New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

1.-The Constant Increase sLSwn BY figures
lcnges care nj examination OF the present method aud
ser inquiry wBvth,i dDes not wOra somewhere cX
crssivc compensation fO tine ervce returned. Tue dis
prOpOro"de jump In abe rate per mile fof TIE last year
disclosed by tins statement Is due tmrtly TO tue fact
Just mchtmned, that the serve has been more closely
pnd aud pu anon OF r ie hs been annually
made the actual payments oil thr year reported III
OF ,ho tull cost Ihat practice Las "Tii''ed 10
exhibit u less inercds" IN Use rate per 'hc CARING
previous hn WAS IN truh attained ana II IL ono
accounts ttai such inform tioh - more "tc"f3ie
siesmpoHt -elYre on TN gol9 OF IHns hst
expenditure OF JIIOUo there was II decrease OF
rciiie and S3j7l Ia annual oOst during the year.
The star Koutrstnc Departmental Designation OF all
routes of mai cArFia}c, except railway ngd steamboat
tug III ir til 2}2,222 miles, aud then -t0O at annual
rate oi charge S54 4.S04, incrcasr OF ~
crease was chilly IL Western States ard the Territories.
between the lst day April ana the 3oth OF pieni-
s6.2ii In Nay. UG5 N Jnne S75 sci IN July so 3
saving thc annaal cost OF 81 1896"
tOntIGN MAIL SERVICE.
THE tches Of mails 10 other countries having
necessarily 10y scacNccpt such nlorchonEcd
with the Dominion OF Canada the north aud the Re
public OF Mexico the -h. the Pc tai uion Couvcu.
lion has relieved the Department urtl re-
TrOras land ,arriHge-svr 0aiy across OF The
Isthnls Panamahas not required the direct rpuy-
nsnT of any carrier hut was eli ctcL through foreign
postal administrations. No special contrart Tor use
transportation OF any foreign made ~
during the past year With either foreign dotes,lo
carriers. but The roicy. satisfactorily pursued during
many years OF sending the malls toy whatever vessel
could exPedhodsiy and properly Transport tet al
iinro ana TO snc' ri s H. nrS, required II to
sa. continual ia be ob'erved viii good rrsuts.
"Ihc total COST OF Ine service
1881 oO3 "A, OF which s27O,9Os - vas paid for Ihr
transatlantic. S22,lZi "a Tor irausi'acGc aud
S}s $40 % for ihL AmcrIcdu-cOntineita 10
lar be- stat from ajsin MS made. the charge,
foreign postal adminstrit ou> for carrying our mails
dur ne the year Amount 10 SlJ1s3i 80 Inc DcpiIt-
earned credits with other countries for he trus
pUrtntIOn OF their mails amounting tu $1,000 fG. 81
which SSl 6sl % was for our cOntinrntH
OF BRUSH aid Australian closed mails Ibr tape9 an
nexcd the supernt hdrnts ieOrt exhibit the weight
che d dr. Sj,e nn"uui. ua,o them nr me-, r'j
II any derived from our foreign mail SERVER cannot be-
stacu With certainty, because uf tue lmpOs >lDy of
securing accurate iniormaii"u either Oi ipts
Letters do often reach exactly HE fail of ECIh
and fore ii estiuti0"f receipts bas upUn WG2hts
would lIUuly than the actual pUstagcs received
nor do tn counts furnish very reliable urans and
uIrn tbe other hand data Tor estimating thu crs Of the
inland service bestowed foreign spOndepcc
dilhcuit If satisfactory rtunenL is fairly Ger.
this cosi must nave eXeedeu the domestic rates Of
passage becaue those rate. have proved
p,y cot OF domestic mails carried in the
liz IA, act OF June o. 1884, the statutes which dur
Ing twenty years have secured the service OF
Amer s-'s mail carriers. repealed.
enrci Oh the lst 10y 81 APRIL 1921 ana 500" a'er nay
assumption OF GucS inquiries we're received from two
o; the scdush companies concfrnns the couts" to be
pursued by the De larinrDt during the quartrrycar
begin win jhat date. No tlmc had Then been afford
Tor cnsid OF the fu,urc policy OF The Department.
nuI had amy apprtht nSOu or difficulty la regard Ia II
been conceived ana mdsinuch az 10 SPECIAL approprla-
granted, the request made reply That the service
ehoud continue upon he same terms upon when had
previously been rendered. No Oh,rs addressed the
De, alncnt III respect 10 the particular period, AMI
all the AmrT companies which had before That date
been employed MAI! Carriers CUnnUtd 10 transport
the malls during that quarter the rate
OF compensation Nhch they had Heretofore received
Verbal application was, indeed adc bcEaIi OF lie
Pacific NJ al steamship Company the mails dur
the three months without determination pa urnt
liked CObpcitstlOn, leaving that subject
Of special Application 10 Congress lnasniic. however,
act au,hOiZrs the Department 10 contract, even
for brei ir!ud service upon qIutuIn neT1ti
basis. TO obi 60 tie Government To ia, ahy indefinite
price. 1t 10 decline Inc pcation, which
was not further Insisted on, and payment 10 nj
made for that quarter At the heretofore
given"
STAMPS AND MONEY ORDERS.
"Thc state'ies OF the stamp division show decrease
In the Issue of all the stamped paper from which
is derived except only newspaper ana periodical stamps
aud stamped envelopes bearing requests core
spending but the drcrrasr OF revenue
the depression OF business. Tue entire wrisht OF
aper and periodical matter carried moi Estimating
the lree circulation allowed within county oI publ.
cation, IN round numbers 80, SO tons, on which
postage 10 the amount of S2,C2l SO rs
lectcd more by Sl3i 567 H. nearly per tct thlu
during the previous year.
AT the close OF the past fiscal year the number OF
none y-Order offices 1856. Of which 7G2 were es
tnued Additional establishments OF $685. VITA bat four
disconliDu ,ncrs, brought the full Hninber al the dale
OF tho report to 335. Nearly 7.7260UO domestic
nOhey -Orcrs averaging $l 20 cen yiudiG2 IA agec.
gate amount Of nearly sy2i.evO IA foes purcascd