New-York tribune., 1876-12-06

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NeSsva9er wiag?erA Is 4s7 2.5 % %
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The amount Of postage collected during the year under
The act Congress approved June - 1874 (Which TOOK
effect Jan l. 1872 newspapers and periodical publ
cations mailed TO regular subscribers news agencies
from known cflcCs OF publication commonly known as
sceoudcttss matter, S1,0lI,15l ~ derived from
80 fit599 pounds OF matter AZ cents pdr pound ami
| 7,Jps,7l3 pounds at 3 cents per pound Tie amount
collected during the six months ending Jnne so, 1873,
was $S64i3 10. The increase Ii therefore a the rate
OF 81 267 -. l2i per cent per an:un Tic opera
OF the dead letter office arc fully stated ~ The re-
port of the Third Assistant PcstmIs This
business may be briefly eumuarizcd follows: Total
number OF letters received during tic year. jji2i9i
al ayeraqe Of II 10 for each working day, and clasa
thus ordinary mail letters 2j5 l9i Local or drop. i5-
OOo ~ dome tie orsn returned orl foreign countries.
los G3e fcrcigu Ura, 19J 800 returned e. po5.occs
by propretos q hotels i5l36 held or postage 3O7 $685.
m.srccicl. 6s7 797 ship 2S4 without addrcs 69i3;
and 5547 registered They further classified
according 20 fhcir follows: co.. contained
s-iI.447 Il in money 1908 contained commercial
parcr TO the value OF Sl.1Ji.Gis 81; SO contained
deeds mofsgarcs leases, Tailrond ard other passage
tIrkeis, pension eertifcatcs, asI baRGbooSs 37pJI
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graph. 2O367 contarcd icwry, clothing, bJos, cirr1-
mos uusc mel chalise c; 957-s contained receipts.
bills Of admg aiiaviis. ahsrHcts % ttc paid notes,
and cancrr Obligations OF a srts. The whole uunbr'
Of registered lcit,rs received including col nom laH
G.caI year. va J7iS u which Jl22 were d"ite!eL
The amount of money sscn from letrrs which t0id
not be restored 20 tie r6oj2 % Amount
realized from sac e Dead letter Occ property at luc-
tiOo, -. ,J3 II.
There were IN the service oi the department the
3oh Of Juue, 1876, GIG for the trans
portstrn Ot the mails ru5c routes I''r were nt tr
close of The year I.7ie special oic, each viii gsi.
carrier Whose y from ne department - not allowed 10
exeeod the net postal yield OF the Office. OF public Hai
route. in oycgaion there were 9GCj tel which oi9
railroad being ner,ac OF ~ rouie Of ths cla's over
the previous ye1-j, aco eating in length 2sl57 mil'5;
in annual transportation. i362t0,so miles 10 auLul!
cot. So col IlO. Adding ito COMPENSATION % riwy
post aoc clsfSs, rou;,-cents. marole messengers,
LEGAL gents and ail-uc4scusersa amounfng tO S1J1-
9Us The rtglto annual cont VIII pr -3bi "t~ t-t
s.ry,c WIS dyrltd ~ follows. RfiiIold nu,'.i.0rih'
annual cu-.. c1.5iJ.l3i-auouf 80 cynts PEI mlr.
inlte-: 70 9Th. li.e3 milcs; ANIMAL 'as-
p1ratiou, 3,1Ji'3J miles; annual c1st, SDJj.lb1-
Ofley rcals npn wlirh the nails ar, required
| conveyed wish " "ce!cIiy, ccri'nIy, aIi security:
i.n.tI 1851 miles; arnr1l rri1-P7.a ioi 2i7@l'
| 00J ma,s; annlal cost sl,O5f5il-a5Dut "2i esnta
ne. mile There vas an increase over tnc preceding
yrar In lsngih of routes ~ 80 nes 40 annual i.ahs
ioratioa n 2f47t92 n'iss, snl drcis4> ia cos II
SIja229. Adding the ncr.n.ei coaL t1r rail"ay 20
Office clerks Foutc, Local, ard sinrr a.snts VS. the
have been ncrcascc In !cn=1h 225 ini'' aHd ~ cost
IIhe secicjaIy tAcn rciers to nail iPredaiioH' the
! postal Wiou VITA inrcl cUuntrlcf-which A'a7 De u
found to be very adVaniaseoua-4Ad the number 0i en-
| pOycsI
No additions TO the number OF reeieliveTy- Offices
were made during the year. Thc seryee was however.
