New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

81 special agents bll4ilyV AZ
Is maiI-roue mess myers. 6,!lO 90
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C local a6cDts..-......-.......'.....'' to'I0O
.229,9so 10
FREE DELIVERY.
The free delivery systom has IN operation during
the year in OF tho principal cities, with tho following
aggregate results:
Number OF lctter-carriers Iva
Mail etters delivered. .....-...'...'. W'sds5a
Local letters d1lyercd................. Z,lyoS
SewaQapers e2o SIs
HmoaSt 11rS paid carriers, including Incidental
Postage on local CSl,sj TO
This shows the following increase Gs compared with
last year: g.
Letier-carrers - -,o iIe
Local letters S'tiU5z
Newspapers S'oS2 o59
Amount paid carriers, Including incidental ex-
penses ~ ~
POsage on local i'O'' 20
READJUsTARST OF FosTMAsrERs SAIARIEa
The second section OF the act OF July 1861 directs tho
PostnasterGenera TO review and readust tho salaries
Of al posmasters In two years. and in special cases
o. much oftener "a may be deemed e1pedent. In &C
cordance herewith the salaries Of 2So2 PostmAsiers
have been reviewed and readusted for two years from
July l. The salaries as thus readlusted, make
yearly aggregate of ST. 75s. Tho establishments OF
Offices and the rcadustnent IN special cases VIII In
exceed the appropriation OF 5COoOOO for the
| current year ending juno 80, ISL
DEAD LETTERs
The number Of letters domestic and foreign, received
at the Dead Letter Once during tho last fiscal year.
as follows:
Domestic letters classcd ordinary, 2.ss2s drop
l7s9O unmailablc Ss41OG hotel 27O fictitious, 8,G6S
registered 6S3 returned from foreign countries C94Gl
total domestic letters S9320I5; foreign letters 2Olb;
| whole number, 4.152,460. =.
OF domestic letters unTegsterod Is7ss S e0ntainea
and OF registered letters 256S contained SoJN 73
making total Of 2S21 ctters containing tSls6 g. or
these, 1880 containing S7ll6 a. were deiyefea 70 mo
writers persons addrcsscd 2 cont lnlDg S96l9 III,
vcrc out3anding. The number inclosing ess than
s. was % 9 ccntIing 1898 60; Of Which 1885, con
ainng O55 r. delivered 10 tho writer's, and 23S
containing s73g IS. were filed for reclamation.
Tic number OF letters containing bank checfs drafts
& Ge5 g Of Sf wReh G1S e Ss Of he noina value Of :2G
400 o. delivered 70 the owners ana 99 OF the nom
ia value Of s112l44 IS, were outstanding or He'd for
The number of packages and letters containing Jew
ery books, and other property, was G92l OF which LAO
were delivered, and 2lsl were fled for reclamation Tho
number containing photographs was $500; Of which
containing receipts, bills Of ladng, DO, 2745a OF
which 200 were delivered, and 1924 were fled Tho
number containing postage and revenue stamps, and
articles OF small value, was 45.457.
the writer's $40 5 OF which iS7 l were delivered,
aud returned 10 the Office and destroyed Tho
number in which the writer name and local ADDRESS wcTo
omitted or egble and Of letters found 10 contain
circulars &C. and consequently destroyed, was leogOi
OF the unmaabe letters, Sl26s4 were de AIMED for
postage, net being prepaid required by law, They
were either wholly unpaid were not prepaid one full
rate, or were stamped with Illegal OF rovonle stamps
necessary part OF the address being omitted bO9 had
no address whatever and 367 addressed TO places
whero there no mail service.
The number OF applications for dead letters was 7iG,
and in 1928 cases the letters were founo and forwarded
The amounts deposited in the treasury were For Nm
claimed dcadetter money, 1920; for proceeds OF bac8
OF waste paper, $2,2i7-tOtal, S5,6l7,
POSTAL NoSEY-oRDER SYSTEM.
The number OF oneyOrder Offices in operation during
the last fiscal year Co4, Of which nine were estab
lishcd May 1870 On the lst Of August 1870 3Ss add
uOnal Offices were created, and four Offices dscon
tnued 50 that the whole number in operation is
2O16 Most Of these offices established in the
Western States where the constant increase OF pOpua
tion and material resources produces corresponding
demand for the facilities afforded by the InOneyOrder
system fOr the safe and expeditions tanfer through the
mails Of small sums of money.
At the four offices that were abolished tho amount OF
business transacted had become small as to render
their continuance unnecessary.
The number OF domestic money orders issued during
the year 1911 253 OF which tho aggregate value
The number paid was l,e7S.a2s amounting in
To which is to be added the amount Of orders
repaid to the remitters. 269lS 62
Total payments 92i 70
Excess Of issues over payments t26259 %
The amount Of fees commissions received by Post
masters from the public for the issue OF orders
t23535 So During the year 1902 the aggregate amount
OF orders issued $slSO65 49, OF orders paid and
repaid S2i,O53iIj 49, OF received,
comparison OF these items with the corresponding
transactions Of the last year shows Increase during
the year 1870 Of $9105l25 49, SC6 per cent In the
amount Of issues OF 23Sl 49, or $40 per cent, I'm the
amount OF payments; and OF SJ9 30 or S36 per cent,
III the amount Of fees.
The average amount OF money orders issued during
te last year was $50 81 being IA cents more than the
average 6f the preceding year.
The number OF duplicate orders drawn was 7,l75; OF
winch 1903 were issued TO replace originals lost de
aye IN the mals, otherwise 81 in lien Of orders
rendered hVand because not presented for until
more Indh one year after date and 10 were substituted
Tor orders made invalid in consequence of having
uary 10 law, more than one indOrscment.
IheTe were lC5, or almost 80 per cent duplicates
Issued Lt year than during tine previous year-gn in
order business.
The receipts and expenditures OF the last year "a
aqgia'eu anu reported Dy the Auditor were follows,
Fees received for money orders issued slJ5235 80;
aiOuI' OeiNeu Tor premium OIL drafts. Sill Total,
S91I 70 COMMISSIONS 10 pDstmastcrh md allowances
Tor cttA Ie, s'iSo "a; allowances for Fe'4ittauccs
lOst III iahsnsson Dy mail, S,lG6 So Incidental cx-
pcnses for stationery and fxtIres sl0i a. t,nI al a.
362 g.. Excess OF receipts over cXpeudturss he g the
amount VI revenue dcrly'd tgsm tie -auacnr of Inc
mouey-Order business, t90l74 C3 " Wv
The magnitude Of tie operations OF the rnnnev order
system Is well illustrated by the statement that 1t lie
year amounted 10 sC5j,25s 50; the orders naid to
1851 SIC III the romittaBces received nom postiasers
to a. 1851 ss; and the crafts OF posnas,ers "a a. t
In consequence Of the wellmown tendency 70 re,oit
money from the smaller 10 tho larger towns ana III
they pay and the larger Offices pay than they sue
t. enable the latter a. pay all orders on presentation
knasters ut the smaller Offices AZ" renired IL trans