The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-14
Report OF the POstmaster-General.
The following is synopsis of the report of Post

The following is synopsis of the report of Post
master General Tyncr
The receipts of the DEPARTMENT for the fiscal
year ending Jun - 1876. were 500 1Sl. 697. so:
penditures S;33 26} 49, 5S: excess of expenditures
over receipts S4OSl ,79O0S Included in the
expenditure is the sum of s467 Dol AZ, paid
liabilities incurred in previous fiscal
years and not properly chargeable to the ex
penditurc of the last f~cal year. Deductng THIS
sum from the aggregate amount the actual ex-
penditurcs for the fiscal year We're $'2 1@ IS 10
The estimated expenditures for the next fiscal
year S3f. 723 i32.43; estimated receipts, SO.
ti5,1G5oO leaving an estimated deficiency OF
ST. 01S. 267. AZ.
During the last fiscal year the number OF stamps
of all denominations issued was 1.0i9.7J1.57 z. val
ucd at S26 g53. AL. ~. The amount of postage on
newspapers collected during the year was sl,ol4,-
15I.27. The total Eumber of dead let
tiers received during the year was 3,32-
49, containing $41,447. II in money: com
merc.ai paper valued at 81. 75l6iS.3l, and deeds,
mortgages, checks, books. jcwClry. etc. and doc
Umcnt> of all sorts. The amount of money taken
from letters which could not be restored to owners
was S6052,53. Amount realized from sale of dead
letter Office property at auction, S2,S3317. There
were in the service of the department on the
Both of June 1876 6.126 contractors for the trans
portation of the mails on public routes. OF
public mail routes in operation here were ., G3
(of which 9l2 were railroad being an increase of IL
routes OF this class the previous year a"grc@at
ing in length 2sl ,7gS miles; in annual Transports
ton 1876. $50 iS miles, in annual cost SIS POI, 40.
Adding the compensation of railway POStoffce
clerks route agents, III il-route mes -en-ers. local
agents and mail messengers, amounting to 81. 159
gS, the aggregate annual cost will be SIS 3bl GAS
There an increase over the preceding year in
length IF routes of 3.925 miles: in annual trans
portaton of 2, Az 49s miles; and decrease in cost
OF $l52 22a. Adding the increased cost for rail
way Postoice clerks. route. local and other agents.
SIS, 1G7. the total increase in cost was Si5.SiS.
During The year 29l persons were arrested for
violations of the postal laws and regulations and
given in charge TO the authorities for trial. with
the following results, viz: Convicted 12i acquit-
ted, 10; otherwise disposed Of IS; awaiting trial,
105; total. 29l. The number of recorded COM
plants during the year is go involving the loss
rining of 6,726 letters, ag@regating in value, in
money bonds. drafts, etc. $780, 20. of which
2155 were registered valued at 969 and 4.5Il
unregistered, valued at sl30.19S6o. OF the l, 9f
registered letters reported missing, S33 were salts
factorily accounted for, and i6l, valued at SIG:
Ia are rgpoFed as y,n acfnay lsit q
were made good aud OF the. 55S registered
letters reported rihed of contents, valued at
S9,4iS.0S, the contents of seventy seven, aggre-
eating in value 81 S6i.hi. were recovered and re-
stored TO the owners The whole num- er Of letters
registered throughout the Uni ed States during the
year was 4,O01 SIT. while this exhibit shows an &c
ual loss of only 0la or 35 for every 10000 regis
tered letters mailed.
The number of postolliccs established during
the year were .9a3 number discontinued, 1.157;
number in operation June 81. 1876. 36.:S3. Total
number OF postmasters, officers and employees OF
the PoStotlice Department, 81 5i At the close
of the year 1915, the number of domestic
monev-order Offices was 341: The number
of new offices established during the fol
lowing year was 305. and the number discontinued
., making total of 3,b97 offices i'll operation
June 30, 1875. During the last fiscal year 9JS 800
domestic money orders We're issued, whose aggre-
gate value was 81, OBS rs. The number of
such orders paid was 4,947 Gs5. amounting in value
to S76 63a 57l rs. To the total amount of orders
paid is to be added Si73, 1910 the amount of Or
ders repaid to remitters, making the total pay
ments 81, Ice 1888. IS. and the excess OF the bay
ments over the issues so 3f6.O7. The total amount
of fees received by postmasters for the issue Of
domestic money orders was 81 Is. $50 10.
The Postmaster General renews the recommend
alton of his predecessor for change in the basis
of adjusting the salaries of postmasters at fourth
class offices, by substituting the cancellation Of
stamps for the sale Of stamps or revenues as the
basis Of compensation.