The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-12-25
orr TTD.NiL E.EEISIT.

According TO the Sresid, nt's message,
delivered TO Congress on the 9Th of De-
ctmher, the receipts Of the govern
meat from all sources for the last fiscal
year we're @:}.2, ls6, 231. 30, and the cx-
pcHd.tures, on al accounts, 500, C-.3.-
SI3. T6-siiowing an excess of receipts
over expenditures of S11,55a,357.53.
MILES oF RAILROAD I'LL
There nave been nearly 10000 mile
of railroad constructed within the past
live Years:
FoSTorFfCE OPERATIONS.
TIE IL OF tine Postoflice De
partmcnJ FOR the year were S2f,J96, J60.
and the expenditures 81, I26. 415-an
increase Of revenue @ the previous
year of Si,G1l. III, and of expenditure
of $t.Gii,iG9. The number OF dead
letter, received WAS i,cOl, 713, contain
ing vaiuables to the amount Of $751;
80. The postal service. at the end of
the fiscal year, consisted OF 81, "a miles
of railroad; annual transportation,
- i60,jlj miles /; annual cost, -, 113,-
l90, or about L.. cents per niie. The
ANNUAL transportation on steamboats COS:
over 2Gl cents Il m:l., ard on all other
lou.es aDout IL cents per mile. The
foreign mail service las been increased
to four mails per week. During the
year S1i,GCC, 600 We're transmitted
through the m"ney-order department.
There are 3i,a3i Po.tmasters III tine
United States. There were established
during the year 2,3lS new postotlices,
while 1,2GS were discontinued. Nine
hundred and seven Posimas,ers were
removed during tie year, and 5,:iji
resigned.
OPERATIONS o. LAW DEPARTMENT.
There We're Judgments during the
year iii civil suits i'll favor of the United
States of 3, OIL, 12i. OF the criminal
eases, 6,GlS were terminated, including
2,G2j convictions, of which lG2 out Of
9G6 were for violations of the Enforce
ment act.
II ARs:Y y V
Our navy is represented to be in a re-
markably efficient condition. 1t con
sists Of lib vessels, with 1854 guns.
The army consists of about 1000 men.
and is represented to be in an efficient
condition.
THE PCBLIC DOMAIN.
During the fiscal year over nine and
Il half millions of acres of the public
lands We're disposed Of, Il quantity less
Ly three and half million acres than
were sold the preceding year. There
We're surveyed during the year 29, 1872,
10 acres, making with the quantity
previously surveyed, Gi9.393,O j2 acres,
and leaving yet to be surveyed 1885,
G05,3iS acres. During the year, B.
26i,314 acres of the public domain were
certified TO railroads, against over six
million acres the preceding year.
Nearly n million acres were entered
under the Timber act, which augurs
we'll for the treeless prairies OF the
grea. West.
CUSTOMS.
The collections from customs during
the year amounted to S165, 4S0, SOB, the
cost Of collecting which amounted to
S7,319.407.
AGRICULTURE.
The business of the Agricultural
Bureau is rapidly growing, and the de-
partment grounds are being enlarged
in order to meet the increasing demands
upon their capacity. Over M and a
quarter million packages of seeds We're
distributed during the fiscal year.
PENSIONS.
During the year 5,75S new applica-
tions for army invalid pensions We're
allowed, at an aggregate annual rate of
$50, 1872. There are O 1022. 49, army
invalid pensioners on the rolls, who
draw annually SIo,05S.377; and 107.-
JIG army widows and dependent rela-
tives, drawing Sl3,357,1 1875 annually.
The navy invalid pensioners number
1.551, ut an annual rate of $3.50, 1872. aud
l,7s5 pensioners on the navy roll of
widows and dependent relatives, Mt n
total rate OF S2S7,534. There are H.
go survivors of the war Of 1912 on the
pension rolls. at a total ANIMAL rate of
81, 69l go; GAG Of the 1912 veterans
died last year. There are 5,312 widows
of soldiers OF 1912 on :he pension rolls.