Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-05

at the Lancaster postoffice for the year
just closed
RECEIPTS.
Sale OF stamps. postal cards and envel-
Box rents ... Al 80
Unpaid letters. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l6 IS
sale of waste paper. Is
From postmaster KinZers. Pa........ - SIS
ss'.66s IS
SALARY of postmaster. $500 90
clerks. 1876 10
letter carrlerS.....- 4.2i ~
route agent......... l04 81
mail messenger. go tD
Rents. coal and gas........... 1.0lO 81
Repairing street letter boxes. 1900
Contingent expenses. lJ5 Gi
Spoiled envelopes returned. II 81
-SI223 30 Is,
Balance over expenses SIS 80 I}
DISBURSEMENTS.
transferred to NJ. o. account 4,2l5 %
Deposited with L. 5. Treasurer, SIS A
Paid to Pennsylvania X. K. Co. 1865. -
-Sl5.i;0 B
REGISTRY DEPARTMENT.
Registered packages tirst-cl;iss, sent
Registered packages. third and fourth
class. sent from this city... 5?2
Registered packages for city delivery, 2.4S
Registered packages in transit. ........ l.3lI
Total registered packages handled o.:ee2
LETTER CARRIERS DEPARTMENT.
Registered letters delivered. ..... l..5l
Maii letters delivered. I122, OBS
Mail postal cards delivered. ......... ll7,,6i
Local letters delivered .......... "a,
Local postal cards delivered. .......... 3G,11j
Newspapers, &c, delivered. I'D :!s:4
Total number of pieces Delivered .. l.o,7,sls
Letters collected. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 49, 59l
Postal Cards collected ....... 1856
Newspapers, &c, collected ........... L., 43f
Total number of pieces colIected 2sl. .1Ol
Local postage collected on mail mat
ter tor city delivery ry................$ l,OI2fS
MONEY ORDER DEPARTMENT.
Cash balance on hand, Dec 81, lS1S...S :IOjl
.l6 domestic orders issued 80 SD IS
Fees on domestic orders issued. . $500
Thirty-Six British orders issued w 5!S59
Two Canadian orders issued .......... 1900
Fees on Canadian orders issued 40
Ninety-two German orders issued...... lIl6. 10
Fees on German orders issued. u. 80
Twenty Swiss orders issued. .. GSi 80
feeS on Swiss orders issued. ........... 1853
Amount transferred from postage uc-
count 10 money order account. 4.2lJO0
s;s,6iS IS
Domestic orders paid ........ SIS 200 63
British orders paid. ia 42l
Canadian orders paid.. 2l3 Il
German orders paid. 1.45O II
Swiss orders pail. ............. 800
Repaid orders. rS................. 5pI -
Paid by order of department 300.
Deposited with pOstmasterat
Philadelphia, Pa........ 1856 60
Cash balance on hand....... 3!Gj 81
-SfS,Ga;s Is
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Number OF unclaimed letters sent to
the Dead Letter Office. ce........... l.27O
Number of unavailable letters sent to
the Dead Letter Office c........ hs;;
Number OF request letters returned
to writers. .......................... lG05
periodicals sent from Office, outside
of Lancaster county H. 133
Amount of postage paid on newspa-
pers anu periodicals by publishers. S 3Ol1 90
a comparison with 1878 shows an in
crease i'll the sale of stamps, postals, en-
velopcs and wrappers to the amount of
s3,GOl.91, notwithstanding the reduction
of postage on periodical publications and
other matter.
In tie registry business the number of
packages registered has increased from
1,44' i'll 1873 to 2,46s. Registered pack
ages for city delivery have increased 191.
Registered packages passing through the
Office, of which Il record is kept, has in
creased ,13G.
In the carriers department 80, 1O9 more
pieces were delivered, and 5,OG4 more
pieces collected than the previous year.
In the money order department, whilst
43j more orders were issued than in 1878,
the amount Of cash received falls short of
the previous year SS32. 46. The amount of
orders cashcd shows an increase of sGOi. Sc