The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-03
DBPARHMBHT REPORTS
Showing the Workings of the
Postal Service.
THE DEFICIENCY THIS YEAR
Less than Last-Report ofthc sccrc.
taryorthe Interior-A Good Show.
ins-Thc Condition Of the
Department of War.

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ter Generals report presents concisely
the condition and history of every dlvis.
ion and branch of the postal service FOL
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1888, with
many striking comparisons with pre-.
vious years, showing remarkable ex-
pansion OF business and u large increase
in expenditure.
The following are some of the leading
statements and recommendations OF the
text of the report:
The gross revenue for the year was
So, 2,GO5, l76. The total expenditures were
SCI, $50, ,i0S. The estimated deficiency
therefore is 81, 1927.
Amount OF ordinary postal revenue for
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1889, S5l,-
S9G, $50; add 0 per cent for increase, ST.
670,7l7, gives the estimated amount Of
ordinary postal revenue for the fiscal
year ended June so, 1889, 5G,5675l5.
Amount OF estimated revenue from
money order business, SS25, 900.
Total estimated gross receipts for the
year ended June 80, 1889, S57, ,3D2, $40.
The amount appropriated for service
of this year is O,sG0, ,233, or an excess
over the amount OF revenue estimated
above Of s., ,4GT ,G57, which will be drawn
from the general Treasury should the
total amount appropriated be needed.
The total number OF postOfhces is 57,-
32G, an increase over 1885 OF 6,l24.
The number OF pOstmasters appointed
during the year ending June so, 1883,
was y, ,2SS, of which G,52l were upon
designations and commissions expired,
and PA upon removals; $50 to fill va.
Cancics by death, and 1864 on establish.
ment OF new Offices l,6l5 postoilices
were discontinued during the year, and
the names and sites OF l,1QS offices were
changed, retaining the inCumbents. The
adjustment Of July |, 1888, established
81 offices in the first class, 497 in the
second class, and ,00S in the third class,
making total OF Presidential offices at
the date named OF 2,052. There has
been an increase OF 500, 800 in the
amount required for the salaries OF Pres.
idential postmastcrs over the amount re.
quired for 1857.
In the railway mailservice m increase
Of about l., 900 miles is shown. There is
an increase OF l,702709 in the number
OF miles travelled per annum and u de-
crease of ~ per cent in the rate OF cost
per mile Travelled and an increase OF 3.32
per cent in the average number OF trips
Der week. The total volume Of business
in the money order division for the year
is upwards Oi $ll3, 600 600 and shows II
net profit to tho government OF about
5000. The volume OF ordinary mail
matter has largely increased, aud it is
estimated that the revenue on the num-
Der OF pieces handled during the past
year would have been, without reduc-
lions Of postage, upwards of so, 100000.
The free delivery ser vice was, during
the last fiscal year, extended to 1863 ad-
dItiOnal places under theaCt OF january,
1887, making atotal OF 35S free delivery
cities. The number OF carriers was in-
creased from 5,3l0 to 5,S4G.
During the year 79l persons, officials,
employc OF the department and others,
were arrested for various otIenscs against
the postal laws and regulations.
F0rty.nine burglars and twenty.three
other offenders were arrested, where
cases were subject to the jurisdiction OF
the State courts.
The report says it is gratifying to
note that there has been marked i'm
provcment over the past year in the
number OF complaints Of depredations
upon the domestic registered mail, and
that the percentage OF loss is also small.
The number OF complaints received is
4 a Il