The New York herald., 1870-12-02

REIMBURSEMENT or P0sTMAsTERs SALARIES
the second section OF the act OF July ], 1854,
adjust the salaries OF all postmasters once In two
years. and In special cases as much Ofener may be
deemed oXpedient. In accordance Herewith the
salaries OF 23 492 p0stmasters have been reviewed
and readjusted for two years from July 1870. The
OF sa,ssi, ,7ss The establishment of new Offices and
the readustment 10 special cases Will increase this
amount somewhat but IT Is believed, not 80 much
al to exceed the appropriation OF $50oOo0o for tho
current year ending June 30 1871.
LETTERS.
The number OF letters, domestic and foreign, re-
ceived at the Dead Letter ONCE during the last fiscal
| year was as follows:-
Domestic letters classed as ordinary 2,8s2, ,86S;
| drop, 475,300; unmailabe, 3s4, $780, hcel, 27,4l0;
fictitious, 86,663; registered, $685. returned from
| foreign countries 69,46l; total domestic letters
| 1892 046; foreign letters 2204I5; whole number,
or domestic letters unregistered I9 1888 contained
money amounting TO So, ,540 in sums OF 81 and up
ward; and OF registered letters 1858 contained
500 327making total of %, 321 letters, containing
Sg2,S87 Oi these 1920, containing $77,l16, were
delivered to the writer's or persons addressed; 2468,
containing S96l9, were filed for reclamation, and
number enclosing sums less than 81 % 944
tanning S6,793; Of which 20356, containing $5,O5S,
were delivered TO The writer's and $685. containing
ST34 were filed for reclamation.
The number OF letters containing bank checks,
drafts, deeds, 60, was II $780, OF the nominal value
OF S3,075,5H; OF which 1885, OF the nominal value
OF S2 963 400 desvered to the owners and 992.
or the nominal value OF $l12 LA, were outstanding
The humber OF packages and letters containing
jewery. books and other property was 6.92l OF
which 4,74O were delivered and lsl were filed for
reclaim alton. The number containing photographs
was 3s,0O9 OF which 81 97S were delivered and b,o3l
were filed. The number containing receipts, bills
Itvered and 3, ,254 were filed. The numser contain
ing postage and revenue stamps and articles Of
small value was 45,457
The number OF letters without enclosures remailed
to the writers was 842 325; OF which 4S702l
delivered and 1855 04 were returned to the office and
destroyed. The number In which the writer's name
and local address were omitted or were iegibe, and
or letters found to contain circulars &C., and
6f the unmailable letters, siS.ss4 were detained
for postage, not being prepaid, as required by law.
They either wholly unpaid, were not prepaid
full rate, or stamped with Illegal or revenue stamps
81, 123 were misdlrected, the post office, State
some necessary part OF the address being omitted
3,016 had ne address whatever, and 1857 were ad-
dressed to places where there was mail service
The number OF applications for dead letters was
7174, and in 2223 cases the letters were found and
forwarded TO their owners.
The amounts deposited in the Treasury were:-
For unclaimed dead-ctter money, se,27o; for pro-
ceeds OF sales Of waste paper, S. 247 tota SIS 5l7
POSTAL M0NEYORDER SYSTEM
The number OF money-order offices In operation
were estabsl,ed May 2 1870 On the LIST l Of August
1870 1856 additional offices were created and four
Offices were discontinued. so that the whole number
now in operation Is 2,076 Most or these Offices
were established In the Western States, where the
constant increase OF population and material re-
sources produces corresponding demand for the
facilities anorded by the money ordcr system for the
sale and expeaitious transfer through the mails OF
AT the four onices that were abolished the amount
OF business transacted had become small as to
render their continuance unnecessary
The number Of domestic money orders issued dur.
ing the year was 1871 ,25a, which the aggregate
The S Number Hsa paid was 1850 amount
To When is TO be- aaaed the amount Of
orders repaid 10 the remitters. 26s,lH
--S3S,9 ,927 1924
Excess Of issues over payments..... ......i $2659
Tho amount OF fees commissions received by
postmastsrs from the public Tor the issue OF orders
was S235, 235. During the year 1859 the aggregate
amount OF orders ISSUED was S24 ,05S or orders
paid and repaid $24 664, iZS and OF fees received,
| comparison OF these items with the correspond
ing transactions of the last year shows an increase
during year 1870 OF s92O6 1875, or 1866 per cent
cent In the amount OF payments, and Of S69,oH. or
| 1876 per cent IN the amount OF fees.
The average amount oil the money orders Issued
during the last year was $40 81, being " cents
| than the average OF the preceding year.
| The number OF duplicate orders drawn was 7,175,
or which 1865 were Issued to replace originals lost
or deiayed the malls or otherwise 81 In lieu
OF orders rendered nvad because not presented for
20 were substituted for orders made Invalid In con.
sequence Of having, contrary to law, more than one
There were /, ,e45, or almost 30 per cent more du.
plicates Issued last year than during the previous
| entire money ord er business
The receipts and expenditures OF the last year. as
adjusted and reported BY the Auditor, were as fol
Fees received for money orders issued s235, ,235
amount received for premium on drafLs 1921; total
| $235.557. Commissions TO postmas ters and allow
ances for clerk hire, Sl3S, 1873; allowances for re
mittances lost In transmission by mail, SIS, l6b; In
cdental expenses for stationery and fixtures $2077
total, S145,352 Excess Of receipts over expendi
lures, being the amount OF revenue derived from
the transaction OF the money order business 500 ia
The magnitude OF the operations OF the none
order system IL well Illustrated by the statemen
that ut the city OF New York alone the orders lssue
during the last year amounted TO $3.50, 1853, tn
orders paid TO Ss.a7I.6l6. the remttanccs receives