New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-22

"cOmp -onlse accounts li,IoO .
Making total Of s2.4s1,I29
This deficit supplied out OF the general Treasury, wa
| G3 per cent Of the amount expended and il viii b.
somewhat augmented when the unadiusted liabilitie
| for the year have been ascertained and paid.
The expenditures for the OF the sca year were
S3,1i906 %, or 81 per cent more than those OF TIT
In addition to the expenditures above stated the
Of S3i0.s29 70 was paid on account OF indeDteunes
dn IN be ycS yes5 e total OK
The item Of compensation to po7tmasters was the only
one in which tho expenditure exceeded thc approprI
TO SS.29S7i2 10 or an excess OF S79S,7l2 - In th'
tue appropriations OF $751; ,007 70 TIE total amount
appropriations 500 20l90l 40, and the total eNpen
dures before stated, $50 2jl 736 49, or net excess
Of expenditures OF Si6,S3J O6.
The receipts FOR the year were S34G00l8 CD, or 104
per cent more than those OF the preceding year, anC
$l,575307 o. or ll2 per cent more than the csimat,
which made twoyears ago. before the present er3o
Increase Is III - large degree attributable
ESTIMATES FOR Is 3.
The expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 80
1888 are estimated at Si3GG 800 The ordinary rev
enues are estimated ut Si25Gl722 %. Tho revenue
from mOncy-order business Il estimated at SlS0OOO
Total cstmaed revenue for the fiscal year ending June
80 1888, So IA 722 o. Estimated excess OF expend
urrs To be appropriated ont OF the Treasury to supply
deficiency In the total revenue SJ2O,u1G %.
The ordinary revenue ia estimated upon the basis OF IN
annual Increase OF eight per the revenues from
for the fiscal year ended Jnnc 80, ISL
on ncWspap.rs and periodicals mailc regular sub
scribors from known Offices Of publication, and nom
news agencies, at Two cents per pound Wds
0lS 81, an Increase OF Si72jJ6 o. or little
The weight Of socondclass matter mailed was
G9052i32 pounds, or 3i,0fG-i tons The nnmber OF
Post Offices at which the matter was mailed WAS 1>2l
an Increase OF 3Js over the number Tor the previous
year
In every Pos, Once in inc OlIco states curing we hI'
week December 1850, 10 has been asCcrtHuCd that
the whole number Of letters mailed u this country In the
last fiscal year was 1OiG lO73is. The number reaching
the Dead Letter bAlrr during the same pcJod was
tcrs ANA 81 pach'E' ld' were ul 7'h.'' 'Ll'' u" '
recorded amt filed received during the year ended
June 80 1881, was 3.G7i20J increase Of 3j4 ,O23
over the number received during ,hc Ir'cc'n- year;
OF the letters aud packages opened, 1857 were found
To contain money amounting 10 SiO,5S7 -O 22Ol2 con-
tanned drafts, money orders enc ch1 ottt, eic We *
EIcgaty face value OF which vas rl@'fbp- 81 3t'17
all 1871 contained photographs; Gl,116 con
tanned small rcmittauce- of postage stamps and m
fourth class matter IN endless variety. The amount Of
money separated from dead letters Tor winch no claim
IN he Treasury.
The total number OF letters aud parcels registered
GI51.g7 domestic letters g. lib domestic parcels
81 j53 ct"- hud HOB parcels o. foreign countries
ter for tho Government, by law exempt from the
payment OF rgEir4y ICES d,' 'in'unt "a I.S,s
ff,s iy ti, t,i,I uifn,r al lrtc4 and parcels r,y-
tered was 3i4lO1 1896 per cont The registration
OF third ana fourth class mator begun on the ,t O. De
tohcr $50 commute TO grgE M popular iay1r t[ ,
soa year sOb 90 20. au increase over the previous
year S2Ooud 90 IAc revenue derived from me reg
the loss tho department su.taiuS ia handling and trans
porting IT, but the expense Is st largely in excess Of
The total receipts.
Tac rr.sr, system rs now Inn most excellent condition,
having been almost coupelrly r'modclcd during rhe
past four years. wiki financial result, That wei attest
Ito wisdom 80 the changes mi g. Inc amount ~ Tees
corrected duing tine year ended june 80. I-77.
-STIIs 80 aud tor tine ycHr ended june 30, ISL was
@5l2s2 20 AN increase OF tn latter over the former
year OF ssh 40 TO- or little moro Inun 90 pei cont
TIL. POSTAL MONEY ORDER System.
