Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-30
Reports of Departments.
Below we give abstracts of the Reports of the In
terror, Post Office, War and Navy Departments;


Below we give abstracts of the Reports of the In
terror, Post Office, War and Navy Departments;
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
During the fiscal year $3.50, 7421 acres of public
lands have been disposed Of; less by 385,372 acres
than the previous year. Cash receipts of the Office
from all sources 1892, 745, which exceeds the
amount received the previous year by $2S4,SS3.-
Lands still undisposed of are l406 1885, 1856 acres.
One Revolutionary soldier is still living During
the last fiscal year there paid to invalid mill
tary soldiers and dependent relatives the sum of
S23 658 $685. and to navy invalids the sum of $685.,
283. There were or bounty land warrants issued
for 1920 acres.
Treaties have been concluded with various Indian
tribes, as follows:
During the year ending September 80, 1868, there
20 applications for patents a. 1853 patents
Including reissues and designsl were issued 1922
applications allowed which patents did not issue,
owing to the non-payment of the final fee :, 1888
caveats filed; $50 applications for the extension of
patents received, of which 1873 were granted. The
receipts were $685. 1885, being Sill less than the ex-
penditures.
At the date of my last annual report the U. S.
Government had accepted 400 miles of the road and
telegraph line of the Union Pacific Railroad Com
panv Since that date $50 have been accepted
The commissioners have submitted reports upon
four additional sections, amounting to 100 miles
By a report from the government directors it ap-
pears tnaJ Jno EXPENSES lot operating Tue TOaO IOT
the wear ending September 20, 1868, So, 213,-
| 565. The amount received from passengers during
the same time was 81, Jos, sol, of which $i3O,239
was from the United States. The amount received
from freight 3,077, $50, of which the govern
ment paid $780, 59.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company, of Cali
forna have constructed 800 miles of their road and
TELEGRAPH line. of which 296 were constructed and
accepted since my last annual report The company
state that their earnings for the six months ending
June 30 1863 were, from passengers, ,O4o, ana
from freight S264 4l0 Their expenses for the same
period were $l57063, and their Indebtedness at tna
date S26. S62 F27, of which the sum of S7,34O OOI
was on account of bonds Issued by the United States
The Secretary recommends an increase OF the
| Presidents salary; but does not name the sum &c
which he thinks it should be raised. He also ad-
vises an additional of so per cent to the salaries Of
the Vice President cabinet officers and justices OF
the Supreme Court.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
/ The Postmaster General reports the ordinary pos
tai revenue for the year ending the Both day of June
! last was SIG 292 600 and the expenditures during
| the me period $22, 73O,592 showing al excess o.
expenditures of So 4379 9I. The receipts from pos
tages, as compared With the previous year, show 81
increase of six per centum, and the expenditures an
increase Of eighteen per centum.
For the year 1870 the estimated expenditure
will be S24 4O4l3, and the estimated revenue $17,
500 600, showing deficiency OF So, 740, Alb to b.
provided for from the general treasury. In add
ton to this deficiency will be the special appropris
ton Of 100000 for tae mail service between Ssr
Francisco Japan and China, $4,000 for the Bra
/ lillian mail service and 10000 for the service be-
tween San Francisco aud the Sandwich Islands.
The sale Of postage stamps and stamped enyel
opes during the year, as reported by the Auditor
was SI4066, l39.
There were, on the 30th June, 1868, e,226 mai
routes in operation; aggregate annual Transports
ton 81 224 325 miles aggregate annual cost, $40,
/ 266,056.
The aggregate amount of postage finland, sei
and foreign) upon the letter correspondence ex
changed with foreign countries was g, l53 $50. Tn
number of letters exchanged with foreign countrie
Exclusive of the British North American provin
cesl was Il12s, $50, of which 5,e0O,3O7 were sen
from and 8 22s 225 received in the United States
Total expenditure for ocean transportation, s9I9,
399 exclusive of payments amounting 10 the sum 0
s497916 made during the year TO the steamship
lines 10 Brazil, TO japan and China and to the Sand
wich Islands, respectively, receiving subsidy grants
/ fixed By special acts of Congress.
During the year there we're 2,l61 post otaees es
tablished sac discontinued, and 26,4sl in operation
on june 3Oth, 1868.
The free delivery system has been IN operation
durng the year in forty eight of the principal cities
The Postmaster General hopes it will ulHmatel.
supersede the box and all other systems
Attention is called 10 the abuse of tho iran KIN
system Ii is estimated that the loss TO the depart
mont by this species of abuse has amounted 10 from
sl,o0O,o0o to S1,50o,Ooo daring the past year.
The whole number of dead letters received du
ring the year, 4Ie2l44. OF these, $685. 6
we're domestic letters; l67,o7s were foreign, ant
were returned unopened TO countries where the,
originated. The domessis letters ordinar,
dead letters, so5s4el drop and hotel letters, S22