Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-11-26
Report OF POStmaSter-General.

The report of The postmaster.gcneral
Is completed. Ii shows that the ordinary
revenues OF the post-ofiice department Tor
the dsca year ending Juue. 1873. were
S22,9J6 al, aud the expenditures of all
kinds we're s20, 0S4,9i5. The estlma.
ted expenditures for the year 1875, are
$50, 920,6l2, aud the cstimatel revenues
S2o 2u3. 549, leaving u deficit to he ap.
rroptlated out of the general treasury Of
81 700, 3o3 This does not include ST.
10 900 for the mail service between San
francisco aud Japan aui China. and be-
tvccn San Francisco aud the Sandwich
Islands. 1t is stated that counting a
the railway lines both ways, the mail SER
vice over then Is 81 925 miles daily. A
postal convention establishing aud regu.
'ailng hc * .hangt Of correspondence be.
t"eea the United States and Japan by |
means OF direct lines Of steamers between
thc seaports Of tao two countries has been
formally agreed upon, aud executed with
the charge d affairs etJapan at Washing.
ton, aud Is to be carried into effect. The
po'tmaster.generai repeats his recommend.
anon Ter the prepayment of postngo on
newspapers and other matter Of the second.
class, by weight Of the packages rather
than by the prcsoD, systcm.
The postmaster-geueral lat some length,
ricJmmenis postal savings dere,itores.
Throughout tho rlaa for heir organiza. q
tlop and work two ideas predomipate
FIRST, the United States is to insure the a
safe return Of principal and interest, q
whenever demanded, and, second, the OK. :
tenslVe machinery Of the POST office to be I
used to bring It's advantages homo to the Il
great mass of the people, and system or. s
ganlzed and conducted on the basis pre. )
seated would not only encourage economy p
ana habits OF saving on the part Of all U
who might be in the way of earning small ;
sums OF money, but would tend largely P
to utilize and keep in circulation the i'm. "
monse amounts which are paid out for W
wages and IN business, and give every de. g
poster a direct interest in the stability Of he
the government tn
Inc acknowledgement again urges tho
assumption by the government Of the pr
'o"'roI of the Telegraph, and argues that yc
government postal telcg agh is the only 81
means by which the fall benet, of this an
great Invention can b" secured, for where. M
'Eer the telegraph is under the govern. Ell:
nont management it is operated at its min. he
mum cost, aud the people receive the on
'eneht In low rates Of Transmission and at
Greatly extended facilities. The telegram err
mould te made part Of the postal sys. ih'
EN- without further delay. As Congress ga
oes not seem inclined to exercise the dis. for
rot'on given IN the third section Of the on
ct OF 1866 for appraisers to value the int
mes, property and effects Of the Gamma. rid
ies now ID operation, aad as the Western ma
mon company appears to be unwilling to VII
axe voluntary sale at fair price. the
1sthlaster-gcner recommends that nro. wh
sion be made for the immediate estab. tor
''meht OF the postal telegraph, and for plu
&c construction Of all such lines as nav mn,
Aeeded, under the direction of CONNIE. the
mt othceIs Of the engineer corps Of the Fro
my