, 1889-07-27

the statistics of a we'll managed Post
Once.
From the report under Review we learn
that the total Receipts of the Jamaica
Post Office were 921, 795 It's I'd, and it
shows the maintenance of a steady though
not a rapid increase in the earnings of the
Postal Service. In 1856 the total re.
Ceipts of the department were eco 25 Ss
I'D. In 1867 the figures we've g2O,750
12s 2ad, and III the year concluded in last
September 421 ,795 lis I'd. The increase
over the previous year is Thus composed =
PoStages -. E J57 u III
Commission on Money Orders 80 10 0
Telegraphs $50 u 9
Miscellaneous IS 9 3
Of rhis increase of G1,O45 As liz. the
.E557 rs 113d which came under hostages
was attributable to $3.50 los 93d to Inland
hostages and ,el26 lis 14d to, outward
Hostages.
AS it has been found impossible under
the postage and stamp revenue law to
keep an accurate account Of stamps used
respectively fer Post and Revenue pur-
poses, it has been arranged, therefore, that
the Post Offices shall pay the Stamp
COMMISSIONS G117O, as representing the
annual value of adhesive stamps sold for
Revenue purposes, as representing the
average of the last ten years of the annual
sale Of adhesive Revenue Stamps. 1t
seems that this arrangement obtains in
the mother country and we find new
Rtamp plates have been obtained tor tie
Ill and ID stamps.
On Feb. lst las, Trar the rates at I0sc
age and Book packets were reduced 10
Onr half penny for every two ounces for
books and Tor parcels u t penny for each
YU,, OIjT,nu ~ ~ a limit Of S,y
The outwmds letters for the year
We're 73l 200. InwardS letters numbuled
-. 677, 227.
The. number Of letters and post cards
exchanged l.etween District Post Offices,
. during the year we've 526,637. Mr..
Sullivan reports that the conveyance of
Iuland Mails by The different contractors
has been lone with ctcditabIe punctua-
lily.
There has been a large increase in the
amount of Money Orders issued both to
the United Kingdom and the United
States, the figures being respectively,
United Kingdom 10, tl9 orders va
lined at Eel SAT 9S l0d and for the T.. s.
2,508 orders. valued at G14,69l Os Cd.
These orders have also Increased with
Canada by nearly a Thousand pounds.
Postal orders may now also be obtained
far the following amouut>-SiXpcnce, one
chilling, one shilling and siXpencr aud TWO
sbillimgH and ~ixpence.
The total expenditure amounted to
e16,86l lbs Cd, being GI.I42 6S I'D more
than the previous year, brought about by
increases i'll salaries, by a small amount III
ocean conveyance (for the NEST pari) and
i'll services.
The sum of ca 1913 was also paid rs
jamaica share of the loss to Tie Imperial
ExrhtQutr from the Universal Postal
Union. The amount however, dehited to
the Post Office Department OF $4,000, il not
included in the total Expenditure of
E16,6 6l Is. Cd. We are pleased to note
an increase Of nearly G4O0 in the receipts
from photographs" 81 ,029 messages were
sent az against 1881 i'll the previous
wear. The increase is attributable prin-
cipally to servi, rs including remuneration
for services out of Office hours.
Dir. Sullivan thus speaks of the Lady
Operators employed by the Post Office =
81 cannot allow this opportunity to pass
without placing Oh record my grateful
appreciation of the good and useful work
done by the. women of Jamaica who have
Joined the Postal Telegraph Service which
is DOW in the tenth year OF its existence
with the exception of the Superlnten-
dent aud his two Assistants, all telegraph
work liz done by women. The staff OF
women in paid Public Employment mum
horM Ak Ond fhoro 10 a roSprVn of 0hOuE