New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-30
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
WORK OF TIE NETWORK POST OFFICE,

WORK OF TIE NEN-1Ohh iOol OrrNh'
An elaborate statement has been pTepare6aa ny
pas.master Pearson, of the New-1ork Post once
60 the wear ending June 80, 1882. The number
and assignment of employees, the detailed receipts
aud x peudltrrps the number OF letters newspapers
aud other mail matter received and sent out, the
number and amount of money orders ana many
items of the executive work OF the wear are given
ard comparisons are made with the reports for 1881
1850 and 1874. the matter the hrst full wear OF
Colonel James administration. large increase -
shown in the amount OF work done III all the 9eptt
nents while the expenses have not increased III to
same proportion. The total receipts from tne nee az
Inent of postage Of all kinds were Sl,2oO;ooo V';
an increase of 1913 per cent over 1851 INC Of
expenditures were 81 ,3lO,Ol6 80, an lhOI0"'o 90
457 per cent, and the net revenue 10
81 SS4.O49 67, an increase OF I'll per . cent
The net revenue is equal TO ootZ poi 90 the
Posi- of6ce Department in 1881. The number OF
emplS,es for the past year mas pecil q BOZ 400
were allowed salaries amounting TO Fiehteen
slight increase over the precedlhg year. % 49,
clerks have died. la have resgneu anu % "a al
been removed thus creating III vacancies. ~ ~
these vacancies aud provide hoa an ada nder The
tivil Service rules; candidates TO the number OF al
have rse>ented themselves at the ten examhailo
for positions clerks and seven for carriers AD3o
fwo-fhirds of the candidates have successfully
passed the examinations required Inc nuinDeI Vi
pieces of ordinary mail matter delTered III N S
York Civ was 196529,0sl; distributed ana dls,
patched 10 other places, 5O4,369,4So; reelsiereu
matter, p SS6, 551 pouches and SACKS OF ihdue-up
mail handled, 2,l26.1s2. There was ian illclr ,t
of city mail, and of 11.O5 per cent, IN
mail sent ont of the city. he money
order business has largely increased, tae
number of transactions last year beng l,ooZpoo'
and fine amount involved $G3,057.933 III. lhere
was an increase of 7745 per cent In the NUMBER VI
transact IONS and of II AZ per cent IN the aiuu'
;nyolved over the previous year. There was an III
crease of 81 500 2O4 06 over the money oruer ous
mess of 1850 with additional cost 10 the Oo'ein
ment of only $1,000. :; .ho ~
number of peculiar items are noted Ill tne To-
mort The weight of the postage stamps noI III
finding stamped envelopes and wrappers, SOFA was
: al IONS Nearly 10. 900 has been received by the
sale of waste material and scraps An unusually
larTe proportion of the mail matter has
been placed in the general othce OF
branch offices instead Of the letter
hayes A record of the number of new buld,
nqs Is kept by the carriers, ana they have repOTteu
40 hnildiugs for mercantile purposes, 16O once
buldiogs containing $50 offices 2,O9l dwellings,
and TZ7 apartment houses, containing 4,|Il apart
ments The daily average weight OF mai matter
handled was l35 tons. Inquiries to tho NUMBER oi
81 53S were received concerning missing mail anu
about halt the inquiries were Satisfactorily an
swered OF the 336.SJ9 imperfccty addressed
Letters received, 207,473 were corrected ana lor-
varded 1 mere were 3,466 incOnpeteb addressed
letters containing enclosures valued at go, ZOJ,
received from the Dead Letter Once for return TO
the seuders, and all out 43S letters, containing
&, 3O6 were restored to those who sent them
Packages without wrappers were received 10 the
nnnber of $50, and about half OF them reached
their destinations their wrappers beng lound among
the = 6SI which were received without the con-
tents.