Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-10

kingdom during the year was 1890, ,636, 200,
an increase of AZ per cent; the number of
post cards, IA, 200, an increase of GA
per cent; book packets and circulars,
288, ,206, 400, and increase of 6.3 per cent;
and newspapers, 140,6S2, 900, slight de-
crease, attributed to the increased facili-
ties for sending newspapers on railways as
parcels. One London firm posted 1926
letters for single mail,
and another firm $4,000 post
cards, while the number of circulars
posted at one time by single firms ranged
from 134, 900 to 100000. The estimated
average number of letters carried per
capita to the population was forty in Eng
land. In England and Wales thirty, in
Scotland sixteen, in Ireland thirty six.
Taking the reports of other countries for
the year 1881 as basis, the estimated av-
erage number of letter per capita in
the United States was twenty one, France
fifteen, Germany thirteen, Italy six and
Spain five. The number of registered
letters sent were II ,649, 1926 an increase of
3.3 per cent over the preceding year.
There were I5, ,406 postoffices in the United
Kingdom, employing 44,600 permanent
officers who might become en-
titled to pensions. This number
| included 1851 women, of whom
455 were clerks and 2,106 telegraphists or
! counter women. The retired officers num-
bered 1886, with pensions aggregating
| e176,S26 per annum. The system of
good conduct stripe" for letter carriers,
| which was formerly confined to London,
has been extended at an increased cost of
e63, 900 to the entire country, with good
result Each stripe entities the wearer to
an allowance Of one shilling week in
addition to his wages, and by continued
good conduct a carrier can earn three
stripes. Reply post cards have been intro
duced into the British service, but with
limited success. During the Egyptian
war an army postoffice corps was organ
lied and gave complete satisfaction.
The number of telegraph messages sent
in the United Kingdom during the year
was 32,O92,O26, an increase of
1866 compared with previ-
Gus year. The number of messages
sent IN London was 12,374,7O7, against
1901 ,O34 in 1882. During the past
year 1O2 postofices and forty-tive railway
work, making the total number of tele-
graphic Offices 5,742,
Fawcett says although it has not yet
been determined what it has been, it is
decided, as soon as necessary, that an in
charge for the inland kilograms, which
shall be reduced from one shilling to six
pence. Nine companies to whom licenses
have been granted for the establishment
of telephone exchanges have forty-seven
exchanges in operation.
The business of postal savings banks
are reported to show satisfactory progress.
The total amount due to depos-
itors, including interest, was
e40,000,000, an increase of 100000
over the previous year. This is the largest
annual increase since the establishment of
the system. The deposits during the year
were 100000 in numbe, and e12,000,000
in amount, and the Withdrawals 100000
in number and e1O,OO9,0O0 in amount.
The interest credited to depositors is
g891, ,629. On March 81 there were 788, ,658
accounts opened during the year, and
| 537, ,494 closed, leaving 2,858,976 accounts
open at the end of the year, as against
| 2,607,612 the previous year. The accounts
are apportioned as follows:
| England and Wales number 2,643, ,785
Proportion to population 81 to 10. Aver
| age balance due each depositor 913. Scot
land los, 7O1, Ct to 50. Ireland 1O5, ,490,
81 to As. Average e18.
The savings bank business in Ireland
again showed large increase. the number
of depositors during the year having been
278, ,727, amounting to e752,673, as against
251,146, amounting to 1862, ,17O, in 1881.
The total amount, including interest due
depositors at the end of the year, was
$685. ,46O, as against e1,723,395 in 1881.
The postal order returns show the large
increase of about e351, 900 as compared
with =e25, 900 in 1881 80. There were trans
mitted by means of these orders within the
year no less than 7,980,328 orders.
The gross revenue from the whole postal
service during the year was over e9,4 ,413,-
812, and the net reven0e from the whole
postal service was over e9, ,413,812.
The gross revenue from telegraphs was
e1,768,70 and the net revenue was e235, SIC
as against e264,81O the previous year
This decrease is accounted for by heavy
additional working expenses.
After the examination of the figures
given in this report the postoffice Officials
here assert that the postal system in thi;
country is operated at q cost of much lesi
than that of the United Kingdom when oul
immense mileage is taken into considera-
ton.