The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-12-06


During the year ended June 20, 1876, 29l per-
sons were arrested for violations of the postal
laws and regulations, and given in charge TO
the United States authorities for trial. with the
following results, viz:
convicted ~
acquitted. III
Otherwise disposed Of ~
Awaiting trial .........- los
nj
The number of recorded complaints during
the year is $780, involving the loss rif1ing OF
S12e letter. "ggresassiIng o in value in mo1ey
were registered, valued at S25,S2969, and All
unregistered valued at $3.50, 1850. Oh the l,js7
isfactorily accounted for and 76i, valued mt
sl6,79i.l6, are reported as actually lost. OF the
76i lost, 1856, valued ut 81 s5.7i were made good
and of the 55S registered letters reported rified
of contents valued at 50, f7S.0s, the contents of
Il, aggregating in value 81 S6l.W were recovered
and restored to the owners. Cases numbering
3S2 remain in the hands of the special agents
under investigation. The whole number of
letters registered throughout the United States
during the year ended June 30, 1876, was i,0O7,
sl7, while this exhibit shows an actual loss of
only l,049, about 26-l 900 of per cent, or 3-5
for every 10000 registered letters mailed.
FOREIGN MAILS.
The postal union treaty, which went into
operation at the commencement of the fiscal
year, has greatly simplified the operations of
our postal exchanges with European cOun-
tries; as, under its provisions, each country
which il collects. All postage accounts on the
direct correspondence reciprOcally exchanged
between postal union countries have been dis
kept Of the number of letters exchanged or
the amounts of postage thereon, as was the
practice under the separate postal arrang te
of the letter and printed matter mails dis
patched to postal union countries have been
for the mediate 81 sea ane
inland transit charges thereon; which
charges are, by the provisions of the
the country dispafching the mails. The total
weights of the mails dispatched from the
United States to postal union countries during
grams, equal to 8, 1856 ,l0S ounces; printed mat
ter and samples 365,552, 1856 grams, equal to II,
9s5,3sS ounces-zbeing an increased weight
and l,727,567 ounces of printed matter
and samples. statement is append
ed of the weight OF mails dispatched
to each postal union coutry. The reduced
rates of transatlantic sea postage of francs 20
centinies per kilogram OF letters and 50 CEN
times per , kilogram OF other mail;
postal union treaty, have been
allowed and paid, at their current gold value,
to the respective steamship lines Transporting
our mails to Europe, with the exception of the
American line from Philadelphia to Liverpool,
which has received q compensation in excess
1926 per kilograIn of letters and 10 cents per
kilogran of other mail matter.
mail steamship service for the year 1876 was
SIP 343.00, being a reduction of S55,755l6 from
the cost of the same service for the year 1870
The payments made TO the respective trans
atlantic lines, on account of transportation of
the British and French closed mails from New
York TO Europe, amounted to sl2s3l6.S6.
The United States postage on mails conveyed
| to and from the West Indies, Panama, Central
America, Brazil, Mexico, Bermuda, Nova SEQ
! at the reduced rates established from July l,
1885, amounted to 96l7.6S, and the cost OF the
sea conveyance thereof was S45iS6.79. The
United States hostages on mails exchanged
with Japan and China, by means of the subsi-
died line of direct mail steamers, amounted
to SIS, 36 The total cost of the United states
Including S0SI 800 paid from special appropria-
ton for steamship service to Japan and
China and 70 BRAZIL was s755,27ess, being a re-
| service for the year 1879.
The general postal union treaty concluded
since July Gio i With the the most 81
results Our people have enjoyed the advani-
ages of the cheap and uniform postage rates
| which have been established TO all parts of the
civilized world, and the post office has also
been financially benefited by the greater sim
plicity OF postal operations under Its Provls,,
| postage accounts on the postal union cores
pondence. The territory of the union has been
| greatly enlarged by accession, from the LIST OF
July, 1876, of British India, comprising Hindo-
stan, British Burmah, and Aden) and the
French colonies in America, Africa, Asia and
Oceanica under an arrangement fixing the
conditions of their adhesion TO the stfpulations
of the treaty.
APPOINTMENTS.
The report OF the appointment office shows
the following:
Number of postofiiees established during
the ,99S
Number discontinued ,l57
increase S36
Number in operation June 30 ls75........ &, 547
Number in operation June Do is76----...- SO ,SS5
N president ~ ,5SS
Number filled by appointments of the
postmaster generaf--... 81 .Sl5
Appointments were made during the year
On designations and commissions ex-
pired.........-.. 5,iiO
On . .....-...........-. lOi5
On changes of names and sites 25l
On deaths of postmasterS--.....-.-...... Ss1
On establishment of new offices-...-.s.---.. l.9
Total appointments, $40