improved IN several OF the eiii-s by establishing branch
offices and extending the earrcrs' delivery Two branch
oliees we're established IN Cleveland IN place Of two
small Offices one IN Brookiyn aud two IN PhiiadePha
Tho general results OF tho service difiES the year are
SATISFACTORY The pGstagr locL matter exccfdrd to
cnu expense by Tsl,3To ~ Tnc tcflsc IN tHe cost
Of The seFyicc was hGI per cent wne the hgI,te IN
tue pos:aec local matter was per cent Ic aver
age cost per piece of handling the matter was jl3 mills
| POSTAL AoNEY-O8DER sYSTI,N.
AT the e.ose of tb- fiscal year eudfd Juc 30, 1879 tho
number OF domestic money Offices WIS 3i0l The
nunler OF new Offices estabisAed during the following
war WA 3oj and the number discontinued Q,
malng total OF 3y697 offices in operation June 80.
1876 During the last fiscal year 4,99s,GOO domestic
| money ordrrs issued, whose aggregate value was
| s77O35,S72 7s The number of such orders paid w1s
49f7, ,6s5! amounting in value to F76632,j7l ~ To
the toal amount Of orders paid IL to be added $i73,
7G7 40 the orders repaid 10 rnitters, making
the total payments S771OG3JS s5, aud the excess Of
the payments the issues <7O,366 o. The t1tal
amount received by postnastegs for the issue OI
domestic money orders wac SG!5,Go0 40 The foregoing
statement Of the years tiallsiistOiS, "hen cOnPiIcu
with that OF the preceding year. shows decrease OF
1TT ouelnlf Of crnt. III tie amount
OF orders issIcd, decrease OF S232.gs2 30, or thrte
teuh per cent in the amount OF orders paid ana
galn ,f SI53 r7 80, 81 pc cent in the amount OF
establishment OF the money order system IN which there
ha. decrease in the numberor aEiOnnt OF domestic
money orders issucd paid This decrease Is believed
10 aye caused for the most put, by the cOntnu-
ance OF drpIe which affected urfaVoiaby
TO 40 great the use OF the EOneyordcr SYSTEM
In Of s employment fsr business poses
during the preceding year The average amount Tor
| which domestic moncy orders issued dining the
wear was Sl H. being cents less than the average OF
| the previous year.
In compliance with the provisions Of the act OF A1Te
Is75 the schedule of fees for the issue or
domestic mOncyordeTs went into effect the nrst day
of tbe following July. BY this act, tho fee each 0rsf
not exceeding slO. and each Ogler $l5 and not
exreedng T.O made cents greater tliaIl the Zee
nyogsy charged for tho issue OF orders Of the same
class When the OF this act was recefnendyd,
IL WA believed that the proposed inerease would ytuh
crnss annual eql to the entire amount OF eA
| Depdjtures N all kinds incarred account OF tne
nOpeyoier systein, lncluIng the cost OF department.
clerical labor, printing blanks and stationery, now as
tfore paid OF the general appropriations The
Te,n OF the years experience under the operation
of the act above referred to has heen increase o
SIj26s7 So 81 per cent, in the amount sf fces re-
c.fyed for .e issue domestic orders notwlti
Standing he falling of Of onehalf Of cent IN the
nont of the orders; yet that tie purchase OF money
oraers for small amounts has not been. to any appre-
cabe extent goTaby affected by the increase o the
Average amOunt for which money-orders were ssusd
Ari the year The items Of expense paid out OF geh
era the salaries OF the sapefinis
d.nfss c,sce gf,776 81 the saaries IN the Aualtot
ONCE S4 500: books, blanks. aud printing. fhrnishcd
by te Congressional Printer Or the moneycrder sys-