New-York tribune., 1872-12-03

COSTRACTs-RAILRoAD MAIL SERVICE.
There were IN the service Of the Department on the
soth Of June s2 544 for the transportation
Of tue mails on public routes.
There we're at the close OF the year 2S25 special"
offces each with a mailcarrier, whose pay from the
Department allowed 10 exceed the net postal yield
or public mail routes in operation there werr 1859
aggreeatng in length 1873 miles, In annual transport
alton 4,9S4 322 miles, and ip annual cost, sl2b9264
lronte agents mairoute messengers local agents mail
messengers and bagg IN charge OF registered
sskSgS GSst s s499a0s s4S96sHs 10
The railroad routes have been increased in length
sO77 miles and in cost S7T792 The expense for new
railroad service may be set down at S422937, being
an average cost OF so SO per mile per snaun' Inc
length of railroad routes was nrst reported 10 ne
SS7l miles at the close Of the year ended June 80 1887
miles in s5 years being an average OF over 6261 miles
per snnum. The largest increase in length for any one
year for 1872 being s0 miles The first report OF
ihe annual cost Of railroad routes uneombned with
steamboat routes was $5352 on the 4th OF November
OF sO9 in a years, and average increase Of over
e2 Jas per snnum The largest increase IN cost for any
one year was for 1872, being SII,7A
PINES AND DEDUCTIoSs-MAu DEPREDAnoSs.
The amount Of ues imposed upon contractors and de-
iucOns made from their pay for failures and other de-
nquencies for the last year was t92SSl A. and the
amount remitted during the period $2349 d.
leaving the amount Of fines and deductions S6s92 &C.
as appears from the following reeapitulatlon:
Arao1usof fnes. e2e6 OF
Amount Of deiae'ion os'l9 20
S.a s.
Amouni RENTED LStS Il
Sst ,.ovst ..............s@03
The number of complaints Of missing letters during
the wear was a98 OF which 2305 were registered and
2a3 unregistered, containing bonds, drafts, and cur
tered tters $50 were accounted for and only l72 have
been reported actually lost The remaining cases are
For violation OF the postal laws 196 persons have been
arrested. Of whom 90 have been convicted and sen
fenced TO different degrees OF punishment and OF the
remainder some have been discharged ana others are
awaiting trial. -
Tue total number OF letters exchanged during the
year with foreign countries 2362O an increase OF
loS9a over the reported for 1871 OF this num-
Der I2aos4 sent from and I35 were received
in the United States.
The number OF letters (snglerate) exchanged in the
United states and European mails was l76s2,99o. an
increase OF 39IS9 the number reported for ls7
The total postages the letters exchanged with for
eigu countries amounted TO N5l257 IS an increase OF
AIS soo rs over the amount reported for 1871.
Tie aggregate amount OF postage tsea, inland and for
eignj on the letter malls exchanged with the United
K'nSdom Of Great Britain and Ireland, Germany,
France Belgium the Netherlands. Switzerland Italy,
An Increase Of slZ2T6 ca the amount reported for
l The poSaRes letters sent exceeded the Postages
on letters received from the countries in the sum
OF t9O76 being over u per cent OF the aggregate
amount Tue postages collected IN the omted M states M
amounted to t92A 90 aud 10 Europe 70 Ns4CCs 75 the
eTeess OF collections ln the United states being
sS4 S. 256 per cent OF the entire postage receipts
fTom European correspondence.
Comparng the year 1872 with the year 1871 the rate OF
the total umDer OF
foreign countries was 70 per cent ana the rate OF IN
cnsase IN the amOunt O postage thereon was 90 per
snt The Increase ia the number OF letters exchanged
,h European countries was 263 per cent ana the III
-s1 Of hostages thereon amounted 10 l04 per cent.
rns tofa Of mails exCh angeo during the year
ttb RSTopean countries was i64O6s9 pounds (over et
go, the weight OF letter cOrresporoenee being 55l 9t
sa,,nds aud of printed matter and samples, l2So,Ioi
founds The aggregate weight OF mails sent 10 hnrope
va as 9s0 pounds, and Of mails received lIoh 6ufOpe
s 7 pounds The weight OF letter correspondence so
Iso 56 pOundsaDd OF letter
reeeiyed froa Europe, 1919 pounds. Inc Wegnt O
rnted naffer and samples sent 20 Europe was e2Ioe
pOunds, and Of printed matter anu SS"P0s i00'i''O
fr0m Europe, 605,sol pounds.
STEAMSHIP SERVICE
The cost Of the United transatlantic mall steam
ship service for the year 1872 t2OSOi TO- being an n
GREASE Of t6s n over the cost Of the same service io
the year 1871. The payments made TO the Respective
seamship fnes conveying malls 70 Europe reoeiVlh'
seapostaRos full compensation for the service
follows VIZ:
TEs Liverpool and Great Western Williams Gue5) line, 1000 4.
1s h, e7 tos from NJ. Yo,l 10 oussusewn o. S6 n
The Hapbuu ABsncan Psefe ConDsBy ~ tnps from
SeN YOrt V Plymouth and Hamburg also for e0Bfey.
ng msl ton New Orleans W SsItaudsf ispanl ard 30,
5bs morn German Loyd Of Bsmer ior 70 hps from New.
70 Southampton ara Bremen and sho Tor eoaycyng
sss ow Baltimore and EeSOrssns 70 BremeB.... 1t2B
Tks Csnss1 1ps 70 Liyerool.
CaEsdn hhe f0s ~ tnps " Liverpool 3S5
Tks Baae L1yd line, for tnp from heu.f0k " Stsn.
To..i......................... s270 oOl
The United states pOstages on malls conveyed 10 and
from the West Indies, Mexico, Panama, South Pacific
Belize (Honduras), Nova Scotia, Newfoundland aid
Bermuda amounted ~ t37l6 81. an0 the cost Of The
ass conveyence thereof was el1ls 81. The United