, 1877-12-04
III transmitting the nlnye aup}i1es, tl.ers
1larn hltl Lust LII tllu maiis hut iY0 pgckaErk,

Iii transmitting Tie An0Fe aapttVSt tHeFt
l,ayc been lns, ia thu mails but tso packaEcs'
Of tho aggregate yatue Ut Ss..l5,a aa unprcec'
',S Gut1 s; IT, pssssn. tsss sy.sem o Soliciting post
u!sc on ncws,'aapcr and periodtaa EubiiSsstlons
Of Congress appn.r.I .1aae -, ls7a( there has
been collected during tl.e ysar 9n this class of
n1aiter the sum u sl,Ns..!9* H. asravsd lro!li
GfIta si}3 pti,ltls al celis per u,u.l. Tle ill.,
rrrasr IL The wllule amount COLLECTED user that
ior tss prceeding yeaF WAS tlo,5di.so, or l.W
Mus per cht.
Tie operations Of
, THE bgApLETrKA oYSicn
may to briefly suinmarixet u.s. follows. Total
uutabcs vi letters received during The ycar,
3:t,S, III IN average ot loGs1 fur each working
siia,ss;; Iii: i.eal or drop 4ll,GlO; u domestic
orig! returned from lorclgu countries, lN. VI
fuscigu ur,gln, lsl I'LL; returned ~ v,,!,
ya!sss by prup5s;to5. of as aS.f!s' Ia,t nIs1i
4sa;eo, ssia col tst ttsiaa: ts % %sou.aln,as w.
ma,ilsG,s r,attcr. LODI: sl.p. 1901; without I'd
dress, 7,G30; ani s.vo9 registered lsttcr.. They
m further classified arcuruinE t9 tllsr contents
u follows: a,5s0 cunlaliIed $40 W.. Il III r.on-
u; ll,42l contained ruuintcFclal paper u the
yyluv ot $l,3yl 7s0.43; AA eontsinr4 dccds,
mortgages, lenses, Eallroa1 aud other passasa
tickets, t!licatss, aud l1t,,k.books;
ul uhotosraphs; ah3ts cou,aiued tewelry,
clothing, books, chrDnlos. music, nlcrchan1Isu,
rlp. !; u !5 cultatnc4 receipts. bills of !adlng,
a,llIaytts, as'rrts q ,ite. pA1d notea, aud ea''
vrlcu obligations Ut al| sorts.
The a.siouat u usolscy taken from letteFss
which could nut tl restored to the ow1trs aliA
deposited III tho Treasury WAS sa,7ot, ~
4 comparison " tho esoss receipts ot al
siuws rsalueuou VI 70, ~, or about per crut;
which ii aceutl1tgI fur by tbs fact that q less
number uf letteEs was tnalled during the ycar
and thu ls,cEcaaA e1ielsucY vi tho delivery
| scrg!e.
| KE9lsTEaxp LfTrERs AND PAoKA0Es
forwarded through .!ls malls during tho year
| was HTS, LIT. u Which l45, ,Dos wesu addressed
to turrlsn countries: The amount q less * ~. ~
| III invruus9 uyrF thu PREVIOUS year VI sls,u--
VI nearly II pes cent. Tho humber u Registered
Packages Of ssasupa stamped euSelopts,
iustaEtar4s, Uultc1 States uuds, CURRENCY
anl intcspal-srsruue stamps casritd for tlo
| Iost-OGice aud Treasury 34rttmShts W.
SIS, Isl, valued VI e1oy,U77,s17.0l, 0t which onlY
| Gus paEky;o Of poAtuge-stanps, valued ~ W,
aud ou. Vi stamped envelopes. valued ut $s.l5.
| weFs lost IN tfl,lstt. tu tho l!sht ot such
eyklelre ~ tLls the public may lfety rely upou
tho registry SYSTEM u sure ueans VI eonssy'
| euee luE valuable uatteE.
| coaIRACTs.
There were In thc sesrles Ut tho Department
on ttlY 3Oth ot Juue, 1877, G0l3 cont 9ctoEs foE
lhe transportation VI thu mails on public routss.
| Therv were Ut thu cluaa u tue ye4r Us
sperlal olirc4, each with mall earEieF wlos&
BAY frotl. tbs Department " not allowed tu II
crcl sl.c net postal yfcId u tho oltee.
Df public .uAll.foutes ia operation, there were
! Q,s<A {ui Mhl4lI VS. wcse raiIrez4: being I'LL ~
<t.ssv VI forty-.lx rou1cs Vi this eis4s ovcf tay
I previous year}, gggrvglIlng III leu:th ~ ~ *
ililrs; III annua1 transportation. t7,Gt,s,'
miics; iii annual cost, Ill. ISL IN. Atd4ii. tat
compensation ol railway at'o1lve cleFks route
a..uts, lu4l route uarssun<sts, local 4xcuts a!t
mail lnes.ci.Gess, aulountin. 70 A1ti,Aa tht
aRe rcsato aunu4l coat will bc $1s,S.O,s3s.
The sesTirc wills 4iyiurl ~ follow:
kaiIfoul.ruut.s, lentth, n, 5N miles; annua
tsvI,.,usta1luu, oj,tys7iO Jules; anuuA cost
x1u59, WI; about lV.5 csDts PSF uus.