The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-09
Report Of Postmaster
General Dat.
FOR TWO YEARS
Interesting Details Of the Island Of
fees and of the Postal
Savings Bank.

4 creditable condition is shown by
the biennial report of the Postmaster
General Of Hawaii, Just from the
presses Of the Hawaiian Gazette Com
pany. In an introduction Mr. Dat
sums up his report in a few terse par
agraphs, which are as follows:
The revenue from all sources has
been S20S,0135S, and the total expend-
itures from appropriations 1851 ,359.39,
leaving a net gain TO the postofice Of
S50,65419
y great increase in the work of all
branches of the bureau is TO be report
ed, not only in the general pOstoffice.
but all through the Islands, and with
the increased number of steamers that
are expected to be put in service in the
near future, a still greater increase is
looked for. In this connection 1 might
add that the general pOstOffice is en-
tirely too small for handling the work
that is now required. With a large
mail coming in, and an equally large
one going out, more room is needed to
keep the mails separated.
Also, with the increase of population,
more lock boxes are required. Appli-
cants for these are being refused daily.
If the delivery system was establish
ed the present number Of lock boxes
would probably prove sufficient, but be-
! fore the delivery can be successfully
inaugurated, II will be necessary for all
houses to be officially numbered.
l would also recommend the adding
of more street collection boxes, n the
various parts OF the city, with a regular
collection cart for same.
All mails are larger than formerly
and still increasing and the ONCE re-
quires a staff Of good. intelligent
clerks. To procure such, and hold
them, better salaries are required than
heretofore.
The gross revenue from the Money
Order Department was $40, 1851,
against S16,61S.17 for the previous pc
riod, showing an increase Of $3,677.14
| During the period the number of par
GELS dispatched have been 9,040 on
which postage has been collected TO the
amount OF $1,913.25, as against 1928
"a of the previous period, and We re-
| ceived from abroad 2O.777 parcels, an
increase of 1902 over the last period on
which duties have been collected to the
amount OF $19,771.S3, and paid over to
the Bureau OF Customs.
! Details of the receipts and expendi-
| lures show that for the two years, 1895
and 1898, which the report covers
stamp sales realized $1bo, 24435. Box
rents at the general pOstoffice brought
/ in $15, 1895, at Island Offices S1,S07.2S,
money order fees $40, 260.77, and treas
uTy deposits 1905, 563.2 Some Of the
| bigger figures are as follows: Postmas-
ter General, $4,000; Deputy Postmaster
General and Secretary, $4,000; Superin-
tendent Money Order Bank, $4,000; SUI
perintendent Postal Savings Bank, S4,-
600; pay Of clerks, $50. 720; pay Of post
masters, $4,000; pay of mail carriers,
| S3S. 600; incidentals, $1,000; special
mail carriage foreign, $4,000; extra III
ter-island mail service, $1,000; postal
money order capital, $500; printing
so 900 postal cards, S71350. Total $751;
| $3.50.
OF ordinary letters 1.155,1G were
/ received and 1855, 443 dispatched: OF
registered letters 25,S02 were received
and 20,S46 dispatched; Of prints 1,0l1,-
275 were received and 29S,322 dis
patched. During the period 900 par
GELS were dispatched on which postage
of 81 1925 was collected. From the
United States 1888 parcels were re-
Ceived, from Canada 2,216. from sgd
/ ney 81 and Auckland Al. On these the
/ Government collected duties of $lS,-
/ 1I1S3.
/ The amount Of the money order bus
/ inc was as follows: Domestic ord
ers issued at General Post Office, l5l,-
amounting to 800, 430.2S; at Island Of
I Q0l cT ON 81 %
| Foreign orders were issued as follows:
| On United States 1O,57O; S134, 611.57;
on England LIP, s13,32315; on POr-
tugal 232, S2,S9400; on Germany 455,
! $9,213.52; on Canada, PA. S3,S63.62; on
Norway 81, S1,0S2O4: on Sweden, 40,
s. 1851; on Denmark 30, $619.75; on
| Netherlands 2, 1902; on China z,
$1,000; on New Zealand 80, 1897 90; on
/ Victoria 1G9. S2O361G; grand total
1908, s2,241 .214S3.
! Dead Letter Office figures show there
we're 1920 pieces received, OF which
/ s ,431 were returned to their origin,
/ S,311 to the writers and 16,54S were
| destroyed. In these mails S4,S99.s6
were found and Of this all but S14.l5
was sent back to the senders. Stamps
| sold were 1.664,316 one-cent, 1901, 669
| twO-cent, 1,233,S52 FIVE cent, 1l1,2V2
ten-cent, 41,114 twelve-cent, 33,7lS
twenty-fve-cent, 96,3G1 one-cent cards
and 91,411 two-cent cards. The total
| received from stamp sales was $685.
/ 244.35.
/ Savings bank details show 1921 81
| due depOsitors, cash on hand Si1O1S,22,
Hawaiian treasury 1926, 1882, Govern
ment bonds $4,000; amount due de-
pOsitOrs S7S5241S4, certificates out
standing $4,000