The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-08
oUR NArroNAL ExHlBIr.

cember, the receipts of the govern
ment from all sources for the last fiscal
year were 1922, 1876, ,231 %, and the ex-
penditures, on all accounts, $3O2, $685.
873. .76-showing an excess of receipts
over expenditures of $17, ,552, ,357. .53.
MILES OF RAILROAD BUILT.
There have been nearly 80, 900 miles
of railroad constructed within the past
five years.
PosToFFIoE OPERATIONS.
The revenues of the Postofice De-
partment for the year were $24, ,596, $50,
and the expenditures $32, log, Allan
increase of revenue over the previous
year of 81, ,674, Al, and of expenditure
of So, ,O41, ,469. The number of dead
letters received was 4,601, ,773, contain
ing valuables to the amount of S4,637,-
42O. The postal service, at the end of
the fiscal year, consisted of SO, 734 miles
of railroad; annual transportation,
~, ,46O, 545 miles annual cost, $9, 49,
100, or about 123 cents per mile. The
annual transportation on steamboats, cost
over 26} cents mile, and on all other
routes about Ill cents per mile. The
foreign mail service has been increased
to four mails per week. During the
year $74, 600, 900 were transmitted
through the money order department.
There are "a, 294 Postmasters in the
United States. There were established
during the year 2,318 new postofices,
while 1858 were discontinued. Nine
hundred and seven Postmasters were
removed during the year, and 1854
resigned.
There were judgments during the
year in civil suits in favor of the United
States of 81, ,021, ,724. OF the criminal
cases, 6,O18 were terminated, including
2, 1928 convictions, of which 102 out of
966 were for violations of the Enforce
ment act.
THE ARMY AND NAVY.
Our navy is represented to be in re-
markably efficient condition. It con-
sists of 1853 vessels, with 1854 guns.
The army consists of about 80, 900 men.
and is represented to be in an efficient
condition.
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
During the fiscal year over nine and
a half millions of acres of the public
lands were disposed of, quantity less
by three and half million acres than
were sold the preceding year. There
were surveyed during the year 90, 1872,
no acres, making with the quantity
previously surveyed, 649, ,393, ,O52 acres,
and leaving yet to be surveyed 1885,
sos, ,348 acres. During the year, g.
264, ,314 acres of the public domain were
certified to railroads, against oyer six
million acres the preceding year.
Nearly million acres were entered
under the Timber act, which augurs
well for the treeless prairies of the
great West.
The collections from customs during
the year amounted to $165, ,48O, ,5O3, the
cost of collecting which amounted to
$7, ,319.4O7
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 one and a
quarter million packages of seeds were
distributed during the fiscal year.
PENSIONS
| During the year 5,7S5 new applica-
tions for army invalid pensions were
allowed, at an aggregate annual rate of
$50, 1872. There are now 102, 457 army
invalid pensioners on the rolls, who
draw annually $1O,O58, ,377; and 1O7,-
SIG army widows and dependent rela-
tives, drawing $13, ,357, ,195 annually.
The navy invalid pensioners number
1851, at an annual rate of $169, 1872, and
1,7s5 pensioners on the navy roll of
widows and dependent relatives, at q
total rate of $287, ,534. There are IT,
$50 survivors of the war of 1872 on the
| pension rolls, at total annual rate of
81, ,691, $50; 646 of the 1912 veterans
died last year. There are 5,312 widows
of soldiers of 1872 on the pension rolls.
The total number of pensioners of all
classes is 236, ,241, and they draw an
| nual1y from the Treasury $26, ,254, OIL.
The roll contains the names of 40
widows and soldiers of the Revolution
ary War.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
The total receipts from internal reve-
nue. were $102, ga, TAT.
| EDUCATION.
The past year has been one of sub
stantial progress in educational matters.
This progress is particularly manifest
in the growth of special schools for the
training of children. There are 113
normal schools, having 877 instructors
and 16,620 students. Eleven of these
have been established during the year.
The following statistics are interesting !:
Number of theological schools in the
country, 10; deaf and dumb institutes,
40; blind asylums, %; orphans homes.
400; scientific schools, So; reform
schools, "a.
INDIANS.
There are In the country 255, ,248 In
/ dians, about sc. 600 of whom are wild,