The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-12-18
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
ETIMATEs AND EXPENDITURES OF Pos
OFFICE DEPAgTNLSr lSTEgEsTING ST,
TIsIiCS.

AND ENPESDITriEs OF II Tn>r-
OFFICE DEPAgTNLSr -lSTEEE-TING STA-
TIsIrcs.
The following information of the opera
tons OF the Pcstofti;e Department. IN add
ton 70 that hitherto published. will be- found
interesting: The roveruas Of tho depart
r,cnt for the yesr w"r. ~. 5?6. $50. And the
expenditures of all kinds 80. i2i. il5-an in
crease Of revenue over the previous yea Of
Sl.G14.ill. and NJ expenditure Of :3.0li. i6a.
lnc!udInS the appropriations by Congres. for
tie transportation OF public msIl-. ;he de-
.icIency in the revenues of the department.
we're S5.259, 93i. ssAin-: 1926. AS in the
previous year
The estima.e- for tho year ending june 30.
1916. are 80. 9i4. ga. std the e-timated r.va-
uue at S29. lis. 156. leaving a deficiency Of 81
sl531S. This does no; include the revenue
for carrying the government; mail-. amount
ing 20 -. UU0, DbG.
Tue inc;ea-e in the Issue OF urd:nar- post
age stamp. WAS 3.51 per cent: Of stamped
envelopes. plain. 1872 per cent; of stamped
envelopes. request. 2.2i per cent: of new
PAPER wrappers. 80 vi per cent: of postal
cards. 1!2 ?l Per cen:.-an average increase
of S.lI per cent.
The number OF dead letters received was
i.GvI.sIJ. representing a i.o:rInai or ac;ual
valne Of :i637. 1865. Number OF letters
delivered. l.3al 22i. representing :3. 90?.-
SGS.s6: number which. containing ciTcrlar..
or. sa:i;;S IN deliver and b5irs worthless.
were d.-i-oyei. 2.C2l. 5l9. Tie nr!nIher Of
APPLICATIONS for dead letters was $50. In
2lia OF thee cases The letters we're found
aud properly delivered.
On June 81. 1871. the postal service con-
sisted Of CO.. 13i miles OF railroads annual
transportation. ~ 400, So miles annual cost.
:9.liS. i!0. or ~ IS cents per mile. II NH
nnsl transportation OIL steamboats, Cor; over
Is; cents a mile, and on all other routes 4:
about III cent per nine.
During the year 2>5 persons Were arrested
for violation OF the postal laws and regUla-
tons. OF these - have been convicted. Is
nave beeu acgri.:ei. ) escaped before trial.
2 forfeited bal. prosecution was abandoned
in IS cares. sIu l35 ere awaiting trial.
The foreign Nail service has been increased
to four msi- per week.
The Internat.onai Postal Congress tina.
met at Berne il September. 1874. ended in Il
treaty BIZ all tine powers represented. Under
this treaty 4 uniform letter rate OF 8 cents
was adopted. This rate covers all postage
between the Office where the letter il mailed
and that n which it is delivered. Each coun-
try is to co!lec: aud Keep all the postage on
letters received.
During the vesr. the money-orier depart
ment worked satisfactorily. The whole
amount Of money thus transmitted was over
.I3 COO. 600 the average amour: o. each or
der was ZIG 80. The revenue from this de-
partment ove- its expenses wss :lO5. 600.
There were but seveniy-four case Of fraadu-
.cnt payment. or one case in each 59.6'1 let
tiers.
The whole number o; Postmastcrs in the
United Stsies is JI.20i. OF which Laos are
appointed by the President. The nun5sr Of
employees of the Postal Railway Service IL =
l.3. and their compensation =2.35i.Sy". The
whole number of persons in the employ OF the
Pos.ofti, - Service is q. eco.