The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-08

agents, and baggage.masters, In service du-
Forty-eight special agents, Sl34, $40; five
hundred and three route agents, s494, 100 /;
seyentY-four mail route messengers, so, $50;
three hundred and twenty-four postal rail-
way clerks, 1884, 800; siXty-seven local
agents, 81, 900; one hundred and sixty-one
baggage-masters, $4,000. Total, 81, 10T 1902.
FREE DELIVERY.
The free delivery system has been In ope-
ration during the year in forty-eight OF the
principal cities, and has grown in favor, as
shown by the following aggregate results
Number Of letter-carliers, 1,246; mail let
ters delivered, S0,071 ,052 local letters de.
ivered, i, .62I newspapers delivered.
u ,954 ,S9S; letters collected, 1855, 009
amount paid carriers, including incidental
expenses, 81 1885, 15; postage on local mat
ter, 5000, 1877.
DEAD LETTERS.
The number of the several classes of Let.
ters, domestic and foreign, received at the
dead letter Office during the last fiscal year
was az follows Domestic letters, ,759, 6I6
foreign letters, 193.1S6. Whole number.
1862 ,eG2.
Ofdomestic letters, IS, 227 contained money
amounting to S94, 10, In sums of one dollar
80 ,576, were delivered to the writer's OF
persons addressed, and 900, containing
512, 14O, were fled for reclamation by the
owners, or were outstanding. The number
inclosing sums less than one dollar wa:
1923, containing S3,472, of which 1866
containing S2,T8S, were delivered to the
writer's, and 1851, containing 1884, were
fled for reclamation by the owners.
The number Of letters containing bank
checks, drafts, deeds, &C., was 1925, o
the nominal value of S3,011, 354, of which
ID, 2SG. Of the nominal value of 5000, ia
were delivered to the owners, and $3.50, o
the nominal value Of S2l2, 240, were out
standing or were filed for reclamation.
The number Of letters and packages con
tanning jewelry, books, and other property
was 9,071, of which $685. were delivered
and 2,734 were filed for reclamation. Th'
number containing photographs, postage
lamps. and articles Of small value, wa
114,1S5, of which 103, 500 were delivered ant
l0,656 were filed for reclamation or de
stroved.
The number of letters classed as ordinar,
domestic, without enclosures, remailed t.
the writers, was 2,39S, 1852, Of which 1908,
524 were delivered and 394, 1928 were re
turned to the office and destroyed. TIL
number Of letters not signed by the writer's
illegible, or containing circulars, ETC., ant
consequently destroyed, was ], 1SS,693.
Ofthe unavailable letters, 2S6, 307 were de
tanned for postage, not being prepaid, as re
quired by law. They were either wholly I'm
paid, not prepaid one full rate, or wer
stamped with illegal or revenue stamps
70, 429were misdrected, the post-otlice, Stat
or some necessary part of the address bein
omitted; 2,67S had no address whatever
and 2,570 were addressed to places wher
there was no mail service.
The number of applications for dead let
tiers was 5.763, and in ,266 cases the letter
were found and forwarded to their owners
The amounts deposited in the Treasur.
were For unclaimed dead letter money
SD, So for proceeds Of sales Of waste paper
50, 0G7. Total, S1G,G52.
POSTAL MoEEY-ORDER SYSTEM.
The whole number Of money-order post
offices in operation is l ,GS5.
The number OF orders Issued during the
year WAS l,2Gi, li3, OF the aggregate
value OFF,. ...................... S1h Sle ".
| The number paid was ,2B,S7i, amount
ing TN value to. ,......:.. s-4, Ai,So
| To Viii, Ii should be added the
| amount of orders repaid To
| uurchIs,rs 206,TSe
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