Tho operations ofthc money order system are multi
plying yearly under the impulse OF prosperous trade aud
the Influence OF immigration, with the r,pid develop
mcnt OF the newer States and Territories, aud the de
mnud for additional means OF intercommunicaton and
Exchange At tire commencement Of the iast fiscal year
lhr total number Of Post Oh'.H Authorized To Issue ana
To- pa, domestic money orders Vu4 I.-19. During tue
wear 4I additional money ori,r occs were established,
loo 3On dos Jane. ISL since Then JJ- new offices
have been "sftuh-h'i, Waa4uS INC "h"' hNlun't o,
're has been nu increase " sl724 $50 o., orA7i
Der cent u the amount OF ullcr- issued; uu increase az
1J-~5U 3D. OF 40 per cent, u tng amount al orders
paid and repaid, aud gam %. N'oZ'J %, err 3l9 per
',toh' ~, I,ri,, nr ,r ycragrd liz N each Tie
pr ,s i'' ' loo of M cont les, han the a,rraa
&c for the year preceding
Inc receipts aud expenditures ot the domestic money
order y stem ior tn, I-, g'i ,i"d 5un, 30 l29I are
riders Issued s"uG,tJ2 %; premiums 'tr, 5000 lS
otil, 1907, ~ o5i LArcnd'lufya- commissions and
lrbis 20 COZ IS; incidental rApcuas, SlOtl3S ~
tal - l55 2D cNcc-s OF receipts over expenditures
,ring gross revenue, @-J2,JllbL
lr Inc, ir I'm, United state, DURING lie Ins
.luD.7 GJJ %. Inc ices thereon amounted To |
4 ,,,-5J 20 The whole number Of domestic aud iu-
cruntuua money orders paid the United states dur
ng the period was ST2l oS', amounting To |
5i6 T-UJ2 sO To which should be- added the amount
II d0mcnIr aNd international orders repaid 10 the re
nttors Si32l5G 81, these Two amounts 81 orders paid
md rcl,aid yielding total OF FlO69O0,2i9 Il. The
0regte gross revenue for the year, from e tran4ac
ion OF domestic money order business, together with
hnf of tne pre- year from the transaction OF inter-
,ntiongl money order business, WAS S29j,Jsl 49, re-
,orted Dy the Auditor without taking into account GER
an Of general appropriation bcducting the total
AMOUNT Of these items, thcro remnlus the sum OF |
,Ig5l4 - in excess OF all determinaDe legitimate eN
POSTAL SAVINGS REPOSITORIES.
Ny predecessor In his last annual report, said that in
he loryer portion Of the United states there
,vlngs Repositories and arc not likely to be; and be
xprcssed the opinion that to the people OF these parts
he u-e OF the Post ONCE for this purpose woud be real
Nom That il would be advantage to the patrons Of
he institution that deposits would DO available at any
epDsitory Post Office in the country, "an Important
on sideratiou with people migratory as ours IO
urther exprcssed the belief that the system would inter
ere little with the business OF the saHlngs'Danks, but
would rather absorb FUNDS not now depoSted IN thcl
Ie thought that the patronage OF c Government would
lot be sensbly Increased, since tine system would be
Conducted by persons already ia the public service with
new. concur. II Ia my earnest conviction that sys-
cn of thus description II adopted, would inure more
han almost any other measure OF public Importance TO
he benct of the working people of the United states,
md 1 commend 1t to the favorable consideration Of
congress-.
STATISTICS OF INLAND TRANSPORTATION.
On the Both day OF June 1881, there $3.50 con
raotors for transportation OF mails inland routes
here were 1919 special offices, each with mail carrier
hose pay must not exceed the net postal yield of tho
Nice There were In operation 592 routes (of which
le4 were railroad routes, showing increase OF 10
outss of this class, since the last annual
eportl aggregating IN length $4,000 miles,
nd In annual cost OF $l0,323,SO0 ad-
inc the composition OF railway post Office clerks, !
nufc agents mail route messengers, local agents, and
,a messengers, amounting to S72 l42, the total
nal cost was $23 1876 632 The Service was divided as
lllOw . 80.
Ralrosd routes Length. 1850 miles annual trans
ortntiOu lO3, 52l 220 miles annual cost 81 i6I330S
including 81 1864, lO7 for railway pOstolce scrvcc
bout II % cents per mile Steamboat routes Length