Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-11-25
NO is.
The Postal Service

and interesting statistics There has
been healthy increase of business
ever the preceding year in all of the
branches of the department.
The increase of postage stamps issued
over the preceding year is { > per cent.
of newspaper and periodical stamps,
ll.6 per cent: Of postal cards, l. por
cent; and of newspaper wrappers, l. {
per cent.
SECOND CLASS NATTER
The total amount Of postage collected
during the year on newspapers and pc
rlodicals mailed to regular subscribers
from known offices Of publication, and
from news agencies, al two cents per
pound, was Sl,S99. .04S64, an increase
OF Sl12, ,596.06, or a little over Ii per
cent.
OF the total amount derived from this
source, - TO per cent. was collected at
New York; l0.01 per cent. ct Chicago:
5.90 per cent. at Boston; 500 per cent.
at Philadelphia; t 80 per cent. at Au-
| gusta, Me-; 4.6l per cent at ST. Louis
o.96 per cent. ut CINCINNATI; LII per
cert. at San Francisco; 1.5S per cent.
at Detroit; L 29 per cent nj Louisville
70 per cent at Cleveland: l.2I per
cent. ut Milwaukee: 02 per cent. at
Plttsburg; l ol per cent At Toledo:
and $500 of per cent. at Baltimore.
The 10 offices named collected Il as
per cent, or nearly three-fourths, Of
the whole amount realized.
DEAD PETER OFFICE.
/ The whole number Of letters mailed
in this country during the wear was
1,046, 107 ,34S; of these, one in SO
reached the dead letter office: in the
letters and packages opened in that
office, money was found amounting 10
S40.5S7 so, and drafts, money orders
notes, etc. to the face value Of 81. 500
o62.5l. The amount Of this money for
which no claimant could be found was
S6,5S4.40, which was deposited III the
treasury.
REGISTRATION FACTS
The total number of letters and par.
GELS registered during the fiscal wear
was S,33S ,9l9. The increase in the
total number Of letters and parcels reg
istered was l ,34S, 405, or 1866 per cent.
The registration of third and fourth
class matter, begun on the lst of Octo-
Der, 1873. continues to grow i'll popular
favor. The amount of fees collected
from this source, during the last fiscal
| year, was 500, ,G07 20, an increase over
tee previous year of $20,006 90. The
revenue derived from the registration
| OF this class of matter. is some com
pensatian for the loss The department
sustains III handling and transporting
! it, but the expense Is still largely IN ex-
cess of the total receipts. The registry
| system Is now III most excellent con
| dItlon, having been almost completely
remodeled during ;he past four wears.
with financial results that well attest
| the wisdom of the changes made.
The amount of fees collected during
the year ending June 80. 1877, was
1867 ,43S.S0, and for the year ending
June 80, 1881, was $712. $500. an IN
crease of the latter over the former
year Of S345, 443 40. or Il little more
than "a per cent.
MONEY ORDER DEPARTMENT.
| There were > lob money order post
offices at the close Of the fiscal wear.
| The number of domestic money orders
issued during the year was 1868 23:,, ~,
amounting to sos, ,075 1896. The fees
pald postmasters on their orders
amounted TO $966, 1925. These fig
ures show an increase OF Al per cent.
III the orders issued. The gross revenue
from the money order system. or ex-
cess of receipts over expenditures, was
S252, ,3I5.64.
The statistics Of the international
money order system show in some
cases much disparity between the
amounts sent abroad and received
here. Swiss international orders were
issued in the United States during the
year amounting TO $l45,749.9f The
number paid in this country amounted
to $e0937131. Money orders we're
sent to Great Britain amounting te So
001 1893 against 1860, 1856 received from
that country; sent to Ger : sany 81 395,-
725 against SS2j 021; sent to Italv $3.50
673 against 1s,54S: sent to France,
So, ,030; received$3S, $50.
REDUCTION oE FEES.
Mr.. James recommends that the fee
charged for the issue of money orders
for sums not exceeding 50 be reduced
| from 10 to ) cents, while at the same
| time the maximum limit of the amount
of money order be made 500 in place
| Of $50, and finally that the compensa-
! ton to postmasters for he issue and
paymet of money orders be fixed at 3
| cents for eacn transactioe instead OF the
| present rate OF one-third Of the fees re-
ceived and one-fourth Of one per cent.
| on the gros, amount of orders paid.
The report also submits a plan for send
| ing orders for amounts less than 50 for
3 cents, in such case no duplicate order
being granted in case of loss. The re.
port urges the establishment Of postal
savings repositories.
The most gratifying feature of the
report is the
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
The total expendl-
lures on account
of services for the
fiscal year ending
were -. SS9. PSI. 736 4G
The revenues were
az follows
Ordinary receipts S36 4sJ SIG IS
Reefs from money
order business. Z9J. Jol ~ 3D. 80 39l ~
Excess Of expenditures on account
of the fiscal year over receipts
for the same. ... ....-..-- -, 100 5"s ~
To which should be added the net
amount charged on the books 0!
the auditor-as appears by his
reporter " bad debts " and
.compromise" accounts. -.....- - f9O 80
Making total excess of..--..... 3, ISL, la9 -
The deficit supplied out Of the gen
eral treasury was So per cent. OF the
amount expended, and will be some
what increased by unadjusted liabili-
ties. The expenditures for the service
of the fiscal year we're s3,149,9l608 or
| 81 per cent. more than those Of the
preceding year. The expenditures for
the year, including money paid for ex-
penditures of previous years, etc, ex-
ceed the appropriation by S46 o.}4 90.
The receipts for the yearawere =. 469,-
s69. SO, or 11.4 per cent, more than
those of the preceding year. The com
pensation Of postmasters exceeded the
appropriation for that purpose by
1898. .742 SO which deficiency the
| Postmaster General recommends
There were 5,014 offices supplied by
mail messengers, at an annual cost Of
$763, ,34I; the railroad routes were in
creased in length 6 y249 miles, and in
cost 81, ia, ,S92; the steamboat routes
were decreased in length 2,1S2 miles
and $I34054; the Star" routes were