The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-12-12
The ENTHUSIASTICALLY Report.

The ordinary revenues of the Po>t-oilce De
/ partmcnt for the year ending June 30, 1873.
were So .996.74l, and the expenditures
/ so o. aIj - the increase 81 revenues
over the preceding year being Slu~l .3lj. and
! the increase OF expenditures being @3.i26. .53.
The estimated revenues for 1874 are s2e.2D6,
80. and the estimated expenditures S33,929,-
ll2. leaving a deficiency OF 81 ,63636S To be- APP
prOpriated hy the Treasury. This estimate
does moi include 81 .33j 900 needed for steam
ship service. The sale of posiagr-stanlps
reached Sl6.6Sl.lS9, being AN increase of
ssh. 80 over the preceding year; the sale of
stamped envelopes reached Sl.722.5l2, an III
crease ofSj9.3l5 the sale Of newspaper wrap
pers reached Sl40. 49, being decrease Of Sji.-
81 The public mail routes in operation were
7l94. aggrcgaiing 2j6.2lO miles and costing
Sl3.O.bl..4l. OF the total length G}.i5,
miles were railroad service, costing
HOG cents per mile: 1867 miles
were steamboat service, costing 2O.2J
cents per mile. and other routes were
1881 miles. costing Hos cents per mile.
The number of recorded complaints Of miss
ing letters during the year was CLIO. of
which 2.lSJ were registered letters. contain
ing <.O.i2i. and $3.50 were unregistered let
iers. containing S3O9.l23. OF the registered
letters 80 were accounted for, 3l3 We're re-
ported actually lost. and y13 are still in the
hands Of special agents for investigation. The
ffec-0iclivery system has been in operation
during the year in - cities; number Of ear
ricrS 4g9: number Of letters Delivered
mail. 14095S. 81 local. aS.340.0f9: new~pa-
pcrs. a.. 800 G6j: letters collected. 49, .OGi $50;
whole number Of pieces handled. 374,llj,GG4:
average cost Der piece. 3.S mills. The total
number u persons employed in the postal
service j. 400. The total number Of letters
received At the Dead-letter Office was i,402.-
34S. representing IN actual or NOM
inal value Of s5.795.7G4 OF this
number l,S2G10S, representing S5,S11.s,33.
were delivered 10 owners or writers; the
others were filed for reclamation, remain not
acted on or Were destroyed. The number Of
none y-orler offices j. 5000; the number of
none y-ordcrS issued during the year was
$3.50 $50. valued AZ S5..5i6.2l6. being an in-
crease Of 1885 per cent. The report note,
remarkable increase of the noncy-Order bus
mess in the last week in September aud the
first three weeks in October. during the su.-
pension Of the banks.
The issue Of posial-cards foot~ UP from
Nav 10 June 30. 81 .09i 600: from JulN 20
31 800. These figures indicate that the csti-
mate Of IN. 600 900 for the consumption Of the
first wear win be more than realized.
The several acts for the repeal of the frank
ng privilege. SAYS the report. became opera
tive on the 1t Of july last. The results Of
the first quarter of the current year are highly
satisfactory. and have fully verified the pre-
dictions Of the friends Of the repeal.
In presenting the financial results Of the
abolition Of franking | am. for the present.
confined To the operations of the stamp Iii
vision for the first quarter only Of the current
year. The aggregate Of sales for the quarter
may be arrived at thus: Value Of ordinary
stamps. stamped envelopes. and newspaper
wrappers issued during the quarter ending
Sept. 3O.lS13. a above. sisll .lU9 30 add value
of postal cards issued during same quarter.
1882 .0>3. making total Of Sj.2f3. 1880. an
Increase over the value Of ISSUES for same
quarter Of l>12 Of S5~3.l9S. or percentage Of
10. Add the value Of official stamps and
stamped envelopes issued 10 the close Of guar
ter ending sept. 30. ls13. less Sl.lJ9.j IS cost Of
manufacturing envelopes. ~ .0j5 $3.50; MAX
ing total for the quarter Of all issues Of So
2lj.542.20. an increase over the total value of
issues for tho same quarter Of 1872 Of Sl,63j,-
55l.7s. or percentage Of 81.
The report repeats a former recommends
ton in favor of the prepayment Of postage on
new papers ami other secOnd-cla~~ matter By
weight Of packages; and argues ~ length IN
favor Of the establishment Of post-ofiict banks,
AMI the purchase and operation Of the telc-
graph by the Government.