National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1872-12-05

042 So; postage on local matter, sl49, 23l 10.
The following table shows the NUMBER OF
| employees In the Post Otncs Department also
the number Of postmasters, contractors, clerks
In post offices, route agents, railway Po.tal
clerks, and other officers In service on the 5Oth
| June, 1879, respectively Departmental ON
GERS and employees iSTl-Postmaster Zone
raj, 3 Assistant Postmasters Generals J
superintendent OF foreign mails ! euperln-
tendent Of money-order office chief Of d.
vision Of dead letters chief clerk OF Depart
ment' chief clerks of bureaus 3lB clerks
laborcrs, watchmen, &c. Total 1871, S5l'
| 1871 Postmaster General; Assistant fost-
masters General; l superintendent OF foreign
inRilsi | superintendent Of money-order Of
hco chief 81 division Of dead letters chief
S3i clerks, labOrors, watchmon, &c
Total 1879, $40. $500.
Other officers and agents 1911 - SO,Vio
postmasters 1898 contractors 8,43g clerks
In post offices l,4lO letter.carrlers OSt route
agents; bl8 railway postal olerksi lO3 NAL
route messengers ~ local hgemts o. sPe S5
| agents. Total IN service 1871, f3,OOl' lois-
3l,S3 postmasters b,5A contractors 800
clerks In post office ,449 letter-carriers ~
| route agents bl5 railway postal clerks lto
mall route messengers w local agents 5v
special agents. Total In service lSfS, 44,ODO'
READIUsrAEHT OF PosIMAsTERs sALARlEs'
| Inc second toctlon OF inc act OF JuIy l.
1854, directs the Postmaster General to re-
view and rsadjnat the salaries OF all postmas-
| tiers once IN Two years. ana IN Bpeclh cAsCs
as much oitener as may 10 deemed oHpeul.
emit In accordance herewith, the salaries OF
3l,Sb3 postmasters have been reviewed AND
IeadJusted for two years from July l. lois.
Inc salaries as thus read)usted make yearly
aggregate OF S569O,Oi5 The establishment
OF new oiices aud the read ustneht IN epoelhl
cases Will Increase the amount somewhat
dHITlng the cnrrent year, ana, a. only go,oIS,-
wv was appropriated ior TINS purpose ior INC
year ending june 30, 1873, an additional sum
VIII DO asked Tor 10 meet the dehclehey'
DEAD LETTERS,
Inc number OF letters, domestic ana lor-
clgn received at tho dead-leller ONCE during
the last year was as tollowsi Domesllc letters
Siassed Us ordinary, SgSoOlsi drop, o ~,
Sot; unmallaoie, oIS,oS4 notey 5Sh4Oo'
fictitious, S5,O91; registered, ~ bS re,
turned from foreign countries VI, ~ Iotal
d0inesnc ietters, 3v'h7i4; foreign leI'erS'
SihuoO' whole number, 4,Sll,o4 m.
VI domestic letters not regrleTedi 70 10 80 ~
cunl'ilieu monty amounting W F"e J'o,V", ~, y,
sums OF one dollar and upwerdi ana 90 OF Ihe
registered leuofs, i,sil contained FLVoS'oS-
nhuS toSm " lvy iSt'eIr, summing , ~
SOi,%h.o1: VI thesc, IL, lS7, containing w
sum OF S5hsb'0O, were delNeICu 10 ult
writer's oI bersons 9uuresSeui E,4o, cohtii, y.
ny So,OtGsS, Whlci, coulu not 20 IetuIhou "
aIS o"hets' were n'oa ca LOT IeclainaOn! ~, nnu
|
or on mama aWaillng dlsposlnoh' Inc nun w
Der lncloslhg sums n less tnan ", WAS 90 flUo
containing ~, sOVo' OF Whlch ~; ion, Son
tanning so,oO9;S1, were lelVeIel 70 the W.lteIl
or PeEsons auuteSsen' anu o,o'V, c9hstln, w
SSo.tU, were outstanding OF ON mana ior us
POrltloh' ,-..- --,-,-,- -,
INC .uulhncE Oh let'eTH continuing uauh
checks, drafts, deeds &c, wa ~ lg,sly OF th'
nominal value OF Fo,oSOoVV'oo, u w Mnl ~
lootoI OF lne hounihh Naluo IN 20; Vo Sg5 -
| Mere ueilNeleu 10 inc OWncIh anu l'ooS, v
the nominal yalne OF SIlI,SSI.S' were out
StanulhS or hleu iOr reclamauoh' -.
Inc number OF packages ana letters con
lalntlg leWelry, Oooka and otnST properly
M as Q 800, oi Whlch o,fOo were uehNereu' ui''
S,SSo were nled LOT reelanalloh.
