 80. 'ttt..I
Showing an Excess of expenditure,
Dcductirg Che mdiavu balance, of
appropriations iorthe Department,
Leaves t6o dc6cica,y 10 DE- provided
for fIun thr General Iita,uy t-,...lJj
~ WI ai'o ,r ,,'' 10 ''"' '"' "'' r"' ~
For oyerlrnd iGaii transportation aud marine
service between Ncw-iolA and Cli.UuIi.... toi11o
Mail steamship service between SIN Francisco,
NAN ,r,.r l.,....u t. tIt,I state.
ana l,rnsil ............ ......... 10000
A,,d lar Gri,rtc , ,t trrouut ot s,r, Joe between
' I ~ 1',iic5 stitc. and E-.lI DINING the h.oli
wear ended June 80. i!.''J
,'d an, = .rdvirl IsI.id. -.ulj
tosr ,..l. .r,VIs. ,,p ,r,urfu tNyrIorrS
n,r. 49,, ' ,.f r ~, .i,r, .,i'r, ,f i.r ,,,,,,
Of sil.,s rg7: p56i5O p iu stamped envelope. rrpr,
sennf sIe05z 20. ICCc2,-O stamped envelopes bearing
printed cards and requests tut,us sl4ia ~: ana
is-7T.n newspaper wrapper. valued dt Si,ljj
su,d-1u Hgetre.tc Nulut OF 20. .fuIUeL
Tic i.sur IN ce STAMPS coilr, with The previous
year. shows an increase 81 about TO- per cent while the
sne OF stamped envelopes has Increased almost % per
cent This increase X attributable 10 the ulroductou "
printing hu. ncr cats aad request. Tor return not dcv-
cred. without additional cost The i~,r oi t. class ~
envelope during the year Increased 100 pyr
that of 1865.
The prediction In last year, report that the ~ such
enytnpes would tend largely reduce. The number Of
dead letter. has been verified The statistics elsewhere
The head 81 dead letters.
her hiss diminished nearly ou, million during tho ua.t
wear and that tins result s attributable - he
.c of ,nyclDte. with tcqurst for thc return 20 Tho
writers az unclaimed letter. dilc,ts fom DC los. Ollie.
addressed 10 estimated that uIl. Htty million, Of
lcsc enVeopr. were usrd during the year the Drpnrt
moIt supplying about Onchird The number. The .a,
~ postage stamps and stamped envelope, during the
amounted 10 Sl2.fSSiol - leaving unsOd She
! hands OF pO-tmasters Sil2,geS 49,
NV FOsTtCL srNus.
Experiments are IN progress. with a postage siamp
printed on embossed pgpcf which seem. To au0rI gnud
security against fraud The fiber, of the ptt,r b,ipg
broken caicelne marks almost necessarily ieernte II.
that they cannot easily bs removed without desroying
the stamp The adhesive properties are also prDfp1tr
and other advantages secured which commend the inyeu
| ton % favorable notice.
| CONTRACTS
There were In the ,cry OF m partfueut on the 30th
June 1867 C3GG contraction, fr the f tlr
| mails
OF mail routes in opcrtion there were INA. ,gqregoe
lcugth 2O3 2aj miles aggregate annual trtnstDrtn
rs 95 s9 miles: aggrcg annual cost % 10 gs iurlud
ing the compensation OF postal RAILWAY clerks, route
agents, local agents mail messt myers route r,sen
pgr. and b,eguge master, i'm charge al mails nj,
n $40 81 the ocarcCatr annual cost % slD s7 1s
| service was dis idcd AS follow. xit
! Railroad routes: Iength "a or niie.. annual tr,ra
portation 81 i37 800 miles annual cost ~ $40 40 abnIt
| II. ~ cent? Dcr mile. ~ ~
straInboat routes: Length n on ,tes annual franz,
pOrttioD & 40 T,0 miles. annual nf IA, s shont "A
! cents per mile
(eIertty certainty and secury rou.. any4b 40 "a
miIea. annual transportaon 4, ti 40 niles. annual
cost So Os1 4sO; about II g5 cent, Nor mile
The length Of routes was increased over the preceding
year 2232l miles; the annual trausua alton 7Iit Az
miles, and cost 81 s2 TO wch add ncrea cost for
railway postal clerks. route local and other agents. tlI