Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-12-12
$s,sso.s7s 81


Stamped envelopes, plain, 81, 500,
stamped envelopes, rsauest," H.. ''''''' =
sss,ooO representing. ........... 1884, $50 90
resenting. ............... ........ 175,i62 50
The whole number Of stamps, stamp
ed envelopes, and newepapcr-wrsp-
pers was ISL, $40, Of the aggre-
gate value ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $l9 O7O,61S "
. There were in the service Of the Department on
transportation Of the mails on public routes.
The service was divided % follows:
e ss
603, 77l-about 10. - cents per mile.
Steamboat routes: Length 1880 miles; an
x779, 6-about Is. 10 cents per mile
Other routes, ON which the mails are required
to be conveyed with .celerty, certainty and
porsation 4siss Isl miles: annual cost, 8. as
about II cents per mile.
The Railroad routes have been increased in
length 3 OF miles, and In cost $777,792.
The total number OF new mail.bags procured
and put in service was q, 67O Of which 2l3 were
used for transmission Of printed matter. .nd H.
456 for letter.mails. The cost was Gao.
THROUGH MAILS. -
The transmission Of through mails betwe> che
Atlantic and Pacific coasts was greatly interrupted
tions Of the months Of December, January, Feb
ruary and March last The number Of days ON
which no mails were received At San Francisco
Only II mails out d a from New York we're r.;
carried through 70 San Francisco IN schedule time
In December, only out Of % In January, none
March.
NAIL DFPRKDArIoNs.
during the year was 4,808, Of which 2S06 wore
registered and 1853 unregistered, containing
e and e N es IS %e,s
accounted for, and only III have becn reported
. actually Lost: The Remaining. cases arc in the
FS. q e. ne s. %
have been arrested, Of whom 90 have been con.
victed and sentenced TO different degrees Of
punishment, and Of the remainder some have been
discharged and others are awaiting trial.
RAILWAY POsr.OfT1CEs.
Since The soth june. 1871, this branch Of the
s.1 ns' sssn rS N Exe
length Of $500 miles The daily service has
been increased 609A miles, and the annual service
& .d %ss pc.. y The e1Sss
At an annual cost Of e17S, 800
FORRBGN MAILS.
The total number Of letters exchanged. during
the year, with foreign countries was ~ 063 5O0 an
igcrease Of 4,066 over the number reported for
ISL. Of this number. Il, 71s06! were sent from,
The number Of letters lsingie rate) exchanged
81, sss, an increase Of adSo,4ao oven tho number
fhe total hostages on the letters exchanged with
foreign countries amounted to 81 81 9S7 t. an In
crease Of $1sS 9eosS over the amount reported for
1871. -
Comparing the year 1877 with the year 1871, the
rate Of increase In the total number Of letters ex
changed with foreign countsies WAS 80 Per cent,
and the rate increase In the amount OF hostages
thereon was SO per cent The increase In the
aamber Of letters exchanged With Earopean coun-
tries was SIS per cent, and the increase Of post
ages thereon amounted to 1O.4 per cent.
The total cost of the United States ocean mail
$7sS,0o0 paid from special apMopsiations for
steamship service to Japan and China to Brazil,
and to the Hawaiian lelands) was 11,057, O90.97.
The free-delivery system has been In operation
during the year In Of the principal cities
with the following aggregate results