New-York tribune., 1870-12-12
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE NEW.yoRK POsT-OFFICE.
STATISTICS FOR 1870-MONEY ORDEhs-hL"h'
TERED LETTERs-1NCREAsE OF bosiNho''
Y.,,. ;mnrovoments have been intro

STATISTICS FOR 1870-MONEY ORDERs-REGlS-
TERED LETTERs-INCREAsE OF BUSINESS
Jmportant improvements have been lntro-
duced during the present year In the management VI o
seven departments Of the New-fOrk ,olV ros'-oii''
The whole number OF attaches is about ~O. iho Vai
deliver the mail daily Sundays e1cepteu as iono"o
From the main Office ats 10. and III o. m IT, D. ana p
m: from Stations and at ana 10 a. ' IL ii ~ %
and DIM; and d, 70 9i, and 1Oi a. m, l2t ~ ana
ANN + and +, "a, i9l and III n. M, l. D. anu "
n m q and H. five tines above seyeneth-st' on the
east side four times, and the west SIDE TWICE. pS
mounted carriers
Two million more letters have been delivered ana
coo 900 more collected from the lampp0st boxes than
tbn ane pSriod In lsGO or 1000 boxes GOO0 are
let Eighty-Gye employees are at work ia le ,
trbution department exc usVey IIer huiiuieu 'iuu
sand letters are dropped In the main office daily one
hundred thousand are received from other ohces INC
newspapers 1I2 boxes. or 1900 bags sent out day
500 contain letters exclusively. The weight Of matter
handled daily in the newspaper and mailing department
Gently increased per cent The work Is done by liO
persons. Ninetyeight postal car, and route agents re-
port this office Thirteen per cent OF the whole mum
ber OF stamps and stamped envelopes issued by the Gov
ernment during the fiscal year ending June 3O l6O were
sold here. The increase over 1870 was 2i5 per cent
For the year ending oct 81, 1870 the number OF for
en letters received was 5lOCSl3; foreign letters sent
5,aJ9S9i.
The business transacted in the Money Order Depart
ment during the corresponding quarters ehdlhg sep"
80 1869, and sept 80, $780, was as follows; c,.oos
Sept. l56s-S6 money orders issued '...s iso 20 20
Sept sE 81 ne1.s Saes OF ofSr s'o 1So oySf t63 aS 10
Sept. 1895 orders paid......... l3LO "a
Sept, lJ5O-55l8 money orers paid......... y.b8 %
9755 Increase Of 1910 l2G9..... l2layI 10
The registration OF letters organized into system
I'm the year 1850 AT first four clerks were able 10 codc
the business The safeguards 30 insufficient tnat
the fee put at five cents and remained such unt te
beginning of l3 when 1t increased to 20 cents re-
celpt being given to the sender showing inc ueEery T
the letter In the early part OF 1861 the fee ON doeStc
registered letters put at Is cents ana on ie
ters eight cents. These are the present rats IN
system Of transmission was introduced the prdf
pal feature which incosing the letters IN "a Ieg7
tered package envelope, and obtaining recet .o
Postal Clerks. Instead OF sending In the ordinary na
as before all registered matter intrlsted 10 KOu,e
Agents In addition 10 the registration OF letters pach
ages &c, all the stamps and stamped envelopes II
nished 10 Postmasers throughout the United states are
received in this Department for registration ana theh
dispatched their destination. An average OF 40 regs
registered matter are dispatched daily making about
three tuns. ,,-t...z
The following exhibits the gradual increase OF business
L., ,I,s.