The herald., 1896-05-31

The receipts for the first quarter Of
1895 were 1914, $4,000, and for the same
period in 1896 were $50, 1876. OF the
above amounts $25,096 was received
first quarter of 1885, representing 1,2FA,-
800 stamps; for the same period this
year $2S, $40, or LAB, 500 stamps.
In the year ending March 81, 1896. Si03,-
66S.S3 was the actual postal income of
the office of which $71, 760.S6 in cash
was paid over to the assistant tire Asurer
of the United States at San Francisco.
the balance being paid to the railway
postal clerks.
AMOUNT OF MAIL HAN Oiled.
The amount of outgoing mail handled
during the year ending April Goth, 1896,
in the mailing division of the Office ag-
gregates as follows: IA goo pieces of
first-class matter, S.400,OOO pieces Of
other class matter, in all %, 500, 90 pieces,
representing 139,3OO pouches an sacks.
$500 pieces of mail were by sp ecial de-
livery and 1880 registered pieces of
mail.
The amount of mail matter rnisdirect-
ed by the public or upon which. insult
ficient postage had been paid, is tabulat-
ed as follows:
Pieces.
Returned to sender. IL, 924
Corrected and forwarded. ....... 4,740
1nsufficiently addressed and sent
to dead letter office. 1.752
Held for postage. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 800
disposed as waste. ..........-...... 1924
Aotoi '......s.... .JU, o7U
REGISTERED PIECES.
In the registered letters department
an idea may be gained of the increase
by the following figures showing the
business of the department in 1891 and
1896. In 1891 the total nun lber of regis
farad nfnnno For n cv,o fn1,
$4,000, for the year ending March 81,
1896, it amounted to $4,000. The total
number of pieces received for deliv-
cry in 1891 was q 900; in 1896, &c, 900. Total
number of pouches made up and dis
patched: In 1891, 1850; in 1896. $780, To-
tai number received in 1891, 4272, and in
1896, $3.50.
AS the Los Angeles postoffice is the
distributing point for all Southern Cal
ifornia registered matter, it is dumped
into this office, rebilled and dispatched
to particular destination. In this de-
partment there were handled in transit
during 1891, $4,000 pieces; last year over
10000. This work is still done by the
same force as in 1891, the hours Of work
often extending from a. m. to IL p. m.
A BALANCE SHEET.
The following is a statement Of the
total debts and credits of the postof-
flee during the months of January, Feb
ruary and March, this year.
TOTAL DEBTS.
To Ss1S domestic money orders is
Sueu ........................$ bb,6SS w
To fees on same .................... 528 rs
To 636 International money orders
issued OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. s,4s5 2S
To fees on same .................. Ill 40
To 1850 certificates of deposit is
sued to outside offices .......... 266, 43S 70
To auditors circular .........:.... $40
$342, 241 "a
TOTAL CREDITS.
BY 1900 domestic money orders
palQ .......... ............... SlJU,UiZ w
paid ........:............ 49,. $500 AZ
paid ......... .....:.........,.... s42 IA
repaid NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $500
To funds furnished branch officer 745 90
To certificates of deposit for sur 20.
plus funds RENTED to San Fran
cisco Observation-Disclosures. 1888 900 90
$685., 365 So
To cash on hand in bank and tram
sit .......................... S975 9S
Total Observation-Disclosures. 341 "a