, 1874-12-05

Hamped envelope relngB o. t949,1au.. l1oif3a40
Newspaper wrap ordinary l8,3iD,760 2!Ub02q %
Postal cards. ylo1 'tco. ete zau9a
Official posage IT. II ips, o., $40 oas..... 11l5Si52o
Official statnpef cpt1elopes aud wrappers, -. -,
.WU, 5oo... ood4ao'oo
Tho wlolo numt 81: of postugo stamps,
stamptl enYeks. a., nowapaler wrai,-
pern, and posta! lrds WIS eee 3oo am MI, ~, N
The increaso III tho Issue Of ordinary postage
stamps was 1851 per cont; Of STAMPED onycl-
opos, plain, 1l.93 per cent; OF Stamped cayo[-
opcs, request, 12.2i per cont;> Of newspaper
w1appors, $3.50 p.r cous Of portal cards, 1921
per cont--.an avcl ags increase OF 8.l7 per cont.
Tho number of doad lettors received waa
4,G0l773. repfos etltiug nominal or actual value
Of S4.G37, ,420.0s. Number Of letters delivered,
,22s, representing 39o9,Ss3.AG; number
which. containing: circulars, or, failing In de-
livery and being worthless, wero destroyed,
o,G22,619. Tho nslu,bor Of applications for dead
lo.tots was g, ,420. In 2,14o Of these cnses the
letters wese fon'ati md properly delivered.
Thoro were In Tho scr yieo Of the Department
on tho 3Gth Of III np, 1874 B,132 contln for
the transportation OF tho mails public routes.
| Tho ecrvlce was u .vlded as iolloHs:
trpasortatio' raaa o5fs ats anai ss eos ned
lug l5nsA7 fur fe' d'o4tnenh aiSo'-i&5s cents
Steamboat outtA-L-nrb, 1856, miles; annual
transportation, 4oa rs miles annual ooHt, sao90-
oter rv.,tcs, u,,t. Which tbs mails are reqnlrrd to
b. conveyed with :elcry, certainty, aild sceur!ty =
leugl e9o+ miles annMl transportation b. nos os
miles aulaal cost. s5973 aaa,-ahout ll&7 eeata per
| mile.
| Thcre was an IL, create ovor the preceding year
I in length Of routsB Of ", ,6B7 miles ip annual
transformation, ,3i 87l7.Sao miles; aud IL cost.
Of Sl,7S6.7lG. lAeidiag. tho is.cseaaed Gust for
iai!way poBt-otfto clerks. route local, sud other
agona, 1886, 6s5, he total lncreaao In Gust was
81. .053, ,S4l. Tho railroad routes haYe been w.
s..n +
S32, ,4G7. against TIL increase Inst year Of 6,5a6
niles In lcugth an s754 4.4a5 in cost. This dis.
popossionao incrs ase ~ cost is owing to the re-
adjustment Of pa under tbs act Of congross
| approved Masch 3, 1873
| Mall nEpnEpArIuHs.
The number OF i:ocordou complaints for tho
past year Of miBsln ioItera Of value wns 5,233,
OF Which 2,o4o wes., registered. aud 3:l9S unreS-
ported. ip bonds, drafts. snd currency, slo5.-
178.8U, and tho ua.t egstered Sl80.J01.70. OF tho
registered, 0l5 s.ere satisfactorily accounted
for 5o1 ase .epes'e;a ;a. as sssMay n,, los,1,
Tor investigation. During tho year 285 persons
welo arrested for violation Of the poatai Laws
aud regulations, TT thene % have been con
triai, forfeited bsl l. prosecution vas abandoned
ia 50 gases, and 13i arc awaiting trial.
| RAr11t Az rosr-oFFlCE,
The number Of galway noss-otFco lines In op-
srat:un OIL the 9}tA OF June. 1874, was G9, ex-
/
pont 1o,,tus, an irn,reaso Of fous lines and 1.54s
miles over the pr,st edlng year. Tho number Of
c!eras employed 'nt,B $50. at an animal cost q
el 058 2o a acr G. .so Of % clorka aud SILT 400.
Upon i3a7l miles Il 10 service il performed duly.
upon 3,l2a mites ~ ico da,!y. and upon q miles
daiiy, equivalent in. all to Is, $50 mites each way
duly. Counting ! the lines beth "ays, tho ag-
gregato service III ;Et, l39 sns'es daily.
Etn:ELoN MAILS.
The total number OF letterH exchanged during
tho year with forth gu committees waa 2B 57a, ,0io,
ne5oaso Ct o!o ,! oyer .a AZ nneor tso ao
sent from and 1;.G93,u56 wore received in the
} uulted Gt0teH.
! Comparing tho 'st.ar 1871 vith the year 1879.
tho ratio Of tncreaso ~ .he sota nnnner OF ietess
cent, and tho rate .sf iucroaBe IN the anount OF
poBlagoH thereon sas l.G5 per cent. The lncrcasn
iu tue u,,tlbar Of letters exchanged with Euro
penn countries a q 1.95 per cent, and tho i'll
I crease Of paatageA thereon amounted to 2.23 per
= Tie total weigh. Of maiis exchanged during the
! your with European ooanttloa was ,gdo. 3t5 @
bounds foyor 167 LonH), Ill tncreaHo OF l09. 40O
, pounds {or D5 to,as0 compared "lsh tho previous
! Tho cost of lilo United statos Transatlantic
MAJ! sseamship "erco ioa aMo sosf s isn Gos w "
OVER tho eoat Of Tho same horvsoe for tAo year
1873. ;, .......,
y to and from tho y cat Indies, Panaina, Central
Ampripa, Brazil, 3lexlco. 1lar1.ula. Nova Scotia
New Granada, Vent zaea. and Ecuador, amounted
r. to G14l C60. .5d, aud lilo cost Of sen conveyance
tleroof ~a4 800 ILL., Io nn.fa 3'1. =. sfasos Tno pont @
= Ghlnu Ito Sandwich Islnnls, Now Nonlant an.l
A,,stra!,a by me Il III Of the aNbeadixed lluea OF
= direct natl ptegm y. d. amounted TO s53~l5o66.
= ryrE1,NATI p;4AL POSTAL CUNGnEaaA
: Tho Unitetl Stu te having loun invited TO takc
rontcd to assem9hs at Borne, III Swlszesla''d. OF
\ the 10Th Of scpte nor !ass Mr. nlaeh1an, ut