40 iane huIhUer containing phVtVBraphs wa
t9'vy9' OF Nnlcil oS''ol were uelNoreu' NhO
VJIl2 were nleu' ,,,-
Inc ntlIiiDeI C no de ISteLP.s' o n5iis 0
laGlng, &c, was S9;a1S, oil when SSolS Werl
uenyered, ana l,sio were MED. lne nunoe
containing postage ana revenue stamps, an,
nuISClcs Vi hnnII Nhuc, was oo,S'O, ol MihSi
D ool were ueuEeteut ana ., fOJ were hleu'
In1 nui',Dci ~ e.Is, "itnout sS sSg &c =
RENAMED 70 inc writer's, was l,ozv, ~, Q
when i,SlOtOV. were ueIiNeIeu, anu ole,Sy
were returned 10 me olhce anu uesuoyeu
rue nu,nucI IN which tne writer h n, ny, y,
local address "sro oinltteut OF were ilcgiuie
Hlu VI letteIS contai,uB a SS an. &c ai
cpnseIuently uSslrpyeu, was S 40 90,
VI the nnmallaoIe Letters, Sls,o were ue
oed iof posting; not Uo,nS p,eP ahIi ~ ~,
quIeu ny Jaw. ihol "eTo ei'ucr Wuoiy uu
pald, were nor prepaid one Iull rae, OF w nn
ss.sillped WIN illegal OF rcNonue stathPs' ~,
Ooi MeIo lhlSuIeVteui ulv Ppet olhSo, otaty
/, sOlno heecssuiS PaIt VI thS uuu' eSs uelII
on,atteui anu fptI hha NO huaIoss M,hleIel
IA VI ~ oPgi ~, 10 I,s
WIS L'lo', anu IN SOD case7 tlu lettSIs meI
z | lOullu anu lblNhIutu W tAb uHluNhuAh v
rIn .,,,D,. 1oro-,,oI l., ,,,, tr,t,oa s,o,,
a | Traas,,rv we're, Enr Unclaimed daod IcitS
: treasury Werei FOR unclaimed uead-lctte
nionIy us'iIng the year, SI.S1' lut PIo0o W
"a 10 10 " "Ssto Pa1oi 9uIiIs uo ""
,'1' lS9 o. ~. W s"9 VI III o,'
nnPS' St"Saof luI PrOSeeus VI snIo " V ~ ~ ~
Pot $1,000, i"Inl Iil ~, ~
. 'ota' uePosIteu uuIlns lle year, sll,Oot'S5'
Postal MoNEl -ohpbh slsIEh 70, ,
lhu huil1uI ul money -oIuer Post otiiS 3 ~,
= ~ ~ is,T r'I ISs, 90, aI1,,Irr,
= III III tno ION VI guy, los o. huu is'l
uilCcS Noip esthDll'neu ullu olo "iS w = ~,
'Tnou' ~ tnat 'ne "iolo nuiilpeI 70 w" = :
lh9 hummer " uoluos 1 80 n aIn oIH f
uuIIls thc year Mas =, w vi WIZ ny
tuu nBs'o3hte Nal"e was Sf9'oioipSS,'ssI, o ~
nuDSt VI sucH otueIs P INV ,n we 90
ln Nni.'o W 80 ~ tuoo' W ~,
~ n'ueu ~ .Ss lpo 90 W 20
ny ~ t ~ So''iSo''V' 'pt' VI pay t"ent
T. s4o, 1l',Oi4BG excess oI ISSUES o'er ia.
y hlCu'H' S"o,oo,''o, H.. - ...-,.-,.,,. =
The amount OF iees OF CoIilinlsslV sl, !,
celved from tue PnDIc Dy PaIn @ ~ iOI u
y issue OF money orders was SoJO' Soo,Uo'
, Thee transactions eIhlplt Nv increase o'
1871 oil 4lt'o1 OF hOout Pe 90 anS 4
= the amount OF oIuets lssueui VI So,o'- 80
y or about 10 leo per CENT III inc amount ,gI
N orders PnLu' huu VI - I s0S,o.I 10Y
~ cent, IN the amount VI lees ,ecel'eu.
20 The average amount Oh lho i nUg ~ Vr oI,
~ Issued during the iast year was SLo,ol Dei,
~ 10 cent? less Ihah tue average vi 'he preee
"a ing year ,,
W The whole humber OF dnbnCate nIuT
u drawn was IL, ~ o. when 1890 were
~ sued TO replace oflBlhai otueIs MniSh "a,
~ been LOST, or lalleu 70 Tehch men uesIIliutl'
:" In due utne, Dy reason OF lhpoIleCt o. erI
neous address OF eh9nge OF PaSee Ieslueh'
vi One hundred ana lniIty-.nItee uPheales We
u In lieu OF orders rehuerSu ihNali1 uecAuse u
w. presented Tor payment before tne ehplra
w Of one year Mter dateI ah9 lonrteoh were
place OF oruerS y "a Iole Inal
nd huoIseiueut, d,,,I,oa,os $500 Iast =.
"a, PEI eSutI, n NJ ~ on. 90 a oonstie,
,ts nun uutlhs tuI 49, osno. /. ~, ha
IL De portion ~ 'iin az 5o,aooTamt
m lrlDuteu W lo ~, S,.aat az az Sbina,,n
'h' money OTucTh ny lhc Eloat NV ~ NhlShb''