Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25
The Postoflice DepartmtM.

The Postofice Department
y. FRoM the report of the Hon. ]. ]. Mar
tin, Auditor of the Treasury for the Post
Office Department, for the year ending
JpneI30, 1889, which is to be'included in
the report of the Postmaster General, we
take the following interesting information
in regard to the receipts and expenditures
on account Of postoftices, mail Transports
The whole number of postoffices in op-
Grafton throughout the country during the
year WAS 81, 106, Of which SO, were of the
class termed depositaries, and which are
frequiredto receive and retain, subject to
the drafts Of the department, the funds of
certain adjacent offices as well as the reve-
nue. of their own.
Nine hundred and thirtyeight are draft
offices, and paid during the year
drafts amounting 20 ....,,.....,.. g., a29 73l "
Eleven hundred and eghty-seyen are
deposit offices which deposited dur
ing the year with the treasurer and as
sistant ireasurers the sum Of H.. 10,ao399s -
Twenty one thousand five hundred and
two are collection offices. and paid
on collection orders issued 10 mail
contractors. ...!..,........... assesses rs
-Four thousand, two hundred and sew
entynine are special and mail mes
senger offices, and derive their mail
supplies by the payment OF the reye-
nues of their Offices amounting to-. 3A1eO 81
Amount OF deposits made by postmas-
I tiers with other pc masters. ....... 666742 ID
Showing the amountpad into the trea-
sury for the use and purposes of the
Postoffice Department by postmas-
tiers to have been... SloSoSoS 5 61
The revenue account of the Postoffice
Department for the year ending June 80,
1869, shows that a balance of $646, 249.S1
was standing to the credit Of the revenue
or July 1, 1868, and that the receipts of
the department. for the year ending June
30, 1860, werc $lS344,5.072 The aggre-
gate of revenue and grants of money by
Congress was $24695S75.S3, m
The expenses of the Postoffice De-
partment for the year ending June 3
80, 1869 were. =. ............. $685. 131 50
Add amount OF accounts charged to a-
bad debts accounts ...7...... 2Ol2s 90
Add amount of accounts closed by
being charged TO compromise
debts account, .............4 TT2 ~
Total So. 7fs 9ss 81
Deduct amount of credit balances. 40672 80
c.HtU. 'f N b. m --------
u.H a-m S23,67s,315 IS =
Subtracting from the aggregate OF re- 4 autt -
ceipts, grants &c. 24,697.S15 81
The total OF expenses bad debts, &c. 23,b7S3l5 70
revenue July i. 1853, Of. ......,...' 1,O1955a IS
The net revenue Of the department for
postage, being the aggregate of the
amounts of the balances due the United
States by postmasters on the adjustment
of their quarterly accounts fer the wear,
after retaining their compensation, ard de-
Quoting the expenses of their offices, was
as follows:
Quarter ending Sept 80, 1868. ...... 2.3262lS u
Quarter ending Dec. 81 1S6S ......... 2,39S0OI u
Quarter ending March 81, 1863. ...... ,703, $40 IS
Quarter ending june 30, 1869 ...... 2,66S,567 Us
Total net revenue from postage. 0,0@ 107 II
The amount Of letter postage paid in
money was S419,2 1872 IS. The number of
quarterly returns of postmasters received
and audited was 102,35S on which $10,
096, 10717 was paid
The following table shows the receipts
of the department. during the year;
Letter postage Neutrality-suspicious., S1192S2 So
Newspaper postage. ............,t. TS,So2 80
Registered letters OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. sly 10
Fines ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. " $3.50
Froluments.... ~. ......- -.-.+tI s43,33S ~
Stamps. 1olti,i2l %
Dead letters...... 80 S,SloW
Internal revenue from postmasters.. $500 l9
Money-order fund deposited. ........ 1,030B5 00
Miscellaneous NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. PITTS 50
Total S1S,S34, $40 ~
The expenses during the same period
amounted to $23,6 9S, 1871 1910 which 3d.
4S5, 40615 was paid for transportation of
the mails, etc. $4,546, 95S43 as compen-
sation to postmasters $1,1S3,915.31 for
compensation to letter carriers, and So
295,353.46 for compensation to postotfice
clerks.