The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-12-03
postal Affairs-Annual Report.
WAsH1NGT5E, Nov, Il

WAsHINGT5E, Nov, II.
" BARBER, Third Assistant
ilo.. lo.,.,.or-Gencral, has completed his an
Pcs''a,,-ort 1t shows that during the last
gna, lsL .isr there were issued to post-nlas-
f;,'i = 80 s,Ie to the public, go, ,733, ,00G ad-
ter ~ restage stamps Of the volue of S17,-
h...lSs .. 5s3 Of plain stamped envelopes about
y..Jn,o6 Gn0 valued at S1,927,952; Of
o'',g1 envelopes bearing 4 return request
.,aI'f .,@nffe eco. valued at 81, ,733, 738 of news
go r,rqnrers some 19,000, 200, valued at
I!a ao0 and Of poatai-cards 9J,000,000
-. ;,,rlsse in value Of the ordinary is
iD. ~, aver the preceding year was 81 ,668,-
sS W. NJ over s per cent These figures re-
49, ;he cost Of manufacture added to
i'I T. : es.imated that for the fiscal year
I,r lime 30,1876, there viii be required
'D5'T lr,r the cost OF adhesive postage stamps
g,Io IA: Of stamped envelopes and wrap
st46,520 Of postal-cards S159, sos
@'S .fadycrtising $115,000, The number
',- ,-.s,,,rs. etc, issued each year increases
~ inform rate Of about 10 per cent. per
d. r,,a but ia consequence Of more advan-
a'-1+ Illus contracts having beea effected the
:,.sta for the above items is some S31,-
,So less than the sum appropriated for
,t,r, for the current fiscal year,
' rL. Dead Letter Division received dur
80 he past year 1901, ,773 letters, repre-
''5 .;.g IN actual or nominal value of 81, =
~ 70 exclusive ofjewelyy and other
-,~ortr. which class Of Enclosures is trea.
ri rs possessing no money value that can
-;,b correctness be determined, One mil
r:'n w., tErea hundred and ninety-two thousand
.ra hundred and twenty-four letters, re,
,r..sa-in- S3,9G9, SOS, were delivered tc
L. owners Or writer's, including 225 ,89I
e,r.;.n letters, which were returned un
-,,,sI to the countries from whence they
ir,a OF the remainder some 2,6G0,00l
,r.ra either worthless, containing circulars
~. or could not be delivered and were
l...raval. The rest are fled for reclama
~, -r are IN the hands Of Postmasters fol
delivery.
The Third Assistant strongly recon-
r,.g3s that provision be made by law 70,
furnishing to each and every Post-mastel
throughout the country indelible ink anC
ohr requisites for efectually canceling
r.saga stamps and for postmarking. n, n
'fthe rcs.oficcs are nov furnished by tn,
J.-ar.ment with any such articles for tn,
w.ecaon Of the Government. Mr. Bar
t.r .im9tos that the proportion Of washed
s.ars used again in payment Of postag
ISL Fer cent. Of the value Of all the stamp
sid each wear. causing an annual loss 0
sIG990UO to the revenue Of the depart
mcat.
Tile report describes the plan devise,
lrthe Third Assistant, and approved b,
the p -master-G General. for collecting news
rapar postage under the Prepayment law
Which is to 20 into effect next January
This system provides, in brief, for tn
rre-avment by stamps affixed to mem
oraa5asl Of mailing, or, in other words
70 a book retained by the Postmas
Ter at the mailing Office, q receipt show
.H- L-e weight tI Ji!t itIs1tUSA ana tIL
m.ane p@il being given by the Postmas
tr to tie person mailing the same. Til
sau-s affixed 10 the stub to be cancealet
tra cat-ing-PGnch. L IS expected that
Notwithstanding the reduction Of rates b.
themes law, this system Of compulsor.
prepayment Of newspaper postage will yielt
aarger revenue than has ever been collec
rsI Comprehensive inquiry seems to war
rant the belief that in the city Of New
York alone not less than 100000 per an
aen will be paid, a sum which is little les
laaa oae-haIf of the entire revenue from
asrsna per postage throughout the Unite'
States during the fiscal year. 1t IS, how
ever. impossible TO estimate the actual in
crease tor the whole country, owing to tha
PROVISION Of the law which allows free maj
circulation Of newspapers in counties il
T...a they are printed.