The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-23
Excess of receipts expenditures,
being gross revenue. ..s............ $252, 314 q

Excess of receipts expenditures. y
being gross revenue. S252, 314 GA
My immediate predecessor, the 5th Of January
last saws the report response to senate resolu-
ton of june 18TH 1880, calling for reports as to
changes that might prove beneficial In the laws reg
departments, transmitted to the president of the
senate the draft of "Bill TO modify the postal mon
ey order system and to provide for reduced scale
OF fees on domestic money orders - also the draft
of bill entitled "A bill TO prove Tor the disposal
Of the amounts of money orders remaining FIVE
years unpaid" These bills failed from lack Of time
to receive consideration during the short session OF
to the consideratio OF congress the suggestions Of
the superintendent, OF the money order system
viz that the unclaimed amounts of money orders
| remaining unpaid after certain number OF years
from the date OF issue be covered into the treasu
ry for the service of the postofce department. that
the fee charged for the issue of money orders for
sums not exceeding IS be reduced from 10 cents to
cents, while at the same time the maximum limit
of the amount OF money order be made Sl00 in
place of $50 and finally that the compensation TO
orders be fxed At cents for each TRANSACTION in
stead of the present rate of onethrd of the fees
amount of orders paid AS the labor of issuing and
of paying small order is great that of issuing
pens that postmaSters who issue and pay orders for
small sums mainly receive less compensation for
the same amount of work than others who issue
and pay orders chiefly of the higher denominations
Although the money order fulfls every reasonable
expectation OF remltter and payee where the amount
sent Is considerable. strong and growing demand
has arisen since the withdrawal of fractional cur
from circulation for device by which
amounts under S. could be transmitted by mah at
less cost than at present. l desire to call special
attenti to the plan proposed by the superinten
dent for the transmission OF sums less than S. by
means of an order of q form TO be termed
Postal Order in which the written application
and the advice, which Is the chief element of ex-
pense well as of security, are to be dispensed
with that these orders may be issued more expe
ditously and at cheaper rates than money orders.
The estimated amount of mail matter exchanged
during the with foreign countries, based upon
counts of such matter taken at the respective Unit
ed States offices of exchange during the first
days in October, 1890 and April 1881, is as fellows:
Total number of letters "a 632 SAT
Total number Of single rates 5 So s1s
Total number of packets, of newspapers
other printed matter and business pa
perS
Total number Of packets of samples Of
Total number of registered articles. ss1 $50
The estimated amount of hostages collected there
on in the United States is as follows
On prepaid letters sent. 81 0S6 1863 6S
On unpaid and insuAicienty paid letters
on Fe pests cards sent ~ 1sz 95s % %
On newspapers. printed matter, samples
and business papers sent. 4,756 81
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81 ,5so6g7 90
The estimated amount OF registration fees on reg
stered articles sent TO foreign countries is SS7 $685.
The estimated amount of unpaid hostages are as
On unpaid letters sent. L............S 1888 so
On newspapers, ETC., sent ........,..,.. POS II
On unpaid letters received -. -. ..- le7.05s os
On unpaid newspapers received. 4 756 "a
Total ............!.. S1f1 ,S14 42
PosToFFToEs ESTABLISHED AND PosrMAsTERs APP
POINTED.
The report of the first assistant postmaster gem
eral shows the following
Number of postofices established during
the year -. :. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 1915 |
Number discontinued .......-.-.......... 1415
Increase. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1900 |
Number in operation June 80, 1880 e.. -. 43.D12
Number in operation June 80 1881 -. 1852 +
Number filled by appointment of the presi-
dent. =. .,.....,.., 1853
Number filled by appointment of the post
master general. ........ a, $40
APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE DURING THE YEAR. !
On designations and commissions expired GAR
On removals ..-...-....,............. 1853
On changes of names and sites .. 242
On deaths of postnlasters ..............4 42l
On establishment of new postoffices. 2915
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Total appointments. Observation-Disclosures. 1e75a
Number of cases acted on during the year 1881