New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-30
Ahe PO,tOtlice Department..

The following Is Il summary OF the opera
tons OF the Postoffice Department. for the
fiscal wear which ended on June 30. 1870:
Total receipts OF the department from
postage, standing appropriations for free
mail service, and special subsidies for steam
shin lines. S2l l64.720 %; disbursements
of all kinds, S-3.99S,S3l b3: excess OF DIS
burscments over the receipts representing
the actual cost to the treasury for the postal
service S2.Sl4.ll6 %; of the appropriations
to meet deficiencies in the revenue OF the de
partment for the fiscal year ending on june
30 1870 there was undraWn at
the end of the wear S4.74o,0Oo. or
ten per cent over the previous year; 3d.
or ~ plain stamped envelOps and rep
rcsenting l25.; 1886: stamped enveiops
bearing request for return /" the
writer. representing l.OSi.25o; an increase
OF 400 per cent; 493o.29o newspapers III
wrappers representing 9S.60j: an increase
of 1923 per cent: stamps and stamped en-
vclopS sold during the year amount to Slc.-
JSl go Al: an increase over the previous
wear of Sl4O932 90. or 92S per cent the
whole number OF domestic letters original
ng in the United States received S3.9320 i3.
being an increase over the previous year ot
| iJS per cent: letters originating III foreign
| countries and addressed to places i'll the
| United States. 220.tl5, an increase OF 1909
| per cent over the previous year: letters with
| Enclosure of money to the number OF 4J.5l5,
! containing the sum of S9S.hol ~, were
restored to their owners; 3S.6oS containing
! $S.2l7 .49i.
The balances due on June 30. $50 but
! not vet adjusted. are reported for settle
mcnt at SI265.725 -: balance of deficiency
! approximation unsettled. after paying all
claims of the year. S3.i74.274 81; increase
| of ordinary receipts as compared with the
year ending june 80 1860. Sl,26s. ABB 9S; in
crease of expenditures. compared with the
wear ending 30, 1860 S300.706 3D. issues OF
postage stamps and stamped envelops,
| l6S.llS,445; adhesive postage stamps. repre-
! senting l3.906,76S. an increase of ten per
cent over the previous year of S43O21 %;
plain stamped cnvelopS. representing
81. 297 .l59 number of money offices i'll OPP
| Grafton, 2076: number of orders issued,
l.67I ,253, representing s3i,35 lsi II; in
crease over previous year, s9,?oo' 10 %;
number of orders paid. l.61 5,2tS, represent
inc over S33. 927 92l ~; increase over last
year So, 1895 Is; receipts for fees. com
missions etc. s235 .55l %: expenses. SID
3S2 A.: net profits, S90,l74 So: increase as
compared with previous year, $2.4blOI4.
Money orders to Switzerland. 729; orders
issued representing 2.2lS.97066 3; orders
were paid representing $2,05905o; fees,
So 746: expenses. S9497; profits. $40, 2i9
Contracts: There We're in the service OF the
department on the tllirtieth of June. 1870.
|
or mail routes in the United States. SSol,
aorreoating 23l ,232 miles. an annual trans
Dortation of &C, 72o. 1876 miles. and an annual
| cost of 81. l6SSi6 53: adding compensate Oh
| of railway postoifice clerks, route agents,
secret agents. mail messengers. mail route
messengers and baggage masters IN charge
| of registered packages, amounting TO 81 a. u
$50; the aggregate annual cost Is sl2,>'o, ,
5I3 Service divided as follows: Railroad
routes-length 1872 miles; annual trans
portation 4 ,5il go miles annual cost
SIPS. pOl, or about 1873 cents per mile
steamboat length 20.67S miles: annua
TRANSFORMATION 4.l22.3S5 miles: annual cost
sos, Isl, or about ~ cents per mile.
The other routes on which the mails arr
required to be conveyed with CELEBRITY, Ger
tainty and security: length l66,Sl0 miles
annual transportation 45,38,64l miles; an
nual cost $5.049.59S, or about eleven an'
onc-thrd cents per mile. There was an in
crease over the preceding year i'll length o
routes of 1901 miles, in the annual trans
portation 6,39l 1913 miles and IN cost S47S, l52
adding the increased cost of railway clerks
route and local agents. sl95, SOB: the tota
increase in cost Is $613,Sl6. The torcigl
statements of distances and cost do not III
clude service for special offices. There wcr
at the close of the year 2l69 of these eacl
with q mail-carrier whose pay from the de
partment is not allowed to exceed the he
postal yield of the office; special routes AM
their carriers are included. however. III tn
t number of contractors and routes as give
, in the above appointments.
The number of poStotfices in the Unite
States on June 80, 1870, amounted to 2S.4'+
The number of postoiiices established dnrin
5 the fiscal year was 1853 The number
postoffccs closed was 962, being an increas
of 1897. The number of postmasters sublee
to appointment by the President was lo,'l:
: Number of cases acted upon during the yea
, $3.50; number of appointments during I'll
year, lS,410; number of appointments
: RESIGNATION of postmasters, 4lO5; number c
, ann0intments on the removal Of postmasterE
, lii9: number of appointments by the deaf
of postmasters during the year was 1913.