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FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Annual Report of the Second Assistant
PoStmasler.GeneraI for the Year
Ending June 90.

Ex Governor Geary OF Iowa has form.
ally assumed the duties OF Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury. The Pre- /.
dent delegates 10 him the power 30 sign
treasury warrants and act as Secretary
oil the Treasury In certain contingencies
Superintendent Of Census Porter In
his annual report strongly urges that
the census Office be made permanent
bureau OF the Interior Department.
Regarding the cost Of taking the elev.
enth census, he saws that the dishurse
ments up TO June ~, 1892, amounted o
S,2O3 BB3, and OF the thirteen volumes
IN which results have been embodied
there are now In the hands OF the print
ar eight quarto volumes but the infinite
detail Of the Office work makes II impoa-
sible 10 foretell the date OF the compile
ton OF the whole work.
The annual report OF Second Assistant
Postmaster General Boil for the year
ending June 30 shows the total cost Of
the inland mai service was $il 1886 1872 !;
foreign mail service, 1906, l4b. Compared
with last year, there WAS an increase in
the star service OF ! ,2lb routes, 6,s77
miles in length oi route and tlHB 0Bl in
annual expenditure. The mail measen-
ger service shows an increase Of pa
routes, b, ,0bs miles In length and si77,-
i6l ia cost. The railway postofce clerks
were increased $50 and $Il go in ex-
peHditute. Specia facilities on the trunk
lines showed Il decrease in cost Of $685.
S07
The annual report Of Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General RathbOne shows
i,l05 new postotlices were established
during the year, n greater number than
any previous year except $50 when IL
was 4 I27 The year closed with 67,ll9
poslohlces In the United States. The
largest increase in number Of new post
offices IL IN the Southern States. Rith-
bone suggests an amendment 10 the law,
making the mailing OF green goods cir
culars continuing otiense from the time
OF mailing 10 the place OF destination,
no that the prosecution can take p. ace at
either point. A similar enactment in
regard To lotteries has about swept them
ait OF existence in two years, and he be-
bsv yes the same effect would follow in
ahe cases ol green'goods swlndles.
The Navy Department will soon send
4 special communication 10 Congress in
with the transportation of
enlisted men from New York to San
Fra nciaso. The naval tficels are said
10 be mad all over at the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company. owing to their in
ability Ia get the company TO transport
heir eailoTe. Az the Treasury Depart.
nent has ruled against sending men
ACROSS the continent by rail, the Navy
Department il greatly embarrassed in
"a eiio Is IN supply men for the vessels
Ju the Pacific Coast. Recently the de
partment desired TO send l0l men 10
San Francisco for the new coast defense
vessel Monterey. The company in
ormed the dep trtment that they could
not take the men for several weeks vet
The department has determined to ask
Congress for authority TO transport its
men across the continent by rail.
The monthly we tther-Crop bulletin |
shows that November WAS slightly |
, lder than usual in the greater portion |
II the country east OF the Il cky Noun
aims, with 4 deficiency in temperature
throughout the Northern
states and as far south as North Caro-
ina. There was more than the usual
Imount of rain in the Middle Atlantic
states. s,uthern New England, the
aorthern port on OF the Gulf States,
tennessee, Eastern Texas, Illinois, In
llama, Michigan and California. The
unusually heavy rains in the North Pa
ihc States resulted in great loss to the
~ road and agricu tura interests The
Veat tner has been favorab throughout
he winter wheat reg on, and the recent
aims doubtless benefited greatly the
ate sown wheat, but the ground con-
inues very hard throughout the spring
wheat States. Cotton picking is about
Some slight damage was
lone TO the late cotton Central States by
leavy rains. The weather in Southern
california was favorable, and the re-
'orts show that the orange crop is ripeu-
NC AZ we'll as could be desired, the fruit