Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-11
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the fiscal year c0uiuK June oU, loOt, were
$l5,237, 026.s7, to which should be added
amounts drawn from the treasury under the
acts making appropriations for carrying
free mail matter, $90o,oo0, aud amounts
under the special appropriations for over
land mail aud inarlnc service between New
York ani California, $500, 900, steamship
service between san Francisco, japan and
6hna, $il ,o66 81, And between the United
states aud Bran, 4-Dn,ota thciuainl
fihu, 900 on account II service performed
,iuring the previous lscai year, for new
mali rCut :. : % 600; .nd q supply de
dtlencics, ! .tlR, 0A5, makin- Tie + eclpi-
1em al source, . i9.97S. es3 -. The ez
,enllturcs Of al .rHds, including the for
tlgn uail Il .hspuiiauon, aud service tor
xAch the above SPECIAL appropriations
erc made Say l.Ial ,GG6.e7 dunug III,
same crlod, were Sl9. 2so.i o5 i6, showing
a. excess Of receipts over expenditures o!
S.4s.2 lous.
thc ordinary cxpen ses Of the department
act including mai. transportation provided
Cor by especial appropriation, were SIS
oil, sl6.,9 aud the ordinary receipts, IN
Guiding the amount drawn under an appro-
priat on for carrying free mail matter, were
SID, 10, ,u26 81, showing an excess OF ca
pendi,urcs Of $l,906, 1892. which has
been met by the unexpended balances OF
former appropriations. No appropriation
for the past year Is therefore needed.
The receipts for hostages, as compared
with the previous year, show % increase OF
6 per cent, and the expenditures an IN
! crease OF % $40 per cont. Thesamount Of
| revenue concentrated IN the repositories
and iraft offices was 50, i6i, 72s l6; collect
ed by auditor 81, 1T, ID 66; retained by
postnasters for compensation and office ex-
penses $6,3l4 ,djl %, and remaining in The
hand Of postnasters, awaiting collection,
S5Gl ,u2s. 80.
The dciails Of the financial operations oil
the department are flllv set forth in the
accompanying comprehensive report OF the
audl,ur
ESTIMATES FOR 1860
The total estimates tor eNpendi
turesare .............. s22 s37. 500
Totalrecelr,s ............ ls,g62 ,5oo
Saowlng an excess OF eNpend
itnres ...-....-. ........S i,t7G, 900
Deiuctng the uudrawn bal
anccs OF appropriations for the
department, amounting to-. 1000 ooC
Leaves the deficiency 10 be pro.
,ided tor from the general
treasury ........ ..... 2,515,00(
During the year 81 500, COS postag,
stamps, Of the value I SIS COZ 44,556,
loo plain stamped envelopes, reresentine
81 900, 5Ss 80 lG, 662,75 stamped envel.
ops bearing printed cards and requests,
representing x49i,7l2 90, and l,s5T.75O
newspaper wrsppers. valued Mt $37.l55
were issued. An aggregate value Of $l3,
4ol ,063.
The issue Of postage stamps, compared
with the previous year, shows an increase
Of about 6 per cent, whilst the issue OF
stamped envelopes has increased almost 81
per cent. This increase is attributable TO
the introduction of printing business cards
and requests tor return II not delivered
without additional cost. The issue Of this
c,sss ofcnvelopes during the year was in
creased l0d per cent. over that Of 1866.
The prediction in last years report that
the issue Of such envelopes would tend
largely To- reduce the number of dead letters
has been verified, tho statistics given, under
the head Of dead letters, show that the mum
Der has diminished nearly one million dur
ing the past year, and that this gratifying
result il attributable TO the use of envsl.
cpes with . request for the return TO the
writers Of unclaimed letters directly from
thst fully 100000 Of these envelopes
were used daring the year, the department.
supplying about one-thrd Of the number
The sale ofpsstsge stamps and stamped
envelopes during the year amounted 10
Sl2,sss, lS4 30. leaving unsold 10 the hands
Of the Post'nassers S.is.92S.1s
Experiments a.e in progress with post
age stamp printed on embossed paper.
which seems 10 afford good security against
fraud. rhc iihrcs OF tie pa. er being bro
ken. canoeing marks almost necessarily PEN
crate, 50 that they cannot easily be re-
moved ~iihpu; destroying the stamp. The
e hesive properties are also promoted, and
ether advantages secured. which commends
The invention to favorable notice
There were in the service Of the depart
ment on the SOth Of June, 1867, 6,876
contractors for the transportation Of the
mails
Of mail routes in operation there were : :
'i3; aggregate length, 203, PAS miles sg-
sresate snnus! transportation, 70, 9S2, 1s9
mites; aggregate annual cost, 50. SAG, 2s6 +;
Including the compensation Of postal rail
way clerks, route agents, local agents. mail
messengers. and baggage masters in charge
OF mails. viz. /: $l.02oS7l, the aggregate
snau.l cost vas Gle, 357,l57. This service
was divided rs follows, viz:
Ka'lrcad routes: Length. 4,0l5 miles
annual trans pcrtation, 80. 9S7. 500 miles
annual cost. ts.sl2, 900; ,l.7o cents pes
mile.
Steamboat routes: Length. Ii. o94 miles
annual transportation, 3,al0.740 mile.
annual cost, &4T2 ,ao6, about l4.7 cents ne,
mile
Celebrity. certainty. and security routes
Length, los, 1886 miles; anpuai transverse.
tich, - 1874, lac miles annual coat. &5.obI
$50; shout ll.65 cents per mile.
The length Of routes was increased owe,
the preceding ye~r ~, 1924 miles the snnu
al TRANSFORMATION, s,l44,s75 miles; and
cost. l,705 Sl2; 10 which add increased
cost fos railway postal clerks, route, locaI
aud other agents, $24l, l6l, makes On az
grcgste Of 81 ,946.9T3